Almost a week ago I finished painting this Tamiya 1:16 scale miniature, I decided to paint it with the black tank uniform, with the black m43 cap, it’s the first time I use this kind of drybrushing with AK washes, I really like the final result.
Here you can find the video I dedicated to the miniature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIRJUNSdzZE&t=16s
Uniform looks great. Nicely shaded and highlighted. Detailing looks good as well. Only downside I can see is the head. The proportions look off to me. Maybe an aftermarket head like Alpine or Reedees would lift it.
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Thank you so much for the compliments. In fact you are right, the face is realistic but a little big, I will have to resort to some customizations if necessary.
I agree with @Lazarus - the uniform is painted nicely with the tones of black showing through quite well. The head is painted well too- the skin tones and shading are solid. I must commend you on the detail painting too- the ribbons and insignia are picked out with precision.
In terms of a little improvement (something to consider for your next figure) would be a little less white in the eyes at this scale- also perhaps try using an off-white color or even a light flesh color for the whites of the eyes. I would also say to consider a shade more color in the lips too- it could be the lighting but they look a little too brown to me. One other thing would be to consider giving the leather parts a coat of satin varnish- it will impart a slight sheen that mimics leather quite well.
Thank you so much for the compliments and advice, with a future miniature I will use these tips.
For the lips I used the Citadel layer cadian fleshtone, and then a coat of Citadel shade reikland flashlade, in fact it is a bit too brown, it is not a question of lighting, my goal was to make them a bit more pink than the skin, but at this point I should either not use the Citadel layer cadian fleshtone anymore, or mix it with a Vallejo dark skin color, at least this way you get something darker and pinker but not as much as the skin of the face.
Yes I understand what you mean- lips can be a difficult thing to approach as you have to balance the color of the lips against the particular skin tone.
An idea I considered is to make the lips pinker, but always using the same type of colors (Vallejo). But always keeping a Vallejo as the primary color.
For example, mixing Dark Flesh (70.927 Vallejo) with a reddish brown, like 70.814 Vallejo burnt red, to be more realistic.
I started painting embracing the philosophy of very colorful faces (at least for 1/35 scale miniatures).
Then I tried with this 1/16 scale miniature and I basically used the same technique I use to paint 1/35 scale miniatures on a 1/16 scale miniature, obviously trying to make it more realistic and detailed since it is in a larger scale than a 1/35 scale miniature.
Dark flesh is a decent color to start the lips from- I would tend to use a colour like that myself. Then it would depend on the skin tone where I go after. If it’s pale skin then a little more of a reddish tone would be used. A nice dark color should be then painted in to the deepest recess- usually the lip parting- with a lighter tone added to the edge of the lips. That usually does enough to impart the shape of the lips.
Thank you for all the advice and compliments, I will put them into practice with my future miniatures.
