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naz
  • Member since
    December 2005
Making Good eyes
Posted by naz on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:21 PM

Hi,

Im just asking how do you make good and precise eyes in figures specially in 1:35 scale

i know someone out there knows how

 

thanks and more power to you guys.

  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:43 PM
A good, no BS way I learned from a Shepard Paine book is to paint the whites first. Don't sweat keeping it in the lines, you'll fix that in the end. Next, chose blue (or gray), or brown for the irises, and paint a stripe from just above the top eyelid to just below the bottom eyelid that is the thickness of the iris, then paint a thin, black stripe over that, right down the middle for the pupils. Now take your flesh base color and bring it in around the eyes. When you're done, you'll have two perfect eyes with pupils.

 There are other, more complicated methods which will yield eye with more depth, but in 1/35th scale, you don't need to worry so much about it, however, if you look at the work of some of the masters, even in 1/35th or 54mm, their irises have light and dark shades as well as a gleam. Takes practice, patients and a steady hand. The method above works great and should get you there just fine.

BTW, don't use straight white for the whites. Gray it out, or better yet, add a touch of your flesh tone to redden it out. That will look more natural and keep it from looking googly eyed.

 

naz
  • Member since
    December 2005
Posted by naz on Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:43 AM

Its nice to hear for that quick responce

i will experiment on my piece on what you said master, cause as far my scale as of now

 i dont satisfy my own eyes after some make over i think some ingredients and stroke are missing

once again thanks.

 

 

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