This is actually part of Dodgy's "Go Figure" GB. This is taking enough twists and turns that I figured I do a separate showing some of the twists and turns.
Figures like this are still very new to me being mostly a sci-fi modeler. I've done several miniatures but nothing at this slightly larger scale. I chose this subject as it had human elements and I'm trying to learn how to paint skin. It's still a WIP so more will come.
These things start in their usual way with removal from sprue trees and priming.
Some of the pieces had some pretty significant mold lines, but were thankfully in easyily addressed areas.
But the fit in some placess needed some serious work. The shoulders will need some scribing to restore detail of the padding there.
With a little bit of time and effort initial assmebly and base colors begin. Since the four armed bartender has a lot of red and blue on him his color palette is made up of colors that include them. In this case read leather for the harness and belts.
Shoulders of the human have been rescribed and initial primer applied.
Bartender gets his skin blocked in.
Shadows get added with a slightly darker blue.
Next up he gets his first highlight.
Test fit with the rest of the leather fittings blocked in and some of the details picked out. All placed ontop of the completed bar segment. Starting to get an idea of how devilish this guy looks.
90% completed face of bartender. Beard, mouth brows and final highlights. Not gettting the feeling this is someone I'd want to buy a drink from.
First attempt at the human.
I considered it a fail and stripped him back to plastic.
The bartender will be holding a bottle and cup and I want to make it look like he's pouring a drink so I try my hand stretching some sprue.
I'll snip off a section of that and use CA to attach it to the wine bottle.
Hamming it up for the camera as I do some additional test fitting.
Final washes and highlights on the bartender's clothing and restart the human.
OMG, what happened to the human?!
Honestly at this point I'd thought I'd gotten the shadows and highlights done correctly but the photo revealed otherwise. That was my 3rd or 4th attempt at painting him. Rather than starting all over again I decided to push on. I drybrushed I think a flesh tone on him and then did a wash with sepia. Then gave him some pupils.
That's better but now those exaggerated eyes make him look cartoonish. Slapping on more paint improved it last time so I do it again.
This time I drybrush a light grey and do a wash with burnt red mixed with some white. Oh, and I painted his hair.
Whoa! Not sure how he had such a massive transformation, but it almost looks like I meant to do that! I didn't even touch the eyes. The wash somehow fixed them. Don't ask me to repeat this feat of painting a human. Pretty sure I can't.
Candid shot of the two.
Now that the human's skin is done, time to work on his outfit.
Attack of the blob!
Coverd his face and hands with putty and poster tack so I can reprime the other areas.
That brings us to the present day. More to come.