Finally. fucking. finished.
Author: nanaba

It started out OK, but that shit went sideways with alacrity. I spent the next 2 hours unhappy with the sooty mess of it, so

Guard buds and lava falls glued. They’re messier than I like, but not terrible. You really can’t tell unless you’re right up on them, and

Seriously. WTF was I thinking? Oils take for. freaking. ever. to dry. Hit the final dry-brush layers and sealed everything with matte medium. So ready

After dry fitting the lava buds, I don’t think stanchions or columns are necessary. I need to be careful not to screw up the paint,

TIL that I’ve loved Vallejo paints longer than I realized The Vallejo-Safranek marriage started the new business. They set it up in the garage of

Whelp, the clay is on. It took for-freaking-ever, but I think it was worth it. I started gap filling with plastic putty; it should work

Finally made it to the final stages. I finished cutting the corners and did a final seal of the edges with exterior PVA and heavy

I managed to lose one of my troops; well, most of her, what’s left ventures into bride of Ichabod territory. I don’t care enough to

Still watercolor first. Masking definitely feels preferable to inking over watercolor, provided you wait for it to dry. Not exactly my trump suit, though I

Watercolor first. Definitely needs work, but at least borderline recognizable for winging it. Well, some of them, a couple were busy shoplifting Bert and Ernie’s

I definitely like the Tombow Fudenosuke soft tip better than the hard. I think it may be a better fit than the Kuretake Fudengokochi too,