The Last Bridge: Vadim with cart by Jack12477 - Master Box Ltd - 1:24 scale

[Jack12477]

The next in the series by Master Box in 1:24 scale is Vadim

 

The box art and contents

 

A simple kit to assemble. The challenge is in painting the figure to closely approximate the box art.  When the paint dries, I will post some progress photos.

 

Edited March 19 by Jack12477

[Old Collingwood]

I have seen this  kit  somewhere  on the  net.

 

OC.

[Jack12477]

16 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

I have seen this  kit  somewhere  on the  net.

 

OC.

Perhaps it was this series.  There are several characters in the series. I only have 3 of them

 

[Jack12477]

The technique I am using to paint the figure is this: first airbrush a coat of Vallejo black surface primer over the entire figure, then after drying overnight, I lightly brush a coat of Vallejo white surface prime trying to hit mostly the high spots on the figure, leaving area like deep creases on clothing etc, black.   After that dries overnight, I start applying the main coat using a wet palette to thin the paints. I keep applying light coats until I am satisfied with the coverage.  Then let it dry overnight.

 

This is the wet pallette I am using, it's available at Michaels stores in their artist paints area. The wet sponge underneath keeps the paper moist. And a tight cover keeps it from drying out .

This is Vadim after the first application of the base color

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

I picked up a  little  tip  (I am yet to try)   I  was finding  Vallejo Surface Primer  (Black)  dries  with a  slight sheen   and  not a  nice  flat  surface like  other  primers,  so  an idea  floating around  was to  add some  matt  acrylic flat coat  to it,   the idea  is  that any  normal  acrylic  colours  on top  of it  should adhere  better and be  a  proper  flat  shade  (as   Blue  acrylic  on mine  was  not  drying flat  on top of  my  un altered  vallejo primer.

 

OC.

[Jack12477]

23 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

   I  was finding  Vallejo Surface Primer  (Black)  dries  with a  slight sheen   and  not a  nice  flat  surface like  other  primers, 

I find it does that for me also, but I don't find that it has much effect as I then go over it with a light misting of the white primer which breaks up the sheen.

[Jack12477]

A small progress report.  Some light shading.

 

[Jack12477]

Almost finished :

 

Still have some touch-up to do. Biggest challenge for me post cataract surgery is finding the right closeup lense to use in the Optivisor. Mine has 4 interchangeable glass lenses, +1.5, +2.0, +2.5, +3.0 diopter. Pre-surgery  I would just hold the figure closer, but I could still see the paint pallette,  now the figure is in focus, but the pallette isn’t,  so finding the little drop of paint requires lifting the visor.  🤷

 

Next up is detailing the base.  Stay tuned 🤫

[popeye the sailor]

nice work!  gee, you could do a 'Walking Dead' scenario with these guys.  very nice work indeed!  

[Canute]

The hand truck struck me as one of the "urban outdoors-men", but the AK puts that out the window. Like Denis says, a good start for a diorama.

[king derelict]

Great work Jack. I know how you feel about the vision. I am using +3.5 lenses and am constantly having to lift them to find stuff on the workbench.

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, king derelict said:

Great work Jack. I know how you feel about the vision. I am using +3.5 lenses and am constantly having to lift them to find stuff on the workbench.

Alan

Thats  my job,   when my admiral  speaks  to me  while  I have my  optovisor  on  - having to lift  them  to see  her.

 

OC.

[Jack12477]

C'est fini! Another figure for the shelf.  A few bricks, some broken dead tree stumps, foliage and a little sand, most courtesy of Woodland Scenics.

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

that is a splendid model Jack!  very well done    I do believe there is a site where you can get 'eye decals'..............I recall seeing them, but I can't place where {no pun}.   a good place to start would be military figures. 

[GrandpaPhil]

Excellent work!

[Jack12477]

Thanks Denis, Phil !

[king derelict]

Very nice Jacket. I like the shading on the clothes

alan 

[Canute]

Well done, Jack. Your figure painting is getting so realistic. 👍

[Jack12477]

Thanks Alan, Ken.   The faces are still a major challenge, I'm starting to get the hang of it painting/shading the clothing. I have two more of these figure kits but they're 1:35, not 1:24.

[Jack12477]

The Chairwoman of the Joint Chiefs has informed me that the Armour division is running low on tanks and other armor vehicles, so I guess I need to restart the armor production lines. Stay tuned.

[Canute]

Salute smartly, say Yes, Ma'am and proceed to tap USS Visacard. 😁

[Landlubber Mike]

Nice job Jack!  Looks like it was a fun project.

[CDW]

Very sharp figure. I like the fact it does not fit a well-beaten path of many figures associated with conventional war themes. Master Box are a sort of treasure for unusual figures. 

I wonder how hard it would be to build a bridge diorama similar to the one on the box art.

[Jack12477]

19 minutes ago, CDW said:

Very sharp figure. I like the fact it does not fit a well-beaten path of many figures associated with conventional war themes. Master Box are a sort of treasure for unusual figures. 

I wonder how hard it would be to build a bridge diorama similar to the one on the box art.

Thanks ! 

 

I have 2 more figures in that same series but in 1:35 scale. I was wondering about the bridge diorama also.