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| 29 March 2004 | page first published |
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Zaphod Beeblebrox continues:
First thing you see is that I have primed him black. Yes. Black is the way. I tried white on the ship, as well as some other projects, and though it was the right thing to do for the ship, I had nothing but hassles with the other figures. So black.
Also, I used a small vice to hold the figure easily. I can set the vice across something when I am not working on the figure, as well as using it as a stand for the pictures by laying it across a spray can lid and rotating the pics 90 degrees after. Kept them all the same size and focus!
The face was okay to paint, except for the eyes. They are not sculpted well at all, and with the cap being pulled so low, it was quite hard to make out the details. At least he has them. I started by base-coloring his face with Dwarf Skin, and then applying a few layers of shading by mixing some Chocolate Brown in. I painted the eye sockets Chocolate Brown as best as I could make them out, and then painted the eyeballs White. The eyes were dotted with the Micron pen (my friend again!), and I began highlighting by mixing Flat Flesh in and then White.
The arms were painted the same as the face, and the muscles shaded nicely with the darker mix. Also, painted his hair with Chocolate Brown, mixing some Bone White in for highlights. I painted the standard issue Federation Side Burn on the exposed side of his face (the other has the headphone piece).
The uniform I liked was the one in Star Trek III that a certain security guard wore in the "mental institute" that was McCoy's home. Remember? Sulu said "Keeping you busy?" and the ham-fisted guy stood up, towering over Sulu and said, "Don't get smart, tiny"...just before Sulu opened a can of whup-ass on him? Well, that was the general idea I wanted. A light blue-grey, and white and black accoutrements.
The white parts - like the shirt, pant-leg pouches, hat brim and shoulder pads - were painted using Chocolate Brown, Bone White and White. The uniform itself was a mix of Azure and Wolf Grey, then highlighted up by adding White.
All of the leather, boots, gloves and belt were painted the same as the seat on the craft, using the greys to highlight. Last but not least came the belt buckle, handles and cap logo. I used Snakebite Leather to make NMM gold on them, highlighting with White. I wanted to put his Fed logo on his chest, but the lapel seemed wrong, and there was no room beside or above it, so on the cap it went! The boots are steel-toed, and done in dark NMM.
I gave him a good spray, cut the tab off, fixed the boots and then we were done!
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