"Elite coy 16e Chasseur A cheval" Topic

Front Rank Chasseurs.

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Guy in the middle just sharted and his comrades can smell it.

Sigh, NO eyes, horses or men, just looks awkward.

Wow, those eyes are just creepy!

It takes skill to produce whites of eyes in 28mm, even more to produce the pupils. I cannot do it.

However…..We all know that, on the horse, that is a mistake. Even a tiny bit of white only appears if the horse is terrified or dying.

On humans…I have given up. I recently showed Ponsonby with a divergent squint and an expression suggesting the lancer has just got him. In 28mm, if you use a decent wash to darken the eye socket, the eye itself will not show and does not need to.

Positive vibes here. The painter has made a great job of the figures otherwise. Nice highlights on the green, nice buttons on the overalls. He/she could not do anything about the Front Rank right arm seen on all cavalry, thicker than the thigh!

Do not do eyes on horses, other than a black pupil (on a grey I might do the iris and then a large pupil). On humans, do not even try, or do not go beyond a dot for the pupil alone….if you are really skilled…….

Some can do it, as we have seen.

All three are riding chestnuts? Not a bay to be seen?

It takes skill to produce whites of eyes in 28mm, even more to produce the pupils. I cannot do it.

Oh, I think you can.

I think the problem with your eyes is proportion. You should go look yourself in the eye in the mirror for a bit. You will notice that the pupil is not a little dot in a sea of white, it occupies about 50-60% of the surface of the eye. Yours simply aren't big enough.

Here's what I do: I paint the eye first. Paint the whole "eye area" with white. Add a (generous) pupil. Basically, paint a vertical band of white, then one of whatever color you use for the pupil, then another of white. Then paint the flesh around it to define the eye. I add a thin line of red-brown around the eye as well, but I'm crazy.

Also, I don't paint eyes on most figures. Napoleonic shakos tend to have visors, which hide the eyes in most wargame situations (e.g., players are standing around a table). So why spend the time painting them? Generally only generals get eyes.

I don't paint the eyes for 28 mm and below, so far I know only one painter who realy could do this convincingly well, the rest is ruining (in my opinion) the faces, less is more in this case

I liked them – a wash over the eyes maybe, but otherwise they look good