Gaul Chieftain
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Sambaman
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Damn Dave, paintwork looks stunning! Photos, OK. Trust me, the piece speaks for itself. Great work and welcome!
Jay H.
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Jay H.
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ghamilt1
A Fixture
An excellent paint job indeed! I really like the face, the skin tones are very skillfully rendered. As for the photos, I wouldn't worry as they are large enough and good enough for us to get a good sense of the most important thing, your painting job.
megroot
A Fixture
Very good work.
I like this one. Awesome shield.
Pictures good be better, but it take's for myself along time before i good post a picture that was worth looking at.
marc
I like this one. Awesome shield.
Pictures good be better, but it take's for myself along time before i good post a picture that was worth looking at.
marc
Einion
Well-Known Member
Hi David, have we judged together at Euro?
Figure looks good overall. Nicely done chiaroscuro effect on the breastplate.
About the bronze though, I would suggest going for a brighter finish if you're aiming for a true-to-life result; this is a man of rank and his armour would reflect that (LOL unintentional pun).
Aim for as much diffused light as possible. Diffused lighting generally makes paintwork look its best and more light = less noise/grain.
Do you have any image-editing software? There are a couple of free options if you don't have something already. In addition to rotating images you can do some simple colour corrections that improve photos a lot. This is particularly useful for taking colour casts away (e.g. here) if your camera doesn't adjust for white balance very well automatically.
Einion
Figure looks good overall. Nicely done chiaroscuro effect on the breastplate.
About the bronze though, I would suggest going for a brighter finish if you're aiming for a true-to-life result; this is a man of rank and his armour would reflect that (LOL unintentional pun).
First thing I'd suggest is to try to avoid shadows falling on the backdrop.
Aim for as much diffused light as possible. Diffused lighting generally makes paintwork look its best and more light = less noise/grain.
Do you have any image-editing software? There are a couple of free options if you don't have something already. In addition to rotating images you can do some simple colour corrections that improve photos a lot. This is particularly useful for taking colour casts away (e.g. here) if your camera doesn't adjust for white balance very well automatically.
Einion
Einion
Well-Known Member
Here's what about half an hour can net you:
Einion
Einion
Roc
Active Member
David, very nice work on this figure, my compliments.
I do agree with Enion on the helmet.
Thanks for sharing and continue the good work.
Cheers
Roc
I do agree with Enion on the helmet.
Thanks for sharing and continue the good work.
Cheers
Roc
davidmitchell
A Fixture
Hi Einon like what you did with photo ,thanks for the advice.As for the helmet it is a lot brighter in the flesh. Thanks to everyone for your kind comments.
Francis Gekiere
Active Member
David, paintwork looks good, nice association of color.
Francis
Francis
Ashen-Shurgar
Member
David, your piece looks great, Nice choice of colors!
paulyrichard
New Member
Top work, David. Those are some absolutely beautiful colour choices in my view, they work a treat.
Guy
A Fixture
Excellent painting David. I took the liberty to turn the image rightside up from your 1st post. Love the flesh tone.
davidmitchell
A Fixture
Thanks guys for your kind words, I really enjoyed painting this one.The scale of 75mm is, for me just perfect and there is so much choice. David
Uruk-Hai
PlanetFigure Supporter
Joining the choir here but my favourite is the leather armour. Could you tell us a little bit more about how you reasoned when shading and wheatering it?
Cheers
Cheers
