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WIP Flats!

Discussion in 'Just starting...' started by Graham, Jun 25, 2014.

  1. Graham A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Much inspired by Roger (Billyturnip) superb painting of flats, I decided to have a go.

    I well remember having a try at painting Flat figures before but, as I wasn't grasping figure painting very well back then, my Flats were even worse. Roger did a great step by step tutorial with me guiding me through a complete paint job on a figure resulting, at that time, the best but still not good, I had achieved.

    These have been sat in a box for about three years so it is time they saw some paint.

    First, they were cleaned up using washing up liquid and a toothbrush and were then airbrush primed with Vallejo Grey Primer. They were then mounted onto a pice of art foam board to save handling the figures. A tip that Roger gave me was to place an arrow on the backing board to indicate the direction of the light.

    Vallejo Dark sand, Basic Flesh and Ivory were used to start to develop some structure to the faces.

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    A bit closer

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    Long way to go but it's a start.
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  2. housecarl Moderator

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    United-Kingdom
    Great start Graham.
    At least you'll have plenty of flesh to practice on.(y)
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  3. billyturnip A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Very good start Graham. Another little tip for painting flats is when you think you have done enough shading and highlighting do it again. It sounds a bit weird but because most of us started out painting round figures we naturally stop the process where we would on a round figure. Flats always benefit from that little bit extra to add depth.

    Roger.
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  4. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Start is good, but as Roger said. More high and shading.

    Marc
  5. Tubby-Nuts2 A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    A very nice start Graham! ..it's already taking on some life. (y)

    Regards,

    Mark
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  6. Briank Active Member

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    United-Kingdom
    Keep going it looks well good;) and if you need help just ask! Rogers here as well as a few other flat painters

    Brian
  7. Graham A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    I
    It's Roger who got me in this mess in the first place lol ;-)
  8. Briank Active Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    He dose that, He'll have you using oil's next hahaha
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  9. swralph A Fixture

    Nice project
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  10. Helm A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    looks well Edward I have to admit I can't do flats at all despite Rog's help
    Steve
  11. Tubby-Nuts2 A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Steve !..... .. :oops:. ... Edward ??? :LOL:

    Mark
  12. Helm A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Err Graham even I have NO idea where Edward came from :facepalm:
  13. billyturnip A Fixture

    Country:
    England

    Trying to wind up Bootnecks has addled your brain.
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  14. Graham A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Lol, I have been called a lot worse ;-)
  15. Graham A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    I think I am losing control of this, I have spent ages bouncing from shadows an highlights but I just don't seem to be getting any harmony between the two. Any ideas before I strip and start again? I just know it is going to go muddy.....

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  16. Tubby-Nuts2 A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Graham! A damn good start!(y)... however acrylics!.... are, or can be a thicker medium of paint! ... layers will soon build up. and start looking lumpy/flaky, if un-thinned, ;) .....( this is why I like oils!) :D . However, if I could suggest that you to look at what the consistency of the paint you are using and gradually build up layers, almost like 'Glaze painting'. (y)

    Regards,

    Mark
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  17. billyturnip A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    I would agree with Mark on that one, one of the reasons why I changed to oils. I would suggest you put them aside for a couple of days and work on something else, a little rest usually helps and then take another look. I think you should get away with building up the shade and lights with multiple layers of very diluted paint without the need to strip them.

    Roger.
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  18. Graham A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    It is very thin, quite transparent in fact, usually takes four swipes to make even the slightest difference. I think I will stop and come back later as I did with the Crusader bust. Cheers guys :)
  19. billyturnip A Fixture

    Country:
    England

    You're off to a good start Graham and after a few more thin coats you'll start to notice the difference.

    Roger.
  20. Briank Active Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Honestly your getting yourself in a tizzy, do not strip just work the figure, leave the faces and paint the coats see how that go's and you'll probably find it all comes together, and the faces can be dealt with later if you want:) your doing fine so far;)

    Have the coats different greys not just one, shading first then colour followed with the high lights, mix your paint to get different colours and you'll get there, really it's not hard just another style (y)
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