Narin's Aboriginal - finished (former WIP)

A few pics showing some progress on all the little trinkets on his waist; first everything coloured in, then wash applied, wash removed and oil glaze applied and partly wiped off again. I'm reasonably saitisfied, though I feel this is not my strong point. I'm more confident with the air brush :)
No updates for the next 3 weeks; summer holiday with the family starts tommorrow!

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This will be the last update before the final 'reveal'! Just some small details, applying a brownish oil glaze on the entire skin and painting / attaching the 30 separate dreads are left to do. I'll try to take some good quality pictures when I'm all done.

Since last update I've applied a wash and an oil glaze on the shin and wrist guards, painted the beads on his waist (hopefully to resemble opals somewhat), painted the bone necklace, as well as the eyes, teeth, gums, nails and boomerang.

Still not sure whether to go for plain black dreads, or 'elder style' grey/black..?

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Again, the details just blow me away mate...It's those little bits that push it the extra mile..I mean, look at those freakin' beads (excuse my language).. It's like, I can guess what those beads are made up off, they look like real, polished, mother-of-pearl/blue-glass beads..

I agree with Nic too..I reckon elder like dreads would make this way beyond perfect..
 
Thanks guys! I guess ‘elder dreads’ it is then :D More of a challenge to paint, haven’t tried that before, so should be interesting.

I painted the beads with something called pebeo prisme paint, which was supposed to create a ‘prism-like’ effect that I hoped would resemble opal to fit in with the Aboriginal theme. However, the surface area of the beads was probably too small for the effect to occur, so that didn’t turn out as I’d intended. The paint does have a nice iridescent effect, so it wasn’t a complete loss since I could use it to paint an opal-like appearance by hand.
 
Thanks guys! I guess ‘elder dreads’ it is then :D More of a challenge to paint, haven’t tried that before, so should be interesting.

I painted the beads with something called pebeo prisme paint, which was supposed to create a ‘prism-like’ effect that I hoped would resemble opal to fit in with the Aboriginal theme. However, the surface area of the beads was probably too small for the effect to occur, so that didn’t turn out as I’d intended. The paint does have a nice iridescent effect, so it wasn’t a complete loss since I could use it to paint an opal-like appearance by hand.

Dude, I'm sure you'd pull it off easily :)

See, to think you even thought about using a specialised paint for the beads brings it totally to a next level..outstanding M
 
Man....without a bio they are UGLY but without dreads...:) anyway...that is one amazing sculpture and those painted details you showed are equal to the sculpt work. Well done.
 
Man....without a bio they are UGLY but without dreads...:) anyway...that is one amazing sculpture and those painted details you showed are equal to the sculpt work. Well done.

Thanks, doing my best! All credit for the sculpture is for Narin, I'm just painting it :)

At the moment a luscious hair do is in the making; 30 separate dreads, all airbrushed (elder style!) with about 60 beads to be painted by hand; a bit tedious but eventually it will look really cool (I hope!). Anyway, I've done an oil glaze last weekend and have to wait for that to dry (which takes really long even with alkyd medium added to speed up drying time), and the dreads can keep me busy while I wait.
 
"Thanks, doing my best! All credit for the sculpture is for Narin, I'm just painting it :)"

It isn't exactly a paint by number sheet, excellent cast to be sure but it would be very easy to screw up the paint work and then the sculpt wouldn't count for squat. You're doing quite well here so credit is easily justified...
 
Thanks again, it is indeed a challenging project. And although I'm often my own worst critic, I'm reasonably satisfied with how this is turning out. I've definitely improved my skills as compared to when I did the 'Alternative Hunter' that I posted in december. Thinking about tackling the 'King and Queen' kit (also Narin) somewhere in the (near) future, that's probably one of the biggest kit building challenges around. It's mainly the price tag that's keeping me back :eek:

I am nearing completion on the Aboriginal, so here's just a last teaser, before finishing this beast!

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Finally, all done! Here's some pics of this finished beauty/beast. :D
Unfortunately the subtle undertones in the skin don't really translate to the photo's. Again a steep learning curve after the 'Alternative Hunter', and tried out a number of new techniques. I included one pic of both kits, just to show how massive 'the Aboriginal' really is, especially when considering that the Hunter is already a large 1/6 kit. Haven't decided which kit to tackle next, probably the 'Vile Guyver' (I might post this in the off topic section). Hope you like it, it's certainly been a great kit to build and paint. Thanks for watching! :)

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