OK, she still looks terrible, but things are heading more in the direction I want now. I repainted the hair with lighter colors, adjusted the eyebrows, and cleaned up some of the paint that got slopped around when I was doing the hair. That does mean I need to redo some of the shading on her skin, but that's not the end of the world. I needed to fix up the shading anyway.
I'm probably going to go back to working on her skin next.
I got back to Natasha today. Sigh. Some figures go real smooth. Others fight you at every step. I think she's going to be the second kind.
I didn't feel like dealing with her skin, so I worked on getting a base coat on her hair. I had some trouble finding the kinds of colors I really wanted; it's darker than I want it to be. I'm not too concerned about that; I can leave this base color as a shadow and work up from there, and it'll be OK. I'm not sure about the two tone hair, but I'll probably stick with it. I need to soften the transition between the colors, though. I'm also going to have to spend some time on the eyebrows; I'm not sure why one is a delicate arch and the other is quite chonky. Also not sure I am happy with having them dyed. I might have a better answer to that once her face is done. Oh, and the hair colors got slopped onto her skin in a number of places.
It's always amazing to me how much a difference finishing off the last few small bits makes on a figure. Today I got the gold done (mostly) and base coated the iron blades. There's a little bit of gold I need to finish, shading and highlights on the blades, and then on to the base. I'm pretty happy with her.
I finished (mostly) and glued on the separate bits for the front of Tiet-Khebi's skirt. After that I wanted to let the glue set, so I worked on arena stuff.
Not a ton of obvious progress in the pictures tonight because I spent time working on one of the pieces that hasn't been attached yet. I was doing bits of cloth I missed before, and also started on her collar. I'm going to try to get the belt/skirt pieces attached next time, I think they're close enough to done.
I worked on the cloth on Tiet-Khebi - the linen, and the hair piece. Also one of the front pieces that goes on her linen skirt; there are two pieces that go there. Once both are painted I'll get them glued on. Anyway, decent progress, I think. I might do another round of highlights on her headpiece.
