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This is Sailor Saturn's face after base coating with a flesh paint.
The headband was painted with a bronze metallic lacquer paint from
Humbrol and highlighted with gold. The cheeks were
highlighted with a tint of blush by mixing the
flesh tone paint with pink to provide a slightly redder
look. The highlighting was done with the airbrush using the
fine tip. After the cheeks were colored a light coat of a slightly
whitened flesh was sprayed over the cheeks to blend the colors and
give a color variation to the basic flesh tone. |
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This is the face after the whites of the eyes are painted. It was helpful that the
position of the pupils was cast in the resin which is why the
complete eye is not painted white. |
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This is the face after the eye color has been painted. I used a
pearlescent mauve color on the top and a pearlescent pink color on
the bottom. The paints were slightly blended together where
they met. |
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The black highlights have now been painted around the eyes
and the eye lashes have been drawn. Although this looks easy it is
not. It is quite hard to paint fine detailed lines without
making a mistake. Once the brush slips, you can kiss your work
goodbye. If you look closely at the picture you can see that
the black lines around the eyes are not consistent in thickness
and size. This is repaired later when the head is fully
assembled. |
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The dark pupil of the eyes have now been painted. I
used a metallic dark blue color as I wanted something a little
different from pure black. |
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The last step is to add the white highlights to the
eye. These highlights give direction and character to the
figure. There is a drop of pure gloss white put in the upper corner of the
eye and a slight reflective triangle is drawn on the lower part of
the eye. |
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