Re: [SGII] The Eyes Have It.
From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 07:13:37 +0100
Subject: Re: [SGII] The Eyes Have It.
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From: "John Crimmins" <johncrim@voicenet.com>
> 1) Paint the eye socket a very dark shade of the skin color --
usually
medium brown for caucasian figures.
>
> 2) Paint the eyeballs a light gray -- white is too bright.
For light-skinned Caucasians, I usually skip this step. It's essential
for
dark-skinned people, however.
> 3) Dot the first eyeball with a point of black, resulting in a
perfect
eye, the Platonic Ideal of a 25mm miniature eye, an eye so perfect as to
make
> Leonardo himself weep with envy.
I don't paint eyes for all my 25mm-it just depends on the mood when I'm
painting - and in 15mm I only do if for "important" figures (officers
etc.)
Greetings