The first bit of fun and games was discovering that, thanks to my habit of snipping off slotta tabs, there was about 1mm of metal to glue her to a temporary base. Needless to say she fell off three times during painting.
She was pretty easy to paint, and I don't know why I didn't get her done a year ago. I went for a sailor-type look for Whitney using White and my new pot of Blue (I have about 11 shades of blue, but not actual blue). I thought about an anime-style hair colour like pink or green but bottled out and just went with Black, highlighted with Violet. I tried to go with a translucent look for her stockings, with thinned Off-White over the skin, but it looked a mess so I ended up painting them solid white.
Even though I'm not a fan of dual-wield sculpts, her post is so dynamic that I actually like it. She's based on one of the road-type bases I made the other day, and I had a hell of a job getting her to stick. Whitney's been added to my collection of survivors but I don't think I'll be picking her up too often.
Great work Matt, has a Sailor Moon vibe to the model. If your ever try ink white stockings again, start with white ink, then add 3 parts water, should give you the consistency your looking for
ReplyDeleteSailor Moon! That's what inspired her look. Thanks, Dave!
DeleteI will try that for white stockings. I thought about doing them in black wash like I did for one of my zombie strippers, but wanted to keep the white look.
lovely work, and a nice fig too! Stocking are always a bit of a pain to do, I tend to use a thin wash over a grey or flesh coloured undercoat.
ReplyDeleteCheers Roger.
The stockings looked OK when the paint was wet, but it dried pretty blotchy so I painted over them.
DeleteShe reminds me of Sailor Moon as well! I didn't realize that Reaper did anime style sculpts which is cool of them. I'm not a huge anime fan but I appreciate the style and think it works well in miniature form. I agree on the pose as well. Its very dynamic and cool looking!
ReplyDeleteThanks! She is a pretty cool mini, and I do like reaper's anime girls despite not liking anime lol.
DeleteShe look grand -- and I love the background too. It perfectly accents her outfit.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the Reaper dual-wields are often a little much. But because you've chosen a simple color-scheme, everything about this mini really works.
Thanks, matey! I appreciate that. The background is one of my 3D-printed walls that's become the go-to for my photos.
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