NFL Greats

[Geno H]

speechless.................









Geno H

[Michigan Joe]

Your work continues to floor me. Awsome!

[5-13 Studios]

Originally Posted by gridironpainter

Thanks for your support! I really do appreciate it. Is Chris Fields "5-13 Studios"? If so, I do like his work alot. Also, I worked from specific photos and all of the players were made as close to the colors in the photo as possible. I must admit that I worked out my three colors for caucasian skin years ago while doing Napoleonic miniatures, but I don't use a certain set of colors for darker skin tones. I try to determine what tone the skin has for each person and then adjust the shadows and highlights acordingly. If you look close I used three different tones for Hayes, Page, and Brown. Hayes I added a buff, Page I added a yellowish brown, and on Jim Brown I added an orangebrown. I made Jim's skin a little lighter than the jersey like the photos. I thought it was pretty accurate. As for the figures, I used Haiti repros with a few parts of the arms sculpted from scratch. I realized this morning that I didn't take a pic showing the arm on Jim brown that I sculpted. I will have to take a pic and add it later.
As for painting like me, I think everyone can learn this style of painting, but I think it is a bit extreme for actually playing with. I am now reluctant to let my kids touch my Chiefs. I have several teams that are somewhere between this detail and the manufactured look, and I think they are the best balance. Also, no one should hesitate to post thier work on here. We are all in this because of our love of the hobby and football. It is just that I have been painting miniatures for 30+ years. I am going to do a post later that shows how my painting of MF figures progressed over the past two years. I think that will help everyone see different levels of painting the figures. I was just trying to make these at the highest standard that I could. I want you all to be inspired , not intimidated!
Thanks again, Michael

yes, i am chris fields. you are setting the bar higher and higher with every post. keep up the fantastic work!

Wow! These are some of the best custom figures I've ever seen. Great work!

[egridiron]

Outstanding work!

Thanks,

egridiron

[HITDB28]

YOU ARE AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!

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[RavennaAl]

Excellent job. You'll have to come to Canton in August and show us how you do it. Makes my work look like it was done by a retarded chimpanzee strung out on roofies....

I've said it before and I'll say it again...the best work ever done. Period. You GOTTA paint me a Hayes, man!!!!

[WolverineFan]

Your work is truely awesome.Those poses and paint jobs are so sweet

[MplsTom]

Wow!!

I'll give you props, my checkbook, and my shih-tzu (she eats poop though) for figures of those magnitude!

Very well done!