Austrian Infantry Officer

[slaj]

Just to confirm that my picture taking is still not up to scratch I present to you my latest painting effort. It's an Austrian Infantry Officer in 54mm by Durendal. Fun project that worked out pretty well( I think!!)

Stephen Mallia

 

[megroot]

Superbe painting as always Stephen.

Marc

 

[Aterz]

Great work my friend..as usual

regards from Italy
Andrea

 

[jjgurk]

Excellent Stephen. Will you be making the trip to Chicago this year?
John

 

[slaj]

Tony, thanks. I take no offence cause i know what you say is right. I will try what you suggested.

Stephen

 

[slaj]

Guys, thanks.

John, yes. I will be in chicago this year too

Stephen

 

[Dan Morton]

A little less glare, a little more shadow

Lovely painting as always.

How about this Stephen? All I did was run the photo through Photoshop and re-save. I reduced the glare and changed the contrast. There is still a bit too much glare on the cheek and too much shadow under the helmet. Couldn't fix that. Also the bottom part of the figure now may be a bit too dark. Probably that's controllable but I don't know how to do that. One of the dangers with processing the photo through Photoshop or any of the similar software is that you can end up with a processed photo that looks not very much like the "real" figure. I hope I didn't screw it up too much.

All the best,
Dan

 

[eissteban]

Hi Stephen,
your painting is really beautiful and "exceptionnelle"
your work, as always, is very pleasant to watch

Seb.

 

[davidmitchell]

Look forward to seeing this one at Euro Stephen.

Cheers David

 

[unknown01]

Superb technique.
I think a very fantastic work.
Your painting is amazing.
I congratulate completion.

Mitsutaka

 

[brian]

I've know doubt that your figure is first class so i look forward to seeing it at Euro.Try not to spend too much time on photography, as i did . It detracted me from getting on with painting .Love the work you did on his frock coat.
Brian

 

[Fernando Ruiz]

I like it very much. Nice use of the blue. Try to attach a white thin sheet of paper covering the light bulbs when you take the pic. I also use two lamps in opposed directions to compensate any artificial shading.
Regards
FeR

 

[rej]

Haha so I was right........I knew I was smelling you painting like mad

Great painting as always mate.........looking forward to see this on Wednesday

Ray

 

[mil-mart]

Stephen, fantastic painting, really looking forward to Euro this year.

Cheers Ken

 

[slaj]

Dan, you didn't screw a thing. Actually I use photoshop too but am not that proficient with it so my techniques are limited.I will try an experiment later with this same figure and see what comes out.

Steve

 

[slaj]

Guys thanks a lot. To be honest I feel slightly let down by my inability to take decents pics. I'm certain it's undermining the quality of my work

Steve

 

[1969]

Stephen very nice painting mate i like this figure.

Have you tried photographing without artificial light, i take my pictures on a window ledge on an overcast day and always set the white balance manually. Works much better for me anyway.

Steve

 

[John Bowery]

Stephen,
Nicely done figure. Great colours.
Cheers
John

 

[slaj]

John thanks.

Steve, will give your idea a try.Thanks

Steve

 

[el cid]

Steve,
Great job on this one.. and I hope all the work you have been cranking out will make the trip to Chicago.
See u soon buddy, Steve