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Title: My First Ever Flats!
Post by: David Griffith on January 03, 2013, 05:07:39 PM

Dear All,

Providing I can work the technology and get them reduced to a suitable size, here are photies of my first attempt at painting flats.

They are Wolfgang Bock 30mm figures, painted in oils.

They represent English Civil War Royalist infantry (the standard is apparently Sir Henry Bard's Regiment of foot), and some Scottish Covenanter soldiers being caught out by the preacher,

I'd be glad to hear what you think.

Kind regards,

David Griffith

Title: Re: My First Ever Flats!
Post by: marko on January 03, 2013, 05:16:24 PM

Glad you worked it out David, these are stunning.  I particularly like the standard bearer.


Thanks indeed for sharing.


mark

Title: Re: My First Ever Flats!
Post by: Nicholas Ball on January 03, 2013, 05:39:48 PM

Yes I like the standard bearer. Very nicely done

Thanks for posting, I look forward to seeing more from you.

Title: Re: My First Ever Flats!
Post by: böckchen on January 04, 2013, 03:28:54 AM

Cool painting,
Please remember which side of the light appear so.

Sonnenstralen come from the top right?
or from the left? entgegengeset dan should be set and the shadows.

But when you are first .... I take my hat!!

Title: Re: My First Ever Flats!
Post by: Brian on January 04, 2013, 07:37:17 AM

For a first go I'm impressed :o  you didn't pick the easiest to start with but well done,
As Wolfgang said light but this will come later, but more to the point did you have fun and are you going to go again with flats  ;D

Title: Re: My First Ever Flats!
Post by: Guynemer on January 04, 2013, 09:27:24 AM

These are your first flats? You put me to shame  ;) Very neat work!

Title: Re: My First Ever Flats!
Post by: errant49 on January 06, 2013, 10:10:15 AM

Hi David
At this level everything is ready for you to play with lights and shadows and cast shadows
 Congratulations and Go !
Eric

Title: Re: My First Ever Flats!
Post by: Corporal_Trim on January 09, 2013, 07:43:45 PM

Well David, you may be new to flats but you certainly know which end of a paintbrush is which.

Really strong start there.  They do look two dimensional, but very accurate work and the shading will come in time if you care to phase it in.  And it's no crime if you don't.