The Ship Model Forum

Dirk

such a shame you and Mogami will not be at Telford....

model is looing sharoper by the minute!!

Here is what I do with white uniformed figures...

Use a sharp propelling pencil--sharpen on 1000 grit sandpaper.

Use this to draw in the separation line of face to hat/(hatband in some navies.

Also the separation line twixt top and trousers, hands to cuffs etc ect

everywhere where shadow would appear, draw a really thin line--it helps the crew get a more 3-D effect.

I also paint the crew off-white--and high-light the shoulders, and front of trousers,sleeves etc with hard white

here are some of my French crew from my Bouvet WIP

Tschuess
JIM B

Jim, thanks for your sympathy. I will miss all the exciting ship models presented at Telford.
The only consolation is that I am sure you will again provide good pictures of the models (Okay, I have to admit that seeing the live thing is something else.).
Whatever, I wish you and all the other ship models a lot of fun and success.
And thank you for your comment and the tips for painting the white dressed sailors. Your result is gorgeous. (The sailors look so real.). For most of my crew it is too late. They are already in place.

Here my progress: I could not resist to add a hi no maru to turret A. It is not likely that it was used during the march and the battle of Surigao Strait because a lot of US planes were in the air. But there was also the danger of a Kamikaze attack on the own ships.
For the flag I used again Teflon tape, a material with which I fall in love.

Great job on the flag Drik!! must've been a pain to paint the meatball Jim's technique is superb and i will intend to do it with my Myoko i still have 1 set of LArsenal's figurenes, i think i won't be adding any of the Fujimi's this time i'll hate to see 2 different kinds of figures i don't know fujimi's figures look so damned bulky!!


Jose