Once and Future Projects In no Particular Order--Dabbling in 1:1, 1:6 and 1:9 scale

  • Link from the Legend of Zelda
  • 1:9 President of the Assembly
  • 1:6 complete Burke
  • 1:6 Nova--rehair Mego Wonder Woman
  • 1:9 Dr. Galen
  • 1:9 Current WIP: Market Tents, Zira mold/cast, lab scene
  • 1:6 Dr. Zaius boots and gorilla boots
  • 1:6 and 1:9 Dr. Zaius Riding Outfit (from Beneath)
  • Gorilla Soldier Net
  • Escape Zira-astronaut suit
  • Escape Zira-better fitting swing jacket
  • 1:9 Escape Cornelius: houndstooth suit
  • 1:6 and 1:9 Dr. Honorius
  • 1:6 and 1:9 Dr. Maximus
  • 1:6 and 1:9 Sleeveless Julius
  • Conquest Jumpsuits: green & red

Monday, January 14, 2008

Before, During and After painting


Here are a bunch of mug shots. Pretty damned ugly, isn't he?
He looks like a bright orange because I just scrubbed his face with dishwashing detergent--and it hasn't dried yet.











After the first light wash of grey primer









After several coats of grey as primer













I only hope to do the movie justice. I hope that the outfit outshines the bad paint job. Still hideous I'm afraid...
















Getting there... I also noticed that his helmet still wasn't quite right. I added some more to the back of the helmet so it actually surrounded a good portion of his head and not just the top part (like a bicycle safety helmet)... This is composed of 3 different scultping mediums: Sculpey mold maker, Sculpey Bake Clay, and Fimo Bake Clay. When it's off of his head, the weight of the helmet makes it stand upsidedown on a flat surface and it reminds me of a badminton birdie. A pretty whacked one at that.






















Hopefully the wild bling of the outfit will camouflage the paint job. What do magicians call it? Smokes and mirrors? Hee hee...
Not half bad for a start. It can still be adjusted by some tweaking. Now I need some honest opinions. What can I do to improve this? OK...need better brushes firstly and secondly need to stop using 3D paint! And...will darken his face a bit. Thanks for the input everyone!!
On a very good note, his eyeballs at least are pointing in the same direction!! Yay me!!