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Ok, here's the 99% completed versions (excluding the base). Overall I'm happy with it, though I'm thinking about hitting the skin with a thinned out black ink and then doing a touch up highlight. I also want to add the Chikara kanji to the open fan. By the time I had realized I had forgotten to add it everything was closed up for the night ^^'

About 13 hours ahead of me, you'll see pics then before your day is out :-)

Sounds like a good idea, I'll give it a go and post some pics later tonight :-) What time is it there down under?

Haven't decided on the skin yet, maybe more yellow green? VGC Deadflesh plus other colors for fun/profit?. Good point on the green making it too cool (can they ever be, "too cool?"). I'll try out the burnt orange a bit and see how it turns out. Thanks for picking up on my hesitation for the overpowering aspect :-) I am worried about it, but I'll give it a go. OH, the hair will be black yes.

Burnt orange could do it certainly. I'm thinking about using a turqoise/green on the darker side. How does that sound Osoi?

Splendid work! I love how his face is practically glowing with thoughts of his next evil caper!

So I'm sitting here avoiding the heat and painting away. Thing is, I seem to just be throwing stuff on and going with it and I'm getting close to the point where I will need a trim. I've decided to go polling for ideas. The purple is done, though it might need a little more highlighting to bring out the high areas. The silvery blue you see is VGC Turquoise (72024) that I put down as a base and then went over it with a mix of VGC Glaze Medium, VGC Wolf Grey (72047) and a bit of water. I like the effect and am getting ready to start layering on straight Wolf Grey and highlighting with white.

Sure thing :-) Ressers have to stitch together right?

Wow, that's not cool :-\ Thanks for clearing that up :-)

Sounds like some positive support :-) I like it! @Deadpool: Yea, another friend pointed that out to me. I'll have to keep it in mind for my next attempt. Yea, creepy seems to be something I'm adept at ^^'

Updating with Kirai Stuff. All that's left for my Kirai crew at this point is the two Onryo and a Shikome

Thanks for the link Jaslyne, and the compliment ^^' I try to make em as good as possible, but then I see works like yours and know that I can still learn plenty more This is my first serious attempt at OSL, how does it look? All in all I think it's acceptable, though I think I may have been a little heavy on the yellow

I love the LCB Ia!

I like how it turned out Ramos, and yea, I figured that I would need to paint the model as-is first, then add the lighting effects. I did drybrushing with my Ikiryo. I also use Vallejo paints, is there "mixing medium" the glaze medium? At the very least I can dig out my P3 paints (I used to play Khador till I burned out, hard, at the previous Adepticon, which is also where the Wyrd bug (having already taken hold) consumed me fully). @edonil: Knowing theory can be a big asset when trying new painting techniques, and your explanation was pretty straight forward. Between you and Deadpool I've got a good idea of where to start, but I get so nervous trying something on a fully painted fig because, well, if it goes wrong I have to repaint it which is tedious when you're under the crunch.

Wow, these are gorgeous, simply gorgeous! It is that impossible goal one (the rest of us) strive towards!

So I'm doing up a Datsue-ba and I want to do OSL with its lantern. Thing is, I've had only the barest exposure/experience with OSL and was wondering if I could get some tips from the more experienced painters around here. I haven't touched the lantern yet, but I plan to tomorrow. From what I've seen of other people's lanterns it'll mostly be the color of the flame within it. The subject in question...

I LOVE the reds! I look forward to seeing more :-)

Ok, after getting some good feedback and things to try, this is the result. I redid the hair and I like how it turned out, hit the skin with a wash and redid a bit of layering, then followed it up with my first attempt at OSL.

VGC Dead Flesh is a muted gray/yellow with a hint of yellow/green. It is very much descriptive of what you'd think it would look like from the title, at least it is to me.

I love the shadowing/highlights on the red you've done, that is some splendid work! I myself have a large bit of stuff left to do for Gen Con, here's to the painting crunch!

Sorry to hear you can't make it, I'm starting to look forward to meeting some of the friends I'm making on this forum :-) I'd love to see what you come up with. For as long as I have been painting (13 years) it helps to see other people try different things to motivate me to try new stuff. pgbsamurai did a phenominal job on his Lillith using wet blending, and I plan to have him teach me the technique so I can try it myself :-D PA is a touch out of the way for me yes, maybe I'll take a road trip in the future sometime :-)

I'll have to give this some thought. I'm worried that if I tone it down too much it'll look like the robe. Any color suggestions while I'm away at work? I kept getting the impression that the face was a mask. I'll have to go back over it. I haven't tried OSL before though, any suggestions?

The original idea was to have the skin "glow" a sort of ghastly/ghostly green. I had originally done the kimono in a set of greens, but didn't like it, so washed over it with light grey. I like the effect, but want more skin glow, like, nuclear (nucular? ;-)) glow.

Glad you like it edonil :-) No worries about stealing my thunder, great minds (and painters) think alike! If you plan on being at Gen Con and have yours there, they can face off, or have a tea ceremony, or whatever

Ok Deadpool, does she meet your approval now? Does she pass the test? ;-)