WIPs

Enjoy some of the WIPs I took while undertaking this massive project!

I didn't plan to use spray paint in the very beginning. However, after trying a few different ways to get the red to lay down, I opted to spray down black first then add red over that.

Adding in black paint over the red was really easy and helped hide it really well. The multiple layers of paint also helped hide the blemishes left behind from supports that I was either unable to fix, or came to light when I had primed it. I spent so many hours sanding and after that primer layer, it didn't look like it did anything!!!

I used real sand when making this. I felt like it would give it a more authentic feel and look. I painted the base to be a tan color so it would help blend the sand in a bit better.

The paint I used is called "Mirror" from Culture Hustle. It is a 15ml bottle that costs about 50$. That being said: in that cup belove this caption is roughly 2-3 drops of that paint, and I was able to cover the whole base with just those drops. To the point I'm pretty sure a drop wasn't used! a little goes a LONG way. I wasn't sure how well it would do but it blew my mind away with how well it dirtied up and just melded into destroyed metal.

I ended up doing the base and cross before touching Vash himself. He felt like a huge under taking and I was honestly a bit intimidated. The base that he stands on honestly surprised me the most. I didn't think it would turn out as well as it did. I ended up using mostly a mirror silver paint by Culture Hustle and added Army paint washes over top to dull it out. Turned out way better than I thought! I'm almost a bit dissapointed by how little you can see of it!

You can see in both of these photos the red is VERY glossy. I didn't *really* want that glossy of a red since I was aiming for a very rough and rugged vibe. So I ended up mixing up a deeper red to then paint over every part of the jacket so I could give it a more matte effect and some under tones. I then used washes and powders to bring out that rough tone.

The row above and below hold some closer detail shots of the statue during post processing. You can see the insane details of the model and how I tried to preserve it as best I could despite how much sanding I needed to do. I spent the most time sanding the cross, and you can see on it: it doesn't look like I did anything at all! That primer is amazing but BOY does it show you the imperfections of it as well. The photo in the middle down below is a pair of extra glasses that came with one of my Official Trigun statues. I was SO happy to see that I printed him in such a size that they would work! I plan in the future to mix up my own orange so that I can print the glasses with a translucent orange color to not have to rely on the extra pairs I have!

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