Large and Small Scale Figures

[Waspie]

Wow, that is some incredible work Steve. Very - very lifelike indeed. Getting skin tones right must be so difficult.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

All of the above Steve. You have great talent.

[scottie3158]

Very nice indeed Steve.

[Airborne01]

Yup, super work Ski -very nice indeed!
Steve

[Steve Ski]

Thanks, Gents, very kind of you all. Doung, it's just a matter of a boat load of patience and time invested,.................. and a brush or two.:smiling5:

[rtfoe]

Some good figure painting there Steven. I especially like Sargent Knows with it's interesting needle work that shows even the toughest men can do these things.
Noticed also you do the big stuff and painting those can be challenging.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Richard48]

Just fantastic Steve Sorry i missed these.I still use oils on faces and the late Eddy Vandersteen kindly gave me good advice.I havent painted figures for 7 years.Never done uniforms in oils.Mainly use Humbrols and Revell enamels.
Stunning work.
Richard

[vizenz]

This is art.

[tr1ckey66]

Stunning work Steven.
Your figure painting skills are top notch. I especially like the Highland Infantry and Arnhem vignettes
ATB
Paul

[Steve Ski]

Some good figure painting there Steven. I especially like Sargent Knows with it's interesting needle work that shows even the toughest men can do these things.
Noticed also you do the big stuff and painting those can be challenging.

Cheers,
Wabble

Thanks, Wabble!

Just fantastic Steve Sorry i missed these.I still use oils on faces and the late Eddy Vandersteen kindly gave me good advice.I havent painted figures for 7 years.Never done uniforms in oils.Mainly use Humbrols and Revell enamels.
Stunning work.
Richard

Richard, you're giving me flashbacks when you say you're using enamels to paint uniforms. When I learned about oils I was using only enamels, acrylics hadn't come into the spot light yet. Once I saw the "blending" properties of the oils the enamels went into mothball and have pretty much been there ever since.

If I may suggest, try some oils on a set of trousers to see if it's making things easier than the constant hassle commonly found with enamels. If ya like em, awesome, if not, ditch em and carry on. Whatever works best for you is how to work it. My initial oils test run was on the Adolph Galland figure above. Once I saw how the blending actually works and how nice the trousers came out I worked the leather coat. I've never looked back since.

This is art.

Thank you, Andres, mucho apreciado!

Stunning work Steven.
Your figure painting skills are top notch. I especially like the Highland Infantry and Arnhem vignettes
ATB
Paul

Thanks, Paul! The Highlander figures were incredibly well sculpted, total talent on the Vladimir's part. The Arnhem set as well, Stevo really did a great job on those, too! A very well-known point when it comes to painting figures is the sculpt. If it's done really well the brush pretty much does the work for you, otherwise it's a battle to the finsh.

[Richard48]

Thanks for the tips Steve.Ive dabbled with acrylics on faces but find sometimes the look is bit too flat.I have tried using oils over acrylics on faces but not uniforms.Must be tricky mixing correct shades in oils or is it just oils as a glaze over an acrylic basecoat?.
Richard

[Peter Gillson]

A very impressive collection.

Peter

[Steve Ski]

A very impressive collection.

Peter

Thanks, Peter.

Thanks for the tips Steve.Ive dabbled with acrylics on faces but find sometimes the look is bit too flat.I have tried using oils over acrylics on faces but not uniforms.Must be tricky mixing correct shades in oils or is it just oils as a glaze over an acrylic basecoat?.
Richard

Howdy, Richard. If I understand your question correctly, mixing, blending the oils on the figure is very straight forward. I learned to place the shadow tones in the creases, highlights on the ridges, then main tone on the main level first. Then with your brush blend the edges, mostly in a straight notion down, or across, but not always. You get the intermediate tones from the blending, not just having that specific tone already mixed. The blending creates these tonal variations. After you play with this on a large area it becomes easy to understand how it will work in very small tight spaces, the concept is the same. I hope this helps somewhat.

[Richard48]

Hi Steve.
Thanks for your response.Do you mix your oils to match the acrylic undercoat?,Im guessing there are more shades now with the likes of Abteilung 501 oils?.
Many thanks.
Richard

[Steve Ski]

Hi Steve.
Thanks for your response.Do you mix your oils to match the acrylic undercoat?,Im guessing there are more shades now with the likes of Abteilung 501 oils?.
Many thanks.
Richard

Yes, pretty much or as close as possible. The blending will vary those tones as you go along, but the main tone should still be present when all said and done.