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When it comes to painting figures, i tend not to focus so heavily on the white of the eye. Even in real life, it wouldn't be so prominent from a distance; people squint, focus etc.What i tend to do is as follows; I paint the whole face with a tan base whilst filling the eye in white. I then give my shades and tones and most of the eye socket ends up being covered anyway to get the expression. I use a cocktail stick to add the pupil of the eye but more of a grey than black. Black is just far too heavy. I'm doing some figures at the moment and will post the pics when they're done.

Cheers

Paul

I'll get my dippy in for what it's worth, but be warned no two replies will be the same.

I don't worry one jot about getting uniform colours spot on...Consider this, on the shelves the uniforms are more or less all the same colour but even these differ depending on manufacturer / dyes etc.
Then in combat sun, mud, dust, wet, sweat and washing will all change the cloth colour. Put 2 soldiers side by side, one who has been jumping in and out of foxholes and one who has been in the stores and see the colour difference. I just get it summat like and don't worry about it.

Skin tone....I don't use acrylics, only Humbrol enamel, red, white and brown and just do a thinned mix of a combo of the three, no two faces are the same colour anyway, so as I don't like to see every face the same colour I vary the mix.

Eyes.....I hardly bother. How many do you see all nice and white? These fighting soldiers eyes have seen death, dust, tears, no sleep, been rubbed raw and are probably half shut anyway! I just do a pinhead amount of reddish brown in the eye socket and then dab with a tissue to smudge it a bit.

Remember though Richy, every modeller has their own ideas and methods, so go with what looks right and you are happy with. It's your model. Dont let 'The Book' rule you too much....Free flow my friend!!!
All the best for 2010.
Ron

Cheers Paul , your advice is much appreciated.

Ps- must be very cold and snowy in Moscow this time of year,

Merry christmas
Richy.

Thanks Ron , I suppose its down to expirence (which I have little off) my figures look good to me under a camera flash but in a real life look very dark I think the next few I do I will go with a lot lighter than the colour recommended , also I`m going to invest in a better camera because in my short time modelling a good camera show up any painting misses & seams etc unlike a mag glass can do .

I`m 42 and my mince pies are not as good as they were , if it means glasses then so be it , if they make make my models just that little bit better its a worth it.

Merry Christmas
Richy.

Richy
I am not to impressed at all with the tamiya paints I really wont be buying them again I think its vallejo or citidel (Bit pricey though due to the teen factor) for me.

I am still working on the jeep to try and lighten it and working on the figs
the toothpaste tube metal does make straps pretty well bit fiddly but sticks ok with super glue.

The camera images do seem to bring out the worst in the model !! paint marks in wrong places etc that I had not noticed.

The helping hands magnifier from blackspur is only about £3, but I have found it hard to paint with as its very hard to judge where the end of the brush is !!!!!!!!

Better go to specsavers ! I have worn specs all my life, never for reading but since I hit the 40 (44now) they have been going down hill a bit and over the last year have noticed that my close vision is not so good at all. heh ho the price of getting old. On the upsite of age though is at least we can afford the models you couldnt as a teen !!!!!

Thankyou Dubster , by the way your Russian diorama looks dog`s Michael Ballacks to me and your figures are A1 , dio`s are what I want to concentrate on because I think they look the nuts , When I finnish one that I`m happy with I will post on here (it may be a while).

Merry Christmas
Richy.

Originally Posted by Richy C

Thanks Ron , I suppose its down to expirence (which I have little off) my figures look good to me under a camera flash but in a real life look very dark I think the next few I do I will go with a lot lighter than the colour recommended , also I`m going to invest in a better camera because in my short time modelling a good camera show up any painting misses & seams etc unlike a mag glass can do .

I`m 42 and my mince pies are not as good as they were , if it means glasses then so be it , if they make make my models just that little bit better its a worth it.

Merry Christmas
Richy.

Just a quicky on lightening the colour tone of models Richy, and I can here people saying "Here he goes again!" but if I think the colour is too dark I reach for...you guessed it!.....Polyfilla out of the packet. Not only does it lighten the colour but it gives the model that all important to me, dusty/ weathered look, and at a fraction of the cost of your 'posh' stuff. LOL
Ron