I say you did great. I wish I could paint figures, but really haven't tried any since joining the forums.

Good luck friend on the surgery. Hope all goes well with it. 

I have to agree with Eric-that looks great....very realistic.  And you nailed the eyes.  Great work.

That's some nice figure work there brother tread!

Tread, looks great man! Yeah I'll agree the eyes have it, maybe the hardest part of the figure and you nailed them. Funny, sometimes I think the bigger the figure the easier it is to paint.

Real nice work there tread.

I just went through a bunch of tests and was lucky to find out I don't need a similar operation.  Good luck with the surgery. Do everything the doc tells you to so you can back to the madness ASAP.

Thanks all you guys : )  Greatly appreciated...it can only get better !

tread 

Don't be hard on yourself Tread, it looks great.

I think the execution of the flesh tones is fantastic!  Great job in mixing the various tones.  What exactly is it you are not happy with?

The beard stubble does look feint, but as you say it could be a photo issue.  You can try some black weathering powder.  Just a little dabble is enough, and the stipple method with a brush also adds the look of texture.

For the eyes, you could add a light wash of red, and let the flow accumulate at the inside corners.

regards,

Jack

jgeratic1

I think the execution of the flesh tones is fantastic!  Great job in mixing the various tones.  What exactly is it you are not happy with?

The beard stubble does look feint, but as you say it could be a photo issue.  You can try some black weathering powder.  Just a little dabble is enough, and the stipple method with a brush also adds the look of texture.

For the eyes, you could add a light wash of red, and let the flow accumulate at the inside corners.

regards,

Jack

Hey Bill

  I really don't see how this could get any better.....

But then again those suggestions from Jack would really be a way to push it on up.

Beautiful piece of Joe here.

Thanks Jack, :  ) Thanks Steve : )...  He is supposed to look kind of young so I made the stubble on his beard light. It was one of the more sticky points of the paint job causing me to strip the paint last time I tried. Any thing much heavier and it seemed like I was trying to hide the lip color. His eyes are not to bad, but I made the mistake of giving him dark brown eyes and you can't see the pupil...next time , blue or gray/green eyes. In a previous version of him I did do a wash on his face to bring it out better, but it looked crappy under magnification or extreme close up.  I guess I just wanted him to look very clean and sharp in the details for my first one. The close -ups with the camera is a most necessary tool for me.

Thanks so much for the input guys !

tread

If you want more detail in the eyes, check out this tutorial:

http://www.planetfigure.com/articles/eye_tutorial-mark_benette/eye-tutorial.html

IMHO the way you have painted the skin tone it does look youthful and is definitely not a veteran of front line combat.   You also have to take into consideration the underlying sculpt, which to me appears the artist has depicted the subject to be older, and this might be the problem.  Remember, youthfulness is not just about lack of wrinkles and healthier skin tone, but there are also structural features that change over time.

Sounds like you are wanting this build to be displayed in a photo-studio setting as opposed to what a viewer sees with the naked eye.  If that is the case, might want to consider painting under some form of magnification.

regards,

Jack

nice job..!

I would be super pleased if my figures came out even a quarter as good as that dude!

Hey man my reaction to this guys face is "fatigue" !!! Looks like he aint slept in days and is tired of being in that cold tank , like durring the Ardennes Offensive . The pale tones and pinkishness around the eyes make that statement . Perhaps he still looks too clean shaven to get the idea of the beard stubble across . Like Jack said try some weathering powders --------lightly , in case you dont like it .

Tread

On to a new area, figures, and as usual there is no disappointment. Very nice, I so totally inhale at figures, I admire good figure work even more. Great stuff

Rounds Complete!!

AWESOME WORK treadwell!!

Clay

thanks you guys for taking the time to look and for the suggestions...feed back is important.
Jack, thanks for the link to the eye tutorial..great stuff !
P38JL thank you man !
Hercmech thank you too dude.
Shell ,heya bro'...so my little guy looks tired huh ? probably a reflection of how I felt after stripping and repainting so many times..at least he does have an emotion showing through... I take what I can get ! LOL
DougBrown, thanks man you probably go to Amps in Danbury?
Mike, thanks old buddy for stopping in .. always appreciated : )
VonRyan , Thank you man
Well I know there are some things to make better and I will.. On the figure forum one guy said the straps for the helmet were way out of scale... ( I knew that when I made them... it was just a quicky with tape so I could see where I was goin' ) I am fixing that.
I guess it wasn't to clear from the pictures that only the last 2 pics were finished ( face , not helmet ) most of the pics still had a coat of clear on them and my good buddy Terry Burke told me I should have left it that way... so, alot to think about.
I did finish up the inside of the hatch at least.
Thanks alot guys .. A lot to learn, and I haven't even tried with oils yet !
tread

Wow!  Great work on the figure tread!  Very realistic face and clothing.  With larger figures I guess you don't have to "fake" a lot of the shadows and highlights as much as smaller scales.  I don't do figures myself so I can't provide any suggestions other than keep working on it! 

Thank you so much Ernest.... I don;t know if bigger is easier though.... LOL

best regards , tread

Tread man he looks great as is . What would you call the look on his face ? Tired and fed up is what i see . Tones look spot on . Maybe the jacket is little shiny . Details on the turret and hatch look great . Question , what is the round handle  next to the periscope ?

Fantastic work

Thank you Captfue !

Hi Shell :  )     I would call the look on his face 'resolve'....he is a young guy who is gonna get it done come hell or high water.  The whole inside of this type hatch is set in a race of bearings and rotates 360 degrees The small nob is the locking nob... just turn it in and it locks by friction..very similar to the nob on the back of the periscope Here is a pic of the real deal I copied to build my latch,periscope holder and the nob. You can see his periscope is rotated in a different position than mine. hope that helps buddy ! ( I am not sure what the other eyelet is on the hatch bottom so I did not model it.)

yer pal,

tread

I can see the "resolve" look Tread I'm glad i asked about the hatch . I had no idea . Thanks man .

Take care of your hand my friend .

For the look of resolve or steel determination, eyes should be sort of narrower (not necessarily squinting) and eyebrows furrowed very close to the eyes.  Again, you are limited to  a degree by the underlying sculpt as seen in the first set of photos.  Harder to see this on your second set due to the shadow cast by the helmet.

Here are a few pics googled off the net.  You can also look in the mirror and use yourself  as a model to get idea of the expression you are trying for.

Again though, like others have said, it is some great figure painting you have done.

regards,

Jack

really looks GREAT Treadwell. i like eyeing this build.

Clay

Thank you Clay, what do you mean 'eyeing' mmmmmm ?

Thanks for all the help Jack, I am diggin it !   .... who is that handsome guy ?   you ?.... he has the look of resolve also !

OH MY GOD  !!!!........ It was Super Shellback !   cleverly concealed as a mild manor-ed  armor aficionado by day, when crimes against styrene may come to play, He fires up his M4 Bulldozer and scrapes them all away !.....Metropolis is again saved !!. Thank you SuperShell once again ;-)