Thunderbird Miniatures progress

Making progress on the figure:

USAAF Pilots

Here are three of the heads from the Thunderbird Miniatures figure.

Bishop of Strasbourg 1262 Finished

Here is the FEX kit of the Bishop of Strasbourg.  There was slim and almost no references for painting this guy- aside from a 1/6 scale action figure....   anyway   here is the completed figure.

USAAF Red Tails and more......

I have the honor of doing the box art for Thunderbird Miniatures new release which is two figures- Tuskegee Airman and a USAAF pilot. This is a 100 mm figure sculpted by Mike Good.   Both the figures use the same torso, but each has two separate heads- your choice.

Here is Mike's photos of the master (I hope he doesn't mind)

 Here is my progress on the Red Tail Pilot-- still a lot to do- 

An Oldie, But a Goodie

This is S&T's 82 Airborne Figure- 120mm.  I painted this one a while back.  I always have liked it, so I wanted to re-shoot the photos.

USMC Pacific- Guadalcanal

Well, I  was working on several projects at once,  and I snuck this one through past the bishop.....

This is Life Miniatures USMC bust.  It was a fun one to do..... specially the HBT uniform.  This one has more Jo Sonja's then Vallejo.  I liked how it came out.  I hope you do too.

-Matt

Some salty sweat stains on the uni......

Update on the Bishop........

Worked this weekend  on the face, hair, armor and mail.  

An Interlude..........

While waiting for pieces and parts to dry and whatnot, I picked up a bunch of Jo Sonja tube acrylics.  I have been wanting to experiment with them ---- based on other artists use.  So I started by painting the face on this bust.  It's Walter Von Geroldseck, the Bishop of Strasbourg, 1262.  It's a 1/10 scale piece made by a Russian chap.  So, the face started with the painting of the eyes, then the flesh.  I used Vallejo's for the eyes.  The face is about 90% complete- some areas still to work on.  But it's about 99% painted with Jo Sonja.  Since this acrylic is  like artists oils, I used the standard flesh mixes you would use for oils.  I think this stuff is great- its easy to blend and more fluid than Vallejo.   As I progress, I will fine tune my technique. 

Update

The figures for the Panzer III are just about done.  Waiting now for the base so I can do any final fitting, then start paining the tank. 

Wowsers Magazine Cover

Here is MMI issue 88 cover, with my Tanker on it!

Panzer III Crew

A little work on the Panzer crew.  Just painting the flesh and caps.  I have a choice of two caps for the gunner.