I'm learning so much here. I never had any interest in doing figures except those that sat in the pilot's seat or ground crew of whatever project I did. Plus, as I never made a diorama until the early 80s and (only one so far) a very basic one; more of a realistic base rather than a "scene" like the late, great Shep Paine did, I never learned much figure painting. Posts like this have made me appreciate what else is out there. Back when I last modeled, the only acrylic paints were from Sherwin-Williams and were for rooms and such. Oil paints were for house exteriors or people with easels who painted nudes and/or flower pots with a few fruits on a table ... (1) or clocks melting off the side of said tables. NOT for 1/48th, 1/72nd, or 1/25th model airplanes or cars and their crew or other plastic creations. How wrong I was!
re: (1) - do you know of whom I speak? I visited his museum while he was still alive and living in his upstairs quarters. It's easy to think he was a kook, but he was a BRILLIANT man, for sure! And yes ... perhaps a kook. Perhaps someone will make a figure of Salvador Dali. If so, I might be persuaded to do a figure someday!
