PAINTING MY GREMLIN step by step--FINISHED pics POST#39

looks great ..What kind of airbrush do you use ?

looking very good so far. Are you going to paint the eyes or install glass? I ask only becuse it would be easier to install before your done and would look really good on this piece.

propologist said:

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looks great ..What kind of airbrush do you use ?

Its a revell pro

chuckybaby555 said:

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looking very good so far. Are you going to paint the eyes or install glass? I ask only becuse it would be easier to install before your done and would look really good on this piece.

i had considered it but since its vinyl i know it can be a pain to work with so i decided to leave them in. the head is foam filled now so its too late.

-z

What an awesome casting.

Looks fantastic.

Looking good Zorg. Looking forward to more progress pics!

Man, that's looking cool. Love the shading. So subtle. Looking forward to see more.

What kind of foam did you fill it with?

Gees Zorg you are good. I really like the painting on the back of the ears

Too Much Garlic said:

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Man, that's looking cool. Love the shading. So subtle. Looking forward to see more.

What kind of foam did you fill it with?

it was a 2 part polyurethane foam

Garthok said:

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I really like the painting on the back of the ears

so do i but most of it will be covered up by the layers going on top

it is a necessary step though to build up depth.

the eyes and horns will be the last to be painted

i'm off out to do some more.......

-z

excellent start mate

It looks kinda cool like it sits now! Like it was alive and is now frozen in stone.

I think you are off to a great start. I would love to try and do one of these. More freedom to do it your way, and make it come to life. Unlike a Boba helmet etc. Where it's right or WRONG! LOL.

awww man i totally want one

assimilate said:

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awww man i totally want one

Me too. Throw water on it

just back from garage, heres the latest progress pics. my compressor nearly went into meltdown!

i really need to get a moisture trap on my set up. a lot of scary moments when blobs of water coming out at the more delicate stages

i started with that tamiya red brown



then onto a darker brown




then i rolled out some flat black to put on the edges of ears and in the shadowed areas









got quite a bit of work still to do.

the face/head was kinda neglected and i will go over some areas with the original buff to bring it up to scratch. the lips, eyes, horns and those funny looking things that run along the jawbone still need painting also.

his chest paint job reminds me of a little predator

i also intend to paint a pattern on the backs of the ears, i have not decided yet what to do

sorry for all the pics

-z

I like how it is gradually getting darker and darker in tone. Thanks for the info on the foam. Gonna have to check some of that out.

I love the detail.

WOW! Looks amazing...

i redid most of the face as i was not happy with it, i also plucked up courage to paint a pattern on the back of the ears, was toying with the idea of black gloss horns yes/no?

getting there........








-z

The black edge on the ears really makes them pop. I am learning a lot, yet again.
I can't say I like the pattern at the back of the ears at the moment, it looks like a butterfly to me.

Garthok said:

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The black edge on the ears really makes them pop.

It really does.

Looking killer Zorg. I was thinking I wanted to see a bit of green in there, untill you got to this point. But I am really liking the color scheme on this guy.

Garthok said:

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I can't say I like the pattern at the back of the ears at the moment, it looks like a butterfly to me.

So says your Rorschach test.

That looks awesome!

The butterfly thing isn't so much a Rorschach test, since some butterflies actually have patterns just like that on their wings. IMO, it makes the gremlin look more like a real living creature.

That's the kind of painting I'd like to be able to do in CG-land now that I have a proper graphics tablet. The only thing holding me back is that I suck.. LOL.

OldKen said:

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So says your Rorschach test.

Did I reveal my psychotic side?..what...the Butterfly is telling me to do what??...no, not again!..

And it was just one guys opinion. Zorg won't be offended, I hope

Garthok said:

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Did I reveal my psychotic side?..what...the Butterfly is telling me to do what??...no, not again!..

And it was just one guys opinion. Zorg won't be offended, I hope

I was just being silly. Thought it was funny that you saw a butterfly is all.

I'm pretty sure Zorg won't be offended that easily.

It really does give it that extra something to make it look alive.

OldKen said:

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I was just being silly. Thought it was funny that you saw a butterfly is all.

I'm pretty sure Zorg won't be offended that easily.

It really does give it that extra something to make it look alive.

I did not take it as an insult, but it does look like a butterfly, it has massive wings! (this better not become a title) I did look at it again after you mentioned the Rorschach test, to see what I could make out (as I bet others have done) I see blasters pointing down.