Angry Germans!

[Malamute]

Wonderful, some of the best painting I ahev seen on here in a while, this and your Naval chap have brightened up my dreary rainy day. How is the weather for you now?

[Hu Rhu]

Stunning painting. 

[Keith]

Wonderful, some of the best painting I ahev seen on here in a while, this and your Naval chap have brightened up my dreary rainy day. How is the weather for you now?

Pretty damn good thanks :-)
Getting a fair bit milder so mid to high twenties during the day which is much cooler than last month!

[cram]

Damn nice painting!! 

[tomrommel1]

 

[Mad Doc Morris]

Not entirely at random  . There will definitely be more Dark Ages (very much inspired by your Roman series on your blog btw).

That's nice to know. In both instances. Really, I'm flattered, mate.
So, looking forward to the next figures, angry or not.

[Andym]

Very angry and VERY nice!

More please! Even angrier and more germanic if possible!

[Ragnar]

Amazing painting.

And I love that Footsore mini too.

[Peithetairos]

Very beautiful paintjob. The faces have so much character and in general the colour choices are excellent, and transitions very smooth. Some of the ebst Germanic Warriors I saw so far.

[Hurin]

Super nice work

Quick question: how many highlights do you typically use for the flesh tones?

[Keith]

Many thanks for all the nice comments guys - it's really motivating.

For the faces and skin I tend to use three colours. A flesh/brown, a middle flesh and white. I slap on the base colour, a base/middle flesh mix, middle flesh and finally middle flesh and white mix. So around four shades I guess.

One thing I do find helpful is to add a final highlight to the skin when I've finished the rest of the figure. There's usually one or two places where a well placed highlight makes all the differece. Good examples are ankles (on bare legs), wrists and one side of the forehead.

[Hurin]

Thanks for the tips!
I think I've been using too many shades because I keep losing the contrast. I'll try this now because it looks really good.
Thanks again.

[nikko]

Hello,
Superb paintjob !!!
Nikko