How would you address this issue on my figure?

Well you could put a-dress on it?

Did you wait until it was dry before you scribed the hair?    You need to start over- that's the right thing to do.

While the Milliput is still soft and fresh use a  wet, rounded toothpick to create the "rows"- not scratches!

Here's a trick many pros use- put a piece of clear saran wrap over the putty, then make the grooves.  Don't push so hard the saran wrap sticks to the putty and pulls it off, be gentle.  The wrap keeps the edges of the "grooves" from being so harsh-it rounds them off.  If they still need refining, use a damp paintbrush to smooth them over.

You can practice the technique on a piece of modeling clay first till you get the hang of it.

Good Luck!

..............There isn't much that can go wrong with figures that a little Milliput in the right places can't help.

i would address it in a jacket and some pants.

(Sorry i couldnt resist the pun)

No, that was where the loincloth was supposed to attach.  I have yet to fill that in and putty it over is all.

I'm wondering what goes in the hole... a tail?

Hmm...I'm leaning towards a dremel with a sanding head to put some larger grooves here and there, and then smoothing it over with a finger-applied coat of ModPodge or thinned putty to "dampen out" some of the finer detail lines.  See what happens, I guess.

The hair you have scribed in is too uniform.  Compared to the model the hair is of varying deepness as well as width, so you will need to add at least one more tool to the arsenal - maybe one of those cocktail toothpics that don't have as sharp a point as say a knife or scriber.

Also note that in some areas there is no indication of hair  -  the old adage of less is more.

regards,

Jack

I'd start from scratch. Remove the old putty, sanding or carvingit off and put some new one in. The hair is pretty smooth on the, kit so I'd begin the added texture line that are molded on and blend them in. You might even make larger "waves" of putty to start with and avoid the finer texture you've added so far. .

Heh, so do I, but not as much as I prefer marital harmony.

I prefer more attractive figure kits such as this, but to each his own: