shovelchop81 wrote:Excellent work and posing!! The symmetry must be frustrating to get right but you did it perfectly! The later pics show the hs matching the red of the body far better, did you pastel the face too? Sorry you probably explained but I just got up...
Thank you very much, Alex! Yes, I worked hard on the symmetry. Inevitably there were some mistakes, which I tried to disguise by adding more details if needed.
I think the red improved over the three tries. The first two were with oil pastel, and the first was too cold a color to be a perfect match. The second (the leaner, taller M33) was an improvement, especially when I gave it the knockoff smaller head (mold shrinkage or just different design?) -- for better comparison photos of all three Mauls at once, see here:
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t4151-oops-photo-heavy#57748and here:
https://onesixthfigures.forumotion.com/t4234-rivals-photo-heavy#59153. The last Maul was colored with real touch Gundam markers. It does not always photograph successfully, but I think it might be the one that looks best in hand. I did not paint, repaint, or apply any pastel to any of the heads. Two are from the HT Maul deluxe set (not from the
Solo movie Maul), and one is a knockoff (with the warmer, lighter red).
Chip wrote:I love the look and envy your Darth Maul figures , I think they would be very hard to improve upon .
Thank you very much, Chip! Trust me, there is always room for improvement, but I appreciate your support and am pretty happy with them, especially the most recent one (the "tattoo" applications on the first two still annoy me a bit -- the first one might still potentially smudge a little, while the second is subject to a little cracking after all).