1/16 German Infantryman

[spanner570]

Alex, this looks fine to me. I really don't know why you're in a knot over the painting....

Why are you worried about trying to paint in things like light and shadow? There is no need....The folds in the material do that for you.....Just look at your pictures.

I truly don't see anything wrong with 'yer man!

A lesson I quickly learned is don't try and copy other stuff, particularily figures .We all have different takes on how we perceive a figure should look.

Where this figure lark is concerned, just keep it simple and work to your limitations.....I do!!

Cheers,

Ron

[Guest]

Thanks, Ron! Maybe I'm being a little too precious with him.

[Guest]

Thats looking good Alex, I keep getting tempted to try a figure.

[Guest]

Looks good to me Alex, ur paint job is better then mine, camo i find easy it's the single colures i hate.

Well done & keep up the good work, above all HAVE FUN.

John

[Guest]

looks better than anything i can acheive alex, i try to keep away from figures and at 1/35 they have one coloured faces.

[Guest]

You shouldn't be so harsh on yourself Alex. There's absolutely nothing wrong with your painting. I & many others would be glad to turn out something as good as that. Keep up the good work!

Patrick

[Guest]

James, John , Andrew and Patrick, thanks for the encouraging comments. Did a little work on my figure during the week - I'll get some photos taken soon

[papa 695]

Hi Alex from what i've seen of your figure theres nothing wrong with it. Like Ron say's dont try to copy exactly or you will just beat yourself up, i'm sure when you paint your plane pictures they are not" exact" copy's were both nearly there now chin up i've had fun doing mine and happy modeling

[Ian M]

Oi AJay stop beating yourself up. That Jacket is pretty good. Two types of clothing that are hardest to do. Whole Black or White ones or Camouflage ones. I am no expert So I will leave the big how too's to them. Trust me on this though, you are winning.

Ian M

[Guest]

The good thing about modelling is, you learn from the present kit, which will improve your skills on the next kit.....so I dont see anything wrong with your work mate, but whatever you see wrong with it, just make a mental note and just work on it on the next kit.....but you should be well happy how this figure is going..I know I would.

[Guest]

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Here's where I am at the moment. I spent literally hours on the face, believe it or not! I wanted to go for a cold-looking face with a red nose, so here's my take on this.

Forget the uniform for now, this needs a lot of work, and the gas mask strap is the wrong colour. The MP44 magazine pouches seemed to come in a number of tan, thorn, brown, and even green colours - need a lot more work on these, too.

More soon

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[Guest]

I think you've captured that cold, raw look very well Alex. You can easily picture him in a snowfield being blasted by a freezing gale!

Cheers

Patrick

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now i`m intrigued how the hell did u get the brush work so nice?i love this little german

mobear

[Guest]

Thanks, Patrick! I'm glad you can see what I've tried to achieve. I'm really struggling with this one but thanks to all the nice comments am sticking with it

Thank you, mobear. I used Vallejo acrylics.

I first gave the face a base coat of fresh tone, then painted in the whites if the eyes.

Then I used burnt umber and painted in the dark areas such as below the eyes, below the bottom lip, above the eyes where there's a lot of shadow, etc. (this gives me a guideline of areas where I'll darken my flesh mix when I add another coat).

After this I used flesh, white, burnt umber, black and red in various mixes. Using flesh as my base colour I mixed up several variations using the other colours. I work with the paint wet to blend the colours, like you would with oils. It dries fast, especially under a spot lamp, so I had to work fast. I also had to re-do it many, many times before I was vaguely happy with it.

The eyes were very hard. Even with my smallest brush and magnified glasses, I struggled. However, I found the tip to not having a 'startled-rabbit-in-the headlights-look', was to simply paint a bottom eye lid so the eyes aren't bulbous-looking.

I studied a lot of figure artists for tips. I still don't know how some of them paint their 1/35 figures so well. I've seen them with very realistically painted eyes, complete with reflections in the pupils!!!

[Guest]

thanks for the tip Alex,i`m kinda buildin up the confidence to paint figures the only one i`ve done is the pilot for my Dio and its mediocre at best

mobear