Hawkeye - Woodland Indian

Fantastic work! Great painting of the skin tone and very simply displayed. Spot on!

Cheers;

Gregory

Hi Guys

thanks to all of you for the very favourable comments. Much appreciated.

Buddho, with regards to your question about the Winsor and Newton acrylics - I don't really think that you can compare them with vallejo. I find vallejo has an excellent pigment in it and I like the way it dries and finishes up - dead flat. The covering property of vallejo is also very good. The only problem with vallejo is that you cant really touch any of the surfaces without leaving a fingerprint or a shine so a matt sealer or varnish is required so that this doesn't happen. On the other hand, Winsor & Newton cover less easily, but once dry can be handled without leaving fingerprints or a shine. Some of the colours dry to a natural satin finish which poses a bit of a problem on clothing areas as it doesn't look quite right with semi gloss kakhi trousers etc! In future i will be mixing it up a lot as I find vallejo better for one aspect of a figure such as clothing items and W & N better for say flesh tones, leather and hide. I think that they both have their place in my toolbox. By the way, I really dig your vignette with the Italeri gun and figures! You really did a great job!

Cheers

Arthur

Panzerjaeger wrote:

The only problem with vallejo is that you cant really touch any of the surfaces without leaving a fingerprint or a shine so a matt sealer or varnish is required so that this doesn't happen. Arthur

I use vallejo/Andrea paints almost exclussively. I also always seal my figures with a spray of Testors' Dullcoat from my airbrush. One thing it seems to do is help bring the hightlights and shadows together with tha base color.

Thanks for the advice ajlafleche. I shall definitely give it a try.

Cheers

Arthur