Ok guys this question has probably been asked several times, but my figure painting currently lets down my dios.

Any suggestions on books/articles/videos to look at to help improve this.

Thanks
Paul

Hi paul,

I found the vallejo panzer aces range of flesh tones/uniform colours and the flesh wash really brought on my figure painting. The good thing about the panzer aces range is that they have tailored the range towards various countries uniforms with normally a base colour and a highlight. I found them to be great to work with and easy to use.

HTH

Regards

Dan

thanks, I'll look into them.

My main issue is that no matter what I do the uniforms end up shiney..

I'd like to get a realistic dull worn look into the uniform and webbing...

Check out some of the figure painting features on Historicus Forma: link

Some of these could be very helpful:

Painting Figures by Marijn van Gils

Painting Faces by Gino Poppe

Painting Faces by John Pradarelli

Hope it helps,
Mario

Hi Paul,

always good information for every figure painter:
Check out the tutorials on massivevoodoo.com:

click here

have fun!

Thomas

Hi Paul, you may also check this link out:

A Painting Guide by James Cann

By the way, my first try on painting 1/35 figures was inspired from this article (thank you James )

Good luck, Paul


Cheers


Garry

Hi Paul,
I strongly recommend you get the MXpression DVD called "How to paint a 1/35th figure using acrylics" by Oliver Kovacs.
You can by it from Historex.
I couldn't paint figures a year ago & this is what I'm doing now after watching the DVD a few times.







Also, get yourself some Winsor & Newton "Series 7"brushes (sizes 1,0,00) & a daylight lamp with magnifying glass. I got my lamp from www.shesto.com
Follow the DVD & soon you'll be painting some quality figures.

Good luck!

Joe.

wow Joe, those figures look excellent...

I'll have a look at your recommendations, and I'll post pics when I've attempted.

Thanks