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[themudhead]

Here is an old model I painted back in early 2010. I am working on a repaint and it is currently being stripped. My idea is to paint the model as if she were a race car. In this paint job, I didn't like the hair treatment. And the checkered, techno-fiberglass in the legs isn't coming through as I would like. It is also too red, white, and blue for me. I will be keeping the general paint scheme (except the red top will go green), racing stripes, and orange number 7 (shout out to Danica Patrick 'cause I'm a fan). Back then my paint skills were lacking and that awful GW paint just glopped thickly everywhere. Hopefully I can do it some justice now.

Get that lime green out and start those engines. Questions and comments welcome.

[themudhead]

OK. I've painted the base coat. I'm not happy with the gaiters. I used blue in keeping with the shorts but I think they will look better overall colored black as racing slicks... ;) I'm going to stick with the metallics for the metal bits... I think.

Questions/Comments?

Enjoy.

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[themudhead]

OK. More done. She is a race car! Getting there anyway...

I always do to the eyes and face first. That way if I mess up, it is quick to strip and start over. Then I worked from inside out. So her top and hair and cape and anything under her arms. The skin is next to finish. I added in mechanics gloves in red. The velcro straps are just paint, no sculpting, but the area is so small it is hard to get a good closeup shot. I still need to decide between metallic paint or NMM for the metal parts. The checkers have a couple of squares needing adjustment.

Questions and comments are welcome.

[Metalchaos]

It’s a nice concept you‘re developing. I like the green hair!

[TaleSpinner]

I really like the sheen you have on the green hair. Very well executed.

[themudhead]

Thanks. Glad you like it. I think it needs a bit more adjustment along the top part and back. But I'm pretty happy with it. Originally I had used peacock green in the hair but switched cause peacock was too blue. I'll post a new pic once I get a little further along.

[MamaGeek]

The hair looks great! A big improvement over the original paint job.

[Jordan Peacock]

There's a lot to like, but I especially like the green-highlighted hair, those checker patterns, and those hot pink gloves. :D