Good luck and be careful. Figure painting is addictive...
Couple of things. Drop in a dark wash or drill out his hand. On future figures, spend the extra time to clean up the mold lines. Its worth it. Working this small I've found a base coat of flesh, a dark brown wash and then a dry brushing of a lighter flesh color will make for a pretty good looking face at this scale. Just enough definition to infer a face and still look good.
Same with folds of the clothing. A base coat, a dark wash and some drybrushing will go miles at this scale.
When shooting something this small also be sure to give him a brush down to remove dust (I assume that is what the fuzzy things on him are, either that or he's been rolling in the hay......) They are distracting and detract from the overall presentation of your work. The larger areas of dust will also collect more dust and create a snowball effect.
A nice addition to your models and they go far to illustrate scale and give your main subject a presence and sense of depth. Keep up the good work and I think you'll soon find your time and attentions split between figures and models. Especially with the huge range of subject matter and aftermarket pieces now available. Thanks for sharing this.
Mike
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