My Wittmenn figure effort

I know a few figure painters that wil prime there figures first and then put a light source over the figure, shoot it with a digital camera and use the print as a reference for shading and highlighting. Recently a reader tip in FSM had a method of photographing your model to use it as a proofing method. It always seems as though flaws show up in digital photos better than with the naked eye. Probobly because they are enlarged quite a bit from the original. But if you have a digital camera, there is nothing stopping you from using this same method to improve your figure work.

The best method is to keep at it. Try new methods and don't be afraid or too sensitive to criticism and critique. With failure comes success and with practice comes a skill.

Have notice the yellow in these pics where i didnt notice it as much in person. Yes i,ve try doing some blending on the figure useing acrylics.Thanks for the help trying to get better at painting figs and other things.

I'd say your flesh tone is too yellow, but I'll take into consideration the effects of mediocre lighting and such.

All in all, not a bad start though. Looks like you're getting a good start at blending. Are you using oils, or acrylics?

Not bad at all! I noticed your face is also a bit shiny though and the highlights are a bit too pronounced. You should try and paint the face in a succession of thin washes of colour using artists acrylics. This way you layer the colour to give it more depth which will also aid in blending the shadow areas and highlighted areas. Your shadow tones should be a slightly darker shade than your base coat with your highlights being slightly lighter. At all times use your base colour, to darken for shadows add small amounts of burnt umber or burnt sienna depending on how dark your shadow areas are, to lighten for highlights add some titanium buff or naples yellow. Never add white as it gives a chalky appearance. Your shodow areas should be applied in thinned out washes while your highlights can be softly dry brushed on. To flatten the glossed out look, Games Workshop Citadel Colours make an excellentmatt varnish that can be thinned out and applied in washes until you are happy with your finish for example you could give three or four washes to the trousers that will really deaden the colour and get rid of all the shine, whereas you could apply perhaps two washes to the jacket which would get rid of the high gloss but still leave it with a satin look to it.

All in all a neat paint job on your figure. Keep it up and you will see yourself improve with every figure. You should try out a few of Andrea's figures as the quality of the castings are much better than any of the plastic injection moulded figures on the market.

Good Job

Arthur

Even with all the techology in the world, it is hard to capture the moment or the object the way you see it or it trully represents.  Nice work!

Yes I did try to give it a little satin shine by useing some gloss black over flat black.But I did hit with a dull coat after.I think I,ll hit with another shot of  a clear dull coat, but I think the camera flash also makes that stand out a lot more then it does in person. But thanks

Not bad at all, only thing that I'd correct is the glossy uniform:
the grey has definitively to be flat; the leather jacket should have a satin shine, but yours looks like Wittmann gave it a hand of shoe shine.

Keep up the good work!