LHoffman's Painted Sculpts For Your Consideration

[LHoffman]

@wittmann:

I am desperate to visit Civil War sites, as your war has become my most read about one(more than WW2).

I have not been to many, but I have been to Gettysburg and it is really something else. It is amazing to stand there on the hills or in the woods and think of what went on under your feet… very sad.

[Tall Paul]

LHoffman,

I, like everyone else, am anxiously awaiting your upcoming Tiger. Judging from your previous work I’m certain it will be awesome looking.
I believe HBG is releasing their first German set(also with a Tiger)approximately Dec. 15th.
Keep up the good work.

“Tall Paul”

[LHoffman]

Sorry to all those looking forward to the Tiger rollout tonight… but it looks as though it will not be ready. I am afraid to rush it more than I ought simply to get it done, which will not yield the best result. It is nearly done though, and will be up by Thursday evening at some point. Will put it up earlier if I can get the time before then to work on it.

[Lucas McCain]

wow. Really Fantastic job!

Perhaps somebody could make a video tutorial of dry-brushing and basic painting technique?

[LHoffman]

Nice name!

Dry brushing is really not that difficult. It is more about feel and what you are going for personally than any particular technique.

[LHoffman]

Alright, here is the Tiger. Again, OOB from A&A '41.

Went for the mid production Italian scheme. I discovered a couple things:

1. this particular paint scheme would look much better if it were airbrushed
2. I need to find some lighter colors for this particular scheme

Overall it went alright, and as always it looks quite a bit better in person. I really am going to have to get my fiance’s camera. Doesn’t help that the lighting in this room is not conducive to taking pictures.

[LHoffman]

This one is a little easier to see hopefully.

Ah yes:

3. I will definitely be using decals in the future. Painting is a nice thought, but time consuming and frustrating. And generally not that accurate.

[Imperious Leader]

Fantastic! Any chance of making a real time video from start to finish of doing a few units?

It would really help others see how and what goes into this and draw people into doing their own sets.

Im having complete sets for AAE and AAP as well as HBG painted professionally, but perhaps if it is easy enough and i got a reasonable chance of doing a good job, i might just do my own.

[Witt]

Beautiful. Well done.

[LHoffman]

Thanks again guys.

IL - As long as you have a steady hand and a discerning eye, it is not difficult to paint your own and do a good job. I am not sure I could do a real time video. At the very least not yet, as I do not have the process down… I am trying different things at the moment. I can easily explain the process in word form, though it is not quite the same as seeing it.

Littorio is likely to be done next.

[Tall Paul]

LHoffman,

Excellent work on the Tiger!

“Tall Paul”

[LHoffman]

Thank you Paul.

[Viracocha]

Damns!  How did I miss this thread?!  So f****** cool LHoff!  Wonderful likenesses and color schemes - will look great on the board I’m sure!

[LHoffman]

@Viracocha:

Damns!  How did I miss this thread?!  So f****** cool LHoff!  Wonderful likenesses and color schemes - will look great on the board I’m sure!

Haha… been wondering when you’d chime in. Thanks very much V.  :-)

Have been busy with other things for a while and have not updated in a while. But there are new items on the docket. Hopefully, I will finish/begin my project someday. When that day comes I will take some gameplay pictures for your visual stimulation.

[sgtwiltan]

Great work and paint jobs!!
I feel better working with you now that I’ve seen these.
Hope you have fun with my pieces.

[LHoffman]

@sgtwiltan:

Great work and paint jobs!!
I feel better working with you now that I’ve seen these.
Hope you have fun with my pieces.

Thanks for the thumbs up Sarge. Have seen your stuff too and am very impressed. Look forward to receiving them.

[Tall Paul]

Guys,

@LHoffman:

@sgtwiltan:

Great work and paint jobs!!
I feel better working with you now that I’ve seen these.
Hope you have fun with my pieces.

Thanks for the thumbs up Sarge. Have seen your stuff too and am very impressed. Look forward to receiving them.

I’m glad you’ve introduced yourselves, now. What a TEAM!

“Tall Paul”

[Viracocha]

Looking again…

Like that - is it more of a light blue on the Brit units or a gray?

Cool Tiger… I’m going to start painting my tigs soon, I’ll try that scheme on one of them I think Hoff.

[LHoffman]

@Viracocha:

Cool Tiger… I’m going to start painting my tigs soon, I’ll try that scheme on one of them I think Hoff.

Yeah, didn’t turn out as well as the picture, but it’s a work in progress. Now that I have an airbrush, thanks to Paul’s convincing, I might be able to make the next ones better. Although, I feel like I am wasting my time if I paint something other than Wil’s juiced up Tigers.

As you may have noticed everyone, my project will be somewhat on hold as I am currently working on some units for Paul. However, I am glad for the chance to paint something with real meaning and refinement which turns into a finished product… plus I get to work methods out at the same time. It’s really a fun gig. There will be pictures posted here, on Paul’s thread and probably Wil’s too, so don’t fear. What with so many talented guys painting or modifying their sets we are not left wanting for new pictures.

[sgtwiltan]

Yeah, can’t wait to see what you do with them. Judging from your detail on ships, they might be hard to let go after you paint them.
Check out track link or missing-lynx for painting ideas. Of course you’ll have to translate them to 1/285th or 1/300th scale from the original 1/35 scale
models.