Little People

This thread may be the most fun for me.

I had a great time today painting unpainted figures and populating my layout.

Here are a few to start:

Now it's your turn: show me your little people!

Arnold

I love little people too, Arnold.

For little people in their natural habitats, have you checked out these three posts on www.WarrenvilleRailroad.com ?

Home Sweet Home for Warrenville's Citizens, Where Citizens of Warrenville Work and Where Citizens of Warrenville Pray and Play

Great job Arnold on painting your little folks!  Lionelski - I enjoyed the links to LP on your Warrenville site!  

Here is the Happy Hogger!

Here's Omar the brakeman riding the front step.

The folks on my layout are a mix, but most are Plasticville that I painted. At my Lionelville station, The folks on the bench are a man and woman from Minitoys, and a woman from Woodland Scenics, pre-painted. And the conductor and others are Plasticville. I painted the dog, too, but I can’t remember where it came from.

"I painted the dog, too, but I can’t remember where it came from."

Forgot biology already? It came from Mommy dog and Daddy dog.

I added some folks to my passenger station recently.

Figures are from RMT, Bachman, and Woodland Scenics. All very different sizes. Presented some challenges.

Bob

@trumpettrain posted:

Great job Arnold on painting your little folks!  Lionelski - I enjoyed the links to LP on your Warrenville site!  

Thanks Patrick

Obviously your ridership is increasing Bob.

@Artie-DL&W posted:

The folks on my layout are a mix, but most are Plasticville that I painted. At my Lionelville station, The folks on the bench are a man and woman from Minitoys, and a woman from Woodland Scenics, pre-painted. And the conductor and others are Plasticville. I painted the dog, too, but I can’t remember where it came from.

Artie, after seeing your above post, now I know that the unpainted figures I painted today are Plasticville figures, like yours.

By the way, Artie, you did a great job painting the Plasticville guy wearing the gray suit, blue shirt and black tie.

One more thing, Artie: I love your cart with the milk cans on it.

Arnold

Here is one of my favorites, already painted, and have no idea who made him. He is pretty big for O scale:

He is sitting on the platform in the back of Woodland Scenics' Morrison's Doors Factory, but he did not come with that factory.

Anyone know anything about him, who manufactured him, etc.? Arnold

Thanks, Arnold. Yes, those are Plasticville people that you show. By the way, your painting skills are good, too! The cart is a Bar Mill’s model, and is quite accurate, at least to the Lackawanna’s carts.

Here are some more of my little people.

A switch crew shoots the breeze as they wait to get orders for their next move.

The freight track is a busy place requiring a considerate amount of labor.

Manny, Moe, and Jack, all retired, gather down by the tracks to reminisce their days working on the railroad .... as railroad MOW workers in the distance are hard at work.

Here are two of the guys from the Atlantis tank truck kit that I painted.

More for future projects.

My best Little People are by Arttista (the 2 guys sitting on the right):

More Arttista O Scale Little People:

Arnold

A couple of pics (unpainted) ....

They do make the scene seem more real. 

Some Postwar Little People:

Some different little people.

Can't let this thread go much further without a shout out to the iconic "Blue Man" in the background.

Bob

Hard working little people.    Figures energize scenes IMHO.  

This is the new boiler that was delivered for the new Arnold Cribari Courthouse in Patsburg.  

Railfans

That’s a sensational scene Arnold; way to go. I’m sure it was an old worn out furnace in that revered seat of justice.

Here's Max, supervisor of most of the construction projects around here:

Resin cast from Rusty Rail, painted and based on a bit of acetate.

Warrenville's population reduced by one!

The Annual Meeting of the Ophir and Oblivion Key Preservation Society - all wound up and just the place to go

Here are some of my Military people

Wow, Mikey, great military base!

People at Recruiting Center and waiting for the train.

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Wow, Mikey, great military base!

I agree Artie - Fantastic work Mikey!  Unique, realistic, scenes from both of your posts

Ron

@mikey posted:

Here are some of my Military people

Absolutely great.  Where did you get the two larger Quonset buildings?  And the fork lift?

More little people in various scenarios.

Unloading a boxcar of pumps as a driver for Budweiser wipes off his brow in the distance as seen through the open boxcar door.

Climbing aboard.

Passengers on the platform await the arrival of their train.

Meet Otto the truck driver.

Lunch time at the logging camp ... a good time to play a game of checkers.

@Forty Rod posted:

Absolutely great.  Where did you get the two larger Quonset buildings?  And the fork lift?

Forty Rod,

The Quonset on the right is from Menards,I will have to check where the other one came from.Small one in the back is Lionel,forklift is a repaint maybe from Woodland Scenics

Mikey.

I posted these photos a while back on a separate story about adding a detailed interior to the Walthers Cornerstone O scale Nicole's Java Hut kit (933-3302). Here are a few pics from then of the first floor interior showing the Arttista figures I used to create a busy lunch time scene. They all come pre-painted, have great detail and there are many positions available to set a scene.

Tom

I find it puzzling some people have all these intricate buildings,structures,etc, and they  are definitely done,and there is not a vehicle or person in sight

I know when I'm changing things around and fitting new stuff on,It looks so empty without people.

Sometimes when I'm rearranging buildings I will put some people and cars down just to get a better perspective of what it will look like

Hangin' out down at the station: