Your work is just utterly amazing . As we say in spanish: Muy buen trabajo mi amigo.

RD

Gracias !

Comprendo un poco espanol porque soy en la proxima de la frontera de Espana ( 150 kilometros) pero my espanol no es muy buen :D

"I understand a little because I live 150km from the border of Spain but my spanish is not very good"...is that correct. I took three years of Spanish in 7-9 grade and it just dawned on me that I knew what you were saying.

It's correct, you understood it perfectly ! thmbsp$ But I'm not sure my spanish statement is 100% correct :D But since everybody understand, it's good enough for me :rtfl:

speed painting
 

Hi,


This morning, I speeded up my painting process :D


I fixed the defects on helmets and jerseys, and started the muscles shading. I also paint the pieces of cloth of the skills players.


to be continued...

drl$$ drl$$ drl$$

shading and highlights
 

Hi,

I finished the shades and lights on the fig !

I tried to make diferent black skins colors, to give a better overall look thmbsp$

Now, I have to :

make the helmet logos and stripes
paint the gloves and straps
make the jersey numbers
make face details
make the shoulder white stripes


to be continued... :D At the end, I'll give the paint and inks references thmbsp$

question ?
 

Hi,


I made some progress on the helmets, then searching for pics on internet to make the logos, I noticed that sometimes the steelers athletes 's got black helmets whitout any logo on it....Why ?


Because since I'm very lazy now (and especially I don't have so much spare time), if I can make let the helmets like on the pic...it will be OK for me :rtfl:

I knew this question would pop up. :D The steelers only have their logo on the right side of the helmet, the left is blank.:

ltsplbll

GREAT ! Twice less work to do :rtfl:


Thank you for the answer :D You can see the football french knowledge there :rtfl:

I just finished the helmets, full hand painted (painted stripes, painted fake chinstraps and helmet details, painted logo) Tonight I'll make the gloss varnish on it.

OUTSTANDING Dimitri! thmbsp$ ppls$

Helmets look good. thmbsp$

It was a way easier to paint than the Niners logo... :rtfl:

I made the first varnish coat on helmets, by the way !

Next step tomorrow, enough painting for today :D

awesome!

Real Deal
 

U R D Real Deal My Brother, No Joking

thanks !


I made the second varnish coat tonight, no updated pic, but the result is cool thmbsp$

No more painting for tonight, I'm too tired I'm afraid...Tomorrow I'll make the shoulder stripes and face details !


dimitri

finished helmets
 

Hi,

just a couple of pics before the next update. The helmets received 2 coats of diluted acrylic gloss medium. (first coat not too diluted, second coat about 50/50 water-medium).

WOW
 

those biceps are gigantic,i wouldnt want to mess with them,how do they perform on bases.

WoW just awesome, nice job

A morden day Paccaso,True art my friend.ppls$ ppls$

Nice work Dimitrithmbsp$

thank you for the comments thmbsp$


Yes, I thing the ff.net figures are great for that type of "super heroes" customizing. I think the arms "works" well with the legs of the figs, giving a sort of "comic book" feeling. On the Steelers particulary team, the linemen are especially strong and big, so mine are fat and have arms as big as my chest :D


Concerning the game, I didn't try that figs on bases, but since I did pretty the same on the Niners, it gave me strong linemen (I putted a video here somewhere), and reliable runners thmbsp$

Very Nice
 

frstplc thmbsp$ ppcrn

thank you !
 

Today I added the numbers, with my peel and stick stickers recycling technic (I'll explain that technic in a, article soon, btw) !

Here's a little pic. Tommorow I hope I'll finish the figs. I need to add the shoulder stripes, chinstrap, and eyes thmbsp$

Hi,

Daily update with the last steps I made :

chinstraps
shoulder stripes

Now, I have to make the eyes and shoulder numbers....and the figures will be completed. thmbsp$

Last update for today !
 

Hi,

This afternoon I went fishing, but I took some time to make some progress on the figs too ;)

The figures are almost complete. I just need to make the shoulders numbers, now.

You can notice the new technic I used on the gloves. It gives (in my opinion) a nice real hand effect. The technic is quite simple : just paint the glove in black, then with a thin brush paint the fingers and glove back in the color of your choice.

here's the last pics for today, I'll finish the figs during next week thmbsp$



dimitri

Pants shade.
 

What colors did you use on the pants or going to shade with?Great work--STT

Hi,

I used some vallejo game "sunburst yellow" (not sure of the name..."sun-something" for sure) for the main color, and I shaded it with some Citadel "ogryn flesh" wash. thmbsp$

Quite simple paint job on that team.

wow! those steelers are coming together! really amazing.

Cant wait to see them square off against the Niners!

Reaper paints!
 

They have a yellow triad that might work.FG,alot of guys that paint minis love Reaper paints.You should try them.they have a website and you can get them off ebay also.Many choose them over vallejo,andrea,ect..STT

THanks for the advice !

I choosed Vallejo Game range because they are especially cheap, and have a good quality/prive value in fact ;)

plateforms flocked
 

Hi,

So the figures are finished, varnished, and the plateforms are flocked. THe most observative will see that I didn't make the shoulders numbers : I just became too lazy for it... :rtfl:

I glued the modelling flock with PVA glue, then once it dried, I added another coat of diluted pva glue. It makes the modelling flock more stronger, because that figures are game figs after all...so the bases should destroy the grass effect if it's not strong enough.


Here the pics !

first pic : quarterback,

2d pic : slot receiver (option player), left receiver, right receiver, tight end

3rd pic : half back, fullback

4th pic : linemen

I LOVE THOSE GLOVES thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$

I agree. It's a very easy way to make detailed hands, a WAY easier and faster than sculpting them. Just paint the glove in black, then add the color of your choice like I did. The result is quite realistic in real thmbsp$

I'll use that technic on my next figs.

Well done!!!!!!!thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$ thmbsp$ ppls$ ppls$ ppls$ ppls$

Now those 49ers have someone to hit!ppcrn ppcrn ppcrn ppcrn

thank you !

Yes I need to tweak a squad with that figs...I didn't play for a while ltsplbll