Terminator 2 Stage 4 Paintup NEW EYES 8/10/12

[Howlrunner]

After finishing up my unscarred T3 bust, I knew I had to have Arnie with some battle scarring, and managed to pick up this great Stage 4 bust. Another chance to do some skin tones.

Bust primed, then endoskull sections hand painted with Humbrol silver, then masked off and spray painting with Halfords Chrome:

Skin tones applied. All done with a paintbrush. I used 5 different fleshtones produced by Warhammer, plus cream and blue/grey from Humbrol:

Blood applied:

And one with some spare cheap plastic dolls eyes in place to check out the look. I have just ordered correct glass eyes that match Arnie's, so these will be replaced when they arrive:

Any tweaks needed, feel free to give constructive feedback. :thumbsup

Next up will be the wig and eyebrows. I have the gregory wig already. And I'll need to be careful, as this is what can make or break these busts.

 

[streetjudge79]

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Great skin tones! The only thing is Arnie's eyes aren't blue. More of a hazel green.

 

[Howlrunner]

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Yep, got that covered.

And one with some spare cheap plastic dolls eyes in place to check out the look. I have just ordered correct glass eyes that match Arnie's, so these will be replaced when they arrive:

 

[streetjudge79]

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I gotta say your paintwork makes it look like silicone. I thought it was a translucent resin at first. Really really nice work.

 

[mutznutz]

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I'm offically freaked out by that thing

Looks awesome though

 

[FSURobbie]

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Wow, what a great paint job.

 

[Spengler28]

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Oh wow what a paint job, so realistic!!!

 

[PHArchivist]

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I gotta say your paintwork makes it look like silicone. I thought it was a translucent resin at first. Really really nice work.

Thought the same thing - silicon.

 

[Leigh]

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feel free to give constructive feedback. :thumbsup

Your havin a bleedin laugh :behave
I cant see where you could possibly improve on that!!

Thats an Amazing paint up! as someone else said it looks like silicone, kind of transparant, just plain old real looking
Warhammer colours eh... not Citadel colours by chance?

thumbsupthumbsup

 

[Howlrunner]

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Thanks guys. I'm really pleased with how he turned out.

And yes, most of it is the citadel paints. Though sadly they have just changed their whole paint range and elf flesh and dwarf flesh (the two best skin tones they do) have been discontinued and replaced with other shades that don't work as nicely.

 

[madmikeee]

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Any tweaks needed, feel free to give constructive feedback. :thumbsup

uhhh....it's too awesome? :lol

 

[gyoung2993]

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Oh yes ,now that is just , Bad To The Bone.....love it ,if you dont like it ,I can give you my address and you can mail it to me............lol.......love your work.....

 

[Glyn800]

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Wow just wow makes me want to put mine in the bin awesome work!

 

[IeatherfaceIX]

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Awesome work! I love the skin tone. very realistic!

 

[chuckyAPP]

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Are you airbrushing or using your finger paint technique? Looks great.

 

[onrina903]

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Awesome paint up!

 

[Howlrunner]

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Are you airbrushing or using your finger paint technique? Looks great.

I don't own an airbrush. It's all done by applying paint with a brush and then smoothing it/rubbing it in with a finger.

 

[Nexus6]

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To reiterate what everyone else has been saying, these are some of the finest skin-tones I've seen on ANY bust, let alone a resin bust. Simply, utterly incredible. :eek

And THIS:

I don't own an airbrush. It's all done by applying paint with a brush and then smoothing it/rubbing it in with a finger.

...takes this piece to an astronomically, unprecedented level. My mind is blown. :eek :eek :eek :eek

I'm not ever going to be a bust painter, but I would LOVE to see a tutorial of how this kind of result is accomplished.

BRAVO. :thumbsup :thumbsup

 

[Howlrunner]

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OK, I've pretty much got him finished now.

I got the gregory wig glued down and the damaged section cut out (being sure to get the front of the hairline in the correct place for Arnold, compared with movie stills):

Admittedly, he looks terrible here.

Then I cut the hair:

Then I used some of the cut off hair to build the temple areas forward more, and used hairgel to style the wig:

Since this last photo, I have added the eyebrows (gluing on clumps of cut up wig-hair at a time), eyelashes (stuck on individually) and grey T-shirt. I will post up completely finished pics when his new correctly-coloured eyes arrive...

 

[chuckyAPP]

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Looks good but the top of the hairline is off, it looks uneven