Bounty Hunters and Setbacks
The FINAL Star Wars Miniature showed up in the mail today.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Greedo, who's role on the board is that of Imperial Knight.
In a less happy development, yesterday was a bit of a setback. I started work on The Hulk's eyes and it went...sideways. The more I tried to correct, the more paint I used, meaning the more detail I lost. Eventually, the eyes looked ok but the rest of the face was mushy looking. I lost all the great detail in the nose and lips.
So, I stripped the face back to bare metal.
I'd rather paint him 10 times from scratch than settle for a half-assed job.
I promised to document every step. That includes my screw ups!
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Greedo, who's role on the board is that of Imperial Knight.
In a less happy development, yesterday was a bit of a setback. I started work on The Hulk's eyes and it went...sideways. The more I tried to correct, the more paint I used, meaning the more detail I lost. Eventually, the eyes looked ok but the rest of the face was mushy looking. I lost all the great detail in the nose and lips.
So, I stripped the face back to bare metal.
I'd rather paint him 10 times from scratch than settle for a half-assed job.
I promised to document every step. That includes my screw ups!
posted by Greybishop | 2/05/2007 02:12:00 PM
4 Comments:
I dig his purple pants!
Would painting the eyes first and then painting his face make it easier to get the eyes right?
Lady -
I too dig the purple pants!
To answer your question, sort of.
The standard technique is to paint the base colour (black) and then brush on the subsequently lighter colours until the desired effect is produced on the largest area, his skin in this case. Then you go back and add the small touches.
Your idea of painting the eyes first is actually what I'm considering attempting. Problem is that you then have to work around the eyes which can be problematic. It's usually easier to ignore the small stuff until you've taken care of the larger parts, but the eyes on this figure are really quite poorly molded, so I'm thinking I might have to try a different approach.
Another possibility might be to follow normal procedure EXCEPT no paint whatsoever on the eyeball. That way you'd create a "well", so to speak, for the eye paint to drop into....
Does that make sense?
Good idea, Lady, except the eyes are raised. Doesn't show too well in the pic, but they are sculpted a bit higher than the surrounding area. That's why I start with black, since it gives the eye sockets some "depth" as I build up the lighter colours around it. I think the main problem this go 'round was a lack of patience on my part.
That happens sometimes.
Ok, a lot.
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