PaulinKendal
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Thanks for the encouragement, all - I'll do my best!
Rashida
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PaulinKendal
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Agreed, Richard, I'll be painting them, not plucking them.Hi Paul, there's a reason the lashes were molded as is to be painted. So I don't think you need to remove them.
I find false eyelashes very comical... I think it's a trend as some American black athletes spot humungous caterpillars or ostrich feathers on their eyelids. They could have shaved off seconds from their timespeeds had they done without them.
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Richard
But huge lashes are not a black thing - they're everywhere.
….and they are really ugly in my opinion…..
PaulinKendal
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Amazing how these things get normalised, though. Work with the great British public on holiday and you see it all - tattooed eyebrows; wildly artificial, thickly applied foundation; weird, pearlescent blusher in a band from ear to ear; and don't get me started on botox and lip fillers.
And that's just the men...
Then again, look at that traditional African face decoration, scarification, Maori tattoos, various traditional skin implants, Good Queen Bess and her make-up of lead white and mercury - we've been there before with all of this.
And that's just the men...
Then again, look at that traditional African face decoration, scarification, Maori tattoos, various traditional skin implants, Good Queen Bess and her make-up of lead white and mercury - we've been there before with all of this.
PaulinKendal
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I will get on with the painting soon, I promise.
rtfoe
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rtfoe
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Make it quick...matron just heard that she's been identified...horrors!!
Cheers,
Richard
Geroutofit…….they have great expressions
Actually we have three Llamas (what alpacas want to be when they grow up) living about half a mile away, so yes…..they are quite common in the UK these days, used to guard the sheep flocks from loose dogs apparently.
PaulinKendal
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Paint the eyes and - she's alive!
Cracking stuff. You are getting very good at the eyes Paul…..love the catchlights….
Jim R
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The eyes are the window to the soul and you have painted them superbly.
Jim
Jim
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Thanks chaps. I've just put a very thin coat of Vallejo German camo black brown over her skin and I'm almost tempted to leave it at that! The silk finish catches the light perfectly - but I guess I'll have to paint those skin highlights in 
Yes you will, unfortunately, Paul. Apart from anything else, skin isn’t monotone (at least, in the larger scales) so you need to work in the warmer and cooler areas. No five o’clock shadow to worry about thoughThanks chaps. I've just put a very thin coat of Vallejo German camo black brown over her skin and I'm almost tempted to leave it at that! The silk finish catches the light perfectly - but I guess I'll have to paint those skin highlights in
PaulinKendal
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Ah, I'm thinking of giving her an ultra-short crop, so that five o'clock shadow might be needed!
And the range of highlights is enormous - with shiny skin almost to white. This is going to take some serious glazing.
And the range of highlights is enormous - with shiny skin almost to white. This is going to take some serious glazing.
Great tones on that second image. Almost purple on the back of the neck and the middle of the forehead. I think the highlights are light caucasian rather than white though…..and I can see some glazing medium in your future LOL…..personally I find it easier to glaze with darker colours. They have less titanium white in them and are less likely to chalk up. You are going to have so much fun with this 
PaulinKendal
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Good call Tim. I'm taking the colour right up, so should be able to take it back down with darker glazes.
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So here she is looking rough, but with the skin colour starting to come good. All paints are Vallejo.
Over black primer, I started with German camo black brown, which has a purple-blue cast to it, which seems to work well (that recommendation comes from the link Tim gave upthread). Then a sequence of blends from that black brown to chocolate brown, brown sand, pale flesh. Then glazed back down again with chocolate brown and then black brown. I now need to even out some of the sketchiest parts and then work up the highlights. The highlights you CAN see are generally just light reflected off the sheen.
Over black primer, I started with German camo black brown, which has a purple-blue cast to it, which seems to work well (that recommendation comes from the link Tim gave upthread). Then a sequence of blends from that black brown to chocolate brown, brown sand, pale flesh. Then glazed back down again with chocolate brown and then black brown. I now need to even out some of the sketchiest parts and then work up the highlights. The highlights you CAN see are generally just light reflected off the sheen.
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... And if you look at those lashes, I think the sculptor new PRECISELY what s/he was doing!
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... and back up again...
