So starting another figure project, this time another sculpt by LDM and part of their Fantasy Figure line.
The supplied render for reference of the figure’s design. One thing I am right out of the gate doing is going with my own choices for colors. For her scarf I am going with a light blue gray color, for her hair a bold red, and for her skin a pale complexion. I am also going with a sandstone for the base, and adding in some desert sand terrain elements to it. The other colors I am still refining in my head.
Here are the parts fresh from their first bath following printing.
Now one issue that I immediately faced was the key hole for the leg. This was a goof on my part as I did not add enough support for it and that part of the print failed. Lesson here is always double check you are supporting key holes from below when you hollow out a part for printing.
Here you can see the added effect that this misprint has caused, a slight gap where the leg connects to the base. Have an idea that will work for fixing the gap, but that will come much latter. In the mean time I used some bondo filler to fix the shape of the key hole and seal that part of the base so I can fill the rest of the part with my preferred filler. All the other hollowed parts, save for the hair as it is weight bering, were also filled at this time.
Prior to that however I also noticed an issue with the connection point between the tail of the scarf and the torso portion. I don’t know if it was miss cut, or the tail had some issue printing but the thing does not want to fit in. So I will also need to do some work here as well to touch up the key hole as well.
Quick dry fit of everything save for the hair, bottom part of the scarf tail, and blades.
So now begins work on the base. Here it is after filling, fixing the key hole, and sanding prep. I then primed it in black, but forgot to take a photo.
For the base I wanted to do a sandstone, and am adapting a technique that I found on youtube. At this stage I dry brushed on heavily a base sand color over the primer.
Next I came back with a lighter shade and focused more on hitting high points, but still applying it liberally over the entire piece.
Lastly for tonight I came back and hit it with a highlight color focusing more on the edges, but still trying to get a large chunk of the surface. At this stage I am not trying to be precise with the paint, just looking to get as much coverage as possible.