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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 02:14 AM UTC
anyone manage to achieve a decent lookin smock for 1/35? im havin REAL trouble with the painting of the smock...
its driving me nuts...anyone can help?
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 04:35 AM UTC
SAy i can' t tell you much about the camou motive but you are welcome to my place to view all the smocks. Abd by the way, i found bard wire for 1/6 real metal at 3 for $10
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 04:38 AM UTC
no worries...anyways, i got 2 fj smock of my own but i dont seem to get the desired pattern...
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 12:22 PM UTC

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anyone manage to achieve a decent lookin smock for 1/35? im havin REAL trouble with the painting of the smock...
its driving me nuts...anyone can help?


FJ smock? What type of help do u need?
Danial
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 11:09 PM UTC
i know theres no shortcut to a nice figure...but i really need a short cut to paint the smock...getting the right camo...any ideas?
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Posted: Monday, August 29, 2005 - 02:18 AM UTC

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i know theres no shortcut to a nice figure...but i really need a short cut to paint the smock...getting the right camo...any ideas?


Sorry bro...Like u said, there's no shortcut to it.. This is how I paint my smock. First paint the base color Khaki. Then, use dark green and red brown to paint large patches. I believe some of the smocks have angular patterns. Then using a fine tip brush, I paint field grey in short vertical lines that look something like rain drops throughout. This method gives a fairly decent result.
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Posted: Friday, September 30, 2005 - 01:47 PM UTC
finally i've manage to get it...but then still uncomparable to the pros...anyways psyfool, i've decide to skip the 'rain streak' mark on the smock...i tried to do it but end up destroying one of the FJs...
i'll be postin the pics up when its ready...
ola!
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Posted: Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 12:11 PM UTC
like i promise..here are the fjs on a smoking break...



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Posted: Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 02:14 PM UTC
Forget the rain streaks. Ur mini dio looks cool anyways.
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Posted: Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 05:34 PM UTC
I like the dog idea.. adds variety to the piece.. may I ask again.. what did you use for your groundwork??
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Posted: Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 06:39 PM UTC
I tink that's plastercine.

Danial, after looking at the second pix again, why is there a round dark portion below the guy with the Kar on his neck? Looks like he peed in his pants! :-) :-) Prob this FJ is scared Sh#@less of the dog! :-) :-)
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Posted: Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 07:58 PM UTC

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I tink that's plastercine.

Danial, after looking at the second pix again, why is there a round dark portion below the guy with the Kar on his neck? Looks like he peed in his pants! :-) :-) Prob this FJ is scared Sh#@less of the dog! :-) :-)


:-) haha..actually i tink the flash frm my cam exagerate the peed spot...mayb i can say the dog scare the hell out of the fj..hmm, an fj afraid of the dog?

the ground is made of plastercine...anyway, do u have a gloss problem wif the plastercine psyfool? i seem to b unable to get rid of the gloss...
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Posted: Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 10:40 PM UTC
Yup, that's a funny one! FJ's are supposed to be the elite of the elite and yet urs is afraid of a dog. :-) :-) "Bring on a battallion of Russians but keep that dog away from me!" :-) :-)


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the ground is made of plastercine...anyway, do u have a gloss problem wif the plastercine psyfool? i seem to b unable to get rid of the gloss...


The shine from the plastercine is hard to get rid. I usually just use it as a base then spray dark yellow or some flat colors to tone it down. I sprinkle find sand and stones and add static grass if need. These will somewhat remove the shine. U can give a final layer of matt coat if u want.
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Posted: Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 10:48 PM UTC
tanx for the tip man...
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Posted: Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 01:51 AM UTC
I think you got the pattern right if you intend to do splinter camo pattern. However, you seems to have used dark yellow (at least the photo shows so) as the base color and it gave me the feel of a Marsh pattern camo. Probably you should apply field grey as the base? Just a suggestion.
Nevertheless, its always nice to see picture post. Nice dio and a cool duo.
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Posted: Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 02:47 AM UTC
tanx DAK..its juz my experimenting fjs..i got a few more in hand...
anyway i got the pattern for the camo by referring to my 1/6 fj figures, i know there are quite a few pattern...
the one use in CRETE and MONTE CASSINO was a plain dark yellow jumpsmock, the one in ARDENNES was a bit of a field grey & battlion 500 was an SS pea-dot type...
i actually refer to my 1/6 figure for the camo...i'll post up a few more fjs when im done...

~too many fjs, too little time~
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Posted: Monday, October 03, 2005 - 01:55 AM UTC
Nice Fjs. I like the smocks. I wish i could paint like you.
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Posted: Monday, October 03, 2005 - 03:17 AM UTC
u can do it too, im no expert but u have to start somewhere...
juz get the earlier fjs..like the ones in crete...one color smock...shud be a gd start wif them...
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Posted: Monday, October 03, 2005 - 03:49 AM UTC

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u can do it too, im no expert but u have to start somewhere...
juz get the earlier fjs..like the ones in crete...one color smock...shud be a gd start wif them...


Dude sorry, i was refering to the dog..
I did single color Fjs remember? way back at the arden?
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