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I start off with three (shadow, midtone and highlight) to roughly map things out and then use the intermediate tones to soften the transitions. It will still look slightly rough if you only stick to the 5 values but it gets you started. You need to create more mixtures as you need them to fine...

If its any help, starting with my mid-tone as my base colour on the palette I mix a strong highlight and a strong shadow - these will be the brightest lights and the darkest shadows on the model. I then mix a 50/50 ish mix of these colours and the mid-tone and end up with a nice graduation of 5...

Thanks Borek, I'm glad you like him :)

Unfortunately I can't make it this year but you guys have fun, don't forget to share your pics (y)

Lovely finish Grant, love it :)

Thanks guys, I'm glad you like him :)

I decided to strip this figure and repaint him to see how my painting had improved since 2013. I just finished him tonight:

There are a few reasons I like these paints: They all dry to a nice matt finish, other brands can be a bit hit and miss. As an oil painter converting to acrylics, the names used for the colours are familiar so I know what to expect (e.g. Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Titanium White etc.) All the...

Yup :)

Hi Brad and welcome to PF (y) The flow medium (extender) is essentially just the acrylic carrier without pigment and is mainly used for thinning (although I have been using water with a touch each of flow improver and liquid retarder lately and its been just as good (and cheaper)). Magic Mix...

I'm the shy one in the middle (at the back) :)

Thanks for the kind offer Tommi. For now I'm having a go at sculpting my own, I got a bit frustrated because I wasn't getting it right so that's why I started looking at commercial head sets. I've since given myself a kick up the arse and decided that I need to learn to sculpt them myself and to...

My palette is based on the Mark Carder videos although I tend to use Gold Ochre instead of Cad Yellow Light (its there if I need it ;)). His other videos on his site (and Youtube) are also very helpful, worth checking out (y)

Hi Jay, and a belated welcome to PF (y) My main oil palette is very similar: Alizarin Crimson Cad Scarlet Ultramarine Blue Phthalo Blue (Winsor Blue) Cad Yellow Light Gold Ochre Burnt Umber Titanium White Again, the main colours I use are AC, UB, GO, BU and TW with the brighter colours kept...

Cheers Pew (y)

I'm looking for a variety of 75mm heads, male and female. I'm aware that Scale75 do a set of male heads and Michaels Miniatures also do a couple of sets but does anyone know of any more? Cheers (y)

Cheers Paul, I'm glad you like him and thanks for the kind comments. I'll see you out and about when show season starts no doubt. I'll probably be dragging this one along so you can have a proper look at it (y)

Cheers guys, I can't take full credit for the thinking behind the base. You can thank Del for that, he planted the seed in my head when he commented in the WiP thread :)

Thanks for all your kind words guys, I'm really happy you like him (y)

Hey folks, I finally got round to taking some photos of this one now he's done. He is the 75mm Boxer from Alexandros Models, painted with Jo Sonja acrylics. I hope you like him, comments and critique are always welcomed :)