{"id":1206,"date":"2023-09-16T15:06:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T06:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2024-06-19T18:09:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T09:09:46","slug":"working-on-painting-asukas-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2023\/09\/16\/working-on-painting-asukas-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Working on painting Asuka&#8217;s eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a05586c94bff&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a05586c94bff\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/eye-WIP.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/eye-WIP.jpg 800w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/eye-WIP-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/eye-WIP-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Painting eyes is the most nerve-wracking part of building garage kits. One can do an excellent paint job and assembly on a garage kit (aka GK, or <em>gareki<\/em> in Japanese), but if the eyes look weird, it&#8217;ll ruin the entire figure. You&#8217;ve gotta paint the eyes well, otherwise it&#8217;s crap and the whole build is no good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m using Delta Ceramcoat acrylic paints, which are typical craft store paints. White, Black, and Mediterranean. I added some white to Mediterranean to add highlights to her irises. I didn&#8217;t notice imperfections in the molded surface of her face until I started painting. I tried to imitate Sadamoto&#8217;s art style. His distinct eyes are always great. I&#8217;m probably going to upload this build&#8217;s videos directly to Odysee rather than YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painting eyes is the most nerve-wracking part of building garage kits. One can do an excellent paint job and assembly on a garage kit (aka GK, or gareki in Japanese), but if the eyes look weird, it&#8217;ll ruin the entire figure. You&#8217;ve gotta paint the eyes well, otherwise it&#8217;s crap and the whole build is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2023\/09\/16\/working-on-painting-asukas-eyes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Working on painting Asuka&#8217;s eyes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[131,132],"class_list":["post-1206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime-manga","category-modeling","tag-asuka","tag-evangelion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1206"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1562,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206\/revisions\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}