"Tips for Painting Wargames Factory Bug-Eyes?" Topic

I have several boxes of WGF's WSS infantry. I'd really like to use these figures, if possible, for an imagi-nation project, but notice that the faces have those weird bug-eyes. Does anyone have any tips for painting them to look more natural?

I know I can do head swaps with the WGF WSS cavalry box, but I really dislike the cavalry and don't want to order extra boxes. For budgetary reasons, I really need to make what I have work. Any tips, photos, etc?

I painted mine up and did the eyes with an artist's pencil to under-state them

Will try to figure out how to post a photo

Another way you can do it is to paint the whole eye black, then white then put the dot in. Alternately paint it white, then the black dot then touch up around the eye with a skin highlight to get rid of the large amount of white.

Or just don't do them.

I'm sure he'll be along to chip in, but I remembered that Cardinal Hawkwood did some posting on the WGF figures. He got good looking results from the cavalry as well.

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Pictors method is how I do eyes on 28mm figs. It works for me, and I'm a mediocre painter…..

I fixed the problem quickly with this trick on mine, on the spruce (Tip: much harder to do once cut off) I use a sharp modellers blade and slice a – across the O of the eye and wiggle this slice open a bit, with very little practice this goes very quickly and once I have built the figure (glued the head on) and don the basic paint job. I use a wash on the eyes and this creates a good illusion of an eye slit on the bulging O. This works well promise (having done this to 180+ figures and happy to buy more in the future and do the same.
Cheers happy quick fix and painting.

LOTS of great info with which to move forward. I really appreciate the help. Whenever I get a unit painted (between seminary, two pastorates and prison work) I'll try to post some results. Many thanks!

The best way to paint them is sometimes not to. Less is sometimes more. Use a very, very and very small brush if you do paint them. Small mistakes are better than big mistakes when one wants to camouflage.