Painting Mannequins (By Request!)

[yanksmannequins]

first custom hand painted job.

[NZMark]

Excellent skin tone and finish
I will say though that I am not a great fan of the 'white dot on the eye' method of implying a gloss reflection. I prefer to layer lacquer on the eye to simulate the real thing. Just a personal view.
Impressive! Thanks for posting. Any more images of your work?
Regards,
Mark
NZ

[yanksmannequins]

just a few more pictures same mannequin (sitting one ), and one standing one that I did earlier. Those are the two only ones I ever painted...

[yanksmannequins]

please note that the eyes were "factory" painted on both mannequins. I did not repainted them..

[yanksmannequins]

same standing mannequin

[Edwin]

looks cool ! Nice job

Edwin

[don_kihotis7]

Excellent job. Well done

[monte cassino]

very nice! Like the skin tone...

[4th division]

Skin tone is indeed not bad!

Here are more of my recent paintjobs for my own collection:

[monte cassino]

very nice... super uniforms and equipment also...

[HAF]

nice paint job! very realistic!

[4th division]

Thanks guys !

[JUBILEE42]

Hi Mark, Fred & All!

Nice job "yanksman"...a promising start indeed!
...and yes! skin tones and their "lights & shadows" make all...

Welcome to the "Paintjob Club"
Best
Thierry


Heer Sniper, Normandy 1944


N° Commando, Dieppe 1942


Fallschirmjäger, Kreta 1941


1st US Rangers, Dieppe 1942


Kriegsmarine Obermaat, Dieppe 1942


VIII Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars) Dieppe 1944

[monte cassino]

as said before...absolutely great! Great inspiration. I am working on my very first mannequin. I finished painting the hands now so I could practise a bid. Now I am adjusting the head, but still lots of work to be done before I can even begin with the paintjob of the head.

Thanks for showing your work guys... it's a great inspiration. Nice to see everybody has his own methods with totally different outcomes.

[JUBILEE42]

Hi to All,

There's some nice mannequins (even none painted) from quality brands as J.Nissen, Hindsgaul, Rootstein and C° and painted them is a guaranty of nice results as shown in the post before...
...but there's also "poor" mannequins with caricatural and inexpressive faces, dolls eyes and unrealistic aspects which seems "unworkable" for (good) militaria displays...
...but some touch of paint can save them and change everything!

Best to All!
Thierry

That one painted by request for a friend on a BDC mannequin base that normally would not for me...but finally...




Schumi!?!