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.
The last couple days I've been doing a fair bit of prep work. The rest of the arena pieces are put together as much as they're going to be before I do the wash on the stone, and they're all primed. I still have a lot of work to do on them, but they're closer.
I've also done some more work on Tiet-Khebi. Finished her skin and face. So far, so good.
I started Natasha last week but haven't really been feeling it for the past few days. So, I spent some time working on arena pieces, I'll get pictures of that soon. I also started another Arena Rex gladiator. This is Tiet-Khebi. I'll probably switch between her and Natasha as the mood takes me. I also have some time off this weekend, but I'm currently thinking I'll use it for arena stuff.
Got in a first round of shadow on Natasha's skin. I'll be switching to a cooler shadow after this, because, well, vampire.
Finished Lupa. That's two for this month! Not sure why the sealer came out more glossy this time. Probably I didn't shake it enough.
I also did some work on Natasha today. Base coat on the skin, and filled in some of the extra holes drilled while getting her set up on the plinth.
I could have finished up Lupa tonight, but instead I prepped the next piece. This is Natasha. The holes I drilled for the pin into the plinth isn't straight and isn't centered. The one going into the figure took three tries to get angled correctly, and the third try was my husband doing it. So, I'm off to a wonderful start. :p I'll get back to Lupa next time.
Finished up the leather on Lupa and base coated the metal. I need to shade and highlight the metal, and then it'll be on to the base. One more session, I think.
I did fur, and started base coating the leather straps and bits. The fur is done; the leather needs to have the base coat finished and then go from there. I also have some cleanup to do afterwards where I slopped paint where it wasn't supposed to go. :p
I got highlights on Lupa's hair tonight, and did the cloth bits. I think probably next will be the fur.
Shaded and did highlighting on Lupa's skin, and did her eyes. Hair next.
I've been working on prep for a couple new projects. They aren't ready for pictures yet, but as soon as they are I'll get something up. This one actually is ready. This is Lupa, another Arena Rex gladiator. I've base coated her skin and hair here.
Here's Aemilia done. Well, I need to put a coat of sealer on her, which I will do next time. But she's done enough to count.
Finished up the fur and leather. Not loving the shoes, but not hating it enough that I feel likely to change it. Then I started on the parts I'm going to do as bronze. They're base coated, need shading and highlights. Then it's just the spear tip left, which I'm going to do as steel, and the base. Just two or three more sessions, I think.
