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I am moving this project to the Workshop because I think it belongs here better as a separate project.

Questions and comments appreciated.

 

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I started by making a few 1/48 idol figures for my Stage Diorama on the Flight Deck, but ended up trying to represent Every Single Series.   

 

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These are some WIP images.  

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My handmade decal eye sheet for your use. A real artist should make us a better version :)

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These figures look great - especially in 1/48 scale!!! The detail is really good too!

The guys in my model club are talking about using Prisma Cololr pencils for some details. I'm trying it out. I know their metallic pencils (silver and gold) work good. I'm looking at alternates to paintbrushing which is a PAIN. - MT

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2 hours ago, MechTech said:

These figures look great - especially in 1/48 scale!!! The detail is really good too!

The guys in my model club are talking about using Prisma Cololr pencils for some details. I'm trying it out. I know their metallic pencils (silver and gold) work good. I'm looking at alternates to paintbrushing which is a PAIN. - MT

Thank you! I'm also thinking about learning how to use pastel pencils for some details.

I tried different approaches with these small figures, I found that the easiest way for me is to airbrush only major areas, then hand brush the rest slowly by staining them with glazes. 

You can tell I had varying levels of success.

 

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52 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Gotta say. Fantastic job @arbit your on a Deculture run !

Thanks.  Deculture it is! To be honest, nothing else inspires me as much to learn new skills in our hobby.

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There are many, many better options available for eye decals.  Start by re-sizing these images for 1:48 scale:

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The sculpts and detail work is remarkable at that scale, but the eyes are letting you down.

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9 hours ago, tekering said:

The sculpts and detail work is remarkable at that scale, but the eyes are letting you down.

Thanks.  I also use the Hi-Q eye decals.  But I did not consider scaling them down.

The main problem is placement. In a couple example, my figures eyes look okay when they are placed correctly.

The other main problem is cutting the tiny eyes from the white decal paper with a hobby knife, the 1/48 eyes are less than 1mm wide.

I printed your eyes, and the resolution is far less than the ones I made.  Perhaps I can remake my decals to look more like your professional ones.

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1 hour ago, Nyankodevice said:

They look fantastic, do you think I could buy a couple of the stl's 

Thanks @Nyankodevice!  I'm a big fan of your work.

I do not sell the stls because many of the figures are copyrighted models, although it took a lot of work to process them, make them printable, pose them, and resculpt errors.  But I do share them with friends I trust for their projects.

A few of the models were made by me only using some base parts from around the net, that I may distribute at some point.  The ones I made are Sara Nome, Ishtar, some of the Sharon Apple figures, Minmay School Uniform, and Minmay Captain Uniform.  But I need to improve them first, as I think Minmay's head is too small.

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On 5/19/2022 at 10:47 PM, DarkArchon3000 said:

Wow, these look great!  That V2 school uniform looks far better than the ARII figure!

Blasphemy! Just kidding. But actually I'm not a perfectionist, I used the first uniform I found.  There is no shortage of sailor school uniform models online.

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