Steven's The legend of Zelda, 3D printed figure

[Jim R]

That is excellent. Very neat, precise painting. Looking forward to the oil work.

[Steven000]

Thanks Steve and Jim,

I started using oil paints for drybrushing and shading, I'm more of an acrylic user so I'm out of my comfort zone...

I've put the main colors onto the cardboard to drain the oil, mixed the yellow with tiny bit of blue to get the green, then added white to lighten the green and blue/dark brown to darken the green...


The result so far, drybrushed the light tone over the green and painted a few dark spots, then tried to blend them a bit. Also did some shading of the hair,


Did the same on the torso, forgot to mask the white so it got some green tones now, will fix it later with acrylics.


This needs to dry now a while, then I'll try to add a gloss varnish and do some pin washes with panel liner of something...

I definitely like the extra time the oils give, but it's a bit messy with the white spirit and I'm also not the most patient modeler lol...

But I should practice some more on a scrap figure, as I'm worried I'll screw up this one.

Thanks for reading and cheers,

[PaulinKendal]

That's looking great, Steve. Lovely clean finish. Like you I've just started with oils. I think the challenge is developing a routine, an order of work that delivers the goods. Knowing which medium to use, and when, for which jobs on any given figure is just down to experience, I guess. But this looks excellent.

[Steven000]

Thanks Paul, yes it's a bit of a new workflow and trying things, what works and works not, will take time and practice like all things in life : D , goodluck on your side of the screen with the oils too ? cheers

[john hutton]

Hi Steven,
He is coming along brilliantly, your painting is spot on. Good call putting the wood effects on the inside of the sheild ?. All the colours are working very well together, Green on the tunic and hat is really beginning to pop with the oil dry brushing. Following along all the way mate.

[Richard48]

Just sublime.Fantastic work.Love it.
Richard

[Tim Marlow]

Oil work on that tunic is truly excellent Steven. You are making a great job of this one.

[Jim R]

You may be new to the oil work but what you have done is excellent. Subtle but very effective. Building up the effects in layers.

[Neil Merryweather]

Not my area of interest but there's some lovely painting going on here

[Steven000]

Thank you all for the kind feedback! ? cheers

[Steven000]

Hi guys, The 3D model came with a nice base (pedestal), but the parts were too big for my 3d printer. So now I’ll have to make something similar from scratch…

I started by cutting a disk from scrap mdf (18mm, ¾”). I used a router to bevel the edge.


In the game there was a stone that gave the time when you hit it with your sword, the stone would then reply something like : “ding dong…the current time is 17h00...” (in the game time went by fast and some things would only unlock at a specific moment).


As an inside joke I made a 3d model of the stone and some small rocks with those quotes, this took some extra time but got them printed… Under the MDF base I’ll use an Ikea lit as well.
I made a hole in the stone to mount his foot in position…


All models are designed hollow,


More rocks were made from scrap MDF


I glued everything with wood glue, then mixed small stones with diluted wood glue to cover the groundwork… (used the 2nd unpainted figure to test-fit)


This looks weird at the moment but I think it will be ok after the primer tomorrow…

Thanks for reading, cheers

[Steven000]

Spend some more time on it last week,

first some black primer with a spraycan,


Next I sprayed white with the airbrush from above,
(the cracks in the 3d printed stone were made with a knife)


I added all the base colors with the airbrush (vallejo paints), then sprayed a gloss varnish with a spraycan.


Tamiya black panelline wash was used as a pin wash, small stones were painted with a brush.
I added a matt coat with a spraycan, but it turned out satin, so I airbrushed Vallejo matt varnish over it.






Added a golden line with vallejo brass to the (bottom)base.


I think most of the work is done now, the matt varnish has to dry, next update should be putting it all together...


That's all, thanks for reading and cheers!

[Steven000]

Hi guys,

I forgot to mention in the previous post that I also added a gloss varnish and pin wash to the figure-parts (rather subtle)

Next I removed all the parts from the wooden sticks (glued with hot-glue),


Then I started gluing the parts together with superglue,


Finally seeing the parts of the figure coming together,


3D printed resin is quite brittle, the most fragile part will be the 'hand with sword',
to make this easy replaceable I drilled a hole and glued a 2mm (5/64") magnet in both the forearm and hand.
So the hand stays in place with a tiny magnet.



And that's it,
I'm calling it done as my brother will get it for Christmas in a few days, really glad I got it finished on time!


Will put some more pictures in the completed section...
Many thanks for all the support & feedback!
Cheers, Steven

[Jim R]

That is an excellent result. Your brother will love it.

[Airborne01]

Coming along beautifully!
Steve