STS model painting month: WIP photos and discussion here

Ana wrote:

Wow, the numbat looks so amazing! I'm so glad you were able to finish it despite all circumstances! Beautiful work :D

I'm so relieved I still made it in time despite everything.
I guess the figures you sent me also helped with getting me into a better state of mind.

That's really great to hear

It’s nice to see these in-progress pictures. Everyone has a different way of repainting but the results are all turning out well. I won’t be done by the end of the day, but I hope to finish within another day or two.

I repositioned the antlers, spreading them apart and a little bit upward. This really helped the model, and even if the change of position could be even more pronounced, I’m happy with it this way.

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Here are a few other views of the model with a neutral base color to cover the existing paint. It’s a really nice sculpture.

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Here’s a photo of some progress. I felt somewhat out of practice for repainting, and I’ve changed my mind about how to go about painting it as I went. So while it looks a little muddled to me, I think/hope the blending and colors will come together better by the end. I think the most challenging part might be how the mane is sculpted. It has a rather abrupt transition from a somewhat stylized, heavy mane texture to the rest of the body. In life this contrast is less exaggerated, and there is also often a blending of the contrasting fur colors. I’m trying to make this transition look natural but the blending can seem strange while in-progress. With further layers I’ll add some richer, reddish-brown tones- while the fur fits for a winter coat that could be paler, I’m imagining him in the autumn. I guess we’ll see what happens…

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So far that bull is stunning! Great work on the antlers, the undercoat really makes the sculpt details pop out. I can't wait to see the final color but it looks awesome even now.

I want to apologize, that I am sooo late with making my repaint for this event.
I`ve just started yesteday ... ... trying to finnish it at once, but I didn`t have enough power for that.
I know the time is over, but let`s at least show how the model looks so far :

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These are just a base colours, but I think that maybe this evening (night) I can finnish it, at least i will try..
So if there is any chance to wait the ''Slowest sloth'' here a bit more , it will be wonderful

It looks marvellous so far costicuba! Can't wait to see it finished. :)

The elk and the buffalo both look great already! I'll be excited to see them finished!

Andy, I love your Elk, so magnificent and it's really interesting to read about the clever adjustments you made! Good luck painting him, your plan sounds wonderful!
And Kosta, what a beeeautiful Buffalo! It's amazing that these are only the base colours, because if I were to paint something as realistic as that, I would already call the model complete! I can't wait to see the final result!

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Mule Deer

Very nice!

And costicuba, I have not begun painting my very small object, so I at least am a slower sloth.

Thanks Paige, Anna, & Bonnie.

I'm still working on my model... and I still haven't commented on all the beautiful completed repaints.

Kosta, that is a very promising first phase for your buffalo.
Birdsage, I like your mule deer repaint with the distinctive tail. I didn't know this figure existed.
Halichoeres, I'm looking forward to seeing your plant.

I decided the eyes and face were the most important things to do next. The rest of the painting should go easier/faster when I can refer to the painted face. I mixed a light and a dark color in little containers, that I'm blending/layering for most of the fur (I probably should have done this right from the beginning).

I took this photo to help compare the eyes to each other, and I thought the shadows were kind of funny:

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Varnishing the eyes right after painting them helped get a better feeling for things- I can picture him as a living animal now:

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Progress on the mouth and jaw... nose and ears aren't done yet:

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Beautiful work again so far- so realistic and I love the shadows! Can't wait to see more!

Oh wow, I love this! What beautiful paintwork on its head It will be a marvelous wapiti!

That Wapiti looks fantastic!!The eyes are so lifelike I almost hear him roar (not sure if this is the correct word for the sound of a wapiti )

The buffalo will surely look awesome too and the deer has some nice colors!!

great detail and lighting on the eyes, brings such depth and life to this wapiti !

A.R.Garcia wrote:

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Thank you very much for your kind words Paige, Anna, Bonnie and Andy.

Andy, your Wapiti started to look more and more beautiful. Great job.

Oh, I am finnaly done :

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wow ! just gorgeous :)

costicuba wrote:

Thank you very much for your kind words Paige, Anna, Bonnie and Andy.

Andy, your Wapiti started to look more and more beautiful. Great job.

Oh, I am finnaly done :

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Oh how beautiful! The buffalo and the elk just take my breathe away.

Amazing work on the buffalo cow How wonderful, all the nice colors!

I've missed a few I see.

The mule deer looks nice! I think it is a really cool animal with the white tail and face contrasting the brown, great choice for a repaint. I'm happy you joined the sts model painting month with this lovely repaint

and the wapiti is coming along great too. It is a lot of fun to see the different proces stages and in my experience too the painting looks a bit muddled when blending colours before it actually looks nice and blended. Looking forward to seeing it finished

the mule deer is looking good with his striking colours, especially the white. A very handsome specimen !