90mm Warrior Class Zulu work in progress

[Kevin D.]

Since my painting hand is in a cast after surgery, I thought I'd post my last piece that I'm working on.

any and all thoughts, critiques, etc are welcome although it'll be a little while before I can act on the sugestions

thanks for looking

kevin

 

[Kevin D.]

Ps - sorry for the terrible background!​

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Kevin,

I hope you recover quickly and get back to painting soon mate. This one's too good to leave unfinished.

 

[jimias]

Kevin i agree with Tony. It looks great so far. Beautiful skintone. Wisjing for a quick recovery.
Regards.

 

[1969]

background might not be up to sratch but the figure certainly is

Love the skintones.

Steve

 

[kansas kid]

Phooophy on the background

You're doing a very nice job on a difficult figure. As so much of the figure
is bare skin. And as my mate, Steve Readdie sez, the skin tones are looking
so fine. A very credible job. . . on this popular figure.

I am so sorry you painting hand is in a cast Kevin. And hopefully, you will be
out of that cast soon and your hand will be ready to get back to the figure
painting without rehab. Wishing you well. And thanks for posting these
images. Give no concern about the background. We can easily see your
skill on this one.

Kansas Kid

 

[Kevin D.]

Much appreciated guys! And thank you for the well wishes! I tore ligaments at both the radius and the ulna bones ajoining the wrist in a work related accident. Surgery was one week ago and I see the doc tomorrow for prognosis. Prayers are appreciated!!!

This figure is my second attempt at a figure with a lot of skin and I'm paying attention to avoid the pitfalls that I learned during the first one!

kevin d

 

[megroot]

Excellent skintone's. Quick recovery.

marc

 

[Marcel]

Excellent paintwork sofar Kevin!
Very nice skincolor.

cheers,
Marcel.

 

[Major_Goose]

Beautiful work so far my friend . I have painted this figure and enjoyed it a lot !
I also wish good and fast recovery for your accident as i also had one of these with bad cuts on my painting wrist some time ago !!!!

Keep Safe

Costas

 

[Kevin D.]

Marc and Marcel, thanks for your thoughts, glad you like it! it is indeed a fun and challeging piece!

Costas, when I finished painting the skin, I compared it to yours and, although I was very pleased w mine, I could tell you had more highlights on the chest than mine had. The guys in the club (Bob, if you read this ) constantly critique me for needing to do more highlights, so I used your painting as my example and took a chance increasing the highlights of the chest. I was very pleased with the results! So thank you Costas for going ahead of me on this figure!!

That's part of the reason why this planet website is so great! You artists sharing your work and everyone heping each other freely!

best,
kevin d

 

[Scott777]

great work Kevin, like the skintones.

 

[Jimmy S]

Kevin any updates? I'm doing this one myself and getting some inspiration from your work.

 

[John Bowery]

Kevin,
Superb skin tones and I like them very much.
Hope that your hand is better by now.
Cheers
John

 

[Kevin D.]

John, No, the right hand is in a big hard cast, with pinned bones and anchored ligament which eliminates holding a brush well enough to do any good work.

I had to have a different cast put on at the beginning of last week and while it was still wet I had an inspiration......I used my good hand to indent (lay) a groove into the cast between fore finger and thumb..a kind of channel in which to rest the paint brush. LOL Alas, the swelling hasn't gone down enough to try yet.



Sharpie, as above...no progress yet. Go for it!! Its a great figure...glad I could show one that interests you! I'm dying to finish mine!!!!!



Scott, glad you like it, thanks!!

 

[badger]

great work kevin, i am trying to paint a zulu figure, but cant seem to get the skin colour correct, could you tell me how you managed to do it. thank you. badger

 

[housecarl]

Lovely work Kevin.
Get well soon,
Carl.

 

[Edorta]

I agree with the others. Good work so far. I like the skin tones because you didn´t fall in an easy dark brown.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[badger]

great work , how did you manage to do the skin tone,

 

[Meehan34]

great work , how did you manage to do the skin tone,

Are you working in acrylic or oils?