Rider v2

One of my next projects is going to be this Rider from Fate/Stay Night. I just finished the same kit not too long ago, but this one is going to be even more modified then the other one.
She is going to have removable skirt and top, and her colors are going to be all different from original. Very exciting project. So lets start.


First I had to start with the body. I cut out the flesh part on the legs, separating the boot part from leg. The thighs will be joint with the main body piece, plus it will make my painting skin and boots much easier.
Next I attached the thighs and started to re sculpt the left body of her stomach.
Here is the picture of how her body looked before (the picture is from my other Rider project, I got too involved into the sculpting part that I forgot to take any progress pictures)

This is how the body looked after first sculpting session. Not everything is correct here yet, but it started to take a shape. A very nice shape too :D


After few hours of sculpting, waiting, sanding, adding some more putty.... Here is completed body. I have to say that I am very proud of myself.

Next step is to create her a nice outfit. I put some tape around her hips and her breast area, so the putty doesn't sink in the crevices. Right now I just have the basic shape of it and its going to be modified more later on after its all dry.



This is all of the progress I have on this project. I have lots more coming up soon.

1/3 Kanu repainted

This was a very intersting project. One of my costumers asked me to repaint this already painted Kanu.
I had to remove her skirt, which was glued onto her body. Of course I broke the skirt parts into pieces and had to repair it.

I had to add shadows to her white jacket. After that I applied the irridesent blue top color on the jacket. It is kind of hard to see it on the picture, but when you twist the jacket, it sparkles purple.

I had to totaly repaint the skin tone. I needed darker, more tanned skin shade. I think it came out pretty well.

The skirt was painted in orangy red color that didn't go well with her new skin tone. I used a darker shade of red with heavy purple shadows.

This is my results after many hours of work.

Tati is done

Another project is done. This was my first 1/3 scale kit and it was challenging and fun to work on her.
Now it is time to move on to the next project.

1/3 scale Tati kit

After the Dark Elf kit, I started to work on few new projects. One of them is 1/3 scale Tati kit from E2046 ( http://www.e2046.com/product_info.php?products_id=7795 ). I usually work with smaller scale kits, so this is a very interesting project for me.

This kit is very big, but doesn't have too many anatomical details. I had lots of smaller kits that had better muscle structure then this kit. One thing that was preventing to see her body was this ugly belt from her sword carry case (sorry don't remember the name for it). So the first thing I did was remove the belt on her stomach area and rebuild her belly button.

This girl looks like she spends a lot of time outside, so I had to make her skin more tanned then I usually do. Plus because she doesn't have the muscle definition build in, I had to grab my anatomy books to see where the shadows fall. I think I did pretty good.

I decided to go with brown theme for this girl, so her hair and her eyes are brown, so is her sword carrier. Also her bra and bikini is painted tapioca white (light brownish color) with brown shadows. Her arm bracelet and some parts on her spear are painted copper (brownish tone again).

For her sword case, I am using a real leather straps. It will loop around her waist without distracting from her stomach.

I only have few little details to work on and she is almost done. Finished pictures are coming up very soon.

Dark Elf Modified

Finally I finished this kit. It was hard work and a lots of fun working on her. Her armor is metallic. The bra, bikini, shoulder pads and her left arm have magnets in them.
I had my first Dark Elf that I did in 2005 for a reference and I am very proud to say that I am improving :D


I had this little toy pig that I got for my other project, but for some reason the piglet really wanted to be in the picture. She is saying: "Don't even think about touching my Babe!"

More pictures on http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh107/zasranka1/Dark%20Elf%20finished/

Workbench - Misato

I am still not fully working on this kit, just in between other projects. Surprisingly, she is comming allong very fast.

I am almost done with her jacket. I decided to paint it a little more darker red then it is in anime. I think that burgundy color is much richer and makes her more alive and not drawn. Also I decided to make the jacket glossy. I love texture and so far she is mostly have just flat finish on her. The glossy jacket will create a nice texture difference and bring her to life. I hope I don't offend any Evangelion fans by changing my colors :D

Painted her eyebrows and her eyes. I am still not very happy how her eyes turned out, but I am going to give it a small rest and see in a day of two before I change anything.

Misato is such a big and beatiful kit that I just had to do something special for her base too. I got plain wooden base in my craft store, applied the wood stain on the sides, painted the top part black and airbrushed the NERV design. This is the first time I did the base this way and I like it a lot.

At the end of the day, I started to turn all of my equipment down and clean my mess. I turned around and nocked poor Misato down >.<>

More coming up.

Another watercolor portrait

I had to do another sport portrait commission. Its a Justin Morneau portrait. The piece is usual 16 x 20 inches size. The background was airbrushed and for the rest of it I used watercolors with some watercolor pencils.
I had the hardest time doing the chrome on the trophy. I am fully satisfied with result, but I had to rush this piece. At least I am very happy with his face.
The photo got a little bit distorted, so I had to crop it a little bit. I hope it doesn't distract too much.

Close up of the face

Caster is finished

Finaly finished up my Caster. She was quite a challenge to make. Lots and lots of connection parts to glue together (and clean/prime), and some modifications.

For this kit I used Model Master laquer flat paint, so the cape looks like its made from soft cloth. It feels very nice to touch too.

Not all the parts are glued on. I had to leave her head and her hand unglued, because they have to be removed to put on or off the cape. The dagger have a small magnet in it, so it attaches itself to the hand. Same for her bra (single cup LOL).

More pictures on http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh107/zasranka1/Caster/