Harold (Cap) Wyman Whitman 1902-1983

I would like to pay tribute to my grandfather on this Memorial Day. Served twenty years in the U.S. Army and retired with the rank of Captain. Served all through World War II in the ETO.

MFCA 2012

Once I get my pics together, I'll post some work seen at this years MFCA show. Till then, here's a pic of MFCA grand masters at the dinner honoring the grandfather of military modeling, Mr. Sheperd Paine.

Capa Figure Prep and Paint

Here's one method I went about preping the figure for primer. After giving the figure a good wash and has dried, I cover/mask the area's to be glued later on, with painters tape. The tape doesn't leave any residue, but is sticky enough to hold while priming. As for paint colors, I used practically all the gray's, warm and cold tones, in my stash, including an ink and pastel.

505th PIR 82nd AIRBORNE painted!

This figure was a blast to paint. Having never painted a figure in black and white, it was really refreshing to do a subject out of my norm. I used almost every shade of grey in my stock of acrylics on this one, from drab warm greys to cold bluish tones. I'll post more pics once the dust settles on my current project. Thanks for visiting.

Drummer, 59th Regiment of Foot

Here's one of my finished winter projects. It's a commission piece depicting a drummer from the 59th Regiment of Foot around the time of Lexington and Concord. Since this is a repeat subject, I thought adding a "scarecrow" or efigy would add some punch to the scene. The drum is scratchbuilt. I'll set up an SBS on how I do these later on. All painted with acrylic.

Up next is Historic Art Miniatures 70mm 82nd Airborne based on the image by famed photographer Robert Capa. It will be painted in black and white. Stay tuned.

Lutzen painted!

The most yellow I've ever painted! It was a great project to work on. This period of military history is very appealing but hasn't been explored much in the hobby. I hope to do another such subject sometime later. Everything was painted with acrylics. Sorry for the harsh pics.