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Is there anything special about the dark uni? It looks like colorshift of some sort, but it’s hard for me to tell.
Masquerade looks so good on the male gryphon. Likely a forlorn hope, but I’d love to see something like that become a production color. The gryphons haven’t gotten a new color in ages.
Found some new paints that might be of interest to people here.
They’re called Enchanted and Enchanted Shimmer. Enchanted Shimmer is iridescent with a very fine glitter and Enchanted is an iridescent paint that seems like a less expensive substitute for Golden’s interference paint.
They’re made by Decoart and were at Michaels.
Thanks!:)
I’ll ask for a replacement as a last resort; there aren’t a large number of places for the eye to slip into/between so I want to thoroughly search for it first.
A new WIP I started recently.
This will be Copper Caramel Apple as soon as I can find one of its eyes. Fell right out of its socket while I was testing them and hasn’t been seen since.
Painted this one to test out a metallic green paint I found at Menards of all places. It looks great against the copper.
Once its eye has been recovered and everything is glued in it’ll be for sale.
Thanks Ela_Hara!
If anyone is interested in trying to foil, I found a gilding kit at Tuesday Morning today (RIP, I love that store).
The sheets feel just like the transfer foil I use, except the colors in this one are solid. Worth trying if you can find it for a good price.
Working on a commission! Have the head left to foil. It’s by far more vivid in real life, but the pastel/faded look isn’t that bad.
Thank you everyone for the kind words!^^
That cotton batting cupcake box looks really cute! How is the fabric held together to maintain its body?
Wow, your camera captured the colors on her body so well! Mine could never pick up the detail, haha. I’m really glad you like her, too!
Also, her head and bib are coated with a soft touch varnish, so they’ll feel like they had been sanded down to a soft smooth finish.
A bit of a basic thing I painted to try out some new materials I got.
Looks pretty unassuming, but under a UV light…
The white glows a bright blue and the glitter glows various colors. The orange happens to show up the best in photos.
Unfortunately this has a number of issues that aren’t visible in the photos so I’m not going to finish it beyond what’s already done. However it did give me good information about what (not) to do with any further ones so it’s not a total loss.
I was actually looking into getting some kind of imitation whipped icing to make the top something like this: https://www.leeleescreations.shoppingcartsplus.com/i/strawberryglazed.jpg
So far paper clay is in the lead but I want to do a bit more research into the material to make sure it’s what I want to use. Based on its price point it is likely going to be the item of choice.
Thank you both of you!
It may end up being for sale once finished, if someone is interested in it and the final product meets my standards.
If you do decide to go with 10mm eyes, 2-part epoxy sculpt can be helpful to modify the socket – it’s the default item people use here to repair large chips and missing pieces from damaged figures. A 10mm eye in a Keeper leaves a fair amount of space all around the eye socket compared to the 11mm (just checked with a Keeper I had).
