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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #25 on: June 27, 2024, 11:45:44 AM »
Surprisingly, the figures do match the boxart!

Here's bubba. Preshading (which really helps):



Where it is now:



The slack jawed, vacant look is because he's taking a swig, not because he's been decapitated and stuck on a pole. I have to fix the eyes and get rid of the sweaty sheen. The painting method is slightly different from Mr. Hipster; I'm getting a hang of thin glaze layering. I'm also using a different acrylic paint.

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #26 on: June 27, 2024, 12:52:16 PM »
Wow, that's cool.
What camera are you using? Amazing close-up

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #27 on: June 28, 2024, 12:33:06 AM »
That's on my new iPhone 15

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #28 on: June 28, 2024, 05:38:06 AM »
Nice detail on the faces.

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #29 on: June 29, 2024, 08:29:59 AM »
Bubba is almost finished. I added a beer bottle to see how it looks, but he's so drunk he missed is pie hole. One difference between the plastic and the boxtop on this figure is that his ammo belt is unsnapped in the model.

Not a flashlight:


Don't know what the thing is under his jacket. It may be a pad to sit on cold and wet ground?






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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #30 on: June 30, 2024, 02:47:50 AM »

Don't know what the thing is under his jacket. It may be a pad to sit on cold and wet ground?

or possibly a small game bag, wherein the dead animal(s) that'll become dinner is/are placed to leave one's hands free.

Variations allow for personal preference.


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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #31 on: June 30, 2024, 12:17:53 PM »


Yes, a game pouch I think - looks like its divided into separate pockets - one for each squirrel he shoots ?

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #32 on: July 01, 2024, 09:57:06 AM »
The Hipster and the drunk hunter are done:








The flask fits well. My attempt at fingernails didn't fare well:






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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #33 on: July 03, 2024, 10:03:29 AM »
Almost done with the woman. I need to work on her eyes, hair, watch and some touchups:

The hair on her forehead is a small piece of paper towel, pulled apart slightly to loo like hair:







The soda cans in the kit are a three part affair. I put a bottle in her hand to see i it works:


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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #34 on: July 03, 2024, 10:18:56 AM »

The soda cans in the kit are a three part affair. I put a bottle in her hand to see i it works:





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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #35 on: July 03, 2024, 02:06:53 PM »
Really nice Frank, this is the best sort of review.. a real build review.

Refreshing to be getting some more Civvy type figures more readily available.

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #36 on: July 03, 2024, 07:29:27 PM »
Really nice Frank, this is the best sort of review.. a real build review.

Refreshing to be getting some more Civvy type figures more readily available.

Agree with both statements! :smiley:
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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #37 on: July 04, 2024, 07:19:35 AM »
Thanks, guys. Other than some dust and a cat hair, I'm calling this one done:







It turns out that the soda/beer can won't fit in her hand without surgery (hand, can or both). The bottle seems to fit OK. I used a random beer decal that came with the Miniart beer kit.

Next up is the fisherman.

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #38 on: July 04, 2024, 07:39:30 AM »
 :smiley:

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #39 on: July 06, 2024, 10:17:50 AM »
Mister Fisher, man.

Head is about 75% done. Head, cap and fishing rod are tacked on.



Getting the arm placement correct for the reel took some work:





I have to fix some seams, then a black coat from below, white from above and painting.

After this, maybe I'll tackle a quick, relaxing 800 part kit. These figures are only 7-10 parts each, but the painting takes forever.


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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #40 on: July 06, 2024, 12:36:51 PM »
In these pics, the fisherman looks as if he is trying to reel in a big one - but the rod is straight?

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #41 on: July 06, 2024, 01:01:45 PM »
It’s molded straight; I’ll bend it closer to the boxtop

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #42 on: July 17, 2024, 02:49:18 AM »
The fisherman was the toughest to finish. I broke the fishing rod a few times and ended up saving the reel end and replacing the rest with some styrene rod and fine nylon rigging thread.
Here he is on the back of a boat, reeling in an old boot (from a Tamiya figure):



I managed to knock him off the boat and the rod broke, once again. Here he is (slightly out of focus) before I repaired the rod:



This set took a long time to finish - I started in early June and finished it yesterday.


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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #43 on: July 17, 2024, 05:19:59 AM »
Looking great, Frank!  :smiley:

... I made a bagel out of poster putty. Maybe I'll try to make a 1/35 scale avocado toast.

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #44 on: July 17, 2024, 06:28:00 AM »
Really nice work. The jeans shorts on the pert derriere, came our really well.

Mr Fisher.. also looks the part. I would think that a fishing rod in plastic would be a horror to work with due to being so fragile due to length and thickness.

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #45 on: July 17, 2024, 01:05:03 PM »
If the fishing rod ever breaks again, perhaps a different material can be found in a craft or hobby shop.

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #46 on: July 17, 2024, 04:45:26 PM »
A brass antenna might work as an option to styrene for the fishing rod.

By the way, excellent work on all the figures, Frank! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #47 on: July 18, 2024, 12:18:27 AM »
Thanks, guys - I was very close to replacing the rod with some copper wire, but I was done with this project...

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #48 on: December 20, 2024, 09:28:20 PM »
Your figurework is outstanding.

Something I will aspire to but never attain   ;D

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Re: AK Interactive 1/35 Hunting and Fishing
« Reply #49 on: December 20, 2024, 11:08:00 PM »
Outstanding! I can see how this would take forever. Lots of work painting that to make it look good.