Hello,
I am very new to figure painting and I am still learning this art. (Not sure if art can be learned).. This bust was gifted to me by a good friend of mine. Figure is a 1/9 New World Miniatures S.F operator in Afghanistan.
So I took the plunge.
Face was painted with oils and the rest of the bust was painted with Vallejo and Tamiya acrylics.I chose to paint the uniform in Desert camo . I tried to paint the scarf several times with a pattern and failed terribly. So left it flat white. Couple of my own observations after the figure was completed was 1.The eye symmetry is questionable , the gaze looks little weird. 2.Eyebrows didn't turn out the way I expected








Hope you like it and please give any feedbacks , comments so that I can improve my skills.
Regards
Vivek

Bust looks good,right side eye is little off. Scarf has a little bleeding trough would use a olive drap for it all around good job. Better then my first.

Very good for your first figure.
Keep up the good work.

The highlights (white dot)in the eyes should be on the same side.

As medium brown wash will add nice depth to hair and beard.

Cheers,
Joe

Very well done for a first large scale figure.

Some thoughts:

The camo is good, but you might want to show there are two shades of brown and a light sage green in the base color for a total of 6 colors.

Don't be afraid to push the highlights and shadows more.

painting a pattern on the scarf would certainly be a challenge, but the white is too intense. As mentioned and olive would be good as would brown or tan.

Is part of the butt stock broken off or was it sculpted that way?

It got broken when I tried to remove it from the cast sprue..
Thanks for the suggestions and corrections. Really appreciate it..