Filmy's Pebbles Finale

 To see part 1 go here: https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1288699427458027210/965870427847097516

To see part 2, go here:  https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/1288699427458027210/7413589169068839914

Wow! where has this kit been? Turns out I put it in a box to take to the model clubs "WIP Night" where everyone shows what they're working on. I guess when I got home I put it on my side table in the hobby area, without taking it out of the box. eventually the box got put on the stack, and there it sat in a box marked "Compressor"...

Putting it back on the worktable, I realized I was just a session or two from being finished.  As an important sidebar, I found this miniature painter, Sergio Calvo with a sort of unorthodox way of painting filling the base coat with lines and dots of paint - his work turns out fantastic. So I think I'll give that a try. Check him out at  the above link.

So anyway, I decided to "Calvo-ize" the hair and added numerous strands of different colors, and then glazed a red on top to bring her hair back to the more red of the cartoon. Looks OK, but I think I made the various strands to close together, and IMHO they all blended too well. Anyway IO was done, and thanks for looking .

 

Filmy's Pebbles Part 2

 Who boy I've been lazy about updating this blog... Before we pick up with Pebbles, I have to mention this figure painted, whose YouTube channel is called Groundeffected. He has been toying with a number of different ways to replicate skin - from the dots of various colors under the skin tone, to washes on and on.  What he's going recently and what I tried was to paint the skin areas a purple-pink, and then a strong red from below. Having done it, I thought to myself "No way!" this is going to work even tho I see the YT guy do it.  So on go the purple pink and the red. 

Letting that dry, it's time for the magic to happen when I simply apply light coats of a  flesh color over the previous colors. You know what? It worked!  "Your Dad" as the YT guy calls himself says to leave a bit of the purple pink and red to act as shadow colors.  Gotta say - I like the result. 

While that was drying I toned down the red hair and also painted the cord of the necklace. Next session I'll come back and give the skin some highlights and then on to the clothes. In Filmy's sample he has her in a realistic tiger stripe. But in the cartoon. Pebbles is wearing-what I thought was pink and purple stripe, but a closer look is pink and red - still cool I guess. Check back for that.

Filmy's Girls Pebbles

 This is a bust produced by Filmy's Girls.  From the site: 

Filmy's Girls resin model kits are created and produced by a team of talented artisans led by veteran modeler Marc Havican.  

At the heart of each Filmy’s Girls kit is a female heroine, posed in a tasteful way that is sexy, yet not offensive.  Each of our designs calls to mind the classic pinup style of Gil Elvgren, incorporating a setting that tells a story in a humorous way.  We want our kits to bring a smile to your face, and to the faces of everyone who sees your finished buildup.

Honestly, these kits are a bit out of my price range. So when i saw a bust offered, I jumped at the chance to own one of Marc's kits.  

Pebbles, if you remember is the daughter of Fred and Wilma Flinstone and as you can see she's grown into a healthy cave woman! ;)  

The 1/5 (?) scale kit comes in 6 immaculate parts - the body/base, head 2 pigtails, the back skirt and IIRC a tooth earring.

 

The beauty part about this kit is that they have already installed magnets into the parts (except for the skirt) so things fit perfectly.  The session ended after I primed the skin a light pink primer. Thanks for looking and check back.