Young Miniatures 90mm Roman Officer 1st A.D. wip

[tonydawe]

Your face is fine, but it could use a few more highlights, particularly on the forehead, the ridge of the nose, the brow ridge and the top of the ears. The red colour on the cheeks is nice, but I suggest you feather/ blend it into the base colour to prevent a sharp line between the red and flesh colours. Don't forget to do the same technique on the arms and legs.

I've used both Andrea and Vallejo acrylics, and I've found Vallejo to be the better of the two.

 

[krom1415]

Thanks for the tips Tony, I can see what you mean, I'm thinking of getting loads of head sets, and just working on getting the faces right. Its not easy thats for sure

I've just bought loads of blooming Andrea paint, some are good but I dont like the quick dry effect of them, I'm using some slow dry to try and combat it, but its a fight.
Do vallejo have good skin tones out of the pot?

 

[Einion]

Would you say this is a fair representation of colour for a bronze cuirass?

No. Again MedRom would be the place to ask about this but given what we know of Romans on campaign I believe it's very likely their kit was kept well all the time (barring exceptional circumstances) which would involve polishing, and possibly oiling, their armour on a regular basis.

Previous thread on bronze:
http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19227
(from CMON) http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/viewthread.php?tid=25932

I've just bought loads of blooming Andrea paint, some are good but I dont like the quick dry effect of them, I'm using some slow dry to try and combat it, but its a fight.

If you're not already using a stay-wet palette (commercial or homemade) then I would recommend one for all acrylic and vinyl painters. Fast drying time is a given with paints of both kinds but there's no reason to fight it on the palette constantly.

Using a bigger brush might help too - try painting with the largest one that will conceivably do the job.

Just paint it the way you like and don't let anyone tell you how it SHOULD be!!

...if you take the historical part of 'historical modelling' seriously - as I presume you do otherwise you wouldn't be checking first...

If what you want from figure painting is flawless accuracy then continue to seek advice from those who were obviously there at the time...

That kind of argument simply doesn't hold water - not one of the membership was there on D-Day either, does that mean that those whose period is WWII can't inform us of uniform colours, kit options, weapons used and so forth? Didn't think so.

Einion

 

[krom1415]

Thanks Einion,Yes I tried medrom, and after an hour trying to understand how it worked, I put my question and got one reply,

Quote;
Ouch!
I think a spot of defenestration may be on the cards when Dr. Mike picks up on this one.
Definitely metal, specifically bronze, though it may be silvered.
Chris

As you can see it didn't help much
However those two links definately help, cheers