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[b]About the (conversion) project:[/b]
After a long hiatus an anime character model again! This Rei Ayanami figure was inspired by a photo-realistic illustration I found while browsing A.I.-generated artwork at playground.com, and the respective artwork was created by a prompt from someone called “YCTt”.
I liked the less anime-esque style of the character, and the red-and-white plugsuit design with many colorful contrasts, and saved the artwork as an inspiration – until I recently felt the urge to build “something different” from my usual what-if military vehicles and went through my stock of resin anime character kits to find a suitable “canvas”.
I eventually settled upon a 1:6 scale model of Rei Ayanami in her authentic white plugsuit, even though it’s a more anime-ish rendition and not so “realistic” as the A.I. illustration. The kit is just a recast and I had preferred a smaller scale, but I found that the figure’s upright standing pose and the plugsuit’s rather simple style would be a good starting basis.
The parts were cast well, without bubbles and with almost no seams, but details and edges not particularly crisp. The white resin material was not very dense either, everything felt light and a bit delicate – but not brittle. However, the kit was quite cheap, and you get what you pay for – and that was/is not bad at all, esp. as a conversion basis.
After cleaning the fit of the major parts (torso and legs were a single piece, and both arms, together with an area of the flanks, cut out along natural seams of the plugsuit) turned out to be very good, so that the arms could be worked on and especially painted separately, to be assembled later without PSR!
For display I built a neutral 4x4” base from a piece of laminated chipboard, pimped with edge band. A 2.5mm iron wire was mounted as a figure holder, and the same material was also used to strengthen the connections of the figure’s major components. Once completed the base was painted with semi-matt acrylic black paint from a rattle can.
The figure was built mostly OOB, I just made some minor tweaks. One fundamental thing I changed was the head position. The original figure looks over the left shoulder, but I wanted to present her later in a frontal view, so that the eyes should rather look forward. That was not so easy to realize, because the neck had to be modified, with a wedge-shaped plug under the chin to lift the face into a proper new position. This was sculpted with 2C putty around the head’s iron wire connector and some fine acrylic putty for a smooth finish.
From that point on head and body developed separately. The boxy things under the breast were removed, and instead I sculpted a W-shaped ledge, again with 2C putty, to come closer to the A.I-generated, somewhat “cleaner” version of the plugsuit.
The head was taken OOB, but the eyes required some attention, because they were sculpted in a rather protruding fashion, and overall it did not have much resemblance to the original character. However, I did not dare to take the risk of physically modifying the eyes and the IMHO too pronounced lips – a decision that later turned out to be better than expected (if you do not cling too much to the real Rei Ayanami character and her traits).
Head, body and arms were worked on and painted separately – the arms made it insofar easy as they were molded with the body’s armpit sections, using natural edges of the plugsuit to hide the kit’s seams.
Painting started with an overall coat of grey acrylic primer on everything, followed by a foundation with RAL 9002 (Grauweiß) on arms and body, plus some Tamiya TS-26 (Pure White) post-shading “from above” to support light effects. This was not really necessary, though, because the figure is at 1:6 scale (1’ tall!) large enough to produce realistic light and shade effects on its own.
In the meantime the face was spray-painted with a foundation in Tamiya TS-77 (Flat Flesh) and some shading with Vallejo “Pale Flesh” from a rattle can. The lip’s line was laid out with thinned Humbrol 70 (Brick Red), and at first I painted the lips themselves in a rather dark and reddish skin tone – but that looked too exaggerated and obtrusive, esp. for Rei’s introvert and reclusive character. This was later changed to a much lighter skin tone, similar to the rest of the face.
The eyes were experimentally created with the help of decals; I had ordered a set of generic anime eye decals of various sizes and colors before the build, and luckily there was a pair of suitably red female eyes in the set that I tried. To make them fit properly onto the face I separated the yes from their brows, though, and the rather tall eyes had to be trimmed to fit on/into the sculpted eyes sockets in the resin face. Weird task, but it wok4ed better than expected, also because of a rather sturdy but flexible clear carrier film, reminiscent of vintage Matchbox kit decals.
However, this was not the end concerning the eyes: I added some eyelashes and eyelids with black paint, some lighter red sections to the pupils and small white light reflexes. In the end the combined method of decals plus painting worked well, with a presentable result.
After the face had been finished it was sealed with matt acrylic varnish and the “hair helmet” had to be mounted and PSRed around it – another delicate task, followed by paint work on the pale blue hair for which I used Humbrol 47 as basis, mixed with Cobalt Blue for some deeper areas and hair strands and with some white for highlight, tips and an artificial light reflex halo around the upper head, frequently seen on the animated character.
In the meantime body and arms received contrast areas in deep red (Revell 34), Garter Blue (Humbrol 221) and Oxford Blue (Humbrol 104). This stunt required a lot of masking, and the demarcation lines between the red and the white sections on torso and legs were later added with generic 2mm black decal stripes. After a light black ink washing to emphasize edges and recesses the suit’s wrinkles were post-shaded with lighter shades of their foundations – only as a subtle effect to add a bit more materiality to the figure. The “00” on the breast was created with 45° USAF letters from an aftermarket decal sheet, while the large “0” on the backpack was laid out manually with black acrylic paint.
A lot of detail paint and corrections followed, everything was sealed with a coat of matt acrylic varnish, and the figure was finally assembled.
A tough project, and at first I was a bit disappointed by the kit’s face which does not resemble the anime Rei Ayanami at all. However, once completed, the face and the figure’s expression matches the A.I.-generated, rather realistic picture of the character more than expected, as if the figure would rather be a physical model of that picture than of the “real” anime Ayanami. Odd, but a pleasant and conciliatory outcome of a quite challenging conversion project. And the colorful plugsuit variant looks pretty good, too.
Prompt: 1970's; black gesso, white pastel (background), printed material, 3"x5" index card. In appreciation of one of the first video games (Pong, 1972) and all those that follow it. Technology has come a long way baby ;-)
Hi! My name is Amber. I was born and raised in New Mexico (no longer living there, but love visiting there). I like graffiti.
Photo-A-Day June challenge. Today's prompt is "On Your Plate." I've been trying to eat healthier, less processed food for several months. Tonight we picked up some salmon sashimi and I made a salad with lettuce, avocado, grapefruit, mango, edemame beans, and blue cheese.
i liked this final prompt. it was a lot o' fun. i didn't want to get negative with the "nots", but it's funny how they reveal what i wish i were (a little more of)! the precious items i tend to save (not use) are vintage labels and seals so i used them on this assignment!
160_GHP_EconomicOutlook2018.JPG - Greater Houston Partnership Houston Region Economic Outlook featuring Ellen Zentner, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist with Morgan Stanley Research, on the national economy. In addition, the following panel of local experts will share their perspectives on the region's economyDecember 5, 2018. (Photo by Donna Carson)
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The prompt was fairly easy today. These are people who are very important in my life.
My daughter and her family last year when the baby was only a couple weeks old. Photo taken by Posy Quarterman
I played around with Twinkling H2Os.
Supplies: leaves by Prima
Stamps: alphas by Kelly Purkey (I think), saying by Studio Calico.
High school students will explore the motivations behind Shakespeare’s comic, tragic, and historic characters with these creative journal prompts.
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The Prompt gallery and nightclub site is at promptgallery.space where there are event listings for shows in AltspaceVR - also see account.altvr.com/channels/abstraction. The world code for the Prompt is YQT013
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a shot of my laptop (screen) on command prompt... and I did something pretty messed up. ARGH! Suffer the consequence of ignorance or of being a know-it-all, Gabe :'(
An autumn scene at the Chase Preserve in Brunswick, Maine.
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A self-service McDonalds panel at M6 Sandbach motorway services appears to be stuck at boot, or at some kind of start-up process. I do love it when tech goes wrong with the general public all to see.
Assuming the time is correct it has been 'Running np6' for over a hour.
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ugh. I can't believe I am sharing this with you guys. I understand if you no longer want to be friends... barf. But yes, I have a Megan Fox thumb!! My own mother didn't know about my thumb until I showed her. I didn't know about my thumb until my cousin showed me when I was younger... It's gross and ugly. I really hope no one else in this group has clubbed thumbs or I am in trouble.
Indoors prompt- 4 thumbnails - same view - different focus. I am seeing a little frantic energy which is how I felt doing this. For some reason the assignment to repeat some of the same elements in each view made me feel more pressure...still working it out.
Documented Life Project week 10 prompt: What makes you you? Blogged drawdaily.blogspot.com/2014/03/documented-life-prompt-wha...
Prompt #1: What Holds You Back?
- I copied the original technique of the host by first making a list of all the things that hold me back from doing the things I want to do. Then I added adhesive letters to spell the word WHAT.
- I used a masking technique and painted over the page, including the word WHAT. Once the page dried, I peeled the letters off the page to reveal the paper underneath. I used hot pink acrylic paint that costs about $1 from Michael's.
- I stamped the whole page with a script stamp using brown Staz-on ink
- Next, I used rub-on letters on the tag that reads "blah blah" (Didn't have room for another blah!) and edged the tag in black ink
- I covered a naked chipboard arrow with a vintage dictionary page, sanded and edged it in black ink, then added handwritten text that reads: JUST GET OVER IT
- Added an Ampersand (&) sticker
- Added a metal word "believe" (found in the $1 bin at Michael's)
- Dymo label for the date
- On the back of the page I wrote the date and the prompt question.
A tagboard prompting students at the eighth annual IPE Welcome Back event at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Ann Arbor, MI on September 8, 2015.
The event welcomes students back who had been studying abroad the previous semesters, while sharing experiences and learning how to process the information and knowledge acquired.
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing