Fischer Price my first paint job...

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Oni No Ken

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Okay, so here we go. I expect this will be ghastly, but I suppose all have to start somewhere. I started with Privateer Press' plastic Kaylessa model, from the warmachine retribution of Scryah start box. Last night, I did her hair, face, and goggles, and put down a base and ink on her cape.

The picture was taken with my cell phone.

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I'll continue to update this thread as I go. If you have any questions about what I was trying to do vs. what you see, or if it just doesn't make sense, feel free to ask! I'm looking to improve, and I don't have expectations of greatness or anything, so please feel free to offer any constructive critiques you might have.

Thanks again,

Oni
 
Zab

Zab

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Welcome! I'm intrigued. Is she primed or are you painting over bare metal? Try turning off the flash and taking the pic in some daylight, The glare makes it a bit hard to see.
 
Zab

Zab

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Much better. I like the goggles and the anime like eyes so far. Get some more paint on there!
 
Kharnedge

Kharnedge

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From what I can see in this image it looks like you are working on a transition in the cape and goggles. Looks good keep the images coming look forward to watching this model progress. More paint, more paint.
 
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Lussuria

Lussuria

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I actually hadn't seen this mini before now! I love the sculpt!
Looking forward to watching your progress with this one!
 
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Oni No Ken

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Progress!

I was going over some shading techniques for cloaks, and saw what I thought was a capitol idea, since painting around the base was driving me bonkers. So first thing this evening, I clipped off the base and the plastic sprue bit, and pinned her foot. For the rest of the evening, I had her pin held in a pin vise, and loved the new angles afforded me.

Tonight I basecoated. I was going for a smooth basecoat, and I put everything down in 2-3 layers. I love the sculpt, I just wish it had some of the detail depth of the metal figures that I have. Also, this model has an almost Liefeldian level of pouches. I guess she's supposed to be force recon, so it sort of makes sense... After doing the bottom most layers of leather, I had to apply another coat of primer to a few of the spots on the mode that lacked or had uneven coverage. Once that dried, I did her ceramics. Tomorrow I'll basecoat the gun and remaining sword bits, then start shading/highlighting.


Still trying to get a handle on photography of these things. May just break down and order a macro lens for the slr.

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TrystanGST

TrystanGST

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As someone who takes his WIP shots with a phone (with a crummy auto-focus), I've found it helps tremendously to make sure there's nothing else around for the camera to focus on - keyboards, patterned walls, pens, brushes, the dog in the background.
That and making sure to have plenty of light in front of the model.
 
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Oni No Ken

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Thanks!

Weekends always have a paucity of free time for me. I got some time to start on the base for this figure. I took one of the round bases that it came with, and cut out a bit of the base. Then I packed the bottom with black clay, rolled out a thin bit, and made a bottom to the excised bit of the base. After that dried, i added a layer of super glue over the clay for strength and permanency. Next, I've left a big pancake of clay out since Wednesday of last week hardening. After having at it a bit with a hammer, I had a decent rock. I used cork to build up a couple of other layers. Finally, I found some vallejo white pumice, which is just super nifty. I used it to mask smooth plastic and glaring joins. I need to let it cure over night, and will prime it tomorrow.

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