1/3 scale resin kit commission

[theultimatebrucelee]

here's my first commission with a states painter on one of my prime kits that was event limited to 80 pieces, the original 1/3 scale Ignis sculpted by Bome. the painter worked on this 26inch giant on and off and was finally able to finish it after about 6 months. the butterfly texture was free hand sketched plus "cutting&paste". as you can see I'm super excited about this hence the share

[Keropi]

You sure have some large figures don't you?

It looks good. Where is she from?

[Massacrist Manslayer]

the original 1/3 scale Ignis

what would the chances of finding a 1/1 life size scale of Ignis??

I'm super excited about this hence the share

I can see why, she a monster

[theultimatebrucelee]

@korepi, I love large scale figures, not because I have room at home but rather I think they gives out that grandiose feeling lol

@Massacrist Manslayer, chances are the 1/1 ignis is yet to be born but I'm thinking with a few hundred thousand dollars you'd be able to commission a sculptor to build and paint one for your from scratch and also own its copy rights, but the price would vary greatly depending on the skill of the sculptor.

[D123]

Awesome kit, the paint job is amazing! I love the butterfly pattern that’s amazing to be done free hand . I have some kits myself I need to get painted..

I would love to know the painter!

[theultimatebrucelee]

Thanks D123 I'm gald to see another kit collector on board, thought I was the only one lol

the painter goes by the name Annya and has a website called Annya's workshop, her fee is most reasonable and for the amount she charge, her work is pretty nice.

[D123]

Thanks D123 I'm gald to see another kit collector on board, thought I was the only one lol

the painter goes by the name Annya and has a website called Annya's workshop, her fee is most reasonable and for the amount she charge, her work is pretty nice.

Yes! You’re not the only one I love kits I have 4 kits so far I need painted I would heavily collect them but I can’t ever get the spare money to send them to be painted and it’s expensive I was going to try and learn how to paint them but I don’t think that’s going to happen (no space)

here’s my one and only PAINTED kit
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn14 ... C_1095.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn14 ... C_1028.jpg

I was not happy with their work they charged me a LOT of money (like double the price Annya has listed for a 1/8) and missed details some I was able to point out others I didn’t realize until it arrived Would never recommend them after searching online better and finding other painters.

I may have to try Annya her work is GOOD but I did find an AMAZING painter that takes commissions in Singapore

I probably will try Annya Thanks lee!!

[theultimatebrucelee]

your very welcome actually from the picture, I think your kit is not that bad, I like the skin color the painter used. with annya I can't stand her usual skin color(dirt brownish) so I give specific example of what I had in mind with photo reference and she only came out with a color that is less brown but still dirt looking(looking close up) color for skin. two things I think that can define a painter's skill are eyes and skin tone. supposedly every painter's got their own "style" of skin color but only truly experienced painter knows the "right" style. and you can tell just by examine the kit close up. for the amount I have paid however, I'm not asking for more btw, I don't know what kind of paint she use but they are definitely not the expensive kind that they use in japan, it came off more easy and doesn't leave a very smooth surface.

in the past when the exchange rate was better, I had commissioned painters in japan via proxy to paint all my kits. some painters can do absolutely amazing job. I usually went with the ones that can get the job done with decent price(standard 35000yen for normal size kit). nowadays I'm just waiting for the exchange rate to get better(not any time soon) or my wishlist kit to show up.

here are some examples of top notch painters, they usually charge at least 50000yen for a 1/8 kit(some don't even take commission and the only way you can buy their kit is through yahoo japan after they decide to paint it) . result is amazing one of a kind kits.

http://sakuraikumi.blog35.fc2.com/blog-entry-248.html
http://homepage3.nifty.com/F-360/ngallery.html
(Adult)http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~gchief-gstudio/page075.html <<===this is my favor, this guy can easily charge 100k yen+ for bigger/complicated kits but he customize/modify them. his most amazing work is in 2009 I think.

here are a few I used to use:
http://hokutopain.web.fc2.com/pretty/garelly/main.html(didn't like his skin tone so changed to the one below later)
http://homepage2.nifty.com/pilon/girl/index.html
http://bbbb.s41.xrea.com/g.htm(this one falls in between amazing to get the job done)

[D123]

your very welcome actually from the picture, I think your kit is not that bad, I like the skin color the painter used. with annya I can't stand her usual skin color(dirt brownish) so I give specific example of what I had in mind with photo reference and she only came out with a color that is less brown but still dirt looking(looking close up) color for skin. two things I think that can define a painter's skill are eyes and skin tone.

Ahh yes I totally agree with you there. The eyes! They are the windows to the soul, if you can’t do them the kit is totally ruined no matter how great the rest is. I was surprised with my kit the eyes were actually really nice compared to a lot of their others that just look dead and sloppy very disappointing since they claim they are professionals

my pictures I think actually look better then in person besides the missed details ( in the spoiler)

The lining of her black dress is red so when it lifts up or turns over that’s what you’re seeing the back of the black dress. They forgot to paint this part here and they didn’t add those extra strands of hair by her ears http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn14 ... 92copy.jpg but yeah I probably sound crazy but it kills me every time I look at the kit considering how much I paid . I also miss that sultry look she gives you when looking from the corner of her eyes instead they made her look blankly straight ahead but I can live with that. I like kits to look as close to the reference pictures as possible I know it can’t be exact but close when I seen the initial finished pics everything was all visibly opposite colors. I was horrified I had sent my kit in with clear photos and asked to be as close as possible and got this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Serena-Black-La ... 3f00704ba1 I wish I noticed the other mistakes so I could have had them fixed .. sorry for the rant

I actually don’t care for the skin tone, it’s very pale and kinda yellowish. I love light tones but it doesn’t look right I think it needs that pinkish hue to look more natural. I will say though the quality of the paint they use is nice

I know japan does the best job I didn’t know you could commission them though! I have a few blogs/sites I have saved myself this one is my favorite http://blog.goo.ne.jp/candy_kein

This was the painter I was talking about trying
http://www.dzetaplus.com/dzeta-index.htm and his blog http://dzetaplus.blogspot.com/
I asked about a 1/6 and the price seemed fair like $250.00 amazing work I have ever seen from anyone that actually takes commission directly from overseas and just in general. Maybe I will go with him I don’t know still have time to decide though never have the spare money

[glorff]

Some friends of mine are into the "Horse" model collecting scene and these make me think of what they have. There are some extrordinary painters working in that field and they customize them in remarkable ways.

[theultimatebrucelee]

@D123, haha, from your photos I didn't realize your kit was from yeti art-_-" funny I was just discussing them with a fellow collector yesterday. he lives in Austria and according to him, its so hard to find a painter out there to do the right skin color as he's a rei ayanami fan and only collect figure/kit from this character. he actually done a few commissions with yeti and find them reliable at least. My advise to him: Do Not Use a Chinese service!! half way grew up there I know from first hand exp how shady my people can be lol I'd imagine they would do something like talking you into sending them the genuine kit, make mass amount recasts with it, keep the original and send you a recast copy painted. then how would you know if you got your kit back? that plus their skin tone is too white and really missing something and doesn't bring out the realistic/tender skin tone feeling at all. In your case, the missing detail pretty much proves how careless and unprofessional they are.

the Japanese painter by the name candy_kein, very often lists quite a few kits on YJA for sell, generally they end up either very low price or not bidded on. I think the reason is because his skin tone and the way he did eyes are unrealistic which gives out the immature painter feeling. although he does very good job on clothes/gears and such.

the Singapore painter you mentioned here seems to be quite good and even better for the price he charge, I heavily prefer a realistic snow white skin tone as do most serious collectors in Japan, but this artist does very clean job and good with eyes, combined with the excellent price tag, this might just be another option I'll have in the future

[theultimatebrucelee]

Some friends of mine are into the "Horse" model collecting scene and these make me think of what they have. There are some extrordinary painters working in that field and they customize them in remarkable ways.

yes, I think 3D is in many ways superior than 2D more dimensional also means more potential flaws though-_-"

[D123]

@D123, haha, from your photos I didn't realize your kit was from yeti art-_-" funny I was just discussing them with a fellow collector yesterday....that plus their skin tone is too white and really missing something and doesn't bring out the realistic/tender skin tone feeling at all. In your case, the missing detail pretty much proves how careless and unprofessional they are.

LoL exactly how I feel, but I really don’t think they care at all they even messed up the front
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn14 ... -2copy.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn14 ... 1028-2.jpg
(I don't know they just seem to paint the way THEY like )
Wish I knew better really depressing considering how much I paid and get sh*t in return, I can’t get it re-painted and throw 350.00+ down the drain either. Seriously hard to look at the kit I get sick

the Singapore painter you mentioned here seems to be quite good and even better for the price he charge, I heavily prefer a realistic snow white skin tone as do most serious collectors in Japan, but this artist does very clean job and good with eyes, combined with the excellent price tag, this might just be another option I'll have in the future

If you ever do try him let me know how it turns out! I wasn’t able to find too many painters and this was the only one I was really impressed with

[theultimatebrucelee]

Wish I knew better really depressing considering how much I paid and get sh*t in return, I can’t get it re-painted and throw 350.00+ down the drain either. Seriously hard to look at the kit I get sick

don't feel too bad, my first kit because I couldn't find a painter in states I used a private proxy to hire an unknown painter in japan to do the job for 30000yen+15000yen for kit plus all the proxy fees on a 1/7 kit. they painter did a good job on clothes and all that but a horrifying job on eyes as they're super off, two eyes looks at two different directions-_-" when it arrived to me it even had one arm fell off so I had to glue it back on, of course I did a messy job so now its a bit messy and I just stored it away and never looked at it again-_-" Also, for the mistake parts I think you can just send the kit to annya for a partial repaint fix and pay a small portion of what she'd charge on whole kit. for shipping the kit, fedex I think would be the cheapst and safest way to go.

If you ever do try him let me know how it turns out! I wasn’t able to find too many painters and this was the only one I was really impressed with

will do, although currently I'm leaning toward just buying completed kits since that way you can always know what your getting and also save me lots of time and trouble. downside of course, I don't know when my most wanted kits'll ever show up, if they do.

btw here is this weeks listing for the japanese painter you've mentioned: http://openuser.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp ... y_kein2000

[D123]

Wish I knew better really depressing considering how much I paid and get sh*t in return, I can’t get it re-painted and throw 350.00+ down the drain either. Seriously hard to look at the kit I get sick

don't feel too bad, my first kit because I couldn't find a painter in states I used a private proxy to hire an unknown painter in japan to do the job for 30000yen+15000yen for kit plus all the proxy fees on a 1/7 kit. they painter did a good job on clothes and all that but a horrifying job on eyes as they're super off, two eyes looks at two different directions-_-" when it arrived to me it even had one arm fell off so I had to glue it back on, of course I did a messy job so now its a bit messy and I just stored it away and never looked at it again-_-"

I feel for you

Also, for the mistake parts I think you can just send the kit to annya for a partial repaint fix and pay a small portion of what she'd charge on whole kit. for shipping the kit, fedex I think would be the cheapst and safest way to go.

the only thing I worry about doing that is matching the paint but I think I will definitely ask her in the future, thanks so much lee

If you ever do try him let me know how it turns out! I wasn’t able to find too many painters and this was the only one I was really impressed with .

will do, although currently I'm leaning toward just buying completed kits since that way you can always know what your getting and also save me lots of time and trouble. downside of course, I don't know when my most wanted kits'll ever show up, if they do.

That’s exactly what I’ve wanted to do but the kits I want never show up and if they do I never seem to have the money at the time I don’t check as much as I use to either

btw here is this weeks listing for the japanese painter you've mentioned: http://openuser.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp ... y_kein2000

Thanks! I like the modifications they do to their kits. Also that layer of gloss they apply to the eyes
http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d123046459