Tiny Brushes

I plan to visit the art supplies store later to buy some stuff, most especially some brushes for detail work. Recently I finished painting the head on my Microforce Ninja Microman, since I'm sort of in the mood for that, but I don't like doing detail work on a handicap (with a round ended brush instead of a pointed 00 brush)

My most recent repaint, though after this picture I added some facial scars.

Really hard to get good details like eyes in there with just a Sakura 2/0 brush, it's killer on the joints.

Here are a couple more of the microman faces I've been painting.

I'm practically out of chrome heads to work with but I'm working out a deal with a friend from japan for some new "canvases" to paint on haha in exchange for some parts, hopefully enough to make a mold of the male microman body for some modified casts or bodyparts.

Like the connectors I made to turn Acro Elsa into Acro Sphinx

Just as well I've got a Microman Commander waiting for me come first week of December (though I think I paid too much for it).

I'm looking forward to a few getaways this December as well, one in Baguio and another in Hong Kong (again! Yay), actually starting to plan the places I'll visit for some good bargains or items.


...What was I talking about? Oh yeah, brushes. I'm buying new brushes later. Yes.

The Sisters El

I was able to nab these today at a pretty affordable 1700 php (41 USD), I say affordable because they both cost around 20 each, which is reasonable for me. Unfortunately while one item was in stellar condition, the other was scuffed and had worn chrome on the face, I've never had luck with the micro sister line so surprise, surprise it was El who had the damage.

Of course my first instinct was to paint it so I went ahead and painted El's face as well as Elsa's. 

The results aren't bad though it shows me that  I need to buy finer brushes again since it was daunting to paint the facial details with my old brushes. The lack of fine control means I'll be visiting the hobbyshop soon.

come to think of it I really dig the flesh tone look on the faces of my microforce Micromen. And I've seen a few stellar examples from Japanese painters that really makes me want to try it on ALL of my microforce figures.

Hmm. We'll see :)

Bits and Pieces

Just a few more pieces and she'll be up and running soon. Surprised at how sturdy the stuff is too, definitely ideal for this project. 

Honey Flash!

Just a preview of things to come. 

Hark! A Shaman!

Lightbox test. not sure why FB killed the sharpness of the original pic but meh.

This might actually motivate me to do a long overdue review of this dude. 

Truth.