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I've been binge painting for a few weeks. These girls are almost done! A bunch are mine, a few are for friends, a few are commissions, and the rest will go to Etsy next week.
Former Sunshine Line StreetLite 63199 returned to service this week following repaint into the new local Aberdeen livery. Seen here on layover at Hillhead on the 20 to Balnagask. Hillhead Campus has hosted a large number of Aberdeen COVID confirmed cases in the last six weeks, the Hillhead testing centre still had students coming in and out today.
Back in service yesterday from seafield works is the third hybrid painted into madder and white following 204 and 207 is 206 seen here at Elm Row on service 10 to Torphin.
I may have bought this set primarily for Maleficent, but I paid 10 quid in import duty for them both, so I was damned if I was leaving Sleeping Beauty herself to languish in a box...
It almost feels like 'too little, too late' with Mattel's Signature series. There are some great new head sculpts - but then they all have the same, stiff arms and (at least these two) completely unjointed legs! Monster/Ever After High and the Fashionista/Style series have shown us that Mattel can make some brilliant articulated bodies - I just don't understand why they wouldn't try and use some of that for these dolls - which are supposed to be some sort of premium range, after all.
As for the repaint - I went for a side-glance (because I usually do), and a sort of doe-eyed, Veronica Lake-esque face; she always strikes me as looking half asleep even when she isn't under the spell. I refrained from rooted lashes/gloss varnish this time because I wanted her to have the rather stylised, flat appearance of the movie art direction (which is genius, by the way).
These are all my full repaints, my 3 Freddy Tan Misaki repaints are on the left, my 3 Park Poppy Parker repaints are on the right, & my 1 Momoko repaint by Ini is in the middle.
Former OM Optare Solo 40334 is seen here after repaint following transfer back to its original depot at QS. During its first spell at QS 40334 work the Metroshuttle routes in Manchester City Centre which replaced the Centreline service. It was in the green Metroshuttle 2 livery.
I repainted Jane today... I feel like my relationship with the Miyu sculpt is very love/hate. Sometimes I love it, sometimes I hate it... but it's always a struggle. I'm happy with the faceup, I like these eyebrows more and I think I finally have the right color over all for her, especially in the lips. However, I had one hell of a time trying to position her darn eyes and I have no idea why! >.<;
Another E500 repaint, this time 38217 and notably the last bus in service to carry the Bridges brand now only survived by withdrawn 38223.
38217 changed over driver at Castle Street.
Having given up with the 800s Lothian have moved onto the 300s and don't they look wicked. As off late the 300s have been looking a bit rundown but now they look brand new again and here is a prime example is Lothian 376 while seen doing a service 31 to East Craigs seen here in the sunshine at Atholl Crescent.
Still not the best as I think... neither the eyes.
Need to redo again but I'm happy that I improve my DD face-up skill.
But I need more time.... T.T
face sculpted over an old jasmine head with heatmold plastic, painted w acrylics, action figure body…
same ruana as v.1, sewed out of a cloth napkin for the texture.
Still not the best as I think... neither the eyes.
Need to redo again but I'm happy that I improve my DD face-up skill.
But I need more time.... T.T
Made a quick shirt for him (forgetting to check the even-ness of the collar before I finished it, oops), because I ended up liking him too much for any of the existing male doll clothes around here to seem suitable. Still need to make a pair of fresh new jeans for him, though (he's wearing a pair of older Harley Ken jeans for now)
Recently completed bare metal repaint from the OOC Felix Plaxton Paragon.
This one is a combination of spray (black) and brush (gold) finish and an unusual arrangement for transfers seeing a white base transfer for the fleetname provided by John Atwood with a home-made inkjet one applied over to achieve the required colour.
Worked out quite well overall!