Elf Pinup - SBS

[Brian]

Think your getting the hang of this figure making lark Glen, and the painting just brings it all together  well done

You'll have to show us a "how to" from drawing to finished piece

[Glen]

Charles/PJ, thanks.


Still making progress. The images shows round one of the blended skin tones. I have to further reduce the shading under her cheekbones and do some other touchup. Also did some workon her lips. Since she's going to have light blond hair, I opted for a medium pink with light pink highlights. There's also some light pink eye shadow above the eyes. Will finish off the eyes and lips later.


Still debating whether to use metallics or non-metallic metal techniques on the sword. I'm far more comfortable with metallics than NMM.


Cheers,

Glen

[PJDeluhery]

Nice work. I like the detail on the undies!

[Charles]

Keep going Glen, not my kind of subject but I'm watching every move.

[Glen]

Progress! First and second shades and highlights blocked in using a 1:1 mix of Tanned Shadow and Rosy Shadow (Shade 1) then a bit of Burgundy Wine added to the Shade 1 to further darken it. The highlights are Tanned Highlight and Rosy Highlight (Highlight 1) with Pure White added to it to create the second highlight. You can see how things are starting to take shape. It looks splotchy now, but the next step is to add a thin mix of Tanned Skin and Rosy Skin to begin the blending process. Final shading/highlighting will be done after that. Then the lips, although I'm not sure about the color - traditional pinup red or maybe a dark pink.


Cheers,


Glen

[Glen]

Well, our three days of MG weather was promptly followed by an ice storm and four days of sub-freezing weather. We knew it was coming, so we were prepared. We're still chipping ice, but it's getting warmer. In the meantime...


I've painted the eyes and applied the base skin tone, a 1:1 mix of Reaper's Tanned Skin and Rosy Skin. The eyes are a Misty Gray with a bit of Fair (Skin) Highlight. A slightly darker gray was added across the eyeball to depict the shadow under the lid. It's barely visible... The iris is Ritterlich Blue for the outer ring, Sapphire Blue for the upper third, and Sky Blue for the lower two thirds. Pure Black was used for the pupil. The eyes were outlined with Blackened Brown, which becomes the base for the eyelashes (added later along with a white glint). Next up is the skin and eyelid  highlights and shadows.


Questions and comments are welcome.


Cheers,


Glen

[Glen]

Some progress! We had three great days of 70+ degree weather, so I worked on some MG projects, got the B inspected , and tore around the local roads for awhile. In the meantime, I've painted an embroidered decoration on the elf pinup's lingerie. This consisted of Reaper Leaf Green and Pale Green leaves - a basic two-stroke egg shape - and Fire Orange and Marigold Yellow flowers - basically a set of dots. I looked at how pinyip artists from the 40s -60s did such things and they're often just a series of vague shapes with varying concentrations of color. I've pretty much emulated that; the spirit if not the actual skill  . The two pics show the entire piece at near actual size while the larger pic shows what's actually there. It doesn't look great, but then when you put your nose two inches from Elgren' paintings, they lose something in the translation as well. Likewise the Mona Lisa...


After some cleanup, the eyes are next.


Cheers,

Glen


Edit: fixed typo(s)

[Glen]

Well, VS and the interweb...  Turns out if you Google Image 'lingerie' you get at least 50 pics... Who knew!? 


In the meantime. I've added the base layer of the sheer material on her undies. It's Reaper Misty Gray, Sealer, and water in a 1:3:3 ratio. This is slowly built up to the desired opacity, but you have to give each layer time to dry completely, otherwise, the fresh concoction can lift and drag up the previous layer. I use the heat from an incandescent light. It doesn't look very good now, but eventually it'll all come together.


Cheers,

Glen

[PJDeluhery]

SOMEONE has been doing research at Victoria's Secret!!       I'm a believer.

[Glen]

I've made a small bit of progress. I've painted the underlying skin tones that will be covered by a sheer bra and panties. The skin is Reaper's Tanned Skin triad. A bit of Chestnut Brown was added to the Tanned Shadow to produce the darkest shadow on the skin behind her arm, around her back, and at the far end of her ...umm, derriere. This will be covered by a thin, transparent coat of off-white to represent the sheer material. The idea behind (ha!) it all is that the material will cut down the amount of light hitting the skin and create its own shadow. The material will also prevent light from bouncing back to the eye, so the skin will appear a bit darker and a bit grayer.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.




More later.


Glen

[PJDeluhery]

Thanks, Glen. I'll watch for further developments.

[Glen]

Thanks PJ. Here's another pic. This one is primed with Floquil Model Railroad Gray Primer cut with a bit of lacquer thinner and brushed on. It took about 90 seconds... One thin I noticed is that there was a lot less final cleanup before priming. I paid more attention to smoothing things out before the putty was cured by painting over the putty with a wet (water) flat paintbrush. The idea was to smooth out tool marks and fingerprints, while also removing stray bits of putty and stray bits of sanding debris from previous carving and sanding sessions. I think it was time well spent.


The first painting session is next!


Cheers,


Glen

[PJDeluhery]

Amazing work, Glen.

[Glen]

OK, I'm starting another project. This time, a 90mm Elf Pinup babe. This may be a bit on-again, off-again, due to the upcoming holidays. I'm not sure how much time I can devote to it for the next month or so.


I used an interweb pic (wearing clothing and safe-for-work, no less) of a fairly thin gal with long hair. I made a few mods to the hands and added the sword. I made the drawing, inked it in, then scanned it to a height of 90mm. I have an old light box used for viewing 35mm slides (you older folks may remember those...) to trace the image onto a piece of .020" sheet plastic. The drawing was re-inked, then cut out using some straight and curved scissors.


The piece was then sculpted over the plastic using two-part Aves Apoxie Sculpt putty. I did the face first, but kept it simple - shallow depressions for the eyes and cheeks and slight mounds for the cheekbones. The eyes and mouth were engraved. This was followed by the thighs. This was followed by other sessions to form the torso and right hand, then the hair and panties (knickers, sorry...), then the sword and left arm. The nose and pointed ear were last. I tend to work in separate ares to avoid dragging my fingers and tools through still-soft putty. In each case, the putty was force-cured using the heat from an incandescent light bulb and the cured putty carves and sanded to the final shape and smoothness. The sculpt image is a table-top shot on my desk with some offset light. It shows only slightly more relief than a scan. The piece is about 1mm thick on average with the arm and panty ruffles bumping it up to 2mm in those areas. Other parts of the panties, bra, and sword are engraved. My intent to is paint all of the decorative bits on the lingerie, so we'll see how that goes...


Questions and comments welcomed.


Cheers,


Glen


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