My Very First Figure (Repost w/pics)

Nicely done Chris

I would echo the previous offerings -

Tone down or blend some of the more drastic skin tone deviations.

Eyes; no need for the bright white. Also, if you look at "real" eyes you notice that the iris and pupil are somewhat covered by the upper and lower eye-lid, in a normal setting that is.

Again, Nice job!

That's some nice figure painting. I have always been afraid of painting figures due to the size(I am doing 1/35), so it is nice to see some inspiration.

Thank you all for the kind words, tips and suggestions.  I will keep  the suggestions in mind when I start my next figure.  Thanks again

Very nice work, but I agree with above comments on the eyes.  I never paint them white, just paint them flesh color same as the face, or maybe a bit lighter if you like, and just a black dot for the pupil.  That way you can avoid the "deer in headlights" look.

Just for the heck of it, this is the figure that I consider to be my best work:

Nice work for your first.  Close his eyes a bit.

Excellent job on your first figure.

Outstanding especially the camo on the back!  Your first?  You will be real good after few more figures.  I agree with others... try not to use too much dark under wash like on on the back of the neck.  Another thing I would do is to tone down the whiteness of eyes.  Everything else was just great!

I'd say, for your first figure, you've done exceptionally well.