I got a start on my second Space Bunny Arts figure today... the roguish "Sola Haru". Another crisp, characterful sculpt from SBA, but initially I was puzzled by her fairly generic handguns. Plain boxy bodies, round barrels; oddly not up to the standard of the rest of the sculpt...?
And then I realized... they're that way for a reason. You're supposed to do things to them. And so I chose the obvious route, making them look as much like a certain space smuggler's iconic pistol as possible. Some fussy work, and bits from my trusty 1:700 Soviet navy spare parts sprue, and voila:
Obviously, you could easily go a different route. Perhaps something more Western-inspired, or stubby and ugly-looking. Sometimes with an off-the-shelf figure, "less is more"...
Great one!
ReplyDeleteYou nailed it! I don't think you could have gone any other way! :P
ReplyDeleteI know I just finished a Firefly set, but this figure could easily be taken in a more "Malcolm Reynolds" direction.
DeleteWonderful how you changed something you didn't like to something that looks almost perfect.
ReplyDeleteThat must have been some very fiddly work. But it is gorgeous. I also like whatever is happening on that base.
ReplyDeleteJust your standard sci-fi industrial trip hazards ;)
DeleteThank for comments people... this one might be a while finishing because summer is a busy time. Happy painting in the good natural light, everyone :D
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