LIFE MINIATURES - 1/10TH SCALE BUST - * FULL PAINTING TUTORIAL * -(PAINTING FIGURES IN OILS) 

You should have been a brain surgeon. I've never seen such a delicate touch. Incredible work on this. Thanks so much for the inspiration!!

sweet baby Rommel! that is one hell of a bust! man I am blown away by your work!

This was awesome to watch! Most of the figure painters i tend to hang out with say that using oils to this extend is an outdated technique "nobody uses anymore" but you put it to great effect and proved that it still has its place in the figure painter repetoire. Needless to say that i love the subject matter you have picked here. Rommel was born basically in my area and spent a lot of time here. Although recent attempts of historians to stain the mans reputation have occured he still stands as a decent officer in the general memory of my people.

learn alot from this, thank you for sharing, masterpiece!

beyond awesome

WOW very instructive !

"And if I doo-doo that..." :D 12:03 Just kidding. Awesome work! Love your content. I've learned a lot from you already even though I am learning to paint bigger scale figures.

You are the best figure painter on youtube. Thanks for the continued instruction.

Looks like Tom Cruise :)

Absolutely incredible!!!! You’re a true artist. The Desert Fox would be proud.

Terrific, I just got some oils so should be able knock out one of these in a week or two. Brilliant video

After watching your tutorials my attempts have come on leaps and bounds. Thankyou

Fantastic tutorial! Thank you for posting it. It's refreshing to see someone paint a bust without hobby paints!!

Wow, that was an amazing tutorial and demonstration of your superb brush skills! Thanks and have a great weekend!

Fantastic work. Real art. Very good video.😀😀👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Hey buddy,you are an absolute brush wizard - video was greaaaat. The more you do, the better we'll be,thank you.

Fantastic painting and great tutorial ...👌 You can feel the desert when you look the figure of rommel in 1942 ... Great commander !

Fantastic video and channel. I only paint WWII 15mm miniatures at the moment but I want to work my up to a larger scale. Your tutorials are top notch!! 👍🏻👍🏻

Very nicely done. Fascinating to see oil techniques. Came out really great. 👍

Loved seeing how you tackled this - fantastic work!

Great Tutorial - Packed full of Tips - Awesome Results!!

Hey, friends. I hope your all safe and getting some bench time during this crazy time. I tried a slightly new format on this video. Let me know what you think. Cheers! Please consider supporting my channel with a small contribution, you can do so here: www.buymeacoffee.com/SmallSoldier It's like Patreon... but simpler. Thanks

Amazing great job with oils. So good👍👏

Stellar work, a fine inspiration and a great help!

I can’t tell you how helpful this is! As I stated on a Facebook post of yours, the videos you produce are helping me immensely. As a beginner, I am learning the acrylic method first, but will use oils for final highlight details. I’m ordering this piece next week. Again, thank you so much for making these tutorials, Scott!

Thank you so much, again I learnt a lot! Great tip about the Liquin. Something else I have to buy :)

43minutes absolutely well spent. What a great vid. Fantastic painting skills and finish. Generalfeldmarschall looks like he could just come to life right there. Amazing work. Top stuff. Oh, and I *was going to make a joke about how fast you can move your hand before you put up the 3x speed... but I won't. ;)

Brilliant work and terrific tutorial. Thank you.

Welcome back man. Absolutely stunning work

JUST AMAZING!! Pease send more videos. Manu

Outstanding workmanship n skills clearly learned with dedication n love for art (imho) I have watched videos of many miniatures being painted and I have to say your are the best I've seen, it's not cluttered with crappy music that would deafen the deceased, nor is it filled with hyperbole, your voiceover is extremely helpful to me n I have learned a great deal from watching n listening to your tutorials. Thank you for your time n effort in sharing your tremendous skills 👏👏👏👏🍺🍺🍺🍺🕊🕊✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

I just picked up some oils for flesh painting. I've done some work with acrylics and I've had good success and was happy with the outcome, but I feel like oils do a better job on figures

Great tutorial and end result, I think most of the tips could apply to life or still life also. Very artistic, thank you.

Just discovered your channel...simply put, stunning work! I've never tried oils on model kits...I'm really impressed by your workmanship. Thank You for posting this. Stay safe.

Nice one..huge work on your part but very easy to follow...and general guide info such as your thoughts on volumes for light and shadow are useful for any piece and any scale

Hey there, Just wanted to say thanks for this tutorial it answered some of the questions I've had about working with oils. Also your mix for black is fantastic just using it now on a Michael Wittman bust and will also look to try the field grey mix for his crusher cap. Next will be your flesh mix on another figure. As I haven't been able to source a Terra Rosa I'm going with Indian Red and tweaking the mix to suit. Cheers from New Zealand 👍

Incredible, masterpiece! Keep it up

Beautiful! I conclude that you're more of an artist, painter, than a model builder. Thanks for this. I fear that I can never achieve this level of art, especially if I were to covert to oils.

Amazing to watch Scott. Very cool to see you push yourself with this one and never settle for something you weren't enjoying 100%. I know you stripped the pre-shading and resprayed, right? And then redoing the scarf as well. Truly a pleasure to watch, and no doubt this has increased my figure painting skills, if nothing else, than on a subconscious absorbed knowledge level. I've got some 1/16 and 1/9 scale figures I'd like to get too sooner than later and will surely come back to all your guides again and again. Great trick for a DIY black. I will usually add some hue to any whites as well to push them into the cool or warm range. Would love to see you do something with a bottom lit camp fire glow!! Take care- looking forward to your next work!!

Hi Scott just got round to watching your latest video, masterful my friend very awesome work. I'm more confident with oils for figures after watching this !

Amazing result! Each time I see your video with oil painting I also wanted to try it :)

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Great work. Love your vids, particularly this one. Encouraging, motivational and takes away some of the apprehension of trying a new medium. I’m new to the hobby of figure painting and would love to see more of this type of detailed and in-depth stuff. It would be good to see your off-camera work - mixing and thinning ratios etc - what you put on your brush before you put brush to figure. Would you consider making this vid available in normal speed so beginners like me can follow a bit better.Can’t wait for your next figure presentation. WW2 North Africa is my favourite subject so the Generalfeldmarschall was a blessing. More please. ANZACs in Africa. Keep on with the great work. Cheers. Dozer

This video is really super! Kudos! Please continue doing these extremely helpful videos! For example, could you please show us how to paint leather or woods using oil? Thanks Luciano

Hey Scott. Old figure painter here and love watching your videos. Even with experience, I’ve learned a lot of newer techniques with oils. I’m from a day where we learned from books or even the internet but before the wealth of informative videos out there today. My question for you is. When you add the layer of thinner over the whole face, this doesn’t affect the already painted and dry shadows and highlights? Thanks

Hi, really helpful video! Did I hear you mention sealing between stages? If so, what did you use? I just tried some Ammo ‘Lucky’ (not for me) Matt varnish, the next day it was like skin peeling off after sunburn as soon as I picked it up! Cheers, Andy

Great Channel, thank you for you good content. One question: When you say to add some form of thinner to the paints -> How to achieve that, since you are not showing it? If I dip my brush into the thinner it sucks up a lot of thinner and the paint gets too thin. Do I wipe the excess on a towel and then into the paint? Any advice would be helpful :)

Hi again, thanks for the response. Would you still use the Tamiya spray can for a 1/35 face, or would you airbrush something else for a bit more control over the spray pattern? Andy

Hi, I have watched and enjoyed this video numerous times as I am graduating from all acrylics to oils. I also have this Rommel figure. I have a question…many people do a solid base coat first and then add shadows/highlights. You did not; you went right to shadows off the prime coat. Any reason for this? Thanks.

so how many clear coats are you applying, if you're doing a clear coat between each oil layer.

Amazing ability and job. So I'm clear, this is oil paint? Any particular type/brand? (Sorry video skips in the beginning) How long for it to dry? Do you seal it somehow? What primer do you use? And this bust is plastic based? Sorry for the questions, I would just like to give this a try myself. Thank you

Amazing and incredibly useful series of videos, thank you. I am looking to get into miniature oil painting and have some n00b questions :) 1. Do you have any experience with Abteilung 502 oil paints and how they compare to the brands you mentioned? 2. Safety - I am finding some conflicting information regarding paints that contain Cadmium, Cobalt, or Lead - in your opinion are they safe to use, especially with kids and pets around? Do you recommend any alternatives (Winsor Newton Artist Cadmium Free Oils?) Appreciate your hard work.

When exactly do you add clear coats? In between each new colour? So for example between your 2nd and 3rd shadow colour?

How long can you leave your oils on the palette for them to remain usable

What thinner do you use for oils? What clear coat?

So sad you weren't able to include the eyes painting footage. Very good vid, though, and very interesting comments on your side!

Did you apply varnish after the acrylic coats before starting to work with the oils?

could you elaborate on the crock pot for drying the oils please? i would like to do the same. i was going to make a heat box using a halogen bulb but was told resin is to sensitive to heat. is that true?

Do you use petrol or teraphin? Which medium do you use?

Why don't you use a brush to mix the paint?