WIP - Kyle Reese

[KathyD]

Some pics of one of my current works in progress. The fantastic bust of Kyle Reese from AlanEye, one of my Christmas presents.

Before & after of seam across hair - has taken a few weeks of picking and scraping before I was happy with it



Knowing nothing about guns, not sure what this bit is, but wasn't able to sand smooth, so Ant milled it out for me (before & after/during)



I've attached a magnet to the gun to hold it in place but make it easily removable for travel to shows - seems to have worked, some pics of the whole kit so far (hand is just "clipped" on, will need to be painted before attaching)



I'm enjoying working on this kit, its fantastic. Now looking forward to painting

[grymm-one]

Looking great so far. Any hance of closer pic of the magnets?

[derekc62]

Kathy,

Looking good so far.
Seams in the hair are always tough but you've cleaned it up very nicely.
Once you have the paint on only you will know where it was.

[Pun13]

Smart idea on using the magnet in the gun..

Tom

[Alaneye]

Ooooo, I've been waiting for and looking forward to your WIP, Kathy. The rectangular cut out is the ejection port for the spent cartridges. They are often on the side, but with the Ithaca 37 it is on the underside. I couldn't find any photos looking directly into it so I wasn't sure if there was a door deeper inside, or if you could see a cartridge, or what. Nice work on cleaning it up by Ant. Great idea using magnets to allow it to be removed... as you can see the tab and the slot don't really fit well, I dunno why. Looking forward to seeing the progression.

[Vger]

... Looking forward to seeing the progression.

Me too !

...Seams in the hair are always tough but you've cleaned it up very nicely.
....

Oh yeah - totally agree

[KathyD]

Great idea using magnets to allow it to be removed... as you can see the tab and the slot don't really fit well, I dunno why.

I think it would have glued on ok, but I wanted it to be removable for ease of transport as I plan to take Kyle to at least two shows this year...

Any hance of closer pic of the magnets?

Here you go - I dremmelled and drilled out the socket a bit to fit the magnet, then cut a notch in the tab to match. Almost stuck the magnet in the tab the wrong way up, but noticed just in time... Magnets are stuck down with epoxy, bit of a mess but will be covered up anyway

[grymm-one]

Great idea ,Thanks

[lugnut]

Nice "in progress" pics.

[jasonjaconetti]

Nice WIP shots. I tried magnets before with not a ton of success. Keep the updates coming

[DynamicMenace]

heck of a job.
this is looking great.

[KathyD]

thanks all for the kind words, will post more pics as things progress

[KathyD]

Started painting this weekend, base skintone and some shading



I've started planning the stripes for the t-shirt, but need to get more reference for hair colour and coat I think

[Vger]

and

[Alaneye]

Looking good, Kathy. If you need any reference photos give me a shout. It was one of the Tamiya greys that I think I used. Maybe neutral grey.

[Avall15]

Great start!!

[KathyD]

T-shirt is done - possibly, stripes look a little stark so may try to soften a bit.
Also painted his hair and coat - first two pics after initial coat, second after some drybrushing and washing.




I've done a bit more on the coat and blocked in the gun but no pics of those bits...

If you need any reference photos give me a shout.

Thank you - if you have any reference pics of eye colour, would love to see them. Would also like some tips on stubble if anyone has any..

[Alaneye]

Lookin good, Kathy. Best pic I can find from my screen grabs from the new blu-ray showing his eyes is this. I think I did mine grey, but there could be a bit of brown in there.



For stubble, might sound crazy, but lightly airbrush green, then I lightly painted in some longer bristles with Tamiya smoke, but a well thinned black or brown should do.

[csoldier]

Don't rush it Kathy, but it would be great to see this at Hornchurch at the weekend . Looking good so far.

[KathyD]

Alan, thanks for the pic and assistance

Don't rush it Kathy, but it would be great to see this at Hornchurch at the weekend

I won't have any opportunity to do any more this week, so you'll have to wait I did think of taking it as a work in progress but I think the display will be full enough anyway