International Flat Figure Society - British Flat Figure Society

Thanks all for you encouragement, advice and kind comments.


Yes Nicholas/Snagy totally agree that i need to make the shading more bold - thats a conversion problem from 3d figures where the sculpting does a lot of the work for you i think !! I will study other pictures on here and try to improve my technique ! gradually !


John: The regiment is IR25 Thurheim. The picture i had showed them as maroon red facings - other pics ive seen are more just plain red


Ed: Actually myself and the pub used the same inspiration. I picked a forum name for a wargaming forum when i was painting my AWI armies and reading about the Goat Major (keeper of the mascot of the 23rd Foot - later the Royal Welch Fusiliers) and picked it because it seemed cool. Thats also how you will find me on Twitter/Bluesky etc but some people insist on calling me just Simon !

I really like the red/purple shade on cuffs, collar, and front, what color is that and what regiment?

 Well done    You should come and visit Hampton Roads VA . I must of walked half the Civil War Battle Fields here when I was in the NPS as a ranger and did Pickets Charge   Keep up the outstanding Work. Willie

Nice work!
I backup Nicholas: a bit more shadowing would be even better!
Sandor

That’s very nice clean painting to improve it further it needs more of a 3D effect, so additional shading and highlight.  Your light source  can be either upper left or upper right.  Look through the gallery and you can see what I mean. I will take a photo from Mike Taylor’s book which illustrates the effect perfectly and post it here for you.    In the meantime a great start. 

Nicholas