space marine head

[zynmpth]

Hi, i just got a new camera for my 15birthday, and so i took a few pictures of the marine i was working on at the time. Please tell me what you think and how i can improve my painting (or photography for that matter).

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Shoot it again with more light.

 

[zynmpth]

alright,
Its kind of funny in real life it looks pretty good, however in these pictures all the defects jump you at you.

 

[Dedwrekka]

I keep looking but I don\'t see these defects you keep mentioning, it looks excellent from my PoV. Now seriously, if anyones looking at it that close, you need to tell them to stop fogging the glass case that it should be placed in.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

To me, the highlights are too white. I would start with the flesh tone you have and instead of highlighting I would work the shadows.

 

[vincegamer]

if you really want to go crazy, you could paint the lines separating his teeth.

There appears to be a scuff on his chin that could be covered carefully, and maybe add some pink or gray (your choice) to the scar that runs from the gash in his forehead, across his eye and down his cheek bone.

 

[frenchkid]

Looks good to me, considering how close the pic is from I think it\'ll look great with a pic taken from a regular distance
If you want to have a look in the article section cyril has an article about painting that SM head, and his picture are pretty much as close up as yours.

 

[zynmpth]

thanks for the advice, it is really appreciated, However i was just wondering where this tutorial by Cyril is, (am i just not looking hard enough in the articles section, or is on a different website) thanks.

 

[Wolf_Fang]

Originally posted by zynmpth
alright,
Its kind of funny in real life it looks pretty good, however in these pictures all the defects jump you at you.

yeh pictures have a way of showing errors... take that to advantage tho and try and fix those flaws

looks good tho :bouncy:

 

[frenchkid]

Originally posted by zynmpth
thanks for the advice, it is really appreciated, However i was just wondering where this tutorial by Cyril is, (am i just not looking hard enough in the articles section, or is on a different website) thanks.

Ooops my bad. It isn\'t in the article section ( yet), it\'s still in my \"to translate\" pile
here you go, still in french but the pics speak for themself really : http://www.figurinesfr.org/page.php?id=24

 

[Itchy]

My God... and he makes it look so easy. What a punk lol

 

[Klute]

Heres a one I did pretty much the same.
The thin washes applied as stuble adds a lot of character.