Sideshow Poison Ivy repaint

[Svee]

Hiya all. So I've decided to take the plunge and repaint my Sideshow Poison Ivy. Mainly for the lack of depth in the paint job. I know they cant produce these statues on mass to the same standard as the prototypes but as an airbrush artist myself, the lack of shading has bugged the hell out of me since I got her lol.

So far I've just stripped the paint off two of the three flowers to use as a test. I've used isopropanol alcohol to remove the original paint and all seems to be fine and dandy so far. No melted plants here

So now I'm left with a dilemma... should I keep her legs green or do them flesh colour? Thanks to the wonders of photoshop we can get an idea...

I'm tempted to go with flesh colour with maybe some fishnets on? Heres a photoshoot I did with a couple of friends (yep, I'm a photographer too) and I think Ivy looks awesome. What do you guys think? Green or flesh?

 

[Patriot666]

I like the flesh tone.

 

[Svee]

One flower down, 2 to go

 

[Patriot666]

Looks great!

 

[OutLander]

Also like the flesh tone...beautiful work.

 

[Svee]

Thanks
Well I can safely say I'm starting to regret the decision to remove all the paint before squirting more onto her. 2 days straight and I'm still not finished lol. On the plus side though look at all that lovely detail on her costume leaves that would have been lost if I just painted straight over her existing paint job

 

[Svee]

Almost time for primer... almost

 

[eczamurai]

Excellent paintjob on both. Are these for sale? Hubba hubba hubba.

 

[Svee]

Haha no sorry they aren't

I've got her all stripped and primed finally. That took aaaages! Lol

 

[Patriot666]

What did you use to strip the paint?

 

[Svee]

What did you use to strip the paint?

Some of this, a toothbrush and a whole lotta elbow grease. It's messy as hell but gets the job done with no damage to the model
Auto Air Colors

 

[Svee]

Thats the boys done. Now on with the lady herself

 

[chubbyman]

I've been following this thread closely cause its looking awesome so far

 

[Patriot666]

Yep, looking really good.

 

[Svee]

Well, I had a total fail on starting the face. I'll be repainting this I think lol. Who wants a laugh?

 

[Svee]

I'm liking this much more than my last attempt lol

 

[Doom Saber]

That is amazing

 

[RavenEye]

Good GOD! And what your thoughts on decal eyes?

 

[Patriot666]

You could almost stop there...it looks amazing already!

 

[Svee]

Good GOD! And what your thoughts on decal eyes?

Thanks guys
RavenEye, I don't know really. Other than painting Games Workshop miniatures when I was a kid this is the first time I've painted something that isn't a flat surface. I have always struggled with getting eyes to look straight and I know it will be an issue for me with Ivy. I'd rather paint her eyes than use a decal though

I'm still thinking about painting green fishnets onto her legs but its something I'll need to do freehand and of course get the flow of them right. REALLY not looking forward to that bit lol. Time to give my old pinstriping skills a dust off hehe