51. Rubber Ross Kirby Amiibo complete!

I finished my Rubber Ross inspired Kirby Amiibo project!



It was just a case of adding a final layer of blue to the shoes, covering up any slip ups on the body and defining the mouth.
Also, scraping the the paint of the base. Note to self: More masking tape next time.

It was all finished off with a coat of satin spray varnish (purity seal)


You can check out the whole project from start to finish in pictures over on my Flickr account.


All constructive feedback welcome!
If you'd like to know anything about the project then feel free to get in touch.
Also, if you have any custom Amiibo's you'd like me to do, then throw a suggestion/ request at me.

Either way drop me a comment, or tweet me @DarkHaZZl3


That is all for now.

Check back for more projects, both old and new coming soon.

Peace
-DH-

47. Moar Amiibo stuff!

Yup, I've been doing some more work on my creative projects, namely my Amiibo's.

Most time has been spent on Kirby so far.

So I started with the base layer...







I know it looks totally odd, but it does get better.

The first layer of light blue;



And with the 'final' shade of light blue with the cheeks and eyes done.




I'd like to throw out a thanks to my friend Mike who helped me pick out the paints to paint this guy.
As far as colour selection goes it looks pretty sweet.

I know the cheeks are not totally symmetrical which is annoying, and the paint finish is a bit rough due to one too many layers, but that is the purpose of trying these things out.

I know the mistakes I made this time round and how to correct them for the future.

Kirby isn't finished yet mind.
I've just applied a layer of satin varnish before I start work on the feet and then it is on to the touch ups.

I also did a little more work on Pikachu.
I glued the goggles into place and sculpted the straps of the goggles.






Need to sculpt the buckle, fill in the gaps under the goggles and join the lenses to the straps before I start painting this one up.
Not actually going to change the colour of Pikachu, just paint the headgear so it shouldn't take anywhere near as long as Kirby to paint.

That's all for now.

Let me know what you think in the comments, tweet me  @darkhazzl3 or follow me on instagram @darkhazzl3 where I'll post sporadic updates of whatever I'm doing at the time.

Peace
-DH-

46. New stuff and a Gallery

So after the last post I've been trying to crack on with some more creative projects.

First port of call was to find a way to share these with you.
I created a personal Flickr account so I can share pictures on here. It can be found via the Gallery link in the navigation bar.
Alternatively you can click here.

With that out the way, I set about doing some drawing, painting and other stuff.

The later is what I want to show you today!

Sometime back I bought some Amiibo's with the sole intention of customising them and selling them.
While I still think I'll do this, it wont be with these ones.
These are more of a test for personal use.


So, first up we have Kirby.


My Kirby Amiibo is named Rubber Ross in honour of Ross from Game Grumps. Therefore it had to be blue!

I set about prepping the Amiibo for painting when I noticed the horrendous mold lines.


If I'm going to do these things, I'm going to do them right, so that had to be filled.



Much better.

While that dried I thought I'd get started on the second one.


My second Amiibo is Pikachu.
I was slightly disappointing to find that Pichu was not in Smash Bro's Wiiu.
While browsing the different colours and costumes in the game I noticed that there was a Pikachu with goggle, much like the Pichu with goggles from the older versions of the game.
Therefore Pichu Sr was born!


This one would require less painting, but more sculpting to create the goggles.
Luckily the Wiiu has a stage with a mirror so i could see all the angles I needed.


I started out by marking a rough set of goggles using a pen and some low tack modelling masking tape.


I then took a piece of plasticard...


...and cut out some goggles.


Using this method again I started to make templates for the straps.


To make the straps I used some expoy putty. I rolled it into sausage shapes and then smoothed those shapes over the templates.

When these are starting to dry I'll attach them to the Amiibo and start shaping them.

That is all for now.

Until next time

-DH-