Natasha: Hair, jewelry

 Did more work on Natasha's hair today, adding some lighter highlights to the pinks and generally futzing with it, and then shading and highlighting the blue. I think it's better; I don't love it; I'm not sure if I'll work on it some more or not.

Natasha: Collar, Hair. Khepros: Skin

 Started tonight by base coating Khepros's skin. Nothing major here.

Then I went back to Natasha, base coated her collar, and then shaded and started highlights on the pink parts of her hair. Not thrilled with it. I think the highlights need to go up some more and that might help.

Natasha: Eyes, Halter

 I did Natasha's eyes, and then the base coat on her halter. Should really finish her hair next; once her hair and face details are all done I can put the glasses on her.

Natasha: Skin, Face

I stayed with Natasha today. Did some more shading and highlighting on her skin, and started on facial details. She's just not going to be my best piece every, but it felt like less of a fight today. I'm debating about her skin; I like the very light highlights since she's a vampire, but I might glaze them over slightly all the same. They seem a little off.

Natasha: Hair. Khepros.

I have spent some time on the arena over the last few days. Tonight, I spent most of  my time prepping Khepros, below, who will be my August figure (I should be able to finish Natasha within a month, except she wants to fight so she's been going real slow.) But I did want to get a little work in on Natasha, so I softened the color transition in her hair. Still needs work, but it's better now.

And this is Khepros.

Natasha: Fixing Things

 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.

Natasha: Hair

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.