After a long process of hand painting, I finally have the front bucket design finished and painted. I am surprised how well it turned out but am loving the end result! (Also couldn't resist throwing "405th" as the regiment marking)
Well, originally i made the design on paint, then printed it out and cut it to shape of the front plate of the chest. Then i drew around the outline of the image onto the plate itself with a art pen. Then i free handed the shapes and the details.
Then it was just all about layers. Starting with base colours and slowly working my way up to the shading colours. The skulls as an example are about five different shades of colour from shadows and highlights.
Hey thanks guys!
After having a few days off from the crafting I couldn't help but suit up and wield the unfinished sniper rifle to see how it all looked, fitted and felt. I know the sniper barrel is drooping in a couple of pictures but that`ll be sorted out soon enough.