I decided today to step this up, I have a show coming up and so far one Sherman to enter, if I don't finish this driver guy, the BA20 will never get sone.
Tonight I bucked down and went to town on the driver, got his face, uniform, and boots done, what do you think? I still need to do an umber oil wash, maybe soem pigments, but otherwise he is done
Hint, DO NOT try to paint figures while the family is watching TV, the light is nowhere near strong enough.
THen I decided to finish the face on the tanke driver
The highlights were too sttark, so I hit him with a cadmium red/van *** brown oil wash, super thin, he got a bit red, so I put a quick base coat on his jacket, just to see what we are going to end up with. This is an S and T figure, the detail is just crazy good, I think I am going to like how he turns out
He was still looking starker in the photos than in real life, so I busted out the blue background to see what he photographs like
i LIKE HOW THE FACE WASH OF RED/BROWN, AGAIN very THIN, TONES DOWN THE ZEBRA EFFECT AND SLIGHLTY darkens the tone.(Sorry about those caps, but I am not typing that again.
I still have to paint his helmet and go to town on his uniform with highlights and shadows, but he's coming along.
These are figures 5 and 6 for me, by the way.
Thanks for checking them out, comments always welcome,
Bill