Painting Mannequins (By Request!)

[JUBILEE42]

Hi!

Yes, really good try but of course needs to be improved because there's no secret, painting job needs experience and experience means time...
One after the other, they will be better and better and you will learn by yourself, with your own way, how to reach the required painting effect you look for...a question of skills also...
I think that Frederick "4th division" would say the same.

Thierry

It took me some years to get that result

[jurggie]

@jubilee42, I like your mannequins and some of them are real gems, but in general their skintone is pretty dark. It looks like they just returned from the Africa campaign.

[JUBILEE42]

@jubilee42, I like your mannequins and some of them are real gems, but in general their skintone is pretty dark. It looks like they just returned from the Africa campaign.

Hi Jurggie

Some of them are effectively made for AK characters and required as such by their owner but for most of them, it's mostly due to my photos and the treatment I give them with automatic contrast and tones corrections which give that sensation but truly there are not so "dark" in reality as I take very care of the colours I use to respect human skintone...even if most of the faces I paint are asked "dusted, marked & tired" reason also of that sensation...but here is the last one painted, pretty "clean" with no scatches or scars and with a "basic" skintone...of my style.





Best
Thierry

[JUBILEE42]

Hi to All!

a little update...

Best to All!
Thierry

The 70's vintage Rootstein mannequin before...one of my favorite mannequin head across all brands


...especially after painting! (by request)


& Dressed (Royal Canadian Legion veteran)

[Lou58]

Very impressive Thierry, a realistic looking face, well done

Lou

[8threcce]

Hello

Im just new to the board and going thru some of the topics so please excuse the late reply...I was wondering about the skin texture on your mannequins, is this just originally mannequin or do you apply extra textures so that the skin looks rough..if added what kind of medium do you use..

Thanks
Pieter

[8threcce]

Skin texture

Hi to All!

a little update...

Best to All!
Thierry

The 70's vintage Rootstein mannequin before...one of my favorite mannequin head across all brands


...especially after painting! (by request)


& Dressed (Royal Canadian Legion veteran)

Hello

Im just new to the board and going thru some of the topics so please excuse the late reply...I was wondering about the skin texture on your mannequins, is this just originally mannequin or do you apply extra textures so that the skin looks rough..if added what kind of medium do you use..

Thanks
Pieter

[JUBILEE42]

Hello

Im just new to the board and going thru some of the topics so please excuse the late reply...I was wondering about the skin texture on your mannequins, is this just originally mannequin or do you apply extra textures so that the skin looks rough..if added what kind of medium do you use..

Thanks
Pieter

Hi to All!

Welcome here Pieter and thanks to highlight this topic long time ago not updated...

No I don't add any specific texture on the mannequin face and it's only by painting that I reach the skin aspect & tones I'm looking for (by mixing 4 colors of Humbrol oil paint applied only with hand brushes of all kind - no airbrush use)
...As pictures are always better than long speeches, if you would like to see more please refer to that thread:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=809265 (post#1)

...And to match your "8threcce" pseudo here is one of the last Customannequin I realised from a vintage Rootstein shop mannequin and destinated to display an officer of the Canadian VIII Recce regiment liberator of Dieppe on 1st of September 1944.

Before...

& After painting!
shooted outside with natural high light


Close-up


The VIII Recce officer
shooted inside with no flash by low natural light


Close-up






As all Customannequins it can matches all kind of characters & here it is with a German look...
(sorry for the jacket, of course not German and obviously even not WWII, just a fashion jacket used to get a "roseau" jacket look)
shooted outside with natural light










Best to All!
Thierry

[8threcce]

Thanks for the fantastic update

As for 8th rece
I'm a 8th recce reenactor they liberated my town here in Holland
Great display!

Hi to All!

a little update...

Best to All!
Thierry

The 70's vintage Rootstein mannequin before...one of my favorite mannequin head across all brands


...especially after painting! (by request)


& Dressed (Royal Canadian Legion veteran)

Hi to All!

Welcome here Pieter and thanks to highlight this topic long time ago not updated...

No I don't add any specific texture on the mannequin face and it's only by painting that I reach the skin aspect & tones I'm looking for (by mixing 4 colors of Humbrol oil paint applied only with hand brushes of all kind - no airbrush use)
...As pictures are always better than long speeches, if you would like to see more please refer to that thread:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=809265 (post#1)

...And to match your "8threcce" pseudo here is one of the last Customannequin I realised from a vintage Rootstein shop mannequin and destinated to display an officer of the Canadian VIII Recce regiment liberator of Dieppe on 1st of September 1944.

Before...

& After painting!
shooted outside with natural high light


Close-up


The VIII Recce officer
shooted inside with no flash by low natural light


Close-up






As all Customannequins it can matches all kind of characters & here it is with a German look...
(sorry for the jacket, of course not German and obviously even not WWII, just a fashion jacket used to get a "roseau" jacket look)
shooted outside with natural light










Best to All!
Thierry

[justamanda]

hints for the inexperienced

Just a personal update for the members who, like me, do not have any painting experience. I've just finished painting my 7th mannequin using the advice of NZmark. It is really a learning process. You can litterally see the improvement in my mannequins if I would put them next to eachother BUT it is really not that hard to achieve acceptable results with a minimum of experience. Dont focuss to hard on the pictures here from JUBILEE or Mark... these kind of result will take a lot of practice unless you are a natural painting genius.

Some tips: I write down step by step how Mark paints his mannequins. How he creates the skin tones, how many layers he paints, how long he lets everything dry... this is my bleuprint for painting. Get the humbrol colours if you follow marks way of mixing colours because the revell doubles are different and you will not get the same colour. Be patient... let every layer dry for at least 8 hours before getting the next one on... i've been impatient before and started painting faster... this only creates a bad paintjob.

Then for me the most difficult thing is creating a realistic skin tone... I use Mark's mixing techniques, paint 1 layer and add some red with the second layer. Really focuss on the highlights... you might be having the urge to mix it in on a to big a surface. The lips are generally a bit of skin tone mixed with some red or orange. The eyes are very difficult not because of colour but because of the detail... marks way of painting is perfect but it took me quite a while of practice to create a steady hand to paint the round shapes. For the hair and eyes you will benefit from mixing a colour from light to dark tone and using dark and light tones.

The quality of the pictures is not that good but you can compare with my earlier attempts who are also in this topic. Start painting, it is worth it. My thanks to Mark and all other members who shared their experience in this topic.

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[don_kihotis7]

Just a personal update for the members who, like me, do not have any painting experience. I've just finished painting my 7th mannequin using the advice of NZmark. It is really a learning process. You can litterally see the improvement in my mannequins if I would put them next to eachother BUT it is really not that hard to achieve acceptable results with a minimum of experience. Dont focuss to hard on the pictures here from JUBILEE or Mark... these kind of result will take a lot of practice unless you are a natural painting genius.

Some tips: I write down step by step how Mark paints his mannequins. How he creates the skin tones, how many layers he paints, how long he lets everything dry... this is my bleuprint for painting. Get the humbrol colours if you follow marks way of mixing colours because the revell doubles are different and you will not get the same colour. Be patient... let every layer dry for at least 8 hours before getting the next one on... i've been impatient before and started painting faster... this only creates a bad paintjob.

Then for me the most difficult thing is creating a realistic skin tone... I use Mark's mixing techniques, paint 1 layer and add some red with the second layer. Really focuss on the highlights... you might be having the urge to mix it in on a to big a surface. The lips are generally a bit of skin tone mixed with some red or orange. The eyes are very difficult not because of colour but because of the detail... marks way of painting is perfect but it took me quite a while of practice to create a steady hand to paint the round shapes. For the hair and eyes you will benefit from mixing a colour from light to dark tone and using dark and light tones.

The quality of the pictures is not that good but you can compare with my earlier attempts who are also in this topic. Start painting, it is worth it. My thanks to Mark and all other members who shared their experience in this topic.

Nice results.

Thanks for the tips.

[Jogriev]

Very nice examples here!
I'm impressed by some of the truly artists here, nevertheless I like the more subtile paintjobs. I don't use 'normal' brushes etc, only airbrush.

[ww2collector]

Awesome work!! A question how much paint you need for one mannequin head, how many of the small cans you would need? And after you painted you use something to harden it? I am afraid that my items will be stained from the paint.

Cheers,
Eric

[Jogriev]

Awesome work!! A question how much paint you need for one mannequin head, how many of the small cans you would need? And after you painted you use something to harden it? I am afraid that my items will be stained from the paint.

Cheers,
Eric

Hi Eric,

I use only a few base colors. The quantity depends on how good (or bad) the original doll is. But you can do several dolls with a single can. Actually you cab do a lot of dolls!
The layers are very thin, so I'm still looking to a good method to protect them. A good protection will also protect your 'items'. But I never had any complaints that the paint did stain items.