milmart french ww1 poilu

[anstontyke]

milmart poilu painted in acrylics. 1st of two for the ww1 exibition.

 

[megroot]

good start, but alot to do into the shading and highlighting.

Marc

 

[swralph]

Nice neat paintwork Tony.

 

[anstontyke]

good start, but alot to do into the shading and highlighting.

Marc

cheers for the comments marc,
i have finished the figure but the photo does not do it justice. it does not look as harsh in real life.
tony

 

[anstontyke]

Nice neat paintwork Tony.

cheers ralph
really appreciate the comments

tony

 

[billyturnip]

Hello Tony, as Ralph said that's a very neat job.
I've got to agree with Marc though you could do with pushing the shade and highlight further. As you say they've probably been washed out a bit in the photo but with flats it's best to accentuate them much more than you would with a round figure. Exaggeration is the name of the game with flats.
I'll start a flat myself in the next couple of days and try and do a sbs to show you what I mean.

 

[anstontyke]

cheers roger
i will follow your sbs with great interest and also take on board both yours and marcs comments for the next figure.
tony

 

[smudger1960]

Great work tony,but as the others have mentioned,but you need to get some depth and light into the piece,then it will start to pop

 

[anstontyke]

Thanks smudger

tony

 

[Ulrich]

You hear here the same as I always must hear: More hightlights and shades please. Nice figure and perhaps you can paint a little bit more after Roger had made his SBS

 

[pmfs]

So good seeing your work Tony. I like what you did sir.

Cheers,
Pedro.

 

[anstontyke]

cheers ulrich and pedro

 

[mil-mart]

Hi Tony nice work on this one mate.

Cheers Ken

 

[Wayneb]

Looks good Tony. Every piece seems to be a learning experience in some form or another.
I would look forward to Rogers SBS also.

Wayne

 

[anstontyke]

cheers wayne
i agree about the learning experience but with the help of the guys on here it is one that is enjoyable.

tony

 

[Oda]

Good work Tony.I will use your figure and Roger's SBS as valuable lessons for my own initiation in the flat figure world.

Oda.

 

[peedee]

Nice one Tony !

Paul.

 

[anstontyke]

cheers oda and paul,
i will also be using rogers sbs

 

[peedee]

Roger SBS.....
Blimey a web toed superhero?
I know he's spry enough to shoot out of a tube, and I know he suits black, but I thought he was a leading hand stoker or summat.

Paul

 

[anstontyke]

Roger SBS.....
Blimey a web toed superhero?
I know he's spry enough to shoot out of a tube, and I know he suits black, but I thought he was a leading hand stoker or summat.

Paul

he is a master of many talents and unfortunatly for the rest of us he is the master of most.