Hi guys,

The Sapper is finished and my skills have got to this far with many thanks to Stephen Mallia, Ray Farrugia, Harold Stivala, Ivan Cocker and many members of the club that encourage me to continue painting

Wish to paint like them one day and you memebers of this forum

As always all comments, critique and mixes just fire on

Soory for all the pics,

Samwel Vella

Well done! The eyes are very well painted.

Is this your first figure? It seems so not...
The pics are not so nice, so I might can say to much about it.
I like the trousers and the withe jacket.
Dont like the yellowish in front of the jacket.
And i missed a littlebit smoke/dust out of the pipe.
thanks for sharing. Try to do better pics and you will get more words...

Hey guys thanks for the comments

I will take some other pics and post them as soon as possible)

As for the yellow it needs some finishing touches)

What do you suggest for the yellow pls?

Thanks for sharing.

Regards,

Samwel Vella

Samwel,
With these guys as your teacher you can't get wrong. That are great names and great painters to.
keep them as your friends in painting and we will see some masterpieces out of your hands.

Marc

Thanks guys.

Marc yes they can paint very good indeed.

I always stick with them don't woory :lol:

As I said I wish to paint like them one day

Here are some more pics I think they are better

As always any comments or critique are welcome

Soory for all the pics

Regards,

Samwel Vella

Is this your first figure, if it is then it's not bad.

For me speaking as another beginner, I feel that it lacks depth, all the colours are too one tone and there is no shading or highlighting on the breeches or pelisse to speak of, unless they are so subtle they have been washed out by the camera.

There is simply no contrast on the colpack and the face is far too shiney. In addition for me, contrary to another post, I don't think the eyes are convincing at all. They appear to be too large and they have been outlined too much, he looks like he is wearing eyeliner.

Sorry for being blunt, but I always say that unless people tell the truth about our work, we'll never progress.

I'm no where near the abilities of your friends, but I'm sure that they will have pointed the same things out to you, probably more so as photos always seem to have a way of hiding some things.

Thank you for sharing though, us lesser painters have to have nerves of steel to post our finished work on forums like these.

Tim the photos ara a bit shiny because I'm a beginner in taking photos need to progress a little bit more

I assure you that the figure has highlights and shadows and speeking of the white it is my first attempt on the white and it needs some more shadows as well

As for the colback the pics are not good but has contrast as well

The figure is in 90mm and the eyes have to be outlined upper lid black and lower lid brown and they have a little bit of gloss varnish as well.A catch light is seen as well!!!!!

Regards,

Samwel Vella

I find it very good for a beginner. Just keep on practising !

Thank God Almighty its READY

Tim, its not as bad as it looks on the photos I can assure you of that, and for his 1st figure its not bad at all

However I still can't understand the way the braiding looks........plain yellow above the (belt running diagonally from the shoulder....excuse my ignorance in nappies) and shaded yellow beneath it????!!!!!????

With that said, and with all the flak I throw at you (mhux wahdi ) all in our "famous joking" style, I can only say.....KEEP IT UP LAD

See you tomorrow.......

Ray

Thanks lad I will be bringing the Elite's Norman Warrior with the face completed I hope as always

Thanks for the comments all of you

Regards,

Samwel Vella

Okay Ray.

Sam never mentioned that it was his first model!!

I have to take back what I say, although the eyes do still look unconvincing to me, I still struggle to get this aspect right on my larger figures 40mm and upwards.

Pictures don't always show things in their best.

For a first model this is a good start and quite a challenging one as well, white boy that is a tough colour to start with!!

Keep up the good work and don't be afraid to ask questions on the various forums and of your friends and please don't forget to post here as well.

Regrads