Steve Ski
Well-known member
Thanks, Ian. I've done a few in the past, but I usually skip past it only for time's sake. I will dig up my go-to links for tutorials, because I always fall back to the first place that really made a difference in my results, and that would be the Missing-lynx articles by Mark Bannerman. I've added them below if you care to dig into them, but there are tons of good articles and vids that give great detailed how-to's if you do a search.
You would just need to decide if you're going with acrylics or oils. I'm an oiler, but most everybody has crossed over to the "dark" side and gone acrylic, so I won't be of much help in that arena. I say dark side because of personal preference and what I see as the end result. And honestly, oils are much easier to work with, IMHO, and the blending properties give a more realistic, natural appearance. That's not to say that many have not made incredible flesh work in acrylics, not at all, it's crazy. But I hate, I hate, I hate the thought of constant layering. Oh, and did I say I hate constant layer? Ok, you get the idea.
http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/figures/mbheads/mbheads.htm
Lastly, this won't happen overnight. I've been working my techniques for years, but that's not to say you won't pick it up quickly. I have seen a few "overnight" successes, Night Shift on YT, being one of them. They were naturals to begin with and just happened to find their niche, those lucky buggers. So, for the rest of us mere mortals, we gotta work at it. If you can hang with that and know it up front, Ruck On, it's only a matter of practice. Like I always say, if he can do it, so can I, and if I can do it, so can you. The question only being, how bad do you want to do it?
Hope that helps, Ian.
P.S. Most of my figure SBS's are located on Planetfigure.com; https://www.planetfigure.com/members/steve-ski.6871/#vbench
Check the 42nd Highlanders or any of the others for facial, uniform, and gear SBS.
You would just need to decide if you're going with acrylics or oils. I'm an oiler, but most everybody has crossed over to the "dark" side and gone acrylic, so I won't be of much help in that arena. I say dark side because of personal preference and what I see as the end result. And honestly, oils are much easier to work with, IMHO, and the blending properties give a more realistic, natural appearance. That's not to say that many have not made incredible flesh work in acrylics, not at all, it's crazy. But I hate, I hate, I hate the thought of constant layering. Oh, and did I say I hate constant layer? Ok, you get the idea.
http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/figures/mbheads/mbheads.htm
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Lastly, this won't happen overnight. I've been working my techniques for years, but that's not to say you won't pick it up quickly. I have seen a few "overnight" successes, Night Shift on YT, being one of them. They were naturals to begin with and just happened to find their niche, those lucky buggers. So, for the rest of us mere mortals, we gotta work at it. If you can hang with that and know it up front, Ruck On, it's only a matter of practice. Like I always say, if he can do it, so can I, and if I can do it, so can you. The question only being, how bad do you want to do it?
Hope that helps, Ian.
P.S. Most of my figure SBS's are located on Planetfigure.com; https://www.planetfigure.com/members/steve-ski.6871/#vbench
Check the 42nd Highlanders or any of the others for facial, uniform, and gear SBS.
