Figure Painting Tutorial 1/35 scale - US Paratroopers Alpine Minatures
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2024
- In my first 4k resolution figure painting video I show how to paint 101st Airborne Infantry by Alpine Miniatures in 1:35th scale. Part of this miniature painting tutorial are pre colouring with an airbrush, painting uniforms, leather parts like boots and details like harness, canteen cups and the screaming eagles patch. Of course painting skin tones is a topic too, as is weathering and applying it to a vignette. The M1 Garand and the M1 Carbine were finished using oil paints over acrylic paints and by dry brushing using metallic paints.
I hope this step by step guide is helpfull for one or two of you and I can show some techniques for beginners and veterans. Please let me know what you think about it. I would love to read your feedback and cronstuctive criticism. And if you liked what you saw, please consider supporting me by subscribing.
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Building and painting the resin water diorama: • Normandy 1944 - Make a...
00:00 intro
00:29 priming and pre colouring
02:21 refining shadows and highlights by brush
08:53 painting details
10:51 outlining and seams
12:12 painting miniature leather parts
14:12 painting screaming eagles patches
15:22 painting flesh tones
21:04 painting weapons
22:15 creating wood grain using oil paints
23:17 painting miniature eyes with oil paints
25:19 weathering and matching the figures to the ground work
26:14 placing and leveling miniatures on vignette
27:23 presentation
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Wow, thanks a thousand times, I feel very honoured 🙏 the first super thanks I ever received 🤗
You are very welcome. Deffo won’t be the last super thanks you get! 👍🏻
@@lukesanders8258 would be well appreciated 😊
Incredible. I'm stunned and blown away by how realistic the figures look. You are easily the best figure painter I have seen.
Thanks a lot for your kind words, really happy to hear🙏😊
Thank you for showing me how to paint the US airborne figures that was very informative and I liked the way you told us every step in detail. I'm looking forward to trying it out on my figures. Thanks again.
Thank you for watching, very happy that my video is helpfull 😊 good luck with your figures👌
It was a pleasure watching your process. Some of the most realistic figures I've ever seen. I will be subscribing to your channel! The figures fit so well visually with the back and foreground. It really helps them seem even more "real".
Thank you very much, really happy to hear🙏 and thank you for your support, appreciate that😊
You are very good. I like the technique! You are a teacher to all! It helped my skills. Thank you!
Thank you very much for your kind words. Happy my video was helpfull, thank you for watching 🙏
Wow, just wow!!
Thank you🙏😁
Stunning work
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Beautiful work and great techniques!
Thanks for sharing your work again ❤😊
It's a pleasure, thank you for watching 🙏
Amazing work. Thank you making this video.
I’m in the early stages of learning how to paint figures. You’re video has really inspired me.
Thank you again for making and posting this video.
Really happy to hear that my video is helpful. Good luck with your tries and have fun, thanks for watching 🙏
So pleased I found this channel yesterday. Your figure work is outstanding. Thank you for taking the time to explain each step in detail.
Really happy you like my videos, thank you for watching and your support🙏🤗 the next video will be about figure painting too👌😉
That's absolutely stunning, the attention to detail is outstanding!
Thanks a lot, really happy to hear that this is appreciated 🙏😁
Excellent job! Thanks so much for the detailed process and tips!
Keep up the great work!
It's a pleasure, happy you like it. And thank you for watching 🙏😊
Amazing work, thanks for sharing
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Work of Art. Thanks for sharing
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Wonderful work, truly amazing
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wonderful paint job...a pleasure to watch you..thanks
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beautiful work, cant wait to see more
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Inspirational video with great information, thank you !👍
Happy you like it, thanks for watching🙏
As always, love your work!
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Jesus... what a find :) One of the BEST figure paint i have seen indeed. Thanks a lot for sharing and keep them coming my friend your are such a great help
😅 thank you very much, really happy to hear😁 thank you for watching🙏
Super Arbeit!! Nicht nur die Bemalung, sondern auch die Videoarbeit (ausführlich und in allen Schritten sehr detailliert dokumentiert) und die absolut hilfreichen Kommentare. Gruß und Dank, Thomas
Vielen Dank für dein Lob, freut mich wirklich das dir mein Video und die Figuren gefallen 😊
Excellent paint works.....thank for the video and learned a great lesson from you. Looking forward for the next upload. Thank you.
Thanks a lot for watching, happy my video was interesting 😊
Amazing work! Your attention to detail and lighting is superb! Thank you so much for putting this together and sharing!
Thanks a lot, really happy to hear that you like my video. And thank you for watching 🙏😊
That was awesome Sir. Perfecto!
Thanks a lot, happy to hear😊
Really appreciate your work. Like your style. Also your explanation of the process.
Thanks a lot, really happy to hear. And I appreciate you watching it🙏
Fantastic work and tutorial of painting my fav unit 101st Airborne especially in M42 uniform :)
Thanks a lot, very happy to hear😊🙏 and it's a very special unit to me too👌
Well done !! One of the best tutorials on YT !! Subscribed !!
really happy to hear. Thank you for your support🙏
this is truly amazing, no words
Happy to hear, thanks🙏😊
Best figure painter on youtube no doubt about it. Picked up so many tips from you my parents and brother think im some pro artist looking at my figures🤣🤣🤣
🤣 Happy to hear I could help you with becoming a pro figure painter👌😉 so it was worth the effort💪
Beautiful job!! Greetings from Argentina
Thank you, much appreciated 🙏
Danke!
Thanks a lot, I feel really honoured, proud and happy for that🙏😊
Stunning figures 👏👏 really enjoyed watching that..brilliant stuff..🤯❤️👌
Really happy to hear, thank you🤗
Amazing work! Truly fantastic result, not only the figure painting but also the vignette, really a sight to behold. Off course subscribed immediately.
Thx for the detailed explanation of the process, very educational and also inspirational. Getting back into the hobby after a 40 year break, this video gives plenty of food for thought ;)
Liebe Grüsse aus Salzburg :)
Na dann mal viele Grüße zurück ins Nachbarland😉 freut mich sehr das Figuren und Vignette gefallen, und du aus dem Video noch was mitnehmen konntest. Dann mal viel Spaß und Erfolg beim Wiedereinstieg ins schönste Hobby der Welt😉 und danke für deinen Support🙏
I am an oil painter converting to acrylics. Total new world
It is. For me oils are easier to blend and build up in layers, acrylics are a bit more tricky here. But they are faster, so I prefer them for 1/35 figures.
I like that you use different techniques. I will definitly use these in the future. incredible job !!
Thank you very much, really happy to hear🙏 and good luck with your figures👌
Awsome. Second time for me to see this… and understand much more , learned more. Thanks Biber!
Thanks a lot🙏 watching videos several times helped me a lot to understand what was done there, and of course making my own tries. So happy to hear you have the same experience with my videos👌😊
Fantastic painting. Very informative. I'm a big fan of your work.
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Really nice ! I liked this video a lot !
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thank you! great video, details and comments! Will use those advices with the retarter!
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Brilliant video again.I struggle with flesh and eyes and your video has given me new confidence so thanks fro the UK👍
Happy to hear that, good luck for your tries🤞💪
Looks cool.
Thank you🙏
Superb quality of painted and superb video.
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Remarkable work. Wonderful.👍
Thank you🙏
Eine sehr schöne Arbeit. Vielen Dank.
Danke auch, freut mich zu hören🙏😊
Awesome work mate, teaching me some cool techniques, keep up the great work 💪 👍
Thanks a lot, very happy to hear😊👌
Very Useful tutorial. I watch a lot of tutorials like that, but this one did talk to me better! Plus I love your idea for painting the eyes. Should’ve thought of that myself before.😅
You have a new subscriber! Cheers
Thank you very much for your support, happy you like my work😊 good luck for your eyes tries😉
Congrats. Very good paint work. Diorama 5 stars 👌🏾. I like the “sad moment” when you must dirty the boots (I feel the same when I dirty the figure). We spend a lot of hours painting And then we dirty every thing. Congrats one more time 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👌🏾👌🏾
Thank you very much 🙏 yes I always feel discomfort when dirty them, they look so sharp and crispy when clean, but that's just not realistic 😅 especially when placed in a natural scene, not in a city diorama f.e.
Great work 👏 👍 going to try your methods on my next minature, thank you for the video
Thanks a lot, happy to hear. And thank you for watching 🙏
Beautiful work
Thank you🙏
Very nice work 👍
Thank you🙏🫡
Une très belle leçon de peinture de figurines ... Merci , superbe ...
Vielen Dank, freut mich zu hören🙏😊
Bedankt
Wow, thanks a lot, I'm blown away🙏 really appreciate it🙏
Excellent work
Thank you🙏
I like your glazing explanations- very useful to beginners such as myself. By the way your English is excellent.
Happy to hear it is helpfull 😊 my English, thank you very much, I am feeling more comfortable after a few videos now, but it's still hard😁 so happy to hear it's not that bad😊
amazing work - hopefully will help with my Tamiya 1/35 US infantry
Thank you, good luck with your figures👌
schick.....sehr schön geworden... !!!!
Vielen Dank🙏🤗
Mega Arbeit!
Die Gesichtsbemalung sieht sehr sehr gut aus!
Die Stiefel gefallen mir auch mega die sehen richtig realistisch aus!😮🔥🔥🔥
Vielen Dank, freut mich sehr zu hören🙏 ja das Leder finde ich auch immer erstaunlich, mit den Gesichtern hader ich immer noch😅
That was a excellent vi9deo, I was watching another of your videos but lost the video, but I will find it again, I have now subscribed to your channel, so I hope to learn something, even at my advanced years, very best regards from Australia.
Thanks a lot, happy to hear you like my videos and they may be helpful👍 thank you for your support, I'll bet you find the missing video on my channel👍 greetings to the other side of the world😅
Superb 👍
Thank you🙏
Mega gute Arbeit! Sieht super aus 👍
Vielen Dank, freut mich wirklich zu hören🙏
Wow zwei Mega Figuren. Sehr Stark. Top Bemalung. Schöne Szene. Und ein top Video 🤘🏻👍🏻weiter so
Vielen Dank mein Freund, freut mich wirklich zu hören🙏🤘
Those figures look amazing! Congrats!
Thank you a lot, happy to hear🙏😊
@@biberhunter_scale_models I know from the experience of writing modeling articles that it's sometimes hard to achieve a good looking result while being conscious of keeping it lineal and clear for the "report". And that's something I extremely respect from your video buddy!
@@elmister6668 thank you for your kind words, really appreciate it. It really is difficult to find the balance between archiving good results and capture this with frame and focus doing what they should do. Especially while figure painting. I never made an article but I presume it's the same level.
Nice vid! Congrats!
Thank you, really happy to hear that from you🙏
Very nice job here, Thank you !👍
Happy to hear, thank you for watching 🍦
Great channel, just watching a bit to improve my figure painting skills. Nice to see another German modelling TH-camr :) Viele Grüße
Na vielen Dank, freut mich zu hören🙏😉 viele Grüße zurück🤘😁
Nice work on the 101st Abn patches.
Thank you, nice little challenge 👌😁
Thanks for sharing, lts clear to me now the difference between flow improver and retarder. Great work. Regards from Uruguay
Happy to hear and happy my video was helpfull 🙏
Good video...an impressive channel...greetings from Spain
Thank you very much, really happy to hear😊 greetings back to Spain from Germany
Bravo ❤❤❤❤❤❤.
Thank you🙏
Awesome work! I really like your style of painting. I'm transitioning from oils to acrylics for figures, and have learned quite a bit from your videos. Thanks!
That's great, happy to hear. Oil paints are great, acrylics are harder to use and blend, so happy if I somehow could help👌
Very, very nice paint job. I found your video very instructive and useful to help me improve my figures painting. I especially liked how you explain in detail what you do. I found particularly useful your use of retarder. Thank you!
Thank you very much. Happy to hear my video was useful and I was successful in explaining. So it was worth the effort👍🙏
@@biberhunter_scale_models it was worth the effort indeed!
Totally amazing! The wole scene is awesome! :)
Thank you, really happy to hear that 🙏😊
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Watching this again, you really make the figures come to life. I wish i could paint like you, it was a great hobby when I was a younger but I can't seem to have pacience nowdays. But i find it very relaxing to watch. :)
... you really got the colours right!
@@Nyllsor thanks a lot, really happy I was successful with bringing these figures to life, I worked hard to get to this point🙏😊
Hi buddy beautiful work my friend figures are fantastic, mate. Cheers Gary 🇬🇧
Thank you a lot, much appreciated 😊 cheers🍻
Sehr geil. Die 4k Auflösung ist echt super. Alles gut zu erkennen. 👌
Sehr schön👌 ja finde auch die kommt gut, muss aber auch noch auf dem TV mal reinschauen😁
Very good watching and learning experience. Nice pace of narration and good music, and excellent videoing. You are a brave man painting the eyes last… hope to see more 1/35 figures from you. Maybe you could try some Tamiya, Master Box or Miniart figures which lack the definition of resin and are more challenging to see how your technique works, which I am confident it does… ah, just saw your Dragon German paratroopers 😊
Thank you very much, happy to hear you like the figures and video🙏 painting the eyes last is helpfull to get a better feeling for the viewing direction of the figure, and with oil paints there can't go wrong much. They are easily to remove.
Happy you found the German paratroopers video. I will start with a diorama soon with several figures from kits like Miniart, MB and Tamiya, so this will be way more challenging again😅
Your work is artistically fantastic, you understand shadow and slight exaggeration, beautifully done
Thank you very much, really happy to hear 🙏😊
Hallo, can you please do the fade in of the sound effect you use on lower volume? I have bad hearing and need to set the audio high to hear you speak, but then the audio effect is incredibly loud. I hope you can do that in the future, vielen dank! Your modeling is really great.
Hi, yes you are right, the sound is bad and my editing skills weren't much at this time. My newest figure painting video has better sound, maybe give it a look🙏
th-cam.com/video/C8Nbuvfo8N0/w-d-xo.html
Thanks a lot🙏
Hope I will someday reach that level for figures :)
Thank you, appreciate it🙏 Stay with it, with time and practice you will improve 💪
what a diorama love the overall layout and quality. Personally your painted figures look better than those from "nightshift" channel.
btw, your voice reminds me of Boris Becker 😄
Thank you very much, really happy to hear😊 I would never feel like my figures look better than nightshifts, maybe too because of the usual self criticism. And I am not sure how to feel about the Boris Becker comparison🤣🤣
Incredible work. I have the same figures and I'm going to try some of the techniques you describe. I'm eager to try using paint retarder to better blend acrylics, as you do so well.
Happy to hear you like my video😊 good luck with your figures, using retarder was really a kind of game changer for me.
Nice effect, well done!
Thanks a lot, I love your figure painting, so really happy to hear that from you 🙏
@@biberhunter_scale_models thanks for a kind words. Keep up the good job, cheers!
@@AM_miniatures_painter cheers 🍻
thank you very much for a detailed tutorial, and an amazing piece of craft. one quick question - what is the spray can you use from time to time on the figures like after putting them on the diorama?
That is activator spray for the super glue to dry immediately. Happy you like my work😊
Thank you very much for posting this. I've watched this video many times and I feel ready to change some of the techniques I'd previously attempted but which left me still looking for something better. Your relaxed presentation coupled with your expertise has really inspired me, so thank you very much. May I ask if you deliberately choose a mix of paint brands for a specific purpose or is it simply the convenience of colours you have to hand?
Thanks a lot for your kind words, really happy to hear and gives motivation to continue 😊🙏 happy to hear that you learned a few things from my video.
I usually prefer Tamiya paints for airbrushing and Vallejo Model Colour for brush painting. But if I don't have for example a matching Tamiya colour for airbrush I use anything I have and so on.
Great work! Do you have a list of the paints you used? I know you showed most of them on the bottom of the screen but was wondering if you had them posted some where... thanks!
Thanks a lot 🙏 no I don't have a list posted, if you are missing a specific paint let me know and I try to figure out what I used then.
Nice job on the figures. They look great. I would spend more time on the landscaping by airbrushing the groundwork, dirt, and vegetation to get more subtle variations and muted coloring to not have the colors so bright that they overtake the figures on the display. More light and shadow coloring would be helpful here. Also, by doing this, you can tie the figures into the landscape better to make the display feel more cohesive.
Thank you🙏😊 to the vignette, I made exactly these steps to get the colours that vivid, I like it and I think I brings some nice and fresh colours. The figures getting overtaken is to me part of the thing as they are as soldiers not supposed to stand out but to melt into the surrounding. I made a video to the vignette too where you can see the steps I made. But thank you for your thoughts🙏👍
Hi, got another question for you if you don't mind. What size brushes and brand are you using in the video? Many thanks in advance. P.S. The more I watch your videos the more I learn to appreciate your skill, I hope I can get results like yours one day ! Oh one more thing, do you varnish between acrylic to oil paints and steel it al, in at the end ?
Hi. I mostly use the Winsor & Newton Series 7 00 I show in the eye painting sequence. This is my favourite brush and I paint most of the figure with it. And I don't use varnish at any time. Just let the layer you apply before dry enough and you can work with the oil/acrylic paint over that. Only thing I would do is a matt varnish as a finish as the oils remain glossy for example. But that is rare.
Good luck again👍
you make me relaxing. where did you find that picture infront of you ?
Thank you very much, happy to hear😊 my reference picture? These are pictures from the Alpine homepage I put together and printed, so I have them in front of me all the time.
Very good work mate.
By the way, where do you get those alpine blades that appear in the background?
Thank you
All the best
Thanks a lot, happy you like my work🙏😊 but please help me, what are alpine blades?🤔
@@biberhunter_scale_models Good morning partner.
I was referring to the enlarged photographs of the figure, which are seen in the background
Thanks
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@@Tangente9927 ah okay, I downloaded them from their homepage, put them together as collage and printed them to have them always in front of me👌
Really great and GUT tutorial, many thanks. Ps. do you not use any varnish in the end?
Happy to hear, thank you for watching 🙏 no I don't use varnish on figures, the paints dry out matt, so I don't see a need for varnish here👌
Many thanks for your quick reply🙂@@biberhunter_scale_models
Many thanks for your quick answer!!@@biberhunter_scale_models
@@peterschijvens4867 it's a pleasure👌
we are all looking to paint figures that are not calvin tan standard but great enough for 1/35 armor standards
That's true, most of us will never reach the level of a Calvin Tan, but it is in our motivation how good we will be for our purposes 👌
Sehr geil 👌 ich komm mal zu dir, möchte dir mal über die Schulter schauen bei den Figuren 👍👍👍
Vielen Dank🙏 ja kannst du gerne machen, befürchte aber das ist nicht so spannend😅
Richtig geil👌
Da kann ich mich dem Tilo nur anschließen 🤘🏻🍻
@@biberhunter_scale_models oh doch, das würde mich sehr interessieren wie deine Techniken so sind
@@tilomommert8212 na die zeige ich doch hier, bin ein offenes Buch😉
Fantastic work! My only complaint is that I was distracted by the music cutting in and out as you talk.
Thank you🙏 yes you are right, I didn't found the magic formula yet for my music editing 🙈
Hi again, after you glued the heads on, what was the spray can you used and why ?
Thank you
Hi, this is activator spray. It let's super glue dry immediately, so you don't have to hold the pieces in position for long. Very useful 👌
First of all I must say that your work is inspiring and I am following it step by step. I have one question: When it comes to outlining, do you use only retarder to dilute the paint? Or do you also use water or flow improver? And also, how much retarder, what ratio? Thank you in advance for your help.
Thanks a lot for your kind words, happy you like my work. For outlining I use only retarder, so the paint keeps workable longer and I can make corrections if needed. Of course you can use water or flow improver, but then the time to react ist shorter. Thinning ratio I would guess retarder 3 parts, paint 1. But that is often done by feeling and no law.
Guten Morgen,
erst einmal großes Lob für deine Arbeit 👌🏻👍🏻.
Eine Frage?!!?:
Lässt Du bei der Gesichtsbemalung die einzelnen Farben durchtrocknen bevor du die nächste aufbringst oder arbeitest du nass in nass das die sich auf der Oberfläche mischen bzw. in einander übergehen?
Guten Morgen. Vielen Dank für dein Lob🙏 Zu deiner Frage, mal so mal so😅 es kommt drauf an was für einen Effekt ich haben möchte, um Highlights und Schatten in die anderen Töne zu blenden mache ich es häufig nass in nass. Dann nehme ich auch kein Wasser zum verdünnen sondern Retarder, damit die Farbe länger nass bleibt und nicht so schnell mit harten Kanten trocknet. Für mehr Kontrast oder zum hervorheben einzelner Bereiche kann es aber genauso gewollt sein, dann lasse ich die Farbe trocknen. Ist vielleicht auch immer etwas Geschmackssache was man bevorzugt und wie es werden soll. Ich hoffe das hilft dir😅
@@biberhunter_scale_models cool vielen Dank 😊.
Dann werd ich das mal so ausprobieren, was zwar bedeutet meine vorher gehende Arbeit abzuwaschen, denn soviel Figuren hab ich gerade nicht da.
Aber so ist das dann 🤣😂🤣
@@robiderbrauer sehr gerne👍 dann viel Erfolg bei deinen Versuchen👌😉
Patches ok!
Thank you😊
what is your acrylic choice for the wood parts before the oil wash? and what is the choice for the metal effect? thanks
Hi, it's all shown in the video, old wood for wooden part, and gun metal for metal👌
Die Figuren und das Diorama sehen unwahrscheinlich toll und real aus....Hammer!
Ich baue gerade meine erste Figur in 1/16, auch ein Paratrooper in der Normandie...hättest Du da ein paar spezielle Tipps für die Bemalung usw, oder sollte ich da so vorgehen wie Du in diesem Video mit den beiden 1/35?
Vielen Dank schon mal ;-)
Hallo, vielen Dank für dein Lob, freut mich das dir mein Video gefällt. Also in 1/16 kannst du die Techniken generell schon übertragen. Nur die Details wie Augen, Patches etc werden dann halt mehr ausgearbeitet anstatt nur angedeutet. Schau mal in meinen Kanal, da ist mein Büsten Projekt in 1/10. Die Techniken wie Pre Shading und Pre Colouring nutze ich da auch, nur das ich später mit Ölfarben weitermale. Aber da kannst du ja dann mit Acrylfarben weitermachen. Viel Erfolg👍
@@biberhunter_scale_models vielen Dank für die Tipps!
Hab Deinen Kanal hier auf jeden Fall schon mal abonniert und werde mir das Video gleich mal anschauen ;-)
@@sniperfella sehr gerne, und vielen Dank für deinen Support. 🙏
@@biberhunter_scale_models Hallo, kannst Du mir mal einen Tipp geben wie ich ein Haus aus Gips am besten bemale?
Hi, ist so pauschal schwer zu beantworten, ich weiß ja nicht was dir so vorschwebt und wie es werden soll. In einem meiner früheren Videos, leider noch aus Bildern geschnitten, zeige ich wie ich mein Haus bemalt habe, vllt hilft dir das ja.
What kind of brush do you use?
I use brushes by Winsor & Newton, mainly a Series 7 Finest Stable 00
I state that I'm not a modeling expert, but allow me to make an observation on one thing: when the fold of a surface makes a shaded area appear, the shade already exists. If you color this area a darker color, force the shadow even darker. the result is therefore unrealistic. This is because shadows are created by light on surfaces and not by colours. If instead you force the color on the shadows and reflections, the effect seems to be that of a comic book.
Yes you got a point here. In my pov it's just that these small 1/35 figures don't cast very strong natural shadows because the folds are so small. So to increase them I chose this maybe more stylistic approach of increasing them through painting them in darker colours. Like this you can see them not only on photos or videos, but from a viewing distance when they are maybe in a not perfectly lightened display case. Same is done on for example tanks or vehicles where darker areas are shadowed with darker paints and opposite, to increase the contrast effect of light and shadows. Maybe not perfectly realistic, but a way create more optical interes on a piece.