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Leyla
This is one miniature that became a serious chore for me to paint, which surprised me immensely as initially she looked fairly straightforward. However as the painting went on I found a fair amount of issues: Zipper pull on jacket â?? I donâ??t think this was needed at this scale Weird location for an equipment pouch â?? I mean seriously â?? on the sleeve of a t-shirt? Random shapes covering joins â?? there is a cylinder sticking out from behind the rifle on the back, and a random block right in the join of several things Sheath/holster strap on the leg ending half-way round the thigh â?? looks because it was in a difficult position to reach And, to paraphrase Bill Bailey â?? a smoothed-off ramekin of a face, other than the nose, shallow eye-pits and a slash for the mouth, there was nothing. I know female faces are usually smoother than male, but seriously too much guysâ?¦â?¦ I think the only thing Iâ??m really happy with is how the base has turned out â?? and this was a combination of a 25mm lipped base, a resin base I had lying around, and plastic rod off-cuts for the shell casing Overall, I wonder if this mini would have been better either not having the rifle ~& the club-like machete or having them as options (or at least the rifle). So many times I almost gave up on the figure, but I figured I need to get it finished. Iâ??m determined to finish figures/projects once started from now on. I think the sculptor went a bit potty when it came to guns on the model, to the detriment of the figure.
Posted: 7 Dec 2011
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