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Alaine
I really like this one :) . She's a cool sculpt, with lots of nice details. I used my colour wheel for the scheme, because I knew I wanted slightly blue-green armour and gold, but wasn't entirely sure about the accent colour - her purple hair is a result of that. I'm quite enjoying using anime-ish hair colours, it can give a really lovely exotic look that works quite well on a model like this. Once I'd painted the face I though she looked rather like Kristin Scott Thomas, with the big eyes, cheekbones and gorgeously haughty sort of look which is actually brought about by the asymmetry in the sculpt (or the cast, who knows) - it means her lips are slightly curled and one eyebrow is higher than the other. My favourite bit (other than the head) is the gold part of her helmet, which came out startlingly smooth - I think it's because I'm using a little flat brush a lot these days, which makes it very easy to smooth out colours on flat/smooth surfaces where brushstrokes might be more inclined to show. I'm sure it'd be even better with a cat's tongue/acorn shaped brush, but I've only got the flat for now.
Posted: 10 Oct 2003
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