WIP Pilots WWII

[Mark Dollery]

Hi Guys, Start of a new WIP on two WWII Pilots, first up is Sang Eon Lee's (Life Miniatures) British Pilot 1940 & finishing the face & hands. I am using Vallejo Model colours at the moment with a bit of retarder & flow enhancer, I have attempted to portray the youthfulness of the young British Pilots at that time.

The next up is the Youngs Flying Tiger bust which I have tried to put a bit of roughness into the facial features,

That's the start of them, let me know what you think, always open to comments,
Mark D

 

[pmfs]

Hi Mark!

I like the smooth of the flesh tones but particularly like more the 1st. Very well done my friend.
Pedro.

 

[caramba]

looking good so far
M.

 

[housecarl]

Impressive start Mark.

 

[zane666]

i to like the smooth colour flow on the faces to, when you use the retarder and enhancer are you using like an oil paint or still doing a layering style?

cheers zane

 

[davidmitchell]

Looking good so far Mark , very subtle skin tones.

Cheers David

 

[Joe55]

I think you are well on your way on both counts !

Joe

 

[Mark Dollery]

Thanks for the comments guys, sounds like I'm am heading in the right direction!
Zane, I am using the layering technique but blending the edges when I can between the colours with the retarder working well.
Trying to keep the transitions subtle without being too tight with colour.
I will see where this takes me...
regards
Mark D

 

[zane666]

well i can see there is quite a few hours in those faces already, i will follow this with interest.

zane

 

[tonydawe]

Very nice Mark, you've achieved a very natural look without going too extreme on the contrast. Following with interest.

 

[Funky50]

Really nice subtle flesh tones on both busts nice to see when done with restraint .....well done so far ...Kevin

 

[storm_zh]

Very good start. Natural flesh tones that look quite nice. Look forward to seeing more progress from you on these two busts.

 

[Mat Lambert]

Looking good - I think you are capturing the different character of the two pilots very well.
Cheers
Mat

 

[taff edwards]

Hi Mark
Love the art work on both figures so distinctly different and you have really started to pull of the different faces youth and rough it up flying tiger .
Will be following this with great interest
Fantastic job so far
Cheers Chris

 

[smudger1960]

Very impressive start mark,this looks a great bust and I've only seen the box art version painted so far so I'm really looking forward to seeing this finished

 

[theBaron]

Great skin tones!

 

[Jeff T]

Can only repeat what the others have said Mark, awesome work on the faces, but the first one is probably the best face I have seen done for a long time!

Absolutely beautiful work.


Cheer's,
Jeff.

 

[Mark Dollery]

Gentlemen, thank you for the positives, I hope to get some more work done over the Easter weekend.
Mark D

 

[Mark Dollery]

Well here's a quick update guys, looking for advice on the RAF tunic 'Blue' & has anyone got any tips on the goggle glass painting ...I'm stumped!!!

regards
Mark D

 

[tonydawe]

Excellent progress on both busts Mark.