First off, apologies that the photo quality is terrible and that the photo colours are inconsistent. I should really invest just a little time & material in a photo booth to take these photos in.

Finished product first:

So there’s that.

Here are the positives:

Somehow I levelled up my airbrushing during my time away from putting together my models. Really happy with 90% of the painting I did. Colours are smooth and I think I’m getting a handle on how to better shade (though it doesn’t show much here).



Decided not to just use one type of finish, making the plug-suit gloss (Testor’s ”wet look”) and the rest flat worked out better than anticipated!

This was still one of my first times working with waterslide decals and man are they a huge upgrade from the stickers I’m used to working with. Somehow I managed to get them quite right with placement so her eyes look great!

I wasn’t rushing, but it did seem to come together quite quickly all things considered.

Still happy with my ability to mix and pick colours I’m looking for on first attempt. Took a stab at plug-suit colour which is not straight red, but has a dash of pink and orange in it - worked out well I think (barring the photo quality of course).

Learning Points:

Panel line technique still needs work. As you can see the lines are not quite as clean as they should be. I decided to use my panel line “marker” and am happy with the style, but it looks a little sloppy to me:

I swear her hair really is the appropriate orange, but either way I should have prepped her bangs more since there is a clear gap between them and the rest of her hair. BOOO.

I know I just went on about my colour choices but I did falter in choosing a darker hair shade (orange with a touch of brown - because I thought it would be more natural) for the shadows. Was a bit too much, though still not awful.

It was very tricky to airbrush in and around and in between all those hair strands, but it’s a very nicely crafting set of pieces I received.

That’s mostly about it, so here are a few “natural light” shots just to give a full overview of the completed figure.

And here’s a final headshot with flash (I know…)

Anybody have any tips? Thoughts? Comments? I would love to hear them all!