Wow, nice painting Isaac! You clearly have da skillz. Those are some fine examples of your work, but I checked your gallery and everything is really nicely done (especially considering the size - those look like pretty small figures).
If I was making my figures from something other than the 3 3/4" GI Joes, I might actually try that, but I don't know how much realism I can actually bring to such unrealistic looking action figures. Eh, maybe I'll try a little shading and highlighting anyway. We'll see.
I've been pleased with the Testers Model Masters paints. I've been using them for years on action figures (they work especially well on the harder plastic of the Joes). Also, I like how they behave - they mix well, dry very quickly and it's very easy to scrape off any overlap mistakes. Also I have lots of them.
With regard to Dremel skills, I have to show this off. This is a pinewood derby car I made last year (my young adopted brother's in scouts and his pack has family races in addition to the scouts' races). (http://pics.livejournal.com/roxybisquaint/pic/0002psat/) And now for the bragging: I took 2nd place in the races (my husband's pathetic looking car got 1st) and I won 3 voting categories, including all-around favorite :)
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on 2008-07-04 06:38 pm (UTC)If I was making my figures from something other than the 3 3/4" GI Joes, I might actually try that, but I don't know how much realism I can actually bring to such unrealistic looking action figures. Eh, maybe I'll try a little shading and highlighting anyway. We'll see.
I've been pleased with the Testers Model Masters paints. I've been using them for years on action figures (they work especially well on the harder plastic of the Joes). Also, I like how they behave - they mix well, dry very quickly and it's very easy to scrape off any overlap mistakes. Also I have lots of them.
With regard to Dremel skills, I have to show this off. This is a pinewood derby car I made last year (my young adopted brother's in scouts and his pack has family races in addition to the scouts' races).
And now for the bragging: I took 2nd place in the races (my husband's pathetic looking car got 1st) and I won 3 voting categories, including all-around favorite :)