Skinny-Dipping Seven - 1/72 finished

[FBMinis]

Es tut mir leid, aber mein Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut, so ich schreibe in Englisch 

The idea to build this small vignette came after re-discovering the following photo in my computer:



It was originally found on an ebay auction by user Carlo77.

So, I cut some extra bits of balsa wood and made the framing, styrofoam was used to create the ground shape that was then covered with dry wall compound, smoothed with a wet paintbrush.

Everything was painted with Vallejo colours applied with paintbrushes too. The water received some coats of ModelMaster Gloss Varnish and the grass/vegetation was sprinkled. This was a mix of Heki grass and dried tea leaves glued with the help of a brush with dissolved white-glue.

The heads were given a coat of primer so I could inspect for something to fill or sand, then it was given a coat of white to turn the succeeding  flesh colour more vivid (Vallejo acrylic again). A wash of sienna oil paint followed and was left to dry overnight. Titanium white was applied with a 10-0 brush to created some highlights and that was it, everything was glued together and now it's time to move on to the next project!

Thanks for viewing, you will find more photos in my blog!









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Francisco 
http://fbminis.blogspot.com

[Anubis]

Tolle Vignette. Super umgesetzt 

[ZbV3000Germany]

Nice idea, really like it

[Hajo L.]

Maybe the heads are a bit too close together, I don´t know if there is enough room for the bodies beneath the water.


HAJO

[Hans]

Perfect 

[Frank-Holger]

Really way cool! What are those heads you have used? Mig spare heads? Some stuff from Wargame figures?

Frank

[FBMinis]

Danke! Der köpfe sind von Preiser 

[Lichtbringer]

I don´t know if there is enough room for the bodies beneath the water.

Maybe these guys LIKE a close moment? 

[elend]

Haha, now that's funny. Very well done, especially at that scale. 

[ZbV3000Germany]

Okay, in 1:72 sind die Köpfe m. E. nicht zu dicht

[Frank-Holger]

Great idea to use Preiser heads! As I know they might have no spare heads, so did you chop of some heads from figures?

Frank

[P.F.N.]

Great work 

Cheers

Paul

[FBMinis]

Thank you all again! Box 72504 has a few spare heads 

http://henk.fox3000.com/preiser.htm

I'm happy I found this forum, there is some serious model-building going on   

[Homer-J.]

Das Einzige, das etwas stört ist diese weiße Gischt um die Köpfe. Oder sind das Luftblasen? Dann würde ich vielleicht den Titel ändern. 

[Blindfisch]

Realy nice, look´s great 

Best Regards,  Jürgen 

[Thorsten_Wieking]

Great idea, superbly done and something unusual.

Cheers
Thorsten