Very nice work Kaz.
I have my doubt about the color of the uniform. They call it horizon blue. As far as I can see on this screen it is more a greyish blue. And the Adrian helmet has less blue then on the pictures.


The skincolor and eyes are perfect.

marc

Like Khaki and Field Grey there are many different shades of Horizon Blue.
Very nice work Kaz.

Roger.

Hello everybody,

If you want more informations about the French Uniform during the WWI:

http://www.lesfrancaisaverdun-1916.fr/uniforme1024.htm

Beautifull website, a must for me

Kaz !!!!

Very beautifull, excellent work.
It's a great pleasure to see very good painter working on my "Baby"
Thank's to you .
It's terrific !! it look like me

Well Philippe you certainly cleared that one up!
Nice one Kaz

That's where my photo came from, a must for me too.

Roger.

Thank you very much for your advice, Marc! Thanks for sharing resources Roger, and Parison! and Thanks for comments, Ronald!

While I was painting I used this photo as a reference.


Thanks for followup comment Roger I agreed there are many different shades of blue. That's the interesting but at the same time, also the difficult point.

Even so, we have typical image of French uniform so I will try to find a sweet spot somehow.

In deference to Marc's opinion, I agreed at some point Marc is right so I added some dark blue filters on helmet and light blue filters on uniform. Changes are very subtle so maybe no one notice the differences but If I add big changes in most cases I ruin my whole work so I applied additional brushes with great care. It looks light blue to my real eyes, but controlling white balance and color on camera is a little bit challenge to me. (maybe blue-back is not good for this subject)

Thanks Parison I'm really glad to hear such a nice compliment from you who sculpted this wonderful piece.

LOL!

I like the Adrian more, for me it's closer to the reality.
About the Horizon Blue: there are indeed some influence's of the weather and the quality of the ink in those days.
But in my humble opinion i think that blue-black doesn't work as you pointed out.
Again: great, work and I have my doubt's if I can get close to your painted figure.

marc

That looks really great Kaz!

Cheers,
Adrian

Nicely done Kaz. Well painted in evry respect.

Hi Kaz

But since you've set the bar pretty darn high.
What a great painting, I think as I do not come with me.

Cheers

Hendryk

Marc, Adrian, Mike, Hendryk, Thank you very much for your comments!
I appreciate all of your comments, I will try to improve my skill more.

I realy like it

Thanks Maurizio for your comment on my little bit old thread
This is the first time I've been satisfied with my skintone and I feel like I found my style to go from this model.