Wing cockpit RFC pilot

[Flip Hendrickx]

Hi all,

Last week in Telford, I've picked up several Wing cockpit figurines.
And I couldn't resist starting work on one of them of course :-)

This is the RFC pilot, sculpted by Benoit Cauchies.
This figurine is a pure joy to paint!
I'm using Life Color acrylics.

The head is done, now on to the rest of the body :-)





grtz

Flip

[Des]

Beautifully done Flip, the painting on the face is extremely well done, looking forward to seeing the rest of the figure painted.

Des.

[stefanbuss]

Flip,

this is again very imressive painting of leather. Did you use the same approach that you explained for us on your leather seats?

Stefan

[RAGIII]

That is a beautiful start to painting this figure! The face looks outstanding as does the flying helmet!
RAGIII

[jknaus]

That is a fantastic face. My biggest issue with painting figures is the skin tones. Beautiful work.
James

[Flip Hendrickx]

Thx guys!
@Stefan: yes indeed. I've used the same techniques for the leather cap.
@James:

My biggest issue with painting figures is the skin tones.

Do you mean you find it difficult to select the right tones?  Life color sells a skin color set, that contains 6 skin tones (base color, lights & shadows)

Grtz

Flip

[Des]

Thanks for the tip on the Life Colour skin tone set, this sounds like the right place to start.

Des.

[WarrenD]

As others have mentioned, that's a beautiful job you've done so far on the figure Flip.

Could one of y'all direct me to a thread where Flip explains how he does leather seats?

Thanks!

Warren

[RAGIII]

As others have mentioned, that's a beautiful job you've done so far on the figure Flip.

Could one of y'all direct me to a thread where Flip explains how he does leather seats?

Thanks!

Warren

Here you go Warren:

http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=4367.0

RAGIII

[WarrenD]

Thanks!

Warren