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| Subject: | Re: Eyes |  |
| Date: | Mar 18, 2001 |
| From: | Brent McCombs | |
Don't know if this helps, but I have had the same problem for a long time.
Here's what I've been doing lately to help:
1) Most important - use good figure heads. Hornet are great, Warriors are very
good. You probably can't do a great job on a DML figure without much more
experience/luck simply because the definition in scuplting isn't there.
2) If you want to skip eyes altogether, buy Ultracast figures. They are nearly
all really squinting, so while doing specific eyes is tough, most only need a
dark wash in the eye sockets to look good. See my Russian tank crewman in the
Gallery for an example:
http://www.track-link.net/gallery/small_image.php?image_name=b_722_6
3) Always do the black first. Easiest to do with a wash. Let it dry. Next, do
the white. Use oil paint (its easier to control). Snap a few tooth-picks (the
flat kind, not the round kind), until you get a really sharp and pointy shard on
one of the broken ends. I usually have to do 4-7 tooth picks to get a really
good shard.
Stick the very point of this shard in a glop of the white oil paint so that only
the tiniest amount of white is on it. Finally, with the figure being held by
something other than your non-paint brush hand (so there is less shake), put one
dot of white oil paint on the Right side of one of his pupils. For the other
side, do the opposite, so he's looking to the side. This is easier than a
straight on look, which even advanced figure painters have trouble with. So
your figure's eyes should look like this, with the 'x' being the white spots and
the 'O's being the eyes: (Ox) (Ox), so in this case your figure would be
looking to his right.
4) I don't know why, but it always seems easier to do the second eye after
turning the head upside down. Try this.
5) When you do the above, you may (I always do) get some white paint on the
eyelids. Keep a clean brush handing to remove excess paint. I do a bit of a
dry-brushing or light 'pushing' of the paint, and as soon as my brush touches
white paint, I clean it so as not to spread the white around.
6) Finally, practice. Using 5 figure heads, all lined up in a row, Try this
method. When done, strip the paint and do it again. After 4-6 run throughs, I
guarentee you'll see a marked improvement.
Good luck
-Brent McCombs
MMM2001 @ Halifax, March 31st
Over $5000 in Door and Raffle Prizes! |
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 | Eyes - Tony Vidana - Mar 18, 2001 |
| . . . Re: Eyes - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 18, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Re: Eyes - Federico Kereki - Mar 21, 2001 |
| . . . Re: Eyes - Brent McCombs - Mar 18, 2001 |
| . . . Re: Eyes - Bob Lessels - Mar 28, 2001 |
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