Vietnam-Era Soldier

Something non-Star Wars from Thunder-blade?

Awesome! Love the paint job, or is it a sharpie job?
Anyway nice fig.

I'm glad to see you not just a SW 24-7 builder.

You're outstanding at sharpie with non-Star Wars figures also.

The face throws off the rest of the figure which looks good; it just looks too messy. Perhaps use some lighter hues so you could better see the face beneath the sharpie? Because the darker tones tend to outdo the typically black coloring of the expressions on minifigure's heads' faces.

It's good, but the arms are missing something as the whole figure looks covered up except the arms which are like clean. The face camo is also a bit messy.

I like it a lot, unlike TD I think that the arms show how soldiers varied with uniforms. This one probably like a uniform without sleeves, it just shows how troops are different, also nice job with the m4 catridge. Although I have to agree with everyone else, the face-paint doesn't look so good.

This is an awesome looking guy TB! I like your use of the new 2010 LC pieces. Nice vig for him too.

Nice, but I still think paint works much better. Teebs, you should give painting a shot!

Alpha Beta wrote:I like it a lot, unlike TD I think that the arms show how soldiers varied with uniforms. This one probably like a uniform without sleeves, it just shows how troops are different, also nice job with the m4 catridge. Although I have to agree with everyone else, the face-paint doesn't look so good.

Or it could show how hot it is in Vietnam...

Like everyone else I have to say the face isn't the best. But not because of the paint. It's camouflage! There isn't a preset way it should look. I think it would be better if it stretched around to the sides more instead of just the front.

80-0 wrote:The face throws off the rest of the figure which looks good; it just looks too messy. Perhaps use some lighter hues so you could better see the face beneath the sharpie? Because the darker tones tend to outdo the typically black coloring of the expressions on minifigure's heads' faces.

Or you could not sharpie him at all....

Thunder-Sharpie strikes again!

I love the little vig, are you going to sharpie the future tank too?

eclipsegrafx wrote:Thunder-Sharpie strikes again!

I love the little vig, are you going to sharpie the future tank too?

Definitely not. I only modify minifigs, even I find modding LEGO bricks sacrilegious.

Well you CAN use a trick I use. Cover the area you want to sharpie with a layer of scotch tape...

You will see this done in my next MOC.

Again, I love the minifig. I like even more how you got rid of the annoying toy story green.

Eh, painting/modifying actual LEGO bricks for MOCs isn't for me. LEGO is already so diverse when MOCing that I don't see a need for paint. In fact, I've seen some pretty good brickbuilt camo tanks.

Pretty sweet fig ThunderBlade! Just one thing though, if you wanted the camo paint on the face, make it around the head, not a small patch.

Another fine piece of work TB , finally someone in the world creates something about the Vietnam War! Where did you get the helmet from?

Darth Yoda wrote:

80-0 wrote:The face throws off the rest of the figure which looks good; it just looks too messy. Perhaps use some lighter hues so you could better see the face beneath the sharpie? Because the darker tones tend to outdo the typically black coloring of the expressions on minifigure's heads' faces.

Or you could not sharpie him at all....

As long as the intent is to provide facial camouflage... but yes, the face would look fine with no sharpie at all.

Aerial Trooper Nitro wrote:Another fine piece of work TB , finally someone in the world creates something about the Vietnam War! Where did you get the helmet from?

Helmet is the modded Toy Story one.

It looks fine, but I think you should have gone with an M1 or BF dark green helmet .

Aerial Trooper Nitro wrote:It looks fine, but I think you should have gone with an M1 or BF dark green helmet .

Maybe he wanted to show his sharpie expertise further.

He might have wanted to do that, but I still think he should have gone with those helmets.

I was too lazy to get some BF.

The figure was very well made, good job. Did you use the new Toy Story Army men?

Very well done, but I prefer Revell model building colours.
And I don't think they already had M4s in these days, maybe give him a Tommy gun or something like that.