Smithy
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I was a bit unsure where to post this as this obviously isn't a replica of anything from the war but for lack of anywhere else this seems as good a place as any.
I recently bought an aviator kit bag on which I want to paint a 4th FG boxing eagle but instead of charging off I thought I'd have a practice run first and here it is, my first crack at stencilling on a humble old H&M T-shirt. Firstly the duck design is a rip off of one of Josh's designs but I wanted to do a Disney character and I wanted something which had a lot of complex curves and a variety of colours to practice will. I also liked the idea of doing something about El P'sstofo (although this artwork is as far as I know entirely made up) as I really enjoyed that doco "The Air War" which had quite a lot of footage of interviews with Joe Armanini who was bombardier on El P'sstofo.
I owe a very big thank you to Ties who was extremely helpful in offering advice and tips and generally helping start me off.
It's by no means perfect and I might redo the yellow text down the line if I can be bothered as the only yellow paint I had was for light fabric but overall I'm really happy with how it turned out and it was a huge amount of fun to do.
I recently bought an aviator kit bag on which I want to paint a 4th FG boxing eagle but instead of charging off I thought I'd have a practice run first and here it is, my first crack at stencilling on a humble old H&M T-shirt. Firstly the duck design is a rip off of one of Josh's designs but I wanted to do a Disney character and I wanted something which had a lot of complex curves and a variety of colours to practice will. I also liked the idea of doing something about El P'sstofo (although this artwork is as far as I know entirely made up) as I really enjoyed that doco "The Air War" which had quite a lot of footage of interviews with Joe Armanini who was bombardier on El P'sstofo.
I owe a very big thank you to Ties who was extremely helpful in offering advice and tips and generally helping start me off.
It's by no means perfect and I might redo the yellow text down the line if I can be bothered as the only yellow paint I had was for light fabric but overall I'm really happy with how it turned out and it was a huge amount of fun to do.
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