Figures Omaha Beach WIP

Florent Thouret
Very good job !

Marco Gallmann
Well done so far. I take a seat.

Scott Dutton
Great job, like the holders as well

seb H
Thanks mates, its the begining need to highlight and omber everything 🙂 Thanks for the holder, there is 3 hole on the top of them in order to be able to put every kind of figures on it (each figures have a wire in their legs to reinforce it)

Scott Dutton
Patent the design and sell em.

seb H
👍

Spanjaard
i am certainly in. figures look really nice. very good idea to hold the figures. simple ideas are usually the best 🙂

seb H
Thanks spanjaard 🙂 As i Have many figures to do, i wanted a way to paint many at the same time so i had to find holders a piece of wood was there , and here they are 🙂

Tim Heimer
Nice work Seb! Which paints are you using? and did you mix your own colors? Thanks!

seb H
Thanks, i'm using ak3070 (US uniform WW2 from AK), I haven't done yet any higlight or omber, i'm a acrylic beginner (I'm better with my oils, but there are so many figures to do, it's easier to do them using acrylics, with good colors ready to use 🙂 just have to mix colors for highlight and omber...)

Tim Heimer
Thank you so much, I liked the hues in those colors. That's a must for my paints. For what it's worth I usually use an enamel base color and detail with the acrylics and also use the acrylic thinner and a damp brush to help create some highlights on painted areas.

seb H
little update trousers, skin and vest done, still some works to do, eyes, leather, equipement, and all details...

Moritz Fentzahn
Looks interesting and promising. Respect for those figures, Really a big bunch 👍

seb H
it will be long to finish them all, but no matter i have the time 🙂 it's something i always wanted to do 🙂

Spanjaard
we are all looking forward seeing it through 🙂

seb H
Hello all, the first 9 gi's are done, may be some splashes with gloss varnish to simulate water, but this will be done when i'll fit them on the big diorama...still 100 figs to do, i'm going to prepare the 10 next 🙂

Mark H
This is a brilliant diorama. Well Seb!

coporado
Nice figure painting seb, will follow closely!

seb H
Thanks mark and coporado for following 🙂

Es-haq Khosravi
Outstanding!

Spanjaard
a 100 more??? OMG. this will be beyond anything i have seen.... i will get a comfortable chair for the rest of the build 🙂

seb H
Thanks es-haq and yes spanjaard take a really comfortable chair, this diorama will take me lot of time, but that's something i wanted to do in 1/35eme since i'm young but 25 years ago there was nothing in 1/35eme 🙂 , as i'm building 3 lcvp, there is in each 25figs + all the other i added, and i may add some more..will see... 🙂

Moritz Fentzahn
Nice progress Seb. 👍 I am looking forward to your further steps. What size will the Diorama base have in the end?
Cheers

Spanjaard
I was going to ask the same question 🙂

seb H
The size of the dio is still in discussion, too big for my living room for sure 🙂 I focus on the US side, one lcvp will be still in the water with all guys in, the 2 others will have their door open with all the gi's going outside...for the moment i think it will be about 1.2 meter large for 1 meter long, but it can still change, i'll make a box, in order to properly store it, and to easily take it in exposition

Spanjaard
i would certainly love to this it in person!

coporado
The size is really amazing seb! I did a 1/72 D-Day diorama years ago and found this was big, till today 🙂 It´s a bit sad to banish the dio in a box to store it, isn´t it? What about a modular dio? You could always have a part from the dio displayed in your living room and for presentation purposes you may connect all modules to one big scene.

Bob Hall
Amazing detail ! 29th Inf was my grandfathers Division ! He was there and i can just picture him in that rushing group !

seb H
Would be à pleasure spanjaard,🙂 coporado, it could be an option but in modular dio you Always see thé transition beetween parts, no illl do à little for the living room lol, Robert hall, i have great respect for these mens Who came to fight in my country,, cant imagine what kind of courage /bravery needed this day, if its still possible present him my respect

Spanjaard
From all of us

seb H
Thanks James glad you like it

John Thomas
Very nice

Tim Heimer
For what it's worth...when I do a lot of figures, I use empty egg cartons to hold them. maybe that will help you too.

seb H
thanks john and timothy, for egg cartons, do you mean to store them once done ??? I'm using a closed plastic box with polystryren in the bottom as each figure have a pin un their leg to hold them 🙂

Tim Heimer
I use them while working on them and storage. Hopefully I'll start back on them by the end of the year! LOL