Andrews' thread
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FeR

Here is mine cleaned, pinned and primed. I am still organising a wooden base and I am going to use the stone paving base supplied with the kit, perhaps with a few fallen leaves on it.

OK. The stone slab base supplied is also fine.
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FeR

After seeing the next step in the tutorial I was inspired to have a go here is todays effort. I think the chest still needs a little work. Sorry for the lousy pics camera isnt up to the little figures. Going to post a few from the phone to see how they look too.

Cheers,
Andrew.

Phone shots

Mmm... Not bad, not bad. The pics don't let me appreciate truly the paintwork. I can tell it goes well but still needs a bit more highlights and deep shadows. Yes, the chest still need a bit more of work also.
Nice work.
FeR

I took a few more shots with natural daylight, hopefully they are good enough to show what I have done. At the moment these are about the best my camera can take.

These pics are much better. The good thing is that you know where to apply everything, but it still needs more work to be done:
- The eyes are too big; You need to cut'em out to size painting a well defined eyelids.
- You need a stronger shadow tone under the eyebrows. It will help to bring life to the eyes.
- Take the highlight of the upper part of the nose to the upper limit of it.
- Don't forget the work on the lips. They are small but also need the proper highlights/shadows.
- Bring some highlights to the bald patch.
- Try to add some thinned reddish tone to shadow the lower part of the cheecks.
In any case, you've done a good work so far. Now, it needs to become more refined. That use to be what makes the difference...
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FeR

I got to work on trying to fix some of the areas that needed work, also darkened the eye colour. After seeing the blown up images I can see the chin needs a lot of blending and the nose could use some too. I think my paint mix was a little too thick cause he is starting to get pretty rough looking when blown up in the photos.

Mmm... The paint layer is too thick. My suggestion is to remove the paint and start over again. Don't get me wrong, there is a certain degree of good job there, for example, in the positioning of highlights and shadows, a thing that is not so easy to do. But keep in mind two things:
- The roughness and thickness of the painting makes that any effort done to mend the problem will probably worsen it.
- You have done it one time and found out which problems are you gonna face. Second time, the results will be far better and you will see that it was worth the effort.
Mistakes are part of the process, it's better to welcome them as they come. You will learn more from them than when everything seems to be OK.
regards
FeR

Ok after stripping it back and starting again this is the result. I hope the pics are good enough to see what I've done.

Cheers,
Andrew.

That's much better!
Now, why don't you try to add some extreme highlights and shadows to the flesh?
Use them also to mark the lips and lower eyelids.
One more thing. In the lower part of the chest area there's two spots of highlight a bit out of place. They must be more subtle and they must be placed towards the shadow area of the upper part.
Nice work.
FeR

Ok I've always been one who is scared to do extreme highlights and shadows. So this is my attempt at trying them after yesterdays post. The pics were taken with the same lighting as yesterday so hopefully the difference in highlights and shadows can be seen. Still lots to touch up but hopefully the shadows and highlights are about where they should be.

Thanks,
Andrew.

Even better, don't you think?
I would try to soften a bit more that black shadow in the lower part of the forehead, and don't forget about the highlightis in lips, eyelids, etc...
Regards
FeR

I have been painting the shirt for the last few days, trying to make my shadows and highlights more extreme as they normally lack depth. Here is what I have done.

Not bad at all!
A white shirt is one of those parts you could be working on forever. You can always improve the blendings, add shades, etc. Maybe you can polish it a bit more later, but the results you have so far are fine.
Well done, mate
FeR

Thanks Fernando, I am fairly pleased with how it turned out. As you said maybe a little more polishing later.

Cheers,
Andrew.

Here is my attempt at the pants. I found these colours tricky to work with. Hopefully the result is ok.

They look fine to me, but a closer pic should reveal if they need a bit more highlights...
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FeR