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Gallery Pictures / Re: Ottoman Janissaries
« Last post by Hannibal on January 10, 2026, 10:16:05 AM »
Congratulations, very good painting, and treatment of lights and shadows.
I do appreciate particularly:
-  the light & darks on the point of the lance, perfectly done to give volume
- the expression of the face with good light & shadows, mustache and the small eyes are sufficient to 'feel' a sharp look of the soldier
-  the hat has nice tones in the white giving the exepected volume too
-  details of each finger on both sides of the right hand..


A little detail = point of the lance should be filed 'sharp' on the front side (good on the back)

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Gallery Pictures / Re: Ottoman Janissaries
« Last post by snagy on January 10, 2026, 10:03:37 AM »
Hi Bani!
Very good paintwork!
And I agree to your opinion about how the "white" should be presented.
I myself use a bit very light grey and only the highlights are accentuated with "real" white.
By the way - according to my opinion - the "ready-made" off-white (so the product that is sold under the name "off-white") is usually rather yellowish, so I do not like to use for this purpose.
Also best wishes for the New Year!
Sandor
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Gallery Pictures / Re: Ottoman Janissaries
« Last post by johnr on January 10, 2026, 09:32:56 AM »
Looking good Bani keep them coming.
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Gallery Pictures / Re: Ottoman Janissaries
« Last post by Guynemer on January 10, 2026, 08:14:58 AM »

Hi all,


A (belated) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!


Here’s another Ottoman janissary, this time from Kieler. Painting a single figure is much more relaxing, but I have a big pile of unpainted tin to get through!


This time I added a touch of burnt umber to the börk (the janissary hat). The off-white result is, I feel, a bit more pleasing to the eye than the cool white of the previous group. But I think either is possible- if the white wool was bleached, as one would expect for the Ottoman elite, this would eliminate the natural off-white of the wool. So, I’m undecided. Perhaps a variation in my collection is fine as well..


I didn’t feel like painting the eyes on this one. Perhaps I will add them later, but I feel it would alter the ‘personality’.


Best Regards
Bani
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News / Re: SMC results
« Last post by Hannibal on January 09, 2026, 12:55:49 PM »
I shall post the Gallery in Janiuary (I am finishing Sèvres 2025)
Hannibal
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Figure Identification/Search / Re: The (In)Compleat Kieler
« Last post by Hannibal on January 09, 2026, 12:54:00 PM »
2nd Edition of the (In)Compleat Kieler

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News / Re: SMC results
« Last post by John Alberts on January 09, 2026, 10:19:41 AM »
Thank you for posting
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News / SMC results
« Last post by Brian on January 07, 2026, 11:23:55 AM »
Competition results from this years SMC 
Again we did not do to bad  ;)
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General Discussion / Re: Kulmbach!!!
« Last post by Brian on January 07, 2026, 11:00:55 AM »
Hear what you are saying,  let's try dragging the forum back to life.
Got a new figure or set tell us about it, going to a show or meeting post a few words on how it went, is there a figure your looking for, ask the forum you never know one of us might help.


Got an idea of a new figure or set lets talk about it, who uses acrylic paint tell us how to use the stuff, maybe you want to have a go at oil's there's loads off us to show you how ;)   


Don't wait for the "usual suspects" just tap the keyboard and see what happens, it's all down to you!   
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General Discussion / Re: Kulmbach!!!
« Last post by WolfgangBonn on January 06, 2026, 04:04:44 PM »
Hi Michel,
Thank You for this most interesting post. It does look much more positive than I actually feel about members postings and new threads. Overall the „Traffic“ is terribly slow and modest. To me this Forum is much more a most interesting data base but not really a Place to Exchange views on the Hobby etc. For that it is much to quiet around here and indeed boring over times. I do not think this is about to change.
Regards
Wolfgang
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