Khepros: Skin Shading

Did a second round of shading on Khepros's skin. Highlights next. Maybe fixing up the shadows on his left shoulder blade a bit.

Khepros: Skin Shading. Arena: Put together.

 Here's Khepros with a first round of shading on his skin:

Did not make as much progress on him as I was hoping to because I spent some time putting the arena sections together:

I need to do some gap filling on the pillars that just got put together, repaint those pillars, and then put on the pillar toppers. Then I can work on the base. I'm not sure why the gaps are as bad as they are; I think there might have been some movement as the glue cured. 

Arena: More walls done

 I did a drybrush on the rest of the arena walls and some of the pillar toppers, then put the pillar toppers in place. Next, I'll go back and clean up where the gray drybrush got a little out of hand. After that...not sure. I think that's when I'll really need to start making decisions about how I'm going to get it all put together and placed on its base.

Arena: Coming Together!

Since finishing Natasha, I've been taking this last week or so of the month to work on the arena. I'm happy to report that everything has been base coated and I've started the process of washing, highlighting, and putting pieces together. Here's the first chunk I've assembled:

Is it the best building ever? No, not hardly. But I'm very happy to be at this stage, finally. But as I assemble more, I also need to start thinking about how I'm going to put it on its base, and then the basing itself.

9!

As expected, finished up Natasha tonight. Definitely not my best piece every, but there are things I like about her - her eyes, the halter top - as well as things that have (lots of) room for improvement - her hair, probably some of the face details. But she's done enough and I am reasonably satisfied. 

Natasha: Arm

 Finished Natasha's arm detailing today, and fixed up the join between the arm and the rest of the figure a bit by applying some putty. Tomorrow I'll paint the 'cut off'' portions black, and she'll be done. This is not my best work ever; there are many areas that could be improved. But this figure has been a struggle from the beginning and it's just gonna be a 'D' for 'Done Enough'. It was nice to try something different, and I'm not completely displeased with the results. I'm also glad to be moving on.

Natasha: Studs, Arm

 Since last time, I finished the studs on her collar and halter and got a base coat on everything on her arm. I've attached the arm and will do cleanup and the shading and highlighting that still needs to be done with it attached. The joint didn't go together quite clean, so I'll need to smooth that out as well. Almost there, though.