Anime figure question.

Well, I demand one thing that mecha builders are horrible at, and thats wip shots.  I demand pics, I wana know what these new things you got are, show us show us.
The suggestions were for his next kit.  Even anime figures require research, eh'

I watched a wip of someons sculpting a hentai kit.  He must never have seen nipple before, because they were (relative to scale, as in, an inch for her)raised an inch off her breasts and looked like wrinkled hot water bottles...

Thats why I order from that shop! its FAST.

 On Smeagols suggestions, he has valid points. My own preference would be to not go messing with her now that you are at this final stage.  Use the suggestions on the next figure.  Oh, and take her away from your painting area, and look at her in different light.  She will look totally differnt under different light situations....and flash on a camera kills EVERYTHING. I have been told time and again I need to add highlights to my eyes...then take the fig out and rephotograph in the sunlight and there they are, my typical highlights, plain as day, but they were invisible under the flash.

I fully believe that it is VERY important to move to the NEXT figure. Learn what you have learned from this one, and apply it to the next. Time and time and time again I see guys trying to "fix"things on thier first figure or model. ....only to stall out in the middle of the "fix" leaving things half done and the figure/ model/ project gets put away in disgust. One guy in our club has been on the same model for over two years, trying to fix things he thinks are wrong, instead of moving on to the next. I have never seen this as a "giving up" attitude, this is the learning process.  Case in point: last night I was working on the leahter on the bust.  I wound up getting black base coat on the flesh! ARGH. Even though the skin is sealed, removing the errant black paint removed the skin!!!!  Now I am faced with completely repainting that section, not really what I wanted to do, but something to learn from and overcome on the next one.  My plan WAS to have this bust done by the weekend. Now, due to my fix, I am pushed back at least a week to repaint the entire upper chest and shoulder and try to get it to match the rest of her.

She really clean but will need some work not perfect...  took longer to get the one from HF.  I think I might order another one just for fun.....

  I think i need to get some two part epoxy putty...  tamiyas ok 

MY GOD!!!!  its here already!!!!  my order from e---- got here in a week in a half..  crazy!!!!  and from what i can see shes really clean

   this girl is going to take time but cool beans 

A heads up about the eyes.  After doing a bit of research I noticed something.  Most anime, well drawn anime, that is.  The eyes dont have black surrounding them thick, some dont at all, some just have a line under the eye.

There is always a black line at the top for the eyebrow.

So I would say the best bet is thick at the top and as thin as possible for the rest, that would make it look great, even try to do it as a wash .

She looks really good.  I again, love the hair, I love the flow from light to dark.

Now, Im sure you want some criticism from other's eyes.  First, your eyes, even though the outline is alittle thick, are very good, get that fixed and you will be fine.  The ears looks quite good although I would show more of a difference between the furry and the skin parts, eh' (If you have cats you know what I mean.  no fur in their ears besides thin white fur)

Her skin is really to light, unless she lived in the house without going outside for a year then went to the beach, try using a darker tone, even, if I may dare say, give her a tan, she is in a bikini after all eh'?

I know your scared, but I really think it would make ALL the difference in the world if you darkened up the sunken lines on her thighs, belly button, stomach, and the bikini lines.

I washed her with some oils however there still to light but Im a little scared to darken it up. her head and legs are on. I will pin the next one different next time.

so far this is one of the most active threads on this part of the forum! Great!!!!!

I see quite a few figs with this level of skin at shows. Most IPMS shows have a no nudity rule. I see it get bent now and then bit its there usually. Figure shows on the other hand are anything goes and you will see a lot more Gtaste style kits in those. Im comfortable with that level of skin showing becuase I know I can take it to a show with no problems.....Unlike my Mermaid! oh well...

great buld so far and you are doing very well. Do her *and yourself* a HUGE favorand go get a display jar at Hobby Lobby and keep her in it. I know the jars look funky, but figures tend to attract a huge amount of dust.  I have smaller figures in eveything from baseball plastic display holders to betta fishtanks that are apst thier prime. Good for keeping the dust off.

smeagol the vile wrote:

She is very cute, the kit, so far, seems alot less revealing then most, eh'

 Yeah she does, no negative criticism intended, was just not expecting that look on the body

I don't know if I should call her cute anymore (the body is a tad more 'adult' then I thought it would be, my mistake  lol )

It's cool that you can see where the ribs ends and stuff, the detail level is higher then i thought. 

How do you make the seams invisible? Did you airbrush the entire fig? 

Over...

She is just Gorgeous.  Thats some awesome work, eh'

Though... I'd give the mouth, and the stomach a wash, to highlight the belly button, the lips, and more importantly, the fangs.

  Ok heres a little more...  Im learning so much on what to do different next time. and I can see I need a little touch up here and there but for the most part she coming together.

ok heres the start of her body...  Im not crazy with the lighter green and there is a little mistake  that I will fix but Im happy with the mask for now

i havent had any luck with Parafilm M and I have had several rolls since it hit the market.  Some people get amazing results. I use lots of that blue tape and Tamiya tape....just never use lacuqer paint over the tamiya tape it will eat the adhesive and you are done in at that point! Been there done that!

I like to use poster putty as a mask and to hold parts to bamboo skewers.  Just dont use it over Tamiya paint, it EATS the paint off! Grrrrr...

Here is another trick: Use plumbers white teflon tape to mask off parts, its super cheap at places like Harbor freight tools so dont spare it. it has no adhesive so its perfect for application to metallics . I prepaint my gundam skeletons and mask then slip the tape out. Works on legs that must be prepainted then a part of the costume put over that, , bleneded and painted...here ....

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b244/ThePlasticFanatic/Scale%20Modeling%20Album/kmpfrlgpaint.jpg

Smeagol on epoxy, there are so many different types. The liquid type either as a two part bottle or twin pushtube package is an adhesive, but the paste types such as Milliput, Magicsculp, MoriMori, Tamiya 2part epoxy, GamesWorkshop Green putty, or even regular hardware store stick putty such as that stuff that the really irratiting guy in the checked shirt sells on TV can be used to both fiar parts in and mount together at the same time. When I use these i make both surfaces rough, or drill a series of shallow holes for that epoxy to grab onto.

I have had the same expierience with Vallejo paitns no sticking even to a properly primed surface. I use Vallejo Model Air thinner, yes it sprays great but thats no good if it dont stick.

  I use tamiya tape , silly putty and will be adding liquid mask.  Do not let windex touch silly putty..... it doesnt like it at all.  I just put the tape on glass then cut a bunch of different sizes and go to town. i learned it from a ship builder. Ive heard the film works well...  fiskas ( think thats the name) Ive also heard works well.

I used vallejo paint for the flesh... flesh, white , tan , and sand. I couldnt tell you the mix seeing as I think I made it to light for the base. Im going to try something different or i should say different paint...  Gunzo or Tamiya for the kits thats on its way...  I like Vallejo and it sprays really well but!!!!!!  its a weak paint and doesnt stick all that great I think but its all i had.  I have nothing around me except Hobby Lobby and they dont have great water based model paint.

  Also thanks guys for all the nice words...  took me most of the day to mask her body...  might get some green on her tonight.

I have only used epoxy to glue stuff together. There is probably several different types of epoxy but try to use it lika any other glue, glue on one side and put the two pieces together

 hope I made any sense

What colors did you use for the skin tone?  I want to try doing that Katsumi from love hina SD figure I have (least favorite char so I dont mind using her as a test ground, I wana beable to do Koalla and Shinobu <3 correctly)

Also, isnt epoxy a filler, how do you use it as a glue?!

She looks adorable 

The colors are cat-chy  if ya dig   

Seriusly I really like the shading and eyes