Done, sort of..
Saturday night update. Finished sanding, priming, then painted the red. I applied future floor polish to the eyes, so once that finishes drying, I can snap some decent pictures. I'll have to wait a few days before sending the kit…
Habanero Tan Update
Since I wasn't satisfied with the result of the Habaneros, I'm working to fix some issues I have with them before shipping them out to the customer. First and foremost the two halves of the head pieces have different tones,…
Modeling Hypocrisy
I constantly run into the issue, and I love when I’m approached for something I posted or put up on display. I have yet to run into the issue at some of my local contests and such, most likely because I’m known by the organizers and such. But this little rant is a result of having my post about the Hip Cover Gal removed at a forum. (more…)
Young Hip Cover Gal done and Habanero Update!
Easy to see how busy I was this month since there was no posts; but I’m making up for lost time with these things. The future on the eyes for the Cover Gal has solidified so I put the head back onto the body and took a few pictures. Now, I did take her out to Valley Con and a couple of people including friends had made mention that she was a bit on the pale side. The PVC kit and the reference photos have her as even more pale than what I did, I think. But regardless, the end game is that this affects my current mixture of skin tone. I was running low on skin tone, so before working on her, I mixed up a new batch, and I think I may have gone a little too pale. I use this as a base color and my technique for shading uses this as the dark base color for which a lighter version of the color is then use to highlight the kit. So my problem now is if anyone else feels that she is overly pale? I will have to go back and adjust my mixture to darken the tone; but again, I’m partially color blind so I need as much guidance in this as possible. (more…)