WIP Critique Stormtrooper's Para bust.
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tonydawe
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Hi Carl,
First thing you've got to do is clean your finger nails mate!!!
Seriously, I think you've made a good start and now you've just got to keep working on it until it starts to look right. I'd try adding a bit of red to your flesh mix and use it to blend and enhance your shadow areas.
First thing you've got to do is clean your finger nails mate!!!
Seriously, I think you've made a good start and now you've just got to keep working on it until it starts to look right. I'd try adding a bit of red to your flesh mix and use it to blend and enhance your shadow areas.
Thanks for the comments, I think that the box art is an impossible act to follow for mere mortals.
Tony, I'll remember to mask my nails in future.
Carl.
Tony, I'll remember to mask my nails in future.Carl.
stu
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Hi Carl,
I know you said you were itching to get your hands on this and that your brushes were dry but thats quick mate.Colour of the beret is spot on mate, and yes I think lee's painting will be hard to follow, but for me this face is so easey to accentuate different details and so all will be different.
I will be following
Cheers
Stu
I know you said you were itching to get your hands on this and that your brushes were dry but thats quick mate.Colour of the beret is spot on mate, and yes I think lee's painting will be hard to follow, but for me this face is so easey to accentuate different details and so all will be different.
I will be following
Cheers
Stu
Michael Tse
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Carl,
I totally sympathize what you are going thru. May I humbly suggest the following:
Having applied hand-painted highlights of various degrees as your second attempt shows you have done, leave the pink cheek works to a trust-worthy airbrush, allowing the ends of the afore-mentioned highlight strokes to be swallowed / absorbed / harmonized by the airbrushed colour. Then, just stating the obvious, do your various tricks to develop depth in the pink area to offset the unnatural discrepancy between hand painted front and airbrushed sides.
This method has survived me thru character-line-intensive face sculpts time and again.
Best of luck and will follow closely.
I totally sympathize what you are going thru. May I humbly suggest the following:
Having applied hand-painted highlights of various degrees as your second attempt shows you have done, leave the pink cheek works to a trust-worthy airbrush, allowing the ends of the afore-mentioned highlight strokes to be swallowed / absorbed / harmonized by the airbrushed colour. Then, just stating the obvious, do your various tricks to develop depth in the pink area to offset the unnatural discrepancy between hand painted front and airbrushed sides.
This method has survived me thru character-line-intensive face sculpts time and again.
Best of luck and will follow closely.
gothicgeek
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looking Good Carl!
It is a very difficult face to get a handle on but it sure looks like your on it
any chance you would call out the colours you used on the beret?
Mark
It is a very difficult face to get a handle on but it sure looks like your on it
any chance you would call out the colours you used on the beret?
Mark
Thanks comments. The beret is Citadel mechrite red, highlighted with sunny skin tone, shadow is a touch of flat green.
Carl.
Carl.
Ferris
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I think it is going well Carl.
And I don't see what was wrong with the first version..? The subtle beard stubble was particularly well done. And the beret is/was oustanding.
Anyhow, I'd say just keep going with subtle layers and add some tonal variation with red, and maybe some veeeery subtle green in the deeper shadows and you'll be good.
I agree that the box art shows some extremely good painting!
Cheers,
Adriaan
And I don't see what was wrong with the first version..? The subtle beard stubble was particularly well done. And the beret is/was oustanding.
Anyhow, I'd say just keep going with subtle layers and add some tonal variation with red, and maybe some veeeery subtle green in the deeper shadows and you'll be good.
I agree that the box art shows some extremely good painting!
Cheers,
Adriaan
1969
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you didnt hang around painting this one mate.
i think the first version had good prmise with soem more blending as you seemed to be on the right track, the second version needs some depth to the facial tone with some reds added to the mix but i think you will crack it mate.
top marks for the beret mate, looks bang on colour wise.
Steve
i think the first version had good prmise with soem more blending as you seemed to be on the right track, the second version needs some depth to the facial tone with some reds added to the mix but i think you will crack it mate.
top marks for the beret mate, looks bang on colour wise.
Steve
Chris Oldfield
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Carl,
Definitely like the head with beret, your maroon is spot on.
Top masking on the thumbnail too
Chris
Definitely like the head with beret, your maroon is spot on.
Top masking on the thumbnail too
Chris
davidmitchell
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Looking good so far Carl,the second attempt is much better,but I would warm the cheeks slightly.
Cheers David
Cheers David
megroot
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Looking very good.
Find the eyebrows looking to massive.
The maroon color is excellent.
Marc
Find the eyebrows looking to massive.
The maroon color is excellent.
Marc
