Gear Shift Knobs
UPDATED 05/02/10
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They are roughly the size of a baseball and pretty nicely detailed.
Solid cast resin.
They make for some nice fun busts to paint for around $10 each.

This one I intend to play with watercolors for the painting.

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A little pre-shading work here.
I darkened areas like the eye sockets, nose, and around the jaw area.
Also added some veins and arteries around the rest of the head.
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gear shift knob Above, I gave the whole thing a coat of yellow.
To the left I shaded in the recesses of the teeth with green,
and lined the deepest areas with a little green to make them even
darker.

Next, I will go back over things and clean up the teeth.
Then rub off some of the white at the high points and
some other areas

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On the left, a pic with the watercolors cleaned up.
Above is the next layer. Some light orange
Next will be some dark orange patches.
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gear shift knob A little brown to start getting to the final color.
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gear shift knob gear shift knob
A little change of direction here.
Originally, I was going to start going with browns and such
to make it look old, aged, and maybe even dug up out of the ground.

Well, when I got it back out and went to start finishing it.
I had a different idea.
Now I am working with some blues. And I like what I am seeing.

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A little more work in the 'face' area. As well as the mouth.
Just about done with the overall paint work.
Almost time for details.
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A little touch up on the horns and spikes with some clear-white.
 
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