07-13-2013, 09:40 AM
Figures, just never seem to be "in the right era", unpainted, or painted. 
I finally chose to simply update, or backdate their "fashions", usually by removing, and replacing.
In this photo of the tour ship, there is a mix of painted, unpainted, updated, backdated.....all brought to a specific time period, and then painted accordingly.
The three standing figures ( near the edge of the deck, just right of center )were pre-painted, and used just as they are, with only hair color modified.
The girl at the bar, in the red dress, was completely altered, the new dress made from tissue paper, soaked in water, applied to the figure and allowed to dry, and then painted.
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It's a long process, but it means that I do not have to go looking for the correct fashions.....I simply change them, before painting. This also allows me to use just about any manufacturer of scale figures, because I can also change leg and arm positions, therefore can use multiples of the exact same figure, making changes to each to give them "personality", and a different appearance.
Oh, the mistakes made during the learning process ?
they go into the "background scenes" where the errors are harder to detect. :o 
I finally chose to simply update, or backdate their "fashions", usually by removing, and replacing.
In this photo of the tour ship, there is a mix of painted, unpainted, updated, backdated.....all brought to a specific time period, and then painted accordingly.
The three standing figures ( near the edge of the deck, just right of center )were pre-painted, and used just as they are, with only hair color modified.
The girl at the bar, in the red dress, was completely altered, the new dress made from tissue paper, soaked in water, applied to the figure and allowed to dry, and then painted.
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It's a long process, but it means that I do not have to go looking for the correct fashions.....I simply change them, before painting. This also allows me to use just about any manufacturer of scale figures, because I can also change leg and arm positions, therefore can use multiples of the exact same figure, making changes to each to give them "personality", and a different appearance.
Oh, the mistakes made during the learning process ?
they go into the "background scenes" where the errors are harder to detect. :o
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!