New projects: Ur-kek. Lucifer.

Starting up a couple of new projects. I haven't forgotten Zora, I just haven't felt like working on her either.

Anyway, first is Ur-Kek, another Arena Rex figure. Obviously, he's missing some pieces that will have to be painted separately and attached later.

Next is a color test. I 3d printed an angel figure from Loot Studios. It's huge; I'm not sure how I'm going to get pictures of him. He's got 6 wings, and I'm working on color schemes. These are some color tests for the wings.

The first one is Reaper Pure Black with some highlights on it that don't show up at all. The second one is Musou Black, which is one of the ultra black paints, with a few different highlight colors.

It's hard to describe just how much blacker than regular black paint Musou Black is. It is very matte, very dark, and has this lovely velvety quality. Since this dude's an otherworldly creature, I'm going to try the Musou Black for his wings. It might be a very bad decision, as Musou Black also makes the colors around it appear in unexpected ways. I'm going to try it. Worst case, I have to print another set of wings.

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Finished Antaeus today. Yay! A good start to the year.

Antaeus: Face, headband, wraps

 More work on Antaeus; I may finish him next time. I did the details on his face, highlighted the hair, did the little headband, and base coated the cloth wraps on his hands. I need to finish the wraps, and then do the base.

Antaeus: Skin Highlight

 Was not in the mood to fight with the shading on Zora's skin today, so I worked on Antaeus some more. I've highlighted his skin here. He's probably 80 percent done now, so it's likely I'll spend the next couple sessions finishing him.

Antaeus: Shading

 I did the shading on Antaeus's skin today, and base coated his hair. He's going to be quick.

Zora: Stuff

 I started out doing another layer of shading on Zora's skin, but I was struggling with it. I realized I was having a hard time focusing, so I quit working on that and started the base coat on her clothing. It needs a couple more coats. 

So, I need to fix the shading, and I need to finish that base coat.

Zora: Shading Skin. Antaeus: Base Skin.

 So, with the 2023 projects wrapped up, I'm now on to other things. I've picked Zora up again, and added a very light first shadow to her skin.

And then started a second, smaller figure. This is Antaeus from Arena Rex. I picked up primarily because he should go real quick. Note that he is both anatomically correct and completely nude, so if you don't want to see that stop scrolling now.