1/35 D-Day R.N. Beachmaster

[stikpusher]

I’m building this figure for a movie themed GB on another forum. It’s a 1/35 resin figure by Scale Model Accessories Ltd of Kenneth More in The Longest Day as Royal Navy Beachmaster Colin Maud, and his Bulldog Winston



I am trying a new figure painting technique that I recently saw on a video where the figure is first black based, then given a white coat from overhead, allowing the black to show thru in the recesses as a sort of shadow












Next up is the tricky part… painting multiple translucent layers of colors over the white to give a shadowed appearance. I’ve seen it demonstrated on the video, and in person at a seminar, and looks great if done properly… I’m hoping that I can pull it off halfway decent… 🤞🏼

[Leon]

Will be following your progress on this!

[stikpusher]

Thanks Leon. Figure painting is very much a challenging area for me, and trying a new approach makes it even more so.

[deafpanzer]

How cool! You definitely have my attention and have fun!

[stikpusher]

Thanks Andy. One step at a time

[Tobi]

Will be watching this, though I'm still a huge fan of the Calvin Tan method for painting 1/35 figures.

[stikpusher]

The method that im going to try out here is something from Nightshift.

[Tobi]

Would be my next try on a larger scale, where I found the previous method doesn't work at all.
It's really only good for 1/35 and smaller. Great for War Gaming figures, too. My Archaon the Everchoosen was also painted with it.

[406 Silverado]

Jun 13, 2023 16:58:54 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Thanks Leon. Figure painting is very much a challenging area for me, and trying a new approach makes it even more so.

This’ll be fun to follow and a learning experience at that. Like you, figure painting is something that I struggle with but would love to learn more on. Will be watching what you do here with great interest Carlos.

[stikpusher]

Yeah, there is quite a learning curve to figure painting, and if there’s an easy way, I sure haven’t found it…

Today I did the first coat of the British uniform Khaki on the figure





I don’t know how long to let the coats dry, and did not have a long amount of time for the bench today, so I’ll resume tomorrow… so far I really like the look. I started with about a 5 to 3 ratio of glaze medium to paint. Might go for more dilution of the paint next session…

[41chevy]

That's gotten my attention! Some time my figures come out great and sometime the look like Vampires . . .Thanks for the Vid.

[Tojo72]

Gotta to try that out,black pre shading works for armor,why not figures?
Looks great so far

[stikpusher]

Chevy & Tony, thank you. Looking at it so far, this does give a fair representation of a wool uniform. Let’s see how it looks after the next coat of paint. Or more accurately glaze or wash. I’m curious as to how this would work with enamels over an acrylic base coat… 🤔

[mach7]

Thats a great idea/technique!

Looking great so far!

[406 Silverado]

Continuing to watch. Thank you for posting the video as I've heard lots about this Night Shift fella and it most certainly looks like he knows what he's doing. Watching videos like this will come in handy by taking some of the mystery out of figure painting. Coming along very well so far Carlos.

[deafpanzer]

I think I want to watch the movie again for the 25th time... YOUR FAULT! And your figure is looking good! I learned an easy trick from a friend who paints figures all the times... he sprays black paint/primer upward using airbrush onto the figure from under/bottom so the figure has darker shades on all lower edges.

[stikpusher]

Mach7, Joe, Andy, thanks for looking in and commenting.
Mach & Joe, I'm glad that you found the video helpful... I sure did! and I am not one to spend time watching these sorts of videos normally. But I am really wanting to find something to improve my figure work.
Andy, I always try to watch The Longest Day on or around June 6, long with the first two episodes of Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan. As far as your friends technique goes, that sounds like a mirror approach to this method that I might just have to try out. I have some old white metal figures primed in light gray, so a shot of black from below might give the same effect before the glazing. Instead of a full black recoat, then top down white...

[stikpusher]

Session two today…





I think that the uniform is good now and I can move on to the next colors…

[ogrejohn]

Looking very nice Stik!
I've seen the Warhammer figure painters use a similar technique and they call it the slap chop method.

[stikpusher]

Thanks Ogre! My son does the Warhammer stuff, but I’ve never seen how he paints them. I’m not getting as nice of results so far as Mr Nightshade, but I can see with time and practice it will work better…

[stikpusher]

Todays progress report…
I did the black, khaki, and flesh tones first coat, although I did not yet address the pistol belt khaki color…





Not quite as nice as the demonstration video…

[deafpanzer]

You are getting there. Baby steps as it takes time to paint layers on the figures.

[stikpusher]

Yeah im finding with this method to give plenty of drying time between very thin coats/layers. This is not a rapid method.

[Steve Zuleski]

That'll work, Stik!!!

[stikpusher]

I've resumed doing work on him over the past few days and have most of the basic colors completed now





Come Winston!

[Tojo72]

Looks good,I'm with you so far,faces are where I get lost,looking forward to see you handle it

[stikpusher]

Aug 30, 2023 20:36:05 GMT -5 Tojo72 said:

Looks good,I'm with you do far,faces are where I get lost,looking forward to see you handle it

I'm keeping my fingers crossed on that. I just did a glazing layer of Model Color Dark Flesh, and that sure helps. It's drying now. Gonna try at least one more layer like that and then some fine work in specific areas such as the eyes and mouth.

[deafpanzer]

Good start on the dog. Don't forget to get some treats for the dog too!

[stikpusher]

Ok, I’m calling him done.



MOVE INLAND! GET OFF THE BEACH!!!

I don’t have Ski’s figure painting skills… 😒

[deafpanzer]

Yes sir!!! I will get off the beach now but I am stuck!!! You did great and I really enjoyed following your process. The bulldog looks great and it was sculptured with great details on its face!