Author Topic: My Darkest Africa Explorers - tips and feedback on the pics ? (Read 5718 times)

Kane · « **on:** December 07, 2009, 09:50:18 PM »

Hello everybody, I would like to hear what you guys think of Foundry's Darkest Africa "Limpopo Jones". I just finished him except the base and a small black dot on his shirt which I have to correct). I'm always on the lookout for more tips and tricks.

Here are the pictures:

Dan · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2009, 11:29:01 PM »

That looks really good and shows your own style . I dont think I could give you any advice on how to improve it.
Keep up the good work.

chicklewis · « **Reply #2 on:** December 08, 2009, 12:27:20 AM »

He looks very professional and deadly. Somehow with your paint you have communicated the idea that he is VERY likely to ventilate that at which he aims.

Nice.

Chick

Mancha · « **Reply #3 on:** December 08, 2009, 01:43:19 AM »

Er, which black dot on his shirt do you intend to correct?

I find it kind of strange that the white shirt would be shaded in black, while the darker color of his pants is shaded in a less contrasting brown. I'm not a fan of using black as the shadow color, but if you're going to do it, I think it would be better if you did it uniformly.

That said, I think you'd be better off shading your white with either grey, very light blue, or a very light tan.

Kane · « **Reply #4 on:** December 08, 2009, 11:19:15 AM »

Hi Mancha, on the first picture there is a very small dot in black, right above the belt. A little bit of paint spilled. I wasn't planning to shade in black however. Deepest shade is scorched brown.

Galloping Major · « **Reply #5 on:** December 09, 2009, 06:49:49 AM »

Very nice paint job

dodge · « **Reply #6 on:** December 09, 2009, 07:18:23 AM »

looks good to me

you have a very defined style

excellent

dodge

Bugsda · « **Reply #7 on:** December 09, 2009, 06:19:18 PM »

Looks good to me

Like Mancha I'm not a big fan of overshading on light colours but when it's done well it looks stylish.

A bit of flora on the base would be an improvement.

Grimm · « **Reply #8 on:** December 10, 2009, 06:18:59 PM »

I like it

ok I not a fan of these overshading but every painter has his own style .
again ...
I LIKE THE FIGURE PLEASE MORE OF THEM

cheers Grimm

Captain Blood · « **Reply #9 on:** December 10, 2009, 07:45:59 PM »

Overshading is what I do best

So I like him.
He'd look better if he wasn't shiny - but that might just be the flash on your camera. Or maybe you like shiny. Some people do...

Kane · « **Reply #10 on:** December 11, 2009, 11:08:36 AM »

Hi Captain Blood. You should see him now, with gloss varnish on him

. But I personally hate shiny models. I have to give him his final varnish, which is matt. I think the figure is shiny in these pics because of the flash indeed. Normally it will be adapted when it is completely finished.

Thank you all for the kind comments and the idea about the overshading. It indeed comes out a bit brutally here. Will work on it in the future.

Kane · « **Reply #11 on:** December 29, 2009, 06:33:43 PM »

Next mini:

What do you think ? Little note: The stick of the whip, the shoes and the base yet have to be finished. Stick will be in wood colour, shoes will get a dark flesh highlight and the base will be some mumbo-jumbo mixing of colours ;-)

Dolmot · « **Reply #12 on:** December 29, 2009, 06:50:53 PM »

Quote from: Kane on December 29, 2009, 06:33:43 PM

What do you think ?

Nice mini, but how about cropping your pics a bit? People probably don't find your walls that interesting.

Prof.Witchheimer · « **Reply #13 on:** December 29, 2009, 07:10:11 PM »

really well painted! It would look even better with a bit matt varnish.

Bugsda · « **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2009, 09:09:46 AM »

Clean and tidy paintwork, nice colours, that's the way to go

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