Christ Centered Gamer

Sstavix wrote:That looks fantastic so far! Great job!

I have a tip as well... although it's more of a cheat. Like AF said, do a dark eye first, and then paint the eyeball white. But what I often do for the pupil... is to use a very fine-point Sharpie permanent marker. Hey, as long as the result looks good, anything goes, right?

Good suggestion. I want to emphasize what I said earlier about a vertical line for the iris/pupil. You want the top and bottom to touch the black "eyeliner." If you look at a normal human eye, you don't see the top and bottom of the iris because they're behind the eyelid. If they don't touch, it will look like the character is surprised and eyes wide. (similar to what happens if you don't do the eyeliner at all)

painted baby Jesus and one of the kings (I plan on making the other two darker skinned), I also painted on some eyebrows

Awesome. ^_^

Lookin' good!

looks pretty good so far!

painted 2 kings yesterday

Awesome. I love the colors you've picked!

Added Mary, all that's left is the angel

Great work! That set's looking awesome!

I'm feeling inspired to do something like that too...

With the angel done:



My nativity set is now complete:



Thanks everyone for checking it out and for the encouragement. If anyone else does a project like this, I'd love to see it!

Outstanding!

Gonna do commissions?

haha not good enough, but it's been a fun and meaningful experience regardless of the outcome. I still nitpick as some of the figures (missed a spot!).

I got this blank nativity set as a gift and honestly don't know where to get another blank set, pre-painted figures are readily available and cheaper too.

I guess it's a family heirloom now!

Looks great! Nicely done!

So what's your next painting project going to be?

Very nice, it looks great!