Dolf
A Fixture
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Shadings & highlights on the jacket now done (with the help of the pics I can notice a few details I should fix... damn HD pics, can't hide anything with these... 
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I've tried to use some of Milan Dufek's ("Taiko" here on PF) tricks and methods for this phase (videos here: https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/what-color-is-this.158827/#post-993412), obviously not that much successful
One thing I did differently is that I painted the shadings last night, and after a couple of hours working on these couldn't stay sit at the bench not a minute more and had to stop (back issues...), so only painted the highlights today (kept the palette on the fridge, but the mix was almost fully dry today so had to add a couple of drops of Abteilung 502 Matt Effect Thinner to the mix, which kept drying pretty fast, forcing me to repeat the adding of a couple of drops of the thinner again before I finished) . Not sure how much this can influence the result, as Milan paints both the shadings and the highlights in a row, on the same session. Maybe it's also the oil brands he uses that are definitely better than mine (I used the same 4 oil colors he uses on those videos for the shadings & highlights, with the exception of the Olive Green, as I don't have it, and have replaced it by my Hooker's Green, very similar), as his mixes apparently don't start drying during the session, which doesn't happen in my case.
Anyway, any hints, suggestions, advice on how I could improve, would be very much appreciated.
Cheers!
Dolf
) :
I've tried to use some of Milan Dufek's ("Taiko" here on PF) tricks and methods for this phase (videos here: https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/what-color-is-this.158827/#post-993412), obviously not that much successful
One thing I did differently is that I painted the shadings last night, and after a couple of hours working on these couldn't stay sit at the bench not a minute more and had to stop (back issues...), so only painted the highlights today (kept the palette on the fridge, but the mix was almost fully dry today so had to add a couple of drops of Abteilung 502 Matt Effect Thinner to the mix, which kept drying pretty fast, forcing me to repeat the adding of a couple of drops of the thinner again before I finished) . Not sure how much this can influence the result, as Milan paints both the shadings and the highlights in a row, on the same session. Maybe it's also the oil brands he uses that are definitely better than mine (I used the same 4 oil colors he uses on those videos for the shadings & highlights, with the exception of the Olive Green, as I don't have it, and have replaced it by my Hooker's Green, very similar), as his mixes apparently don't start drying during the session, which doesn't happen in my case.
Anyway, any hints, suggestions, advice on how I could improve, would be very much appreciated.
Cheers!
Dolf
), the gold on his epaulettes, a few other details. I won't be able to hand paint the gold symbols on his collar... will have to try to get some decals on this scale.
