Workbench - "Little" Mermaid

OK, for a big change, this project is all MINE :D
I found this statue on eBay and just couldn't resist buying her.  Such a beautiful sculpt that got covered up with bronze paint.

She actually had lots of problem areas.  Some of them were very hard to reach :D

 

 

 

 

 After all the cleaning, she is ready for some paint

 

 First layer is base skin tone.

 Followed by darker skin tone shading.

 And finished up with some pastel shading.

 

 

 Next step is the hair.  Fist layer is neon orange, followed up by washes of dark red and dry brushed with some light yellow.

I had to take some pictures with flash to show the shading on the hair better.  So one picture is with flash and the other is without.   Ignore the skin tone on the pictures with flash, it makes it look splotchy :D

Painted some details, like  shells, pearls and her net.

 Every fish needs a tail :D
Painted her tail light yellow first, followed up by some light green, dry brushed red for the fins and airbrushed it with the same red to bring it all together.

 

 As I was working on her fin, I started to work on her tail too.
First painted it green...

 Next I washed it with darker green

 Followed up by dry brushing some yellow to highlight the scales

 To bring the whole tail together, I dry brushed some more of the red on the end of the tail and after that airbrushed the fin with base green color that I used on the tail (sorry I don't have the picture of the last step, but you can see it on the finished model :D)

The last stretch of the project.
The base.

 

 I used oil paint to paint water.  I needed something that would blend very nicely.

 Added some clear waves by applying Gloss Gel.  It dries clear.

 I  entered this kit in a contest, so this is the reason why I couldn't show my progress as I went.  Sorry for so many pictures :D

Workbendh - Donna Troy

I've been doing so well with updating my blog at the beginning of this year, but as most beginnings it slowed down :D   Oh well, at least I still find some time to work on my stuff.

Anyway, here is some update on our Super girl - Donna Troy.

Her skin is painted.  I used a little more darker skin tone for this girl, so she looks like she is tan, plus it have a transparent layer of interference blue to give her a little shine.

 

 Some masking.

 Now the fun parts starts :D
First I painted her suit black, followed by gold that was shaded and finished up with some transparent red.

 

 

 Some more pictures of Donna without masking tape.
First one is with flash and the other one is without flash :D

Workbendh - Donna Troy

Another project on my table.
This one is not going to take me too long, since I don't have to do any prep on it.  Just painting :D

Workbench - Rei in clear suit

Another small update is on Rei.
I fixed some of the gaps, but still need to smooth everything out.

 

 Before

  After

Workbench - Kirika

Small update on Kirika.

Test fitting the parts and pinning.

Her leg have a pretty annoying gap, that needs puttying.

The coat have to be left in two parts, since its an optional for Kirika to have it on or off.
Parts fit is pretty good, so I just had to add some pins.

 Pinning the arms. They have to be removable, since she have to be able to wear the coat.

 Unlike the coat parts, the sleeves have lots of problems.  One of them I am going to permanently attach, but the other one have to be left unglued for now (it is too close to the main coat part and will prevent me to paint it correctly).

 Here is the weird gap.  I tried to adjust this lots of different ways, but for some reason I still end up with big gap between her neck and the hair  O_o   Needs putty.