Replacement Dhugal
Meet the young man who will be replacing my poor, mistreated Viking II figure as Dhugal. He needs his hair color changed, and the beard may end up coming off (though I'll leave the mustache), and his eyes will need just a little bit of paint enhancement to give them the proper amber color, but all of those changes should be easily enough done, I think. The hardest part is likely going to be tinting that brown hair to a lighter copper-bronze--the brown turns out to be a little darker than it appeared in the various photos of this figure that I saw online--but the new acrylic paint "dye" technique I've learned is supposed to work even on dark hair, although it might take two or three applications of it to get the right shade. If anything, I'm more worried about mixing the paint colors to the right hue, though with a bit of trial and error I'm sure I'll be able to come up with a color that's at least close to the doll hair I've purchased for the braid.
Replacement Dhugal
Meet the young man who will be replacing my poor, mistreated Viking II figure as Dhugal. He needs his hair color changed, and the beard may end up coming off (though I'll leave the mustache), and his eyes will need just a little bit of paint enhancement to give them the proper amber color, but all of those changes should be easily enough done, I think. The hardest part is likely going to be tinting that brown hair to a lighter copper-bronze--the brown turns out to be a little darker than it appeared in the various photos of this figure that I saw online--but the new acrylic paint "dye" technique I've learned is supposed to work even on dark hair, although it might take two or three applications of it to get the right shade. If anything, I'm more worried about mixing the paint colors to the right hue, though with a bit of trial and error I'm sure I'll be able to come up with a color that's at least close to the doll hair I've purchased for the braid.