5-yes 5 figures on the go :-)

[Gra30]

Hi all,

Been a while and never realised how much i had on the go.
I seem to paint faces as a personal challenge and MUST finish the rest, 2010 will be beusy
Merry Christmas and comments welcome. Please note only the face is done on these figures so hopefully the rest will bring it into place and any errors won't be as noticeable.
All 54mm and in oils

Figures are
Pegaso Legion drummer
Pegaso Chasseur Cheval
Art Girona lancer
Pegaso Artillery Officer (he has been around a while and was posted ages back)
mr Frankenstein-Fun only, will repaint the jacket in black tones to stop face conflict

 

[gordy]

Ambitious!

I really like the drummer

 

[housecarl]

Love your face painting style. You must be like me, several figures on the go at once.
Carl.

 

[tonydawe]

Nothing like multi-tasking eh? Well done. You've made a good start on all those figures. The drummer boy is a stand out.

 

[Guy]

Excellent work on the faces.

5 figures on the go.......my wife would think I was ill. I have at least 12 in progress projects going on most all the time.

 

[Bert Takken]

I agree with the others, very nice facing style, I like it

 

[megroot]

Your painting of te faces is absolutely amazing.

Marc

 

[Jim Patrick]

I have to concur with the comments on your flesh tones. Amazing and life like are what comes to my mind. Mind sharing your color mixes?

Jim Patrick

 

[kansas kid]

I agree with what has been said . . .

I agree with what so many of the others have said. Your facial flesh tones
are very good. And I like the way you paint the eyes as well. It looks like
the highlight dot in the iris is a perfect circle. Wow, well done.

I'm attempting a similar kind of approach. I'm wanting to wean myself away
from doing flesh tones in oils and use acrylics exclusively.

So I've painted the faces and hands of about
five or six figures that I have laying around here. And the repetition has
helped somewhat. Still not where I'd like to be. For me, getting the opacity
or transparency of the wash just exactly right is very difficult for me. But I
feel we do learn by doing.

Your work is definitely encouraging, and I like the selection of the figures
you picked. Pegaso figures are very very nice; high quality for the money.

Rick

 

[Gra30]

face colour mix

Thankyou for replying to my work and i am glad you like the tones.

The way I paint faces is really really easy , for one thing.

A small brush and paint everything you see NOT what you think you see

!/3 Titanium white, 1/3 Yellow Ochre, 1/3 Red (talens is good and dark)

You will then have a mid flesh, mid tones add burnt sienna and on top of that add burnt umber for even darker

NEVER EVER put shadow if you want highlight, last thing PURE white, as I said 4 easy colours and all so many tones.

Fstein was painted in 4 colours, all of him inclu the purple eyes

As a note, i love AFVs but do not understand filters so there is a trade, team if anyone can help
SBS definately

Regards and merry xmas