Best Acrylic Figure Painting Tutorial Contest By Schnobs & Citadelgrad87

is it time to judge yet?

camo junkie wrote:

ok, no sense wasting my time...seems like this guy does it alot like i do anyway...no sense reinventing the wheel!!

That's one thing I forgot yesterday:  there's a lot of borrowing and complimentary stuff going around, but also a lot of improving and improvising.  Just since I have been here, I have seen a technique start as hairspray, and morph into hair gel.  One reason for the thread is that someone out there is always experimenting, and without the internet, it would never get any airplay.    

figure freak wrote:

http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/articles_figures.htm best one ive found, its a whole page all to do with figure painting

Hey Brian,

Awesome links thank you for posting it!

Good questions, camojunkie, but I beleive they are covered.

First, the group will vote for the best toot, not the best figures, I would like that to be clear before there are any submissions, it's not a contest to see who can paint the "best" fig, but to see who can convey the best information about painting figures.

Second, you are correct, it's about the process, how do YOU get a good fleshtone, how do you shade, emphasize with outlining, etc.  For me, that transcends any era.  It's a time neutral net out to catch the best "how to" regarding figures.

Edmund and I are simply priming the pump to get a thread going in one place that we can all refer back to from time to time.

Give it some thought.

Bill    

actually, there is a TON of info out there. not here in the fsm forums but there are a multitude of books on this subject. i would do one (may still) but i would be ripping off most of what's already been written about the subject!

then i also pose this to you, what determines the "best" tut written? i mean if you only build and paint ww2 figures...will a modern figure painter be considered "not good enough" because it doesnt meet "your" requirements for painting figures??? the subjects are the same as well as the proecess no matter what but...i cant help but wonder if there would be some bias. your naturally going to gravitate towards what you know and or want. human nature at its best!