Hello chaps, having a break from SYW and trying a new painting style, took about 3 hours to do these.
cheers Al.
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/ali6571/image.jpg1_zpsvcioeooq.jpg)
Guys, press "CTRL + -" several times to reduce the image, it looks great.
Yup, shrunk back down to 10mm size and those are very impressive indeed. Good job!
Try this.
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/ali6571/image.jpg1_zpsdjqyicfs.jpg)
Excellent work! I've shrunk the images down a bit as well.
8)
Thanks Leon, I will try 500 wide next time I post.
Cheers Al.
WOW! :o 8)
Quote from: ali657 on 23 April 2015, 09:08:15 PM
Hello chaps, having a break from SYW and trying a new painting style, took about 3 hours to do these.
cheers Al.
You {}^% bar steward
:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
Quote from: ali657 on 23 April 2015, 10:18:41 PM
Thanks Leon, I will try 500 wide next time I post.
Cheers Al.
No worries! I think the edit feature in Photobucket allows you to resize them to a pixel width as well, but I always find it easier to just do it using the code on here.
8)
Those look terrific ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil
Great work and all in 3 hours 8).
Lovely work!! =D>
Great stuff, Ali ! :-bd
Very nice indeed
Take care
Andy
Absolutely superb. The high contrast really makes them pop.
Phil
If your using a phone or tablet to post there is a nice app for androids called photo resizer which works well
Great figures Ali, look great
Very nice technique with superb shadow.
Cheers guys, this has been a useful painting experiment. Normally I base coat then wash, then base coat again. Then a mid coat then highlight, then I wash specific areas and highlight these and then I will black line any areas that need it and probably add a highlight to the highlights and generally faff about for ages. These were done with a base coat then highlight or just highlight over the primer and lots of primer showing, which gives them lots of contrast and makes them quick to paint. And at arms length these stand out and look better then the faffed about with figures, a case of less is more.
Cheers Al.
Quote from: barbarian on 23 April 2015, 09:11:28 PM
Guys, press "CTRL + -" several times to reduce the image, it looks great.
Why would you want to reduce them down? Blow them up - they still look great!
Must admit I like close ups, so I can see how others paint. But I suppose it is a bit unnatural and can be a bit unflattering.
Cheers Al.
Really nice work Ali
A few more on the way.
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/ali6571/6817d874-8be4-40c6-9779-c900c7fb0480_zpsgdsnatlq.jpg) (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/ali6571/media/6817d874-8be4-40c6-9779-c900c7fb0480_zpsgdsnatlq.jpg.html)
I do like the look of these, most excellent!
Hear, hear ! 8)
Cheers - Phil
Those are beautiful!
And the cuff buttons, wow! How?
Hi Lemmey, a spot of black then a spot of gold undiluted on top. The thick gold stands proud of the surface and the black just shows around the outline, easy but quite effective. Hope that makes sense cheers Al.
Great colours, lots of contrast and precise brushwork. These are
very, very nice. We are certainly blessed with some talented LOA
painters.
I'd be interested to know what Regiments you're painting up ?
Phil
Cheers Phil, they are Danish regiments. The white coats are Garden til fods (foot guards) and the green are Fynske (Funen) whatever that means. Probably both wrong on many counts but they look quite nice😊
Cheers Al.
They're *really* vibrant, lovely!
Excellent, Al. And Funen (Fyn) is the third largest of the Danish islands, from which the regiment was recruited.
Okay, that's is cool.
>>Cheers Phil, they are Danish regiments. The white coats are Garden til fods (foot guards) and the green are Fynske (Funen) whatever that means. Probably both wrong on many counts but they look quite nice
Cheers Al.<<
Thanks Al - looking forward to the next pics !
Phil
Getting there :)(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/ali6571/d5580a8c-4efb-4d83-b792-3c5fac08f4d6_zpsft0dfgso.jpg) (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/ali6571/media/d5580a8c-4efb-4d83-b792-3c5fac08f4d6_zpsft0dfgso.jpg.html)
Wow, they are great
Cheers
Ian
I've just been through the rest of the photobucket album too! Awesome! Really amazing! Wow!
:-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd
Eight figures per base definitely works better than six :)
Superb work that man 8) =D> =D> =D>
Wow. Very, very nice, even this close up. I particularly like the Grenadier caps and,
just generally, the choice of colours. Looking forward to seeing them all based up.
Thanks for letting us see them.
Phil
Wow
:-bd =D>
Very good. Plus, when recently reading some S & M * literature, this really helped to get me in the mood! B)
* Sword and Musket. What were you thinking? I'm shocked .....