Hi I'm QDC.
What we're going to build today is
Tamiya US Army Assault Infantry Set.
The reason why I bought this particular kit is because
at the time of this recording it is about to be the D-Day anniversary
and I wanted to build a D-Day diorama and so
this is going to be a two part series and the first part
is for me to build this figure set from Tamiya
and I'm going to build only three figures from this particular set.
Lets start building this kit
right now. Let's take a look inside this box.
We have
one plastic bag containing
two spruces. One sprue contains
the figures and the
sprue are the equipment.
These are the completed model figures
before painting and Tamiya has made
a good set of figures. What I like about these figures the best
are the poses. Each figure
had a very dynamic pose and
it's gonna work really well for my D-Day
diorama. My favorite
figure is this one right here in which he
holds out his hand trying to tell someone to stop.
Each figure has
light green frosting and that's putty. It's time me to
paint the figures.
I'm going to paint the shadows. What you see right here
is an old advertisement and I want to focus your attention on
to this particular drawing
of this man. The suit that he's wearing
is something that I'm going to mimic on my model figure.
I wanna you to focus your attention on this crease.
There are two creases where I'm pointing at and in between these two creases
is a shadow. You notice that the shadow in the center is very dark
and as it gradually goes up to the crease, it lightens up
and I'm going to mimic that onto my figure. I'm painting the shadows
I'm going to paint the highlights. Focusing your attention back onto
this man. The two creases that I mentioned earlier
you notice that the creases are very light in the center
right over here and right over hear and as it gradually goes
to a shadow, it darkens up and I'm going to mimic that
onto my model figure. I'm painting the highlights.
I just painting the face and I done a good job. I cannot
show you how I painted the face behind the viewfinder of
this camera because the face is very, very small.
But. I can
tell you with words.
This is how I painted the faces on my figures.
Here's another old advertisement and
the way the artist drew this face
is how I painted my figures. You noticed that there are dark shadows
underneath the chin and underneath the nose,
at the side of the nose and on the eye sockets.
If you notice also, there are
light highlights onto
the cheekbone, on the chin
and little bit on the ear.
That is how I painted my figures.
Okay, so
we built the model kit, we painted the figures
and now it's time for me to show you the entire
figures set from the beginning
to the end. Take a look.
These are the completed model figures after painting
and I did a good job painting these
figures. Tamiya has made
a good set of figures.
They are not the best figures I ever built and painted
but they are not bad at all. My favorite figure
is this man right here telling this person to stop.
I think that these figures will work very well
for my D-Day diorama.
For those of you
who are interested about this building right here.
This is a Mini Art model kit that I built
a long time ago and I made a video of it and place it on YouTube.
You're more than welcome to watch it if you want. That completes this model project.
What you are about to see next is a video slideshow of the entire model kit.
But before I go, as always,
just because I put this video here on YouTube, it doesn't make me a model kit
expert. I am not an expert.
I'm just a regular guy just like you. So
for part two and the final installment of this D-Day diorama.
We are going to build next time Verlinden productions
Tank Turret Bunker and so
when we build this particular kit I think that when we add
these figures from Tamiya and combined it with this one here from Verlinden Productions
it will make a good looking model diorama of
the D-Day invasion. I'm QDC.
Thanks for watching and always please.
Have a great day!