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[Alberto Gianfranco]

Hello everyone ... I wish you constructive criticism of my work

Tanks for all comments
Alberto

 

[pmfs]

Hi Alberto!
Allow me some considerations here: next time, to increase the contrast because this is a small figure (1:35), I think you have to add a 5 o´clock shadow in the face area and also a rework in the leathers, K98 pouches etc.
The fieldgrey jacket need the buttons paint with a lighter fieldgrey color to give the 3D effect, and you should be more careful in the jacket outline it seems very harsh.
When my hand was not so steady as it is now, I used oils (mixture of green and black) because is better to corret.
The scenerie is great with a good house painting and a nice groundwork.
I think you have here a nice miniature, your second it will be better and so on, so paint paint paint.
A big hug to you for your courage posting your work here.
ANYTHING JUST ASK, you are in the right place.

Pedro.

 

[Meehan34]

I second everything Pedro has said. I would also like to add these comments. Your paint looks to be too thick, you should thin the paint more and use more layers to build your colors for base coat, shadows and highlites. The hat looks to be dry brushed with only one color, now I would never encourage drybrushing but if you have to drybrush, try to use more colors and finish it off with some washes (another thing I wouldn't normally encourage). You are on the right path and your hand will get better with time. I look forward to more of your work.

 

[Alberto Gianfranco]

Hi Alberto!
Allow me some considerations here: next time, to increase the contrast because this is a small figure (1:35), I think you have to add a 5 o´clock shadow in the face area and also a rework in the leathers, K98 pouches etc.
The fieldgrey jacket need the buttons paint with a lighter fieldgrey color to give the 3D effect, and you should be more careful in the jacket outline it seems very harsh.
When my hand was not so steady as it is now, I used oils (mixture of green and black) because is better to corret.
The scenerie is great with a good house painting and a nice groundwork.
I think you have here a nice miniature, your second it will be better and so on, so paint paint paint.
A big hug to you for your courage posting your work here.
ANYTHING JUST ASK, you are in the right place.

Pedro.

Thanks, you've hit the point, a fault of my painting is not to use strong contrasts ... as you try to be more daring with the next piece.
Alberto

 

[Alberto Gianfranco]

I second everything Pedro has said. I would also like to add these comments. Your paint looks to be too thick, you should thin the paint more and use more layers to build your colors for base coat, shadows and highlites. The hat looks to be dry brushed with only one color, now I would never encourage drybrushing but if you have to drybrush, try to use more colors and finish it off with some washes (another thing I wouldn't normally encourage). You are on the right path and your hand will get better with time. I look forward to more of your work.

Thanks, you're right, for the hat I used a single color, and certainly I will do as you consigliato.La dilution is made ​​with a product that is called in Italy VETRIL to clean the windows .. in fact I had not noticed that the color is polished and instead with this product remains opaque.
Another mistake made is to have a card used for the wet palette poor quality ... this will never happen again.
Thanks for your advice.

 

[housecarl]

Tidy painting Alberto, in that you have everything where it should be.
Carl.

 

[Ferris]

Overall quite nice painting given the small scale and a nice setting as well.
In addition to what was pointed out above I would suggest to use a bit more highlighting, as it seems you emphasized the shadows more than the highlights. Keep them on the upper part of the figure mainly.
About the comment on the slightly rough outlining of features: I suspect this may have to do with your brush and/or vision tool. To be precise in this scale requires a good pointed brush and of course the means to see what you are doing. For the latter I need something like an optivisor. As a brush, it needs to keep a good point and not be too small. This may sound strange, but the very small brushes hold very little paint and with acrylics this means they dry before you reach the surface of the figure.

I hope this is of any help.
Oh, very nice work on the blue by the way!

Cheers,
Adrian

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Hi Alberto!

Two notes:
Don Cossacks - even in service of the Wehrmacht - carried a wide red stripe on the blue trousers.

In your pictures I can not see whether they are there.
If they are missing, you should add them maybe.

In any case, you should revise the saber handle.

All the best to You

 

[Alberto Gianfranco]

Overall quite nice painting given the small scale and a nice setting as well.
In addition to what was pointed out above I would suggest to use a bit more highlighting, as it seems you emphasized the shadows more than the highlights. Keep them on the upper part of the figure mainly.
About the comment on the slightly rough outlining of features: I suspect this may have to do with your brush and/or vision tool. To be precise in this scale requires a good pointed brush and of course the means to see what you are doing. For the latter I need something like an optivisor. As a brush, it needs to keep a good point and not be too small. This may sound strange, but the very small brushes hold very little paint and with acrylics this means they dry before you reach the surface of the figure.

I hope this is of any help.
Oh, very nice work on the blue by the way!

Cheers,
Adrian

Thanks for your advice.
Alberto

 

[Alberto Gianfranco]

Hi Alberto!

Two notes:
Don Cossacks - even in service of the Wehrmacht - carried a wide red stripe on the blue trousers.

In your pictures I can not see whether they are there.
If they are missing, you should add them maybe.

In any case, you should revise the saber handle.

All the best to You

Sorry...One of my forgetfulness

Alberto

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Thanks Alberto - this is absolutely right!
But You should still make up the clutch of the saber maybe...

Cheers

 

[Alberto Gianfranco]

Ok

 

[Martin Antonenko]

I will follow with interest...

Cheers

 

[Alberto Gianfranco]

Thanks Martin, newly returned to Italy (I work in Romania) on 26 I'll definitely thank modificad paint to sword.Thanks for the news very useful because I have to do another Cossack cobelligerent (Mantis).
Can I ask you a question? We had hats is also white or gray?
Next I would do a little different.
Alberto

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Hi Alberto!

If You mean a "Papacha" (Don Cossacks) or "Kubanka" (Kuban-Cossacks) fur cap, they were made of sheep- or lambswool of the Karakul- or Astrachan-Sheep, You can use any blacktones, brown, grey, white...

The most used tones were black and dark browntones, for a white cap made the owner in combat an ieal target for the enemy.

Have a look here...:

http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/painting-andys-cossack-bust-ac-models-1-12.44325/page-2

The shown cap comes from the time before 1918.
The same nomenclature is valid for Cossacks from the time of the WW2, only the caps were a little lower at this time...:

http://waralbum.ru/wp-content/comment-image/1400.jpg

The two Mantis-Cossacks (Don-Cossack and Kuban-Cossack) are very good and realistic sculpted and painted.)

Cheers