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  • ussapache
    Member
    • Feb 26, 2010
    • 96

    #16
    Mate glad I could help and just out wondering what size brush do you use when doing the eyes.

    Ron

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    • thunderbolt
      Hi Ernie!!!
      • Feb 15, 2004
      • 34211

      #17
      I use a toothpick to dot the eyes.
      You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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      • GreenLantern9999
        GL of Mego Sector
        • Oct 8, 2007
        • 995

        #18
        Toothpicks are a good idea, I;m not sure the actual size (I am not much of a painter out side of this guys) So I just bought a pack and it had a tiny brush in it that I use.
        No body takes pot shots at Lubic! Good Journey

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        • thunderbolt
          Hi Ernie!!!
          • Feb 15, 2004
          • 34211

          #19
          the cool thing about the toothpicks is you can vary the size by cutting off some of the pointed end with an exacto and get a bigger dot.
          You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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          • ussapache
            Member
            • Feb 26, 2010
            • 96

            #20
            Toothpicks are great that's how I started off doing my 1/35 scale figures. Here's another little tip for eyes especially the iris, get a lead pencil and draw a circle for the iris and then when you paint the paint will stay inside of the lead.

            Ron

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            • The Bat
              Batman Fanatic
              • Jul 14, 2002
              • 13412

              #21
              Please, please, please don't take offence...but since no one else has the heart to say it, I guess it falls on me. I understand that you don't want the face to be a uniform color...but you sometimes need to tone down the drastic contrasts.

              Superman looks ill. I mean, he really looks like he's on deaths door. On the other hand...your Joker & Hellboy are FANTASTIC! I'm just trying to be helpful and honest...and say that it's sometimes possible to "over due".

              Cool??
              Last edited by The Bat; Jun 4, '11, 6:50 AM.
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              • GreenLantern9999
                GL of Mego Sector
                • Oct 8, 2007
                • 995

                #22
                No worries bud, if I don't hear the bad with the good I can't get better, I just have more work to do, well back to the old drawing board
                No body takes pot shots at Lubic! Good Journey

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                • thunderbolt
                  Hi Ernie!!!
                  • Feb 15, 2004
                  • 34211

                  #23
                  On Jordan and Supes just use a base color that is a bit closer to the drybrush fleshtone and it won't look so extreme.
                  You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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                  • The Bat
                    Batman Fanatic
                    • Jul 14, 2002
                    • 13412

                    #24
                    Originally posted by GreenLantern9999
                    No worries bud, if I don't hear the bad with the good I can't get better, I just have more work to do, well back to the old drawing board
                    Cool, I'm glad I didn't get you ticked off at me. But yeah, like tbolt said...using a color that's just a shade darker or lighter will look better. It won't be such a drastic contrast. When I paint faces, I mix two different flesh tones 50/50...then when I do the lips, I use the darker of the two...and it's just enough to stand out...but not to much, ya know?
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