SW Neimoidians: (LACKY STARTED) Nute Gunray & a lacky WIP

GubernatorFan wrote:Looks very good. I think you need to make a contrast between the very glossy eyes (when you're done painting them) and the palpably less glossy skin.

Thanks and agreed, although I need to be careful of the black I used in the eyes, not sure it will survive gloss.

So used a hard brush instead of a sponge for mottling this time and it works much better on a smaller area.
They eyes were more complex than I'd remembered needing swirls of metallic over the metallic red, I used used green and orange. Not crazy about the black but unless you get a magnifying glass out it looks fine.

Reference for eyes





After repaint



Again, after seeing the pics on a large display the black slits are annoying me!



I'll use a magnifying glass and 'interrupt' the black a bit making it narrower and more zig zag like with the other colours covering it a bit. It's always something! lol





Could be greener but I'm not going down that road again!!



I'll make the other guy greener lol.













I used liquid metallic pens for the eyes mostly but could only get one black Micron pen to work and none of my stupidly expensive Gundam markers to work! And I have loads, waste of bloody money for me at least!

BAMComix wrote:He's really coming along now isn't he?

Thanks man! Sorry I missed you there, it's still early here! lol painting in my sleep!

Redid the eyes (sound familiar? ) just need to add some pink/purple around them, to what we might think of as eyelids, these look more like sphincters! lol

That's quite an interesting creation!

I think they turned out great and using those metallic markers was a very good idea. I hope they take gloss without running, or maybe you don't need it.

Zes wrote:That's quite an interesting creation!

Cheers Zes!

GubernatorFan wrote:I think they turned out great and using those metallic markers was a very good idea. I hope they take gloss without running, or maybe you don't need it.

Thanks! Yeah I'm worried about clear on the eyes, for the black only but if it smudges the eyes are ruined..
Done the sphincter bits, a little bright, might tone them down when they dry. Decided to paint the 'brain' black and just have it as part of his head dress that I also painted black, got a bit carried away with the grinding wheel on the plastic oops.. my need to remake it from scratch or just patch it up a bit..

This'll do paint wise, made duplicate head dress pieces out of pleather, we'll see how that goes, crown bit is a little floppy but nothing I can't fix.







I've got red ribbon to do the edges.

It's really nearing completion now.

Yeah, looking good! I would maybe push the glossiness of the eyes a bit more. They appear a bit flat still.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you incorporate that red suitcase into the outfit!

Whoah! That looks really cool. Nice paint work.

GubernatorFan wrote:It's really nearing completion now.

Nope, still got his whole outfit to make from scratch! Unless of course you mean the head lol.

Zes wrote:Yeah, looking good! I would maybe push the glossiness of the eyes a bit more. They appear a bit flat still.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you incorporate that red suitcase into the outfit!

Just done that, doesn't seem to have smudged the eyes but still drying, added matte clear to the skin.
Not sure if the suitcase material will end up being used in this particular build, it's a bit bright.

Stryker2012 wrote:Whoah! That looks really cool. Nice paint work.

Cheers Mark! Added more green back into the skin tone but not sure if you can tell in the pics (the later ones in this post not the first few).

Been working on the head dress mostly.











Green added here











Both matte and gloss clear drying here.

Nice job on the headdress.

GubernatorFan wrote:Nice job on the headdress.

Cheers Ian! Mounted it now, eyes look fine, started tailoring with a pair of kids socks someone threw out (clean in a bag with other clothes so more of a random donation to those who need them I guess).



Should have used a ruler! lol









Underlayers obviously.

Coming along. Never realized how big those feet look (I guess they'll be largely hidden by robes), but I hope they keep him stable.

The headdress is looking good. So many different paint apps on this fella. I like where it ended up. Great work, Alex.

GubernatorFan wrote:Coming along. Never realized how big those feet look (I guess they'll be largely hidden by robes), but I hope they keep him stable.

Cheers! The Lego socket on one of the feet just cracked... blue tack I guess for a quick fix. I stupidly cut the hem just too short to cover the feet but I add a hem which will fix that. He still needs his outer robe which I can make longer too.

Stryker2012 wrote:The headdress is looking good. So many different paint apps on this fella. I like where it ended up. Great work, Alex.

Cheers! It was just my usual 'oil painting' method for heads, layers on layers! LOL.

Done a bit of trimming and sewing, more to do of course.











I can rotate and hide the stitching













I just remembered why I cut his hem a bit too short, the 'edging' or 'border' ran out/wasn't long enough and I need to use that to insert wire and make those cuttlefish like frills of his under robe. I do have more of that border material though on another section of the shirt I cut up (again from a neighbour's bag of clothes).

Good progress. So many layers to this outfit.

GubernatorFan wrote:Good progress. So many layers to this outfit.

Yes, they mention in the species breakdown video that clothing is a very important sign of status and power to the Neimoidians.

Top work mate! and well worth all the time and effort .

BAMComix wrote:Top work mate! and well worth all the time and effort .

Thanks! I think you might be confusing reference pics for finished pics! my fault I didn't label them as such.

Finished the 'middle' robe, basically a bunch of patchwork sewing to extend it and get the border extensions in the right place too. I've run wire through the border hems to create that cuttlefish look of wavy folds or pleats, added a fold to the back as I saw one version of his robe doing this and it hides the stitches. Extended his inner robe to cover his feet too, needs sone red stripes to be screen accurate. His bib and medallion need to be made but will do his outer robe first using knitted material that looks like the texture it is made of on screen, a bit large but beggars can't be choosers.





Extension to middle robe being added





Example



Inner robe extension





Wire for wavy pleats



Possible ribbon or stripe solution



Example





Patching all the border bits to the robe, trying to get the length right as this is the last of the material and I need to allow for pleats while keeping the attached robe straight







Outside







Inside, kept extra material to create folds and signs of excess etc..

Very impressive tailoring! I like how wavy the robe is!

I'm curious to see how you'll tackle that collar piece

Nice. But isn't it the outer robe of the reference images?

Zes wrote:Very impressive tailoring! I like how wavy the robe is!

I'm curious to see how you'll tackle that collar piece

Thanks! I've got some red/brown leather I might use for that, not sure yet. Oh you the medallion? Tin can and a screwdriver are the plan lol.

GubernatorFan wrote:Nice. But isn't it the outer robe of the reference images?

Yet the reference pics are of a custom figure that I don't think is accurate but it just gave me an idea.

I've been searching the net trying to get a better understanding of his outer robes, are those sleeves or a caplet of some sort? If they're sleeves they don't have a top to them, sort of like some medieval clothing, I chose a sort of half sleeve half caplet look in the end. Then there were the 'folds' or more like piping in my case due to the nature of the material it's too thick to drape naturally in a 1/6 fashion, they took forever (okay a day or so) to sew and no one will ever see them! Then lots more sewing to attach the sleeve things and connect the outer robe to the inner robe so the cuttlefish folds always show. I'll probably trim off all that excess 1/1 scale hem around the bottom of the robe and the sleeve things.

Reference of sleeve/capelet confusion.

















Anyway... chose this material as it's the closest I have to the textured material used for his robe, trying to work out sizes too was fun, made a mess of the first one (too small) but turned that into the sleeves.

2nd try..





Flowing issue



Hence all the sewing here



Should have done this in reverse now I think about it, oh well no one will see it and it's still a tailoring feature.. I guess my brain wasn't switched on...



Caplet try out











Where he is now











Material choices for front tabard/bib



References, about as consistent as ice-cream in the afternoon sun!













And of course there are all the ref pics at the beginning of this post... even the thread...
I'm going for a leather material, saves me doing any hemming!!



Someone else made a 1/6 version of this guy too, a German is all I know

So much progress. Keep ‘em coming, Alex. Looking good.

Great progress, Alex, he looks almost done.

Stryker2012 wrote:So much progress. Keep ‘em coming, Alex. Looking good.

GubernatorFan wrote:Great progress, Alex, he looks almost done.

Cheers guys! Getting there although today was a step backwards as a correction to going forwards.

I decided the folds facing the wrong way bugged me enough to undo all the sewing work I'd done over the last couple of days, I cut all the stitching connecting the outer and middle robes. I still wasn't happy with the folds/pleats even the correct way around so restitched all of those with a better matching thread colour and tightened them too. I cut off all the 1/1 sized hems/borders, and after flipping everything around sewed it all back together again! Won't look like much to you but it's a big difference to me.



Facing the wrong way



Facing the right way but too loose



Borders cut and 'sleeves' reversed



Pleats restitched







Everything sewn back together in reverse





Looks much tidier to me now













Sometimes you have to do a lot to change just a little but it's still worth it in the end.

Ah, the price of being a perfectionist... Well done though.