Chibi Moon GK WIP **Image Heavy

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Due to popular demand... I'm going to post the work in progress for my Chibi Moon gk here. Sorry if there's some random dialogue. I've mainly copy and pasted the WIP from the forum on E2046.com.

Super Sailor Chibi Moon GK by PaulineFrench


I received Chibi Moon and a Hina Ichigo (Rozen Maiden) figurine on Monday, so this is already my third day into this. Everything I paint is hand painted. This (Chibi) was supposed to be my first time using a primer (baaad, I know) but I had issues and realized I kept spraying too much. I'll give it another go with Hina.


^The work space.


Thought you guys would get a laugh at the proportions in this kit. It looks cute assembled, but wow.


First, some flash and tab trimming. This intimidated me and I've worked for 6 years as an operator in a plastic plant lol. It's done now, but any tips on how to deal with something similar in the future? I hacked, scrapped, dug, and sanded with my knife and sand paper until I knew she'd hold her Twinkle Bell. Aesthetically it's probably not the best, even though I'll probably glue the bell into her hand.


Face painted!


Getting a photo of (and doing) her blush work was hard. I tried hand painting it, but found it difficult in such a small area to keep it natural looking. I opted with crushed oil pastel smudged in by hand.


Limbs and head are almost finished with pink and skin tone paints. I done most of this tonight.


Last photo for the night. Chibi Moons face almost finished. Hmmm... maybe I should wait until the end to show you her finished face?  :-P


This is pretty well everything painted (I wasn't kidding lol). Her legs and arms attached with really big gaps. This is my first time using putty on a figurine, so this was really experimental. Not really sure if it would be easier to make the fix this way, or putty it before everything.


I decided to go with the Manga version of Super Sailor Chibi Moon. The only real difference is that her skirt colours fade into each other, rather than stripe, and her collar fades from pink into yellow.



The putty over her leg and one arm.


I think Chibi Moon might need some eyelashes.  ;-)


The base puttied and primed for the most part, as well as the flowers I'll be adding.


This was the mess that was her bangs. Making them fit wasn't possible. They were broken into 2 pieces, 1 that fit, 1 that was HORRIBLY warped. I decided to glue them the best way that they fit, and then putty them.


Putty! What a mess D= I'm not a fan of anything putty, clay or soft. It never works out.



Aaaand this is my last photo for my WIP. A good luck at the face =)


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Thanks for reading!

Pauline French
Animethon 18 Artist Alley Coordinator

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DarkLies212's avatar
I don't see any pics o.0 Is it just my computer? T-T