Hello. I’m about to get a Tamiya WWII Infantry kit. I’m new to modeling figures.
there’s wat i’m about to by
Alright, any help or advice on assembling, painting, and finishing a figure would be extremelly helpful. It would also be helpful if i knew what paints or washes to get. Thanks.
You understand that it’s a 1/48th scale kit right? Just asking, in case you were looking for 1/35th.
Bummer, i didn’t even see that. In that case, i think i’m gonna get http://tamiya.com/english/products/list/35mm_img/35223m.jpg
any advice would be helpful for my first figure models
Buy some very cheap figures and practice on first. That’s what I did, and I can see the progress I’ve made since first picking up the brush.
I’d look at other people’s work. That really inspired me when I was starting out. Get some books. Verlinden has many. Bill Horan’s Military Modeling Master Class is a great book, with lots of tips on painting, sculpting and building vignettes. Sheperd Paine’s Building and Painting Scale Figures is probably more useful to the beginner though.
That Tamiya kit is an excellent kit and is not that expensive either. However, if you feel you need some practice, you can go with DML/Dragon 1/35 British infantry kit at $6.00 range. good luck and enjoy it.
