Ghost in the Shell +++ 1:6 Motoko Kusanagi "Firewall"
New pics of a relatively old figure model. It's a recast kit, even though of very good quality.
It is a version of "Ghost in the shell"'s Motoko Kusanagi in a cyberspace battle suit, sculpted/designed by the character's appearance in Masamune Shirow's manga "The Ghost in the Shell 2 - Manmachine interface".
The figure's color is actually not black - this would have been too dull (even though in the manga, the suit IS black). So I painted it with a black base, and added many "lighter" areas with a Mercedes Benz car color called "Black Blue" (Schwarzblau). In normal light the differences are hard to tell, but with some direct sunlight the blue-ish hue becomes recognizable. This trick not only adds more depth and contrast to the figure's outlines, it makes her also look more interesting and makes a good complement to the small color highlights. Additional reflex was created through a semi-matte finish.
The figure comes with a clear/translucent "mask" - I wanted to have the option to put this gadget on and off, so I had do devise a kind of "glasses holders" that fit between the figure's head and hair pieces. Tricky, but worked.
Another difficult task was to tint this mask in dark grey, but keeping it glossy and translucent. The solution finally came with a good coat of a Tamiya paint called "Smoke", which was perfect.
More translucent paint was applied to the yellow contrast panels of the suit - instead of a simple, opaque coat of paint I experimented with a yellow base, with an orange candy coat added on top, creating a subtle depth.
Face and hair were painted with enamels, by brush. No shading was done, due to the figure's relatively large scale.
Ghost in the Shell +++ 1:6 Motoko Kusanagi "Firewall"
New pics of a relatively old figure model. It's a recast kit, even though of very good quality.
It is a version of "Ghost in the shell"'s Motoko Kusanagi in a cyberspace battle suit, sculpted/designed by the character's appearance in Masamune Shirow's manga "The Ghost in the Shell 2 - Manmachine interface".
The figure's color is actually not black - this would have been too dull (even though in the manga, the suit IS black). So I painted it with a black base, and added many "lighter" areas with a Mercedes Benz car color called "Black Blue" (Schwarzblau). In normal light the differences are hard to tell, but with some direct sunlight the blue-ish hue becomes recognizable. This trick not only adds more depth and contrast to the figure's outlines, it makes her also look more interesting and makes a good complement to the small color highlights. Additional reflex was created through a semi-matte finish.
The figure comes with a clear/translucent "mask" - I wanted to have the option to put this gadget on and off, so I had do devise a kind of "glasses holders" that fit between the figure's head and hair pieces. Tricky, but worked.
Another difficult task was to tint this mask in dark grey, but keeping it glossy and translucent. The solution finally came with a good coat of a Tamiya paint called "Smoke", which was perfect.
More translucent paint was applied to the yellow contrast panels of the suit - instead of a simple, opaque coat of paint I experimented with a yellow base, with an orange candy coat added on top, creating a subtle depth.
Face and hair were painted with enamels, by brush. No shading was done, due to the figure's relatively large scale.