Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Bob Mugg

I got asked to do everyone's favourite blue Guardian from Reboot, Bob.

I started doing things the smart way and actually sketching the Mugg on paper before putting it on the Mugg itself. Made things a lot easier for me to follow and correct.
Skin tone done. It seems a bit dark in the picture, but I promise you it's a lot lighter. My camera just really sucks.
Orange bits done.
Most of the suit done. It took me forever to get those blue-green shades perfect. Also added more yellow to the orange so that it wouldn't look so red.
Bob's back. You can see his gauntlets are painted silvery. It took me exactly 6 coats of silver paint to actually make it look decent. Note: always paint gray on as the first layer.
Drew on Glitch with Sharpie, as I didn't trust myself with a paintbrush to make it look decent.
Boots, PID and belt are done, and finished the outlines. He's still missing eyebrows.
Hair molding time! I threw away 10 bucks just to use ol' Predator as a guide for molding, using Crayola Air-dry clay. As you can see, I don't really like the Predator at all (IMHO, he's a douche)
Right side.
Back.
Left side.
Sadly, when the hair all dried in the morning, it had all fallen off Predator's head and became impossible to piece all of the dreads back together. This is attempt number 2 at hair, molded directly onto Bob's head.
Success! It dried, and although one or 2 piece seemed to be crumbling off his head, a little glue and paint for cover-up worked wonders. As I mentioned above, dark grey was painted on first, and then 2 coats of silver paint.

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