WIP Critique Young Miniatures Feldgendarmerie Bust

[gothicgeek]

Hi all!!

Despite my lack of presence online I've been working on stuff since Euro ...

Here is my WIP of Ebroins superb sculpt of a German Feldgendarme...

Under-coated in Halfords grey auto primer and painted with a combination of Vallejo and Games workshop acrylics.... Only the face is anywhere near finished but I'm happy with where it's going, update soon

 

[housecarl]

Looks quite fetching with a pink torque Mark.
Great start mate,
Carl.

 

[sd0324]

The eyes on this one are quite striking. I like it.

 

[winston]

Very good start Mark!!!

 

[ryall]

Hi Mark

I think this is the best face you have done so far. I really like the colours and the eyes are great.

Ryally
http://www.brisbanemodelbuilder.com/

 

[Mark Dollery]

Hey Guys, saw this at the club meet & it looks even better in the flesh
Mark

 

[Gellso]

Hi Mark,
Nice to see you posting again.
Your eyes are lovely...well not YOUR eyes...but the figures.
Very realistic.

 

[chris1]

hi Mark
A great start....again

Chris

 

[smudger1960]

Hi mark,glad you made it home safely,i love the start youv'e made on this,as one person already pointed out the thing that struck me straight away was the eyes,i like the way you achieve your flesh tones in acrylic's its very striking,finaly the beard stuble is very well done,look forward to seeing it completed mark.

Brian

 

[rheath]

Kewl !! flesh tones are very good, great start here Mark.

 

[Sambaman]

Nice work so far Mark! I know I'll be the unpopular one for saying this, as everyone has already gushed about the eyes, but to me the figure's right iris/pupil looks smaller than the left. For me the left one looks more proportionately sized. Other than that, I'm sure this will be up to your high standards!

Jay H.

 

[Stephen Ward]

Dude! Awesome as always. Looking forward to seeing your treatment of the rest.

 

[mil-mart]

Mark a great start and I'm looking forward to seeing your version of this amazing sculpt.

Cheers Ken

 

[megroot]

Great start Mark.

marc

 

[kiwi45]

Nice work so far Mark! I know I'll be the unpopular one for saying this, as everyone has already gushed about the eyes, but to me the figure's right iris/pupil looks smaller than the left. For me the left one looks more proportionately sized. Other than that, I'm sure this will be up to your high standards!

Jay H.

After looking again I would agree, other than that splendid start Mark.
Les

 

[gothicgeek]

Thanks for all the input everyone, individual replies to follow after agreeing that the eyes were a tad miss-matched. But I guess that's why I like to post WIP pictures. You guys see these images with fresh eyes, I've often spent hours working on the piece, photograph it and then process the image and then finally post it!

So what I'm trying to say is thanks! for the critique and the comments...

Replies ....

Carl ... :lol::lol:

Steve ... thank you!

Philippe ... Many thanks

Paul ... cheers!

Mark ... Thanks again

Grant ... thanks! and it's good to be back

Chris ... thanks again

Brian ... Likewise mate And thanks

Rob ... thank you!

Jay ... Many thanks! as stated above input is most welcome! and thanks

Stephen ... Thanks!!

Ken ... Cheers mate

Marc ... Thank you and great to meet you at last

Les ... many thanks and see above


Work continues ....

I messed about a fair bit with the helmet until I found some pics of those goggles. They are pretty busy so kept the finish on the helmet simple. Nothings finished but some stuff is getting there.

I adjusted the iris on the right eye ... What do you think???

 

[ryall]

The eyes look much better in size, could be the lighting but the blue in each look different colours.

I must say I like the other face you have just posted as well. These two faces have great colour and your eyes look very real. Not being rude but I much prefer these, to your other faces you have done.

Keep up the great work

Ryally

 

[Whitney]

Great start eyes look great keep up the good work

 

[blabsy]

Hi Mark,
nice prog matey!
are you getting 3hrs sleep a night,coz man you can paint!
Best Regards
Paul

 

[sarouman]

I think after you got euromilitaire penetrated well on paint, and by that I see you doing very well.
Congrats buddy!!

Alexandros