Good afternoon.

[keith_christie]

Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have been frequenting the forums on this site now for quite some time, admiring from a far the skill and finesse exhibited by the sculptors and painters on this very informative site.
I now feel the time is right for me to introduce myself and to post my current project so that I can progress my efforts.
I have to date only painted two 120mm figures, an Alpine WSS Grenadier "Wiking" and the Jon Smith Modelbau German Infantry NCO.

My current project is the Hawk miniatures 1/12 Vice Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson.

I look forward to hearing from you

Best Regards

Keith.

 

[tonydawe]

Welcome to Planet Figure Keith and thanks for sharing your pics of Nelson with us. Great start. Those eyes are really intense.

 

[gothicgeek]

Hi Keith !

Good to see you on the Planet...

Good crowd in here and always helpful

 

[1969]

Welcome Keith, hope you enjoy your stay.

Steve

 

[keith_christie]

Good Evening Gentlemen,

Thank you for the warm welcome.

I forgot to mention previously that I am planning to progress my painting skills with acrylics.
My previous two figures were both painted in this way, as you can see below I have included some images.
The Grenadier was my first figure then the NCO was the second.





I am planning to start a post with the "Lord Nelson" figure so that I can ask some questions on how best to paint it. As you can see from above, my figure painting technique so far is fairly bland and I wish to try and improve this by using a higher contrast method, which I see most people prefer here.

Best Regards

Keith

 

[unknown01]

Welcome to a planet!
It's a wonderful work, isn't it?
I'm a fan of ALPINE, too.
I'm also looking forward to a your new work .

Cheers.

Mitsutaka

 

[keith_christie]

Thank you for your kind comments Mitsutaka

Keith

 

[housecarl]

The Italian camo is very well done. We have similar tastes in figures I've done both of these.
Carl.

 

[Barke02]

Hi Keith,

I'm a fan of subtle realism, when done well it's mind blowing. But I'm no painter, so what do I know? Have you seen Dan Capuano's Rosengrant figure...

http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37090

...now that's what I call painting! But I wouldn't say it was high contrast. I really like your Johnny Smith NCO figure.

Cheers,
jon.

 

[gordy]

Welcome aboard Keith!

 

[keith_christie]

Carl, Thank you, they are both great figures to paint even for a novice.

Jon, Thank you, the NCO figure was the last one that I painted. the link you have posted is fantasrtic, the figure is painted in a very realistic manor indeed, definitely not over stated, but very impressive.

Thanks Gordy.

Best Regards

Keith

 

[Gellso]

Hi Keith

Nice to meet you mate

 

[keith_christie]

Thanks Grant

Keith

 

[pmfs]

Welcome!

 

[keith_christie]

Thank you Pedro.

Keith

 

[SRP]

Welcome Keith...looks good stuff mate....

 

[keith_christie]

Thanks very much Steve.