Young Miniatures 1:10 US Navy SEAL Vietnam is a resin portrait bust in 1:10 scale. The painting centers on skin with the damp sheen of a tropical setting and on field gear broken up by color.
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A resin portrait bust in 1:10 scale from Young Miniatures. The casting is unpainted and unassembled. The building is short and the main work only begins with the primer, because with figure subjects it is the painting that decides the result, not the assembly.
A subject of an American soldier of the Vietnam period puts a face in a tropical climate in the foreground. That is specific in terms of color: the skin has a higher share of sheen, a reflection of sweat appears on the forehead and above the lips, the tan is uneven and the contrast between the lit and the shaded part of the face is sharper than on European subjects. The field jacket and cap, by contrast, are matte and soaked, with darker places in the folds. If the casting carries a broken-up pattern on the clothing, painting it is the most demanding part of the bust: the pattern has to submit to the folds, otherwise it looks like a print on flat paper. The metal and plastic parts of the gear serve as contrasting points that give the portrait depth.
Wash the casting in lukewarm soapy water and let it dry. Cut the casting blocks off with a saw, fill the parting seams and sand them with fine paper, ideally wet and with your airways protected. Make the joints with super glue. Apply a thin primer in two or three misting passes. Build the skin from the mid value of the tone toward the highlights and shadows in many thinned layers; you will achieve the damp look by giving the matte skin a spot coat of gloss varnish at the end, only on the forehead, the nose and above the upper lip. Paint the eyes as the first step of the face. Create the hair and the stubble with a glaze and a dry brush. Unify the cloth with a base tone first and only then apply any pattern, always with regard to the shape of the fold. Work from the darker areas to the lighter ones. Weather the gear sparingly and pin the bust to a base only at the very end.
The bust is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Paints, glue and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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