Completed Critique Major Tatham-Warter.

[housecarl]

Finished this today, any comments greatly recieved.
Carl.

 

[Sambaman]

Carl, this is a fun piece and you've brought him to life. I see a couple things, hope you don't mind me mentioning. The red of the beret seems to lack shading a bit for me. Also, the highlights on the binoculars look like they need blending, they feel a bit harsh to my eye. The camo smock looks nice. I'm partial to the beret, but that's just my take. Well done.

Jay H.

 

[housecarl]

Thanks for the comments Jay. I shall address them, thanks again.
Carl.

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Carl,

An amazingly quick job mate. I would echo Jay's points about the beret and the binos.

 

[Major_Goose]

Wow you are fast ! Thats a nice piece of work mate ! I like the picture of it !

Well Done

Costas

 

[Johan]

Nice painting !

 

[pmfs]

Hi Carl,

simple and very efective paint, great work in the binoculars.
I like him very much with the red beret

 

[Michael Tse]

Congrats, Carl! You beat us to it first!

I would just like to point out, if I may, that while your face painting here is rather satisfactory, it shows several marked differences from the way it's done in the box art, not least in the decisions on where highlight applies and ends.

As many would agree, this is a difficult face to paint. Maybe could have profited from following the way Lee did it?

 

[housecarl]

Thanks for the kind words. Michael, I think that the way I've done the face, could be put down to personal style. That and not having the skill of Lee.
Thanks again,
Carl.

 

[flart1943]

Great painting Carl. I like the camouflage jacket, well done.
Pete

 

[gothicgeek]

Well done on this Carl!

really like how the dennison came out

Mark

 

[gylaci]

Great painting Carl.
Very lifelike skin tone.
The camouflage jacket looks like the real one.
Congratulations.

Cheers.

László

 

[D.Lesko]

Carl, this looks great. Touch up the beret and the binocs and it will be perfect. I dont agree with Michael's comment, you do not need to copy the box art. Each of us has their own style and that is what makes this hobby fun. Seeing each person's interpretation of each piece.

 

[mil-mart]

Carl, excellent skintones and superb work on the denison. A great finish.

Cheers Ken

 

[Michael Tse]

Thanks for the kind words. Michael, I think that the way I've done the face, could be put down to personal style. That and not having the skill of Lee.
Thanks again,
Carl.

Carl,

With enough prayers, we will all paint like Lee one day. Or as well as Lee does, but with our own styles

 

[housecarl]

Carl,

With enough prayers, we will all paint like Lee one day. Or as well as Lee does, but with our own styles

Amen to that.
Carl.

 

[1969]

That was some fast finish to this one mate and your skills on the camo front are definetely getting there, real nice work on the deinison mate. I really like the skintones on this one and your blending looks great.

Have you changed the colour of the beret ? in your previous thread it looked a lot darker than this one which looks a bit too RED, maybe its just the lighting though ???

A real nice job mate and for me your best bust so far but im sure not your best of all time

All the best mate

Steve

 

[housecarl]

Have you changed the colour of the beret ? in your previous thread it looked a lot darker than this one which looks a bit too RED, maybe its just the lighting though ???


Steve. It must be the light mate, as I haven't altered it.
Thanks a lot folks,
Carl.

 

[1969]

i was hoping so mate as you did a great job on it in the last thread, exellent result mate.

Steve

 

[jimias]

Carl this is great! Flesh, camo everything looks beautiful!