Well hello there! (Patreon)

My friends, GI Joe finally has a face! I got the 2 other guys about 30% in, but they look dull as hell at the moment so I'll leave you with this gentleman for now. 

As I'm looking at these photos it feels like I could add a few more very bright highlights to his face in a similar way like I did on his hands, but I'll leave that for tomorrow. 

The process is kinda interesting, it's Brown Sand as a base coat again, then a heavy wash with Cavalry Brown again, and then instead of lights I proceeded with shadows. But instead of adding Cavalry Brown into the base like I did with Hans I instead used Burnt Umber because I didn't want him to turn too reddish. Highlights were done with the base coat and Flat Flesh mixed in. The final extreme highlight is Basic Skintone, which is very bright. The most crucial part in my opinion are glazes done with pure red color. On his cheeks, ears, lips, in corners of his eyes, on the palm of his hand etc. This really gives the flesh tones nice rich colors. 

But let me tell you, it's a scary process! Hopefully by the time I get to the 3rd head I'll be more comfortable with it. I should also probably hurry up because it's soon gonna be a week since I started painting those fellows! 

Oh and according to your feedback from the last post I'm also going to fix those mistakes like his rank and the missing wooden part on the M1! :)