[Omegaman]

Put this together a couple years back, but never actually got around to posting pictures of it much of anywhere! I always thought Dark Decade had a neat look and I realized it would be really easy to do with just paint deco, so I did. The only part I'm not SUPER happy with is the eyes, they still look just a bit off to me, but even now it's hard to be too critical considering it was my first custom work on a figure

[Eklas]

You're too harsh with yourself , it looks really great !

[Omegaman]

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Originally Posted by Eklas

You're too harsh with yourself , it looks really great !

Ah, thanks for saying so! It's like they say, the flaws stand out the most when you're the one who made it, it's easy to be your own worst critic. I really am happy with it though, even if that might not've come across in my first post

[Sunred]

Looks good, looks good.
Dang, did you do multiple coats of clear blue on the eyes? Because I reckon they're that semi-transparent green color from the sprue, so it must've been tough trying to get that hue. Anyways, good stuff.

[Omegaman]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Looks good, looks good.
Dang, did you do multiple coats of clear blue on the eyes? Because I reckon they're that semi-transparent green color from the sprue, so it must've been tough trying to get that hue. Anyways, good stuff.

So, it turns out painting a transparent colored part a different color just doesn't work. The eyes and the gem? lense? on the belt were made by making a mold of the parts from "blue stuff" and then casting them in epoxy glue. The clear glue took color great, but you can actually still see where an air bubble was near the top of the left eye. I've been tempted to do it again to see if I can make it any cleaner, but it was my third attempt at it and at that point I was ready for the project to be done lol

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Omegaman

So, it turns out painting a transparent colored part a different color just doesn't work. The eyes and the gem? lense? on the belt were made by making a mold of the parts from "blue stuff" and then casting them in epoxy glue. The clear glue took color great, but you can actually still see where an air bubble was near the top of the left eye. I've been tempted to do it again to see if I can make it any cleaner, but it was my third attempt at it and at that point I was ready for the project to be done lol

You molded the thing? That's another level of model kit making I wouldn't dare exploring. Respect.
And you know what? Air bubble wasn't noticeable until you brought it up. I haven't tried what you did before, but I'm sure it was no easy task.