WIP Critique Latorre WW1 Pilot.

[housecarl]

I've made a start on this. Vallejo inks for the leather. The fug boots are just blocked in, and a lot of tweaking to do on the rest.
Carl.

 

[bagelman1952]

Looking good so far

 

[DEL]

Tell you what Carl you're really getting big leather areas down to pat
Cheers
Derek

 

[MarquisMini]

Wow Carl,you should do a write up on how to paint leather ,beautiful work mate!!!!

 

[Steve]

As stated above Amigo, you have leather down pat. Patent? Nah. Anyway fine job.--

 

[captnenglish]

Glad to see I am not the only one that uses acyrlic inks to paint leather, great stuff Carl.

 

[mil-mart]

Carl very effective and neat work on the leather.

Ken

 

[amcairns]

Hi Carl,
Good highlights on the face.
Andy

 

[megroot]

Great work on the jacket.

marc

 

[housecarl]

Thanks for having a look.
The leather was a base coat of orange, then the colour gradually built up with very dilute layers of sepia, and black in the darkest areas. I put a drop of glaze medium in the mix to delay the drying time, that helps stop getting tide marks.
Here's one of the early stages.
Thanks again,
Carl.

 

[valiant]

looking good Carl, the leather is bob-on, just like the one at Cosford Museum!
Steve

 

[Kisifer]

Good job so far Carl. This is my favorite WWI pilot figure. Just lovely.

Xenofon

 

[Ferris]

Brilliant job so far Carl. Love the leather.
Nice face painting as well, but may I suggest to add some subtle warm tones to the face, like the cheeck and temple area?

Nice sculpt as well.

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[housecarl]

Thanks again for looking in.
I'm calling this finished now, although the groundwork
does need a few highlights around the feet..
Carl.

 

[tiberius57]

Amazing work!!!
Very inspiring.
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[housecarl]

Thanks Zeno.
Carl.

 

[Mat Lambert]

Really nice job Carl - love the ink method on the leather, looks brilliant. Are Vallejo inks the same as w&n artists ink? Also what grass tufts are you using on the groundwork?
Cheers Mat

 

[housecarl]

I've never used the W&N inks Mat, but I would imagine they're very similar.
The grass is of El Greco, Mini Natur. http://www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d196_Mini-Natur.html#p1639
Cheers,
Carl.

 

[Christos]

Looks very nice Carl!

 

[Carlos69]

Great work right there Carl ! Look forward to seeing this in the flesh

Carlos