"charlotte De Berry" - Lady Pirate

[Jamie Stokes]

This is my interpretation of Pegaso figure "Charlotte de Berry"

This is a WIP shot, I've more to do on this so far....

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I've decided to remove the nose ring, go for a more tanned look, less make up, and change the feathers over....​

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Putting this one together was a bit of a head scratcher..... In the end, I prepainted the shirt, the over the shoulder belt, then glued the head on, and masked off the shirt.​

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Then I retouched the skin tones. Filled the gaps between the hair and the back of the shirt. and blocked in the hair.​

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Then I went back in and blocked in the colours for the head band and neck scarf.​

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On a critical note, it seems to me that it's a pin-up model, and draped in an interpretation of what a pirate may have worn then, with some extras to add some 'flair'​

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The real Charlotte de Berry (link to wikipedia) seems to be more fictional then substantive, or perhaps at best, a real person whose facts have been distorted over time......​

This will be one of my entries for this years South Australian Model Expo.....

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[Joe55]

I always thought this was a really cool looking bust (no pun intended), but have yet to decide to get one. She seems to be going well so far ! I look forward to seeing her completed.

Joe

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Hi Joe,
I'll expand on the head scratching parts before I do a V-bench....

The head, with long flowing hair, and torso, are moulded separately.... IF you glue the head to the torso, then the hair gets in the way of painting underneath the shirt...
So I opted to paint, shade, highlight the shirt and the belt, block in the hair on the underside, and then attach the head to the torso.

Once done, I masked off the shirt, belt, and some of the hair, then airbrushed in the main part of the flesh tones (using Andrea - more tan, less yellow than Vallejo)

Touch ups inevitable, that's how I approached the construction/ fit, paint issues...

Thanks for looking in,
cheers

 

[Joe55]

Ok, that helps a lot. Now I know what I'm in for and how to go about it should I get her. My list of figs to get keeps expanding !

Joe