For Part II with Pale Repaint 2.0 see HERE.
Having recently repainted (substantially or very slightly) a number of heads to match the TBLeague bodies' male and female suntan skin tone, it occurred to me that I haven't done a body repaint in a long time. Instead of repainting the head to match a body, why not repaint a body to match a head? Also, while I have repainted bodies in darker and more vivid colors (for African skin tones, for Darth Maul, for Yondu, and for Gamora), I had never tried making them paler. Of course, the challenges of painting TPE would explain why this is not generally the way to go, but it is conceivable that one might not have a choice (i.e., a head has to be a certain color and the body's color needs to be changed). Moreover, of the two methods of repainting TPE that I am comfortable with, "real touch" markers were out, as I could not use them to make the skin tone paler. So oil pastel it was, and one can only blend colors so much with those, so some of this is up to luck and one would have to settle for a level of approximation. I used three different colors and blended them as best I could, using the usual technique already covered in the Painting Seamless Bodies Tutorial (here). In hand the results are pretty good. In the photos, depending on the light, less so but still probably passable; more work might improve it a bit more.
The next four photos compare the result with the same body, but unmodified, with a head repainted to match it -- in four different levels of light.
For Part II with Pale Repaint 2.0 see HERE.
Having recently repainted (substantially or very slightly) a number of heads to match the TBLeague bodies' male and female suntan skin tone, it occurred to me that I haven't done a body repaint in a long time. Instead of repainting the head to match a body, why not repaint a body to match a head? Also, while I have repainted bodies in darker and more vivid colors (for African skin tones, for Darth Maul, for Yondu, and for Gamora), I had never tried making them paler. Of course, the challenges of painting TPE would explain why this is not generally the way to go, but it is conceivable that one might not have a choice (i.e., a head has to be a certain color and the body's color needs to be changed). Moreover, of the two methods of repainting TPE that I am comfortable with, "real touch" markers were out, as I could not use them to make the skin tone paler. So oil pastel it was, and one can only blend colors so much with those, so some of this is up to luck and one would have to settle for a level of approximation. I used three different colors and blended them as best I could, using the usual technique already covered in the Painting Seamless Bodies Tutorial (here). In hand the results are pretty good. In the photos, depending on the light, less so but still probably passable; more work might improve it a bit more.
The next four photos compare the result with the same body, but unmodified, with a head repainted to match it -- in four different levels of light.
For Part II with Pale Repaint 2.0 see HERE.