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Geezer
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BigLars
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 Posted - 01/05/2011 : 8:02:19 PM
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Dallas,
You bringing this build to the NNGC in NC next year? I have to see this build in person!
Larry
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dallas_m
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Posted - 01/06/2011 : 7:34:37 PM
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Larry -- That's probably too soon! This thing seems to be taking a while .... 
Monet's Garden? Well, the great idea of using dry transfers on Millie's dress fizzled out. Those particular rub-on designs require quite a bit of pressure to transfer ... and that doesn't work so well on a small, somewhat curvy figure. So, kick in Plan B and start practicing little paint dots on some scrap paper as shown above, then hope for the best on the actual figure ...
A bit impressionistic, but I think this will do ... don't worry about that very bland arm in the foreground. Wanted to paint all the little dots before shading the arms, cuz I figured there would be a few mishaps! 
PS -- Got a couple more Reaper metallics in the mail today. Look forward to trying them, but 'dots' enough painting for today. 
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UKGuy
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Posted - 01/06/2011 : 7:46:32 PM
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Outstanding Dallas.....
Karl.A
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BigLars
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Posted - 01/06/2011 : 8:16:44 PM
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Dallas,
The dress is very well done.
Larry
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Ensign
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Posted - 01/06/2011 : 8:37:06 PM
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Tickle torturing Millie, well that's just silly.
Her dress looks fantastic.even though she's made of plastic.
Okay, I lost the names contests so now I am trying my hand at poetry.
Greg Shinnie
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UKGuy
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Posted - 01/06/2011 : 11:13:44 PM
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Not bad at all Greg....
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She's a sweet looking girl and her Mom named her Millie,
She blossomed quite young to a fine looking fillie.
The boys stopped and stared as they watched her drive by,
With Mr Curt Mudgeon right there by her side.
She once looked quite fierce, in her cammo's and boots,
But that talented Dallas took her back to her roots.
He sculpted and carved her for hours and hours,
And soon she emerged, a young sweet girl in flowers.
From back where she started, there's not far to go,
Though I'm sure Mr. Dallas has plenty to show.
The plans in his mind are far reaching for sure.
Myself and the others will be learning much more.
From Vallejo to Reapers, to needles and pins,
This thread is just loaded with many good things.
From how to paint people and make them all pretty,
To how to make junk piles all rusty and .....
But back to young Millie and old Mr Mudgeon,
You know that with Dallas there will be no fudgin'.
They both will be perfect and look like they should.
Or they'll both get done over until better than 'good'.
The work that we see here is raising the bar,
the questions we all ask, much further? how far?
But Dallas keeps going, the envelope pushed,
The crowd watches on, some in awe and most hushed.
I'm bored now of writing, though I could go all night,
To read through this thread is a wonderful sight,
The work here before us is far from old hat,
and the thought in my head....... "I wish I could do that!"
Karl.A
Yeah I know, but finding something to rhyme with "Mudgeon" aint easy....
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dallas_m
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Posted - 01/07/2011 : 12:03:45 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by dallas_m
Greetings all --
I think "The Chambers Challenge" is a great way to honor MikeC's tremendous contribution to the forum and to carry his influence forward to more modelers ...
So, I'll join in by constructing "Chambers Gas & Oil" in 1:35 scale ... a variation of Mike's "Faulk's Oil Co", which can be seen on his web page here:
http://homepage.mac.com/michael21/CMShome/faulksoilco1.html
And on the forum here:
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7880&whichpage=1
And here:
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8355&whichpage=4
This build will probably go on well past the June 30th date ... along the way, all comments, questions, suggestions and so forth are completely WELCOME. And, if you have ideas or suggestions that suit the specific "personality" of this build, those are especially welcome!
Karl --
Wow ... shucks, golly ... and thank you!
Everyone --
Good as time as any to THANK everyone for your help & encouragement along the way (not that I'm wrapping it up or anything crazy like that at the moment!) Saw the challenge as a great way to challenge myself to try some new things and to see if I could put all that "inspiration" I'd been collecting over the years to actual use. Having a great time with it ... and won't be surprised if a couple more June 30th's roll around before it's "all" done!
The spirit of friendship, sharing and co-operation that MikeC helped foster on this forum is clearly visible (and much appreciated) on a daily basis. Wish I had time to get involved in many more threads and parts of the forum than I do, but so glad that there's a big group of us with varied interests all coming together to keep it rolling. Thanks to all who share their thoughts, ideas, enthusiasm and best of all friendship.
PS -- I really, really do plan to add more walls! 
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Frederic Testard
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Posted - 01/07/2011 : 02:57:50 AM
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Karl, the variety of your talents is a bless for us all.
Dallas, yes, it's great to belong to such a group and have everyday the feeling something has been done somewhere.
And the girl is great with her tickling thoughts.
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Ensign
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Posted - 01/07/2011 : 05:53:54 AM
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Okay Karl, looks like I lost the poetry contest now to.
Back to the doghouse
Greg shinnie
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dallas_m
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Posted - 01/07/2011 : 11:43:27 AM
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Speaking of Reaper paints ... Millie's flesh tones were done using the Reaper "Fair Skin" series as follows (haven't shaded her arms/hands yet):
-- Highlights: Mix of Fair Highlights and Fair Skin
-- Mid-tone (base): Mix of Fair Skin and Fair Shadow
-- Shadows: Mix of Fair Shadow and Oiled Leather, which was the base color for her auburn hair and gave a nice, warm shadow. For a blonde, consider mixing in some Tanned Shadow or Golden Shadow instead
-- Blush: Mix in a little Rosy Shadow into the skin tones to give a bit of pink to the cheeks, natural lip color, etc.
Reaper has several series of skin tones, with three shades in each: Fair Skin, Golden Skin, Tanned Skin, Dark Skin, Rosy Skin and Olive Skin. The colors can be inter-mixed to provide additional variations in your characters' skin tones.
And, if you're inclined to have a few zombies roaming about, they also have Ghoul Skin, Moldy Skin and Bloodless Skin!
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hon3_rr
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Posted - 01/07/2011 : 12:21:14 PM
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Well said Karl!..
And Dallas... Outstanding leather and dress coloring! My only question currently is how high are you going to raise the old modeling bar? I'm not sure there are extension ladders high enough to reach much further.
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BBLmber
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 Posted - 01/07/2011 : 1:13:11 PM
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Hey Kris, before he's through we will be bringing in the crane to set the bar and extentions.
Mark
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Ensign
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Posted - 01/08/2011 : 3:55:21 PM
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Hey Dallas, I thought I should let you know where I am with your doghouse.
For those of you that don't know what I am talking about,Dallas has been so very kind to help me with a project.
So I thought it would be nice to offer to do something in return.We both agreed upon building a doghouse for Mr.Mudgeon's dog.
Since this was my first venture into 1/35 scale, Dallas was kind once again to send me a photo of one he liked. {See photo below]
He also sent some dimensions for the lumber & an idea of how large to make the house, so it would fit Mr. Mudgeon's dog.
This is what I was able to come up with for him.
Now this doghouse does not stop here. I wanted to do a little something extra for this guy/Dallas who seems to keep raising the bar when it comes to modeling. This is where my friend Joe Rutter of "Full Steam Ahead" comes in. I asked Joe if he could do me a favour by making me up some laser cut license plates.So that they would have raised letters & numbers, because paper was not going to cut it for Dallas's tastes.This is how they came out below I have started painting them. You can see the 3 that I have finished in this photo by the push tack.
Now you are probably wondering what do these plates have to do with this doghouse. Well I plan on using them as shingles for the roof.
I think Mr.Mudgeon has a bit of Scottish in him like myself and has come up with a useful way of using old plates that he has laying around the shop.
Now I need some input as to how you think the plates should go on. I have three different colours of plates White, orange & yellow. Should I put them on in a random fashion mixing the colours up, or keep the rows of shingles/plates the same colour.I also plan on rusting them up a bit once they are all on.Dallas I hope you like what you see, even though I have failed miserably on the name contests and now even poetry compared to Karl's.
Please let me come in now from the doghouse!
Greg Shinnie
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UKGuy
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Posted - 01/08/2011 : 4:01:15 PM
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Awesome liscence plates and a great idea to use them.
I vote for random (and some upside down too......)
Karl.A
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