Blind Bag Custom WIP Doctor Whooves

[Foxfire]

So my sister dropped off this little lady to me at work today (really, there I am filling ornaments when Eluluu comes out of nowhere and chucks a Blind Bag at me. Not that I'm complaining mind you). We'd been talking bout me easing into customs and I wanted to start small. Hence the blind bag. So I have a few hours to kill before I head to bed so I wanna turn this :

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in to this:

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So anyone wanna walk me thru this? Where do I start. I literally have an Exacto in my hands and paint on my desk. I'm gonna do this right now. I'm gonna skip a few steps I know I should do (mostly prep. I don't like prep, its 10 at night, and its only a blind bag so I think I can skip it...maybe...am I being foolish?) like removing old paint and priming the figure. Her hair bugs me so I'm thinking that's the first to go...but I'm kinda nervous making that first cut. Do I cut it off or sculpt around it? I think I'll keep the bangs but the tip of the tail and the rest of the hair should go.

[Salli]

Cut off the ponytails and end of tail.... it's okay, you can do it!

Post Merge: October 07, 2012, 08:31:37 PM

Oops, I cold read first. lol. I turned that same mold into this:
http://sallicostumer.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5ffmb6

Here are the steps I take:
Remove chunks
Remove paint
sculpt & bake
sand/prime
paint
seal

[Foxfire]

Kk sounds good. There will be minimal sculpting because my sculpting skills are...well to put it nicely...non existant. Come to think of it...my painting skills are pretty sub-par too. Why am I doing this?

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O yeah! Who can resist that face

Well I've chopped of the tips of the hair and tail. Still not thrilled with the hair but will have to do till I learn how to sculpt. Filed it down using a nail file worked pretty well too. Slapping some base paint on her but prolly should have primed it.

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[Salli]

I have never primed mine and I've done several blind bags. I do have an airbrush though. I told a friend of mine not to be scared doing your first sculpt on a blind bag (or paint either) because, as I see it, it's a cheap experiment.

[Foxfire]

I have some Sculpey and I was planning on eventually learning how to sculpt on ponies, but doesn't Sculpey have to be baked? How do you bake a pony without melting it? I need to do some more research before jumping into sculpting.

And here I am now. Literally waiting for paint to dry.

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Post Merge: October 07, 2012, 11:21:35 PM

Ok, now I'm getting excited. It's starting to look like it should.

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For a bit there I was getting worried about brushstrokes but they seem to have smoothed out quite a bit. I wonder if sealant at the end will fix that totally, like topcoat does for nail polish.

Post Merge: October 08, 2012, 12:33:30 AM

So this was just supposed to be a quick little thing. Something to do to kill some time before heading to bed. It is now an hour and a half past my bedtime and I'm painting cutie marks. I think I really need to hunt down some more of these little guys and paint some more 

Here is the beginning of the eyes and cutie mark:

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Post Merge: October 08, 2012, 08:55:23 AM

Well I think my first custom is offically done. He needs sealant and I might fiddle some more with the cutie mark but over all, he's done. The eyes turned out better than I anticipated. I think I'm gonna take a walk down to my local Wal-Greens (wal-greens has them right?) and get a few more to play with.

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Post Merge: October 08, 2012, 11:08:42 AM

Final shot of my pony. No topcoat yet but not sure if I'm gonna seal him.

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[Eluluu]

aaw he turned out really good fox. for brushstrokes all it takes is a few layers, and thin out your paint with water a touch, just make sure it dries thouroughly between layers or youll wash off the underlayers.

im refraining from OCD ranting about always always always priming miniatures. left over gamer habbit.




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[Colorscapesart]

Very neat!  It was fun to "hear" your thought process!

[Foxfire]

Thanks guys. I know it's a pretty basic custom compared to what I've seen on these forums, but it was alot of fun and now I'm eyeing my g3 baits with more interest. I was so afraid to do anything to them for fear of doing it wrong. These blind bags really helped me get over that!