So I watched some videos and read a few threads related to painting a bust like this, much respect to those of you have mastered this skill! This is my first ever attempt at painting a bust outside of a single flesh color. I decided to start slow with this, making subtle changes until I get a feel for what I'm doing.
I did a light scattered wash / blot of red / brown paint.
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Then I did some light speckling.
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Then I started washing / dabbing over that with watered down layers of flesh tone.
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Several coats later and I installed the eyes and did a few minor touch-ups. The lighting sucked when I took these pics so it's hard to see, but there's definitely a subtle change which looks so much better in person compared to the one flesh tone color.
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So once again, this is my first ever attempt at painting a bust like this. I think I was being overly cautious because I didn't want to mess it up and don't know what I'm doing just yet. But when I look at the previous photos compared to the head now, so much better. Thanks for all the great recommendations!
I have some tweaking to do still, hope to learn these techniques a little better. I have a Luke bust I need to do next so that'll be more practice!
The paint work on the bust looks awesome. Makes her look much more alive. Having watched a lot of Darran Carnall's videos on youtube I noticed that he always darkened the skin a little all around the hair line, so it didn't have the sharp contrasting transition, and it looks much more natural. I always wondered why, when I painted, I couldn't get the transition to look right, but having watched those videos and seen what he does, I now know what I did wrong. It's not necessary to do, but I think it would make her look even more natural.
Awesome work.
The paintwork on the face looks MUCH better! :thumbsup Some very light thinned blue/grey around the eyes and sides of the nose would make it pop even more. And I'd suggest a very light wash of dark grey/black inside the nostrils. These small touches will help sell the dimensionality a bit more.
WOW! Vast improvement! Great job!
So how strong is the grip of the hands? Im having to use a modified Rubies turd blaster on mine because the armature in the silicone hands is too weak to hold resin.
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They are very soft lifelike silicone which probably doesn't help the strength!
Wow, wish I had a room like that, awesome!So just about done with this, I painted the hands so they match the face. If you look at the video in post #39, at about 15 seconds in, you can see the before color. The pictures really don't do this figure justice, looks so much better in person. I have a few small tweaks with the robe, but I felt good enough to move her upstairs into the theater room.
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Learned a lot with this build, good practice for the next one!
Wow, wish I had a room like that, awesome!
Looking cool and very nice collection.
Totally awesome!!