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Figure painting takes lots of practice and a set of fine brushes.  Check here for more tips and techniques on figure painting.

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=listarticles&secid=11

 

Good luck.

 

floxy wrote:

I am building 1/35 scale models and i would like to know how to get good detail out of their features

That's easy.  You can either send your kits (and preferably with LOTS of Cash) to ajlafleche , AVUS or Heavyarty and they'll turn those figures into life like things.

thanks for the site much apreciated

 

m1garand wrote:

That's easy.  You can either send your kits (and preferably with LOTS of Cash) to ajlafleche , AVUS or Heavyarty and they'll turn those figures into life like things.

Chocolate is fine, too! :D (Thanks for your high consideration of my skills, m1garand)

Seriously, the easiest way to give your figures some depth is washing (with a dark color) and dry brushing (with a light color). You can either use black to wash the whole figure or use a very dark shade of the back color, e.g. dark green on German uniform gray or burnt umber on flesh. Then you'll have to dry brush at least two times once with the base color (German uniform gray or flesh considering the previous example) and once with a lighter shade of the base color.

If you want to have a more realistic look you'll have to blend the colors. Using oils or enamels it's fairly easy since you'll have to work with the thinner to "mix" the colors on the figure, while using acrylics you'll have to mix various shades of the color from dark to light and apply them one by one on the figure. The more shades you make the more the blending is seamless.

I have been using Vallejo Acylics for uniforms and faces as of late  ,switched from oils to this medium , and while it takes practice and drys much faster than oils , I like the end results much better .

They have to be thinned considerably though with water only ( no alchohol or tamiya thinner ,it clots the paint )  before application . link to the vallejo site with figure painting hints http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/

on left  menu choose model color ,and scroll down  to hints in blue .

I am sure these would apply to almost any medium of painting .

Good luck

thanks for the tips everyone