Old Marine Posted June 30, 2014 Share #1 Posted June 30, 2014 These figures are the DML Guadalcanal Marines. The set comes with 4 figures but didn't like the pose of the 4th figure so I just left him out, he ended up in the parts box. These figures are put together straight out of the box. This DML figure set has some nice details, the Reising submachine gun and the short, blunt machete. Anyway, here are some photos. Dennis Link to post Share on other sites
Old Marine Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted June 30, 2014 continued Link to post Share on other sites
Old Marine Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted June 30, 2014 side view Link to post Share on other sites
Old Marine Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted June 30, 2014 other side Link to post Share on other sites
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Rogi Posted June 30, 2014 Share #6 Posted June 30, 2014 Very nice, love the grass and effect of it perfect coloring in comparison to the figures Link to post Share on other sites
tsweeney Posted June 30, 2014 Share #7 Posted June 30, 2014 Dennis You always do a great job on any diorama you do Tom Link to post Share on other sites
GITom1944 Posted June 30, 2014 Share #8 Posted June 30, 2014 Great job!! Those first 2 pictures are especially convincing. Tom Link to post Share on other sites
sigsaye Posted June 30, 2014 Share #9 Posted June 30, 2014 Fantastic! Link to post Share on other sites
mattsmilitary Posted June 30, 2014 Share #10 Posted June 30, 2014 very nice Matt's Military milimportexport2@gmail.com Link to post Share on other sites
cutiger83 Posted June 30, 2014 Share #11 Posted June 30, 2014 Dennis, I never get tired of looking at your work! Simply amazing! ...Kat Link to post Share on other sites
The Meatcan Posted July 1, 2014 Share #12 Posted July 1, 2014 Fantastic work Dennis! Even the landscape base is super. Hard to believe it's 1/35 scale; your painting is good it could easily pass for a larger scale! Terry to all who have served! Link to post Share on other sites
manayunkman Posted July 1, 2014 Share #13 Posted July 1, 2014 Love it. Link to post Share on other sites
uplandmod Posted July 1, 2014 Share #14 Posted July 1, 2014 Very nice! I have this figure set! LF I collect items from The Battle of Iwo Jima (1945).Top Iwo Jima Items I'm Looking For: 1) IDed 5th MarDiv Corpsman Jumper or Forest Green Coat. 2) IDed Coast Guard Navy Jumper 3) IDed CB's Sea Bee's Navy Jumper 4) IDed 147th Infantry Regiment Army Service Coat 5) IDed 32nd ID Army Service Coat (Occupation Kyushu with 5th MarDiv). I am always looking for named and dated WWII USMC Forest Green wool alpha jackets/coats from the 5th Marine Division or other units who participated in the battle. My Blog "Marines In Forest Green" http://marinesinfore...n.blogspot.com/ Link to post Share on other sites
doyler Posted July 1, 2014 Share #15 Posted July 1, 2014 Great work Dennis. In Memoriam:Lieutenant J.Kostelec 1-3 First Special Service Force MIA/PD 4 March 1944 ItalyI HAVE SEEN THE ENEMY AND IT IS DAYLIGHTForget about the tips..We'll get hell to pay (AC/DC)"If you cant get out and run with the big dogs then sit on the porch and bark at the cars going by.." Have you Hugged a Clown Today? You Cant Get A Sun Tan On The Moon.. Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted July 1, 2014 Share #16 Posted July 1, 2014 A very evocative mini-dio Dennis. Well done indeed! "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
Proud Kraut Posted July 1, 2014 Share #17 Posted July 1, 2014 Three months after you've posted the DDay-Vignette, you are now sharing another masterpiece with us. Thanks for another highlight, Dennis! I really admire your painting skills. Perfect skin tone, multiple shades of OD for the different parts of the clothing and a super realistic base. GREAT WORK. How did you achieve the absolute matt look of your figures? My tend to be a little bit shiny always. What colors did you use? Lars Link to post Share on other sites
Old Marine Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share #18 Posted July 1, 2014 Thanks you all for the positive comments. I painted these figures with Vallejo acrylic paints. I prime the figures with flat white spray enamel, a light coat. I paint in very thin layers, almost washes, and slowly build up the color. It takes longer but the results are better. Also painting in thin coats allows you to fix mistakes and add shadows and highlight. Acrylics if you paint them on too heavy can get that plastic looking sheen to them, the white primer really helps to cut down on the sheen. Plastic and resin figures are a bit oily and most have some kind of mold release on them, plus glueing and filling them with putty and handling them can leave all kinds of greasy residue. If you paint thin acrylics directly on to the plastic figure you will probably see the paint bead up and not coat smoothly, that is the water reacting to the oily surface of the figure. To get the acrylic to stick and cover you might paint with a thicker coat. Acrylics when painted on in a thick coat then dry with that toy like plastic sheen. To test this squirt a blob of Vallejo paint on to a piece of white paper and let it dry, that blob will dry with a semi gloss sheen. If you thin out some paint and paint it on to the white paper it will dry dead flat. I have found that priming the figure with a very light coat of flat white spray enamel really helps. The paint seals up the figure and gives you a nice white, even ground to paint on. Once the white primer has dried I paint the base color on in thin layers. In some cases like where you want to show faded cloth the white shows though on the high spots and can really simulate worn areas. One other thing about priming the figures is that once they are painted white it is very easy to see mold lines and flash that you may have missed. I paint all my figures this way, the D-Day Vignette as well as all the figures in the vehicles and tanks. Dennis Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet Posted July 1, 2014 Share #19 Posted July 1, 2014 A figure-modeller friend of mine swears by aerosol cans of light grey automobile primer. Once he's done with the modelling he washes the figures in warm water with detergent to remove all skin oils deposited by handling etc. Then, when dry, he gives them a couple of light coats of the aforementioned primer. He says it "shrinks" onto the surface and unifies all of the different materials used ( modelling putty, plastic, metal etc) and gives a good surface with some "teeth" which the paints can successfully adhere to. "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!" Winston Churchill " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." John Winston Lennon Link to post Share on other sites
Proud Kraut Posted July 1, 2014 Share #20 Posted July 1, 2014 Dennis, I really would like to ask for a "How to paint Figures" step by step tutorial thread, PLEASE!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
warroom1 Posted July 1, 2014 Share #21 Posted July 1, 2014 Great Job, looks so real Link to post Share on other sites
lytec Posted July 2, 2014 Share #22 Posted July 2, 2014 This is amazing work. I love how its a small base to. I have often thought of having a go but never wanted to tackle anything to big, this gives me a chacne to do a small one and test my skills. I collect US Vietnam militaria !St Cav militaria and generally anything that takes my fancy Link to post Share on other sites
bobgee Posted July 2, 2014 Share #23 Posted July 2, 2014 Great work, Dennis, as usual! VERY realistic look! Semper Fi.......Bob **PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS SADLY PASSED AWAY** https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/343375-remembering-bobgee/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211496624/robert-brendan-gill Link to post Share on other sites
Michigan Dawg Posted July 3, 2014 Share #24 Posted July 3, 2014 Olive drab and khaki are not easy colors to work with when it comes to shading and highlighting but you've done a great job. Great presentation and a real pleasure to view. Congrats and thanks for sharing your artistry with us all. Michigan Dawg "American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God." - me Link to post Share on other sites
Ronny67 Posted July 22, 2014 Share #25 Posted July 22, 2014 That grass is amazing Link to post Share on other sites
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