Wip: Morte by Vispo - Part III: the seat

Time to start working on the seat. I used Ivory as base color and then shaded with pastels.
I think I like how it's turning out... I like how in close up you see some holes because it makes me think even more of old bones.
The light is no good so you can't see that there's a very light touch of gold, especially on those kind of beads at the top and just under them. Also at the base of the skulls' horns. It is quite unobtrusive because I want the focus to be the figure and not the base and also because usually you see the seat painted in metallic colors... I wanted mine to be different.

Wip: Morte by Vispo - Part II

Here is an image of the reconstruction I did to cover Morte's boobs. It's not perfect, I know... but it's my first attempt at something like this so it will have to do!


A general view of what I've done so far...


To be continued...

Wip: Morte by Vispo

This is a beautiful sculpt by Vispo. I decided to alter her bodice a little as originally her breasts are exposed. I don't really have a problem with (tasteful) nudity, but in this case I don't see the point.
I think her face turned out nice, hope you think so too! ^^'



More to come!

Wip: Kaname and Tessa Bontakun - Ref photos

I thought it might be nice to add some ref photos of what I'm working on right now: the first is the artwork the models are based on (I wish all the girls and Sagara in the Bontakun costume were available, but unfortunately they aren't >_<).
The second is just a nice wallpaper of the 2 girls and I'm using this image to paint their eyes... of course I don't expect them to come out looking just like that, I'm not that good (yet? wishful thought! LOL).

Wip: Kaname and Tessa Bontakun - Tessa resculpt

Well well, after many days of putty, carving, sanding, priming and starting everything all over again, this is what I came up with:

Her eyes are not definitive as my thin brushes are ruined and I need to find the time to go to the art store to get some more. So I just made a sort of draft to check the color and the general the effect. Any suggestion would be appreciated!

Finally my display cabinet!

So, after long procrastination, because I *hate* going to Ikea, I finally got my display cabinet, the mythological DETOLF almost any modeler in the world has!
Why do I hate going to Ikea? Well, I don't know elsewhere, but here whole families take trips there as if they were going for a nice pic-nic or something. They bring their kiddies who are free to run around and climb on every piece of forniture. So it's really a nightmare, considering I always get migrains in malls under the best circumstances!
So, after a dreadful Sun morning spent in there, and a dreadful Sun afternoon trying to put the pieces together (not easy!), this is what it looks like:

Too bad I don't have room for another next to it, because it's already almost full!

Wip: Kaname and Tessa Bontakun

I got stalled again with my Goth Devil Girl, so I decided to start something else. Now, these were supposed to be quite quick builds, but then I decided I didn't like one bit Tessa's chubby face, so I started a complete resculpt!

This is a completely new thing for me and so it's taking time as I'm going by the "mess-it-up-and-try-to-fix-it" method! Right now they look weird and scary (Kaname's lips needed some fixing too!).

Anyway, I have hopes!

1/8 Fuyuki Miharu

Over a month went by without a single new entry... I'm sooo bad! But in my defense I can say that I've had so many troubles with my internet connection that I was actually unable to write for most part of this month.
Well, at least I'm back with something to show: this is Fuyuki Miharu, a character from "Welcome to Pia Carrot" I'm absolutely not familiar with. I got her from a member of Hobbyfanatics a few months ago because I was totally in love with her green dress and I saw possibilities. I started working on her 3 days ago after I found out my friend Conny was also interested in her at the time I got her, so we had a chat and I suddenly decided I wanted to see her done.
I must say I'm *quite* satisfied, altough there are 2 things I need to work on a lot above all the others (and there's a lot more, believe me): masking and whites! I hate those, both of them! I also still need to improve photography!
Anyway, enough from me!

Wip: Asuka Angel Version Stage II - Model finished, awaiting for a base

Temporary photos for the model without its base, which hopefully will be ready in September:

Wip: Asuka Angel Version

This is a very simple kit from certain points of view, but a little complicated from others: while it doesn't have a frilled dress or many complicated hair parts, the fact that it is a nude makes it harder to hide gaps (and there were quite a few and nicely sized too!). So I decided to pre-assemble the body and then paint it, which is something I've never done before. While I was at it I also decided to give her a more rounded head as it looked a little flat, and also a hair partition line.
Doing so of course it became quite hard to reach certain areas to sand them. Well, a girl can't have everything, can she?

Painting her eyes was also a little tricky as her legs were in the way! (^_^);;

Back view: I quite like the shading along her backbone and... well... her butt! (^_^);;;;

Since I don't have a proper setting for photos here in Palinuro (and even if I did you wouldn't be noticing the difference!) I took them with and without flash to show better some details.

I have a base in mind for her which involves a bench and some leds but I'm not sure I'll be able to make it. However this, just as Shinku's one, will have to wait for September as I don't have the proper materials and shops here.

More to come, I'm currently shading her wings.