Trying out digital camou decal on figures

#1 Eri

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Posted 17 July 2011 - 10:10 AM

It is so tedious to work with the decal and the figure. I m having second thoughts on my EOD diorama. Ordered the Talon operator and a talon robot. So i thought i try the digital camou decal on a loose figure while waiting for the arrival of the stuff

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 02:42 AM

He looks good to me. I have been thinking about getting a set of ACU decals as well. I may have to give them a try after seeing yours. Where did you get them from?

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 12:22 PM

HeavyArty, on 18 July 2011 - 02:42 AM, said:

He looks good to me. I have been thinking about getting a set of ACU decals as well. I may have to give them a try after seeing yours. Where did you get them from?

Lucky model

http://www.luckymode...no=CX-MIL-35012

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 12:26 PM

It looks okay to me too.

Is the guy in a dusty environment?
Anychance of wafting some sandgelb or something similar over it to give the ACU that worn look. I think that the sand/dust would also blend it in a bit.

OTHERWISE...
Nice..

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 07:26 PM

I think the figure looks VERY GOOD. :thumbsup:

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Posted 22 July 2011 - 09:51 AM

Wege, on 18 July 2011 - 12:26 PM, said:

Wege,

Can you advice me more on how to use this sand thing? I bought some pastel powder thing sometime ago meant for my Humvee. Since i wasnt familiar on how to use it, i didnt use it at all. then i discovered flory/promodeller wash... and that was the only wash i know..

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Posted 22 July 2011 - 05:23 PM

Eri, on 22 July 2011 - 09:51 AM, said:

It's easy, just take some dilute sand color paint and lightly spray it over your figures (very lightly and from a distance, you may want to practice a bit). The effect is to add just a touch of dust, it also does a great job of muting some of the brighter colors and unifying the entire camo pattern. I use this trick quite a bit on my armor builds.

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Posted 23 July 2011 - 06:10 AM

^^^^ what he said.

While I am familiar with the theory myself, I don't even have a spraygun at all!

I am still experimenting with washes and the like... mind you, I mostly work in 144 scale rather than the nice stuff... sigh