Commonwealth tartan

[civilladies]

 

[civilladies]

This is my first go at painting tartan and I choose the Commonwealth games as it is a nice bold but not to bright pattern. I may have chosen one with too many colours though.
I have selected the jacket colours to represent the Clyde siders (volunteers) uniform and purple for the thistle.
Any comments are welcome as I am still learning the basics.

 

[Colin_Fraser]

I think your tartan is respectable. You have chosen a very complex pattern though and obviously the lines need a bit more care in keeping them straight. I would never try this as I am sure I would get completely frustrated. I think the figure as a whole needs some shading and highlighting. You have a good sense of colour but the paint style appears to me to be a bit primitive due to the lack of shading and highlighting on the uniform.

The overall effect is sharp and pleasing to the eyes.

Colin

 

[Bootneck]

We'll done to you for having a go at something most painters shy away from, "tartan" you have done a very respectable
Job. As Colin says just a tidy up of the lines and I believe you have done a very respectable job.

Your choice of figures could help improve your painting as there is little definition in the clothing of the figure you have painted.

If you are looking for civilian figures you could have a look at the new Young,s bust of a Highland gentleman. Superb and lots of scope for many different tartans.

We'll done to Glasgow & Scotland for a brilliant commonwealth games.

 

[civilladies]

Thanks for the feedback, I know my lines are a bit messy but as I said this is my first go at tartan and as you may have seen in earlier posts I have done tweed on a 80mm Dr (you can see this in my profile pic).
Also this kit was moulded with very fine guide lines for a tartan, but in building the kitI found the lines were not meeting up as they should do. That was when I decided to do my own choice of pattern and as I had to try and make the material look as though it's flowing because of the way it's been made I thought a few wobbly lines wouldn't matter as materials are not a flat canvas.

 

[debrito]

This part of the Forum is a
Brutal Honesty - Critique Center

Don't forget that....

 

[Colin_Fraser]

This part of the Forum is a
Brutal Honesty - Critique Center

Don't forget that....

So if you have something to say, say it. The rest if us will say what we wish to. Thanks very much.

Colin

 

[Bootneck]

Not sure what Debrito,s point is. We are not all award wining painters and I believe apart from forums and club meets the hobby is largely a solo affair and if the modeller is happy with the end result nothing else matters.
Just enjoy the hobby for that is what it is when you have a spare moment or had a bad day at work and want to relax.

 

[Colin_Fraser]

I think he's saying we should mercilessly savage anything posted here. Go to it if that's what makes you feel good.

Colin

 

[Bootneck]

I think he's saying we should mercilessly savage anything posted here. Go to it if that's what makes you feel good.

Colin

Hi Colin.
This is the side of the hobby I do not like in rubbishing other peoples work, as I say if the modeller is happy nobody else's opinion counts and fair play to them for displaying their work.
This is one of the reasons I do not enter completions as you hear too much bickering.
My biggest critiques are my grandchildren and I do listen to them.

 

[Colin_Fraser]

But to be fair this is the brutal honesty section. The site does get criticized for being too "Care Bears" on occasion and that is why this section exists. My only point is that if you want to criticise go to it. The section isn't for criticizing members' criticisms

Colin

 

[civilladies]

I posted on here to get honest comments about my work so I can find out what I need to improve on with my work. My husband and kids also builds models and we are always asking for each others opinions on this, that or the other. As I do figures and animals and my husband does military vehicles, it is nice to get a fresh set of eyes on a kit and other peoples opinions.
I know I am not very good at painting as I have only been in this hobby for about 2 years. I am looking to improve my shading and blending. As I have said I am new to this and still learning the basics. I was very surprised to have got a prize in Glasgow last year as it was my 2nd competition and this year I got Lady Modeller in Perth, which I was shocked at considering I had seen the other ladies work which had been entered and who had won in previous years.
ANY COMMENTS GOOD OR BAD ARE WELCOME

 

[Metal Extremo]

I think the tartan is ok. A lot of lines, bands, and squares to paint, its difficult to do them straights with all these elements. Perhaps too much complicated to be the first tartan you paint, but as i said, i like it. The thing that less likes me is the aspect of toy that have your miniature. And it's done cause, as Colin wrote, there is a lack of lights and shadows, and to profile in black don't help. To advance in painting, try to make degrees in light, put shadows, and to profile can use an the same colour than de darkest shadow with less water, or a colour darker than this shadow. If you watch at the coat the line black around it more than come between the elements and define the red, isolate it from the rest of the figure.