Recently I’ve had one of those happy spells wherein a bunch of projects all get done in rapid succession. Just recently I finished a couple figure kits with, I now realize, a common theme: Cheekbones.
The first is a rendition of Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein from Greenfield Studios. Mrs. R really likes this one, and I have to admit it’s an excellent likeness:
…and the second is a sculpt of Vampira by a fellow named Maddox. I fell in love with this one when I saw a couple painted ones at Wonderfest last year. The paint job is sorta kinda an accident, but the more I look at it the better I like it:
That’s nice work on Vampirella: you manage to evoke a feeling of make-up present without losing the feel of naturalness. I used to make models for a living but I’ve never done figure painting. Nicely done.
Elaborate? I’m sure that you didn’t just accidentally spill some paint on it, or anything like that. What were you trying to do, and what happened instead?
I once read a book on painting portraits in which the author used purples in the shadows, and had always meant to try it on a figure. So I mixed up my usual shadow-mid-light flesh tones, using some violet in each, and she ended up way more purple than I expected. I compensated a bit by adding some normal light flesh tone on the areas which would see highlights, and ended up with what you see. At first I was a bit inclined to repaint, but like I said, after contemplating it a bit, I decided that I liked her as-is.
I have since tried the purples again, on a “sexy Bride of Frankenstein” figure, with much more restraint, and the jury’s out on that one.
