My Figures from 2010

yeah, I'm aiming for model contests, so lighting may not always be ideal. Heck, the eyes may have even appeared sunken at '09 Nats, I heard lighting was terrible. Thanks for your input though. The more I get, the better I can get.

I don't know about darker gray?? I paint for my display cabinet not photography so i go by what looks good in the light it will be dispayed in. But if I start posting more pics on here may have to change.

Amazing what the camera sees that the eye does not!

Great work though!!

yeah, I just noticed, afrika korps does look a bit pop-eyed. The wonders of photography. On my workbench, he looks ok. I use light gray for the whites, maybe I should switch to a darker gray?

Very nice job, especially for starting out. Just keep practicing! I still have trouble with eyes,,sometimes I get them right,,others,,well lots of repaint.

One point I would mention is to watch the whites of the eyes, especially on smaller figs,, I got the same constructive critique on one of my figs on here and they were right. I no longer paint 'whites' of eyes on 54mm or 1/35 figs...it avoids the 'popeye' look.

Pick up some inexpesive bases from a local craft store,,spray them with some of the textured paint avaible and then make a nice scene applicable to the fig. For around $10 you can get enough paint and bases to do many figs..it really adds to the final presentation.

Also check ou this link http://www.youtube.com/user/MichToyCo many good tips here with videos on painting figs!

Good luck!