WIP Critique French Dragoon and Painting Faces SBS

[smudger1960]

Super SBS,great work on the flesh areas and eyes,look forward to seeing more of this Bailey

 

[Katjuscha]

Thank you for the great explanation. I tried some 54 mmm faces too but my results are miles and miles away.
I look forward to see more from you.

 

[Chris Mortimer]

He looks like he has a pulse! Outstanding work. My 54mm faces are 2 bus rides,a taxi and a long walk away from anywhere near yours. If I could get a 120mm+ face half that good I'd be wrapt!!

 

[Paul Kernan]

Bailey
Here is another pic from Paris. Diff shot of the one Ron posted
Paul

 

[Bailey]

Thanks, guys. And thank you for the additional reference. I've had a couple other projects on my workbench, so work on the dragoon has been a bit slow. I laid out the basic colors for his coat and worked on his shirt and pants. I started on the dark green but just wasn't happy with how it was going. I need to rethink the paints I'm using and come at it a different way. I think the green is dark enough, I'm just not getting enough contrast so it looks too flat.

 

[Griff]

I do like what you've done so far, I will also find the face painting article useful.

Griff

 

[Blind Pew]

Thanks for that great SBS. I use oils, but it's still very useful to me.

As for the greens, try getting more out of the highlights on the tunic - that will automatically make the shadows deeper to the eye. I am always reluctant to criticise photos on here - too much gets in the way and I'm sure it's better in the flesh. Keep going - this looks a top figure....

 

[Bailey]

I've made some progress with the greens last night. The left is my previous attempt and the right is the newer one. I still need to do the other arm and will probably tweak things a bit, but I'm much happier with the contrast now. And, despite the brighter highlights I still think that the green looks nice and dark.

 

[MarquisMini]

wow!!!! , looks awesome.
I love the shade of green you've achieve, turnbacks looks great too.

 

[Don Johnson]

I really like your approach to describing what you are doing with this figure. The text and images tell a very useful story. Thanks for taking the extra time and effort to share your process with us! Following this one very closely!

 

[ChaosCossack]

Green is looking really good... Don't highlight anymore, you don't want to lose the depth of the colour.
I think this is going to be a great figure when you're done... you're well on your way in the right direction.

Cheers

Colin

 

[Ventress]

Many thanks for a great SBS.

 

[Aveleira]

Excellent painting Bailey!! I like it very very much!
Great Green tones!

Regards
Pedro

 

[Bailey]

Thank you for the comments, guys!

I've put some more work into his uniform this weekend. I wrapped up the rest of the green, finishing off his right arm. Then I moved on to the yellow sections and finally the white straps.

 

[Blind Pew]

This is heading in an excellent direction mate.

 

[Eludia]

Nice brushwork and great SBS, many thanks

Cheers,
Billy

 

[ChaosCossack]

Nice work Bailey... The greens and yellows turned out excellent.
Look forward to the finish on this one.

Colin

 

[Ferris]

Excellent progress mate. Really like your work on it so far!

Cheers
Adrian

 

[Bailey]

Did a little more detail work on his uniform

The hands got the same glaze treatment as the face. It's subtle and a bit hard to see so here's a close up. Again I added some red and purple to the shadows, then a bit of red to the knuckles.

 

[pmfs]

Stunning miniature.

Cheers,
Pedro.