book binge 2010 part 1

Hmm, seems like it's that time of year again - book binge! We start of this year's edition with 5 books ordered from amazon US and japan

Portrait of Porco Rosso

Been wanting to do this piece ever since I got this FineMolds kit of the Savoia S.21 Seaplane from Hayao Miyazaki's animated feature film Porco Rosso. I must say that this is one of if not my most loved animated film of all time.

Bazooka Joe = done

The actual title for this piece is "david beats goliath".
The base was finished off with some drybrushing and pigment dusting. Also found a nice 1/48 scale photoetch barbed wire set from Eduard which seems to work for 1/72 and just nicely rounds off the base.
I'm quite happy to finish this in a reltively short amount of time. The final result was close to what I originally envisioned and I hope you all enjoyed it.

Bazooka Joe 5 almost there

The weekend proved to be as if not more hectic than the weekday. Lucky to have managed to do 95% of the painting done in 2 sittings, I guess that's the beauty of 1/72 scale figure modelling.
I used vallejo acrylics, they're pretty good for a quick sit n paint. And clean ups are a breeze.
Next step would be to spray a dullcote, mount on the base and dirty up his boots to sit with the environment. As usual the week ahead is gonna be hectic and I foresee the weekend will be as well. Fingers crossed I can get him finished.

Bazooka Joe 4

...and more progress on the fig. Actually "Bazooka Joe" is just the working title for this project. I've got a more appropriate title in mind, more on this later. In the meantime:

Bazooka Joe 3

I've really wanted to get this one done, and I've managed to get some good progress this weekend.
Starting with the base:

Bazooka Joe 2

Some good progress on B. Joe. I decide he'll be wearing a winter coat with his web gear worn over it. He's got a scarf wrapped around his head too.