This is my latest attempt at figures, they are from the Dragon Survivors set.

In the future, I need to clean them up a bit better before painting. Also, what tool would you recommend for detail painting, like the thin stripe around the shoulder boards?




Thanks

Philip,
Definately make sure you clean-up your figures better. You figures don't look that bad to me....and they will get better the more you build. There are alot of good tutorials and such over on the HF forums. I know I have learned alot over there. As for the piping on the shoulder boards of your figures, I have done two different ways.
#1- Paint the entire board the color of the piping you want then once it is dry go back over it with the uniform color bieg carefull of the edges. This method works better for me when using acrylics and enamels.

# 2- With a fine brush and steady hand paint the edges in the color you need. For me this method works best if I am using oil paints especially since if I screw up I can just wipe the stuff off. Also I have better control withun-thinned oil paint .

Hope this helps you out. Check out the HF forums for the best advice though.

Hi Philip you should be proud in what you've achieved those figures don't look too bad they look a lot better than some of my early figures just remember to keep building them and don't be afraid to try out new techniques

i dont think they're too bad either. the faces and hair are really really good! in my opinion, those are the hardest parts and you seem to have them down pretty well! good job. the only problem i can spot is the moulding seam around the hands. thats all.
keep it up!

All the hands appear to have seam lines that need to be cleaned off. Other than that this is a pretty good attempt for first figures.
Cheers,
Charles

Keep at it, figure painting is a journey. I'm still learning after many years.

I would paint the edging color on the epaulettes firts then fill in the base color.

One thing that would improve the presentation is this. Look at teh left lapel of the standing guy. See how it blends back to the chest. Get a dental pick and put a groove between the lapel and the chest. It will make painting easier and give a more realistic look to the figure.

As the other guys mentioned, be careful about mold lines, especially when they're on the big screen!

Your figures look pretty good to me, a good start that's for sure! Much better than I'm able to do!

Thanks for sharing your work! Cheers -
Tim

Looking good, you should post more images of other figures you complete in the future, after a while you will be able to see how much you improve. When i look at some of my first figures to the one i do now, the first ones look like they have been painted with a 2 inch brush. There is also an article about figure painting in the feature section if you are interested.