WIP Critique Officer of Engineers, Mil-mart minis.

[housecarl]

I've joined the flat painting virgins with this 120mm flat from Ken Farrar. This one depicts a 2nd Lieutenant of the Royal Engineers WW1. The face is near enough, the rest just blocked in.
Carl.

 

[billyturnip]

Great! Another recruit.

Good start Carl and a brilliant subject from Ken.

 

[Andrew Craft]

Nice work Carl, I've been wanting to try flats myself. Can you point me in the direction of some retailers please?

Cheers,
Andrew.

 

[billyturnip]

Andrew, I might be able to help you out with some retailers. Ken's flats are available directly from him or El Greco. Another good retailer is http://www.fredericus-rex.de/

If you drop me a PM of what subjects and size figures your interested in I might be able to help further. It will better than hijacking Carl's thread further I think.

Roger.

 

[housecarl]

Great! Another recruit.

Good start Carl and a brilliant subject from Ken.

I won't be make a move from throwing paint on to rounds just yet Roger. But I can say, there will be more flat WW1 subjects to come.
Thanks again everyone for taking the time to comment,
Carl.

 

[billyturnip]

That's good news!

 

[mil-mart]

Carl, you don't waste any time, a great start and looking forward to following.

Cheers Ken

 

[pmfs]

Hi Carl!

Nicely done so far!
Following!

 

[housecarl]

Thanks again for the comments. Here's a little update, I think I need to increase the shadows between the legs.
Carl.

 

[gothicgeek]

Looking Good Carl ...

Following

Mark

 

[chippy]

Looking good Carl , I think with this pieace you will have to decide at which direction the light source is coming from and add more highlights on the side and some deeper shadows on the other , unlike our little round friends these flats need more suggestion , I think you know what I mean .
So when did Ken bring this one out ?
chippy

 

[MBD]

will have to talk about flats!!!

Very nice indeed!!!!

 

[1969]

Been looking forward to seeing this one painted mate and you are doing a stella job.

Looks like ken has started a `flats Revolution`

Cheers

Steve

 

[Gellso]

Looking good m8. The eyes seem a little crossed to me.
great otherwise.
Jeez is there nothing you wont try and paint Carl?

 

[housecarl]

Thanks for the comments chaps. I'll be sticking to round ones in the future Steve, although this a refreshing change.
Thanks again,
Carl.

 

[sam b]

Always nice to try something different mate ! I like where its heading .
Sam

 

[housecarl]

Thanks a lot Sam.
Here's a little more done, still need to do the boots and buttons.
Carl.

 

[bistray]

Hi Mate
looking good, after spending 12 years in the engineers i shall look forward to seeing this finished

Paul

 

[kathrynloch]

Very cool, Carl! Wonderful work!

So they are called Flats. I'm going to have to look into the specifics. Is it all right if I show you something? I don't want to be rude and post a pic in your WIP thread so I put some stuff in my gallery if you want to see it. But I think you'll get a kick out of it.

We call 'em chachki's/Tchachki's (don't ask me, I didn't come up with it), medallions, tiles, bas-relief and every once in awhile someone makes a medallion you can hang as an ornament.

So I'm gonna be a butt-in-sky and join you guys when I get a chance to paint one of mine.

My apologies, Carl, I don't mean to hijack your thread. This is going to be fun to watch.

Cheers,
Karrie

 

[housecarl]

Post away Karrie, the more the merrier. Paul I did 3 Norways attached to the RE.
Carl.