One for the stripper!

[Graham]

OK, I have finally stopped trying to recuse this figure, the painting is appalling!

What I have found with the way I work is that after so many attempts, the paint gets really rough and bitty looking and the more I try to correct it, the worse it gets. Simple cure, get it right first time I suppose but until then, it's the stripper bath for you my beauty.....

I have been working on her shield for the last couple of days which shows some promise if I can get it finished OK or that will go in the stripper to but so far, so good.

Thing is, the surface of this Andrea 54mm metal figure is not that brilliant to start with. I spent ages going over it with one of those fibreglass pens which did improve it a hell of a lot but it is impossible to get in all the tiny nooks and crannies.

I am looking at a Scale75 figure, which are also metal, but on the basis of this one, I am not too sure. It has put me off metal figures a bit (lot).

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

The shield has still got lots of legs left in it. .. But I agree the main piece has a build up of paint that is un-recoverable. Again, this is an element that we have all experienced in our own development. Oh the amount of slap, that I have put on an individual piece, to correct mistakes.. and then correct again and again! .. Ending up with a 'Blob'.. Draw a line! and strip as and when you feel the need. You will find that this line narrow's as you progress. Which makes the decision that much harder.

However, @ 54mm... this would already be a challenge.
Mark

 

[DEL]

Strip the lot Graham ........odds are that when you paint the figure it's going to be much much better.
You'll then almost certainly be dissatisfied with the shield and end up stripping it, much better to work on everything at once particularly when you're developing your style.
Tell you what, you've certainly set a challenge for yourself going for such acid colours on the shield, no room to hide with these.
Cheers
Derek
BTW The photography is great, nice and clear

 

[Ferris]

Honestly, I don't think it looks very bad. The shield is even looking very nice.

My suggestion would be to finish this figure by outlining the (few) clothes with dark colours, enlarging her left eye pupil slightly, and put it down as one on the learning curve and then to try your new approach on the next figure.

My feeling is that going back over the same figure by stripping it can take the fun out of a figure at some point.
And I really don't find it as bad as you say it is looking.

Anyway, up to you of course!

Cheers
Adrian

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

As I have mentioned before,. find a scale that you are really comfortable with and can develop! I started with 120mm, (like a lot of us) and went low to 90mm. Anything below that was out of my remit. However, I am now back to 120mm+.. This aspect is purely down to you.

Regards,

Mark

 

[Graham]

@ Mark. She is already stripped and a fresh coat of white primer is on. To be honest, she is a tall lass for 54mm, in fact I have just measured her and it is 60mm from the soles of her boots to her eyes! So more like a 65mm figure. On the box it says "54mm 1/32" which by my calculations makes her about 8 feet tall in real life! There does not appear to be much consistency with figure scales......

@ Derek. I will keep going on the shield for a while yet as I am learning more about blending on this one lol. As for the colours, I am just following the box art but there is some toning down to do yet. Inevitably, I do see it getting stripped eventually as it is a learning piece at the moment. This is something I would not even attempted six months ago.

 

[Graham]

Thanks Adrian but I really don't mind stripping and starting again (cheaper than new figures lol) and I quite enjoy doing it better the next time (hopefully). Thanks for you input

 

[Graham]

I enjoy anything from 32mm up but I do find the 1/12 busts a nice size. Not too big but big enough to use 'proper' techniques.

 

[Nap]

Hi Graham,


Adrian raises a good point about repainting sometimes the fun goes ...so STRIP STRIP STRIP....and when you have finished ...do the figure as well !!!!

Shield looks good though not sure about the main colour ...but that might just be me

You mentioned the magic word...busts.....like that !

Nap

 

[Graham]

You always say "Busts are best" Nap, who am I to argue lol

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

... Yes Kevin we know !!!

 

[Graham]

Wow! Wonderful shading and blending but the highlights look a bit hot........

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Of course this is purely a painting reference !

 

[Ferris]

Wow! Wonderful shading and blending but the highlights look a bit hot........

Agreed, but this I suggest to strip nevertheless.

Adrian

 

[Graham]

Shocking lol

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Adrian! ..I think it would change the whole composition.



Sorry Graham, we like to arse about every now and then.

Mark

 

[Graham]

Speaking of Ogres (?) Does anyone know what colour an Ogre is? (First one to say green get a QI klaxon and a spanking from none other than Stephen Fry him very self).

If I had taken more notice of my ex wife's mother I would have known this but I didn't.....

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

LOL,. I am so glad you said not 'Green'. What piece do you have in mind?

 

[Tarracus]

Speaking of Ogres (?) Does anyone know what colour an Ogre is?

Usually same fleshtones as mothers-in-law but without so much make-up. Easy one

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

Adrian! ..... In my case that would be, 'Purple',.. with degrees of 'Oral Froth'.