Painting Advice For A Novice

[Bobby]

Ok so here's the more or less finished article. Just need to do some finishing off on the base. Quite happy with it in the end. It doesn't come across in the pictures but the railtrack is done with humbrol metalcote which can be buffed to a metalic shine when dry. Really worked well on the shiny part of the track in contrast to the rust effect I went for underneath. I got the tip from the Michigan Toy Soldier videos on youtube.
I hope these photos upload correctly for what they're worth! Cheers.

 

[Tarracus]

>Nice one, Bobby. But next time you should spend a little more time on preparing a good lighting for taking the photo. It will do more justice to your work

 

[Bobby]

I know I don't even have a proper lamp in the house so I'll need to get that sorted! Thanks

 

[Andrew Craft]

Looks like a good finish Bobby, well done. What's next?
Taking photos outside on a nice day will help with your pics till you get a lamp.

Andrew.

 

[Bobby]

Thanks Andrew. I´ll give that a go.
Re the next project. I wanted to try out doing a bust. I bought the Arabian Marauder bust from Pegaso but then I thought I should practice in that scale so I picked up a couple of second hand busts cheap which I was going to have a go at.
However..... I´m now thinking a stepping stone in terms of scale might be a good idea and I really like the 75mm Nestor Makhno figure by Carl Reid...
Throw into that that Im moving house next month so not sure if I should start something big before that!
Incidentally, can anyone recommend some cheap, simple bases? I´ve been using Andrea bases and I don´t want everything I do to be on the same base.... Cheers.