Trevor Grove's Firefly Sculpts

[Anzik]

Well it's been awhile, but I'm still working on these, here is my Inara. I have a huge dust problem, so soon these will all be encased.

Looks great Jon! How is the rest of the crew coming?

 

[Big Jon Vader]

Anzik, my friend, I can't thank you enough for all the help you've given me. So, here is a River pic. Just finished her tonight. I actually had to paint the exposed chest area because when i slid the dress on it actually stained the body. I'm happy with it, and I have no talent whatsoever when it comes to this. So when I say I'm happy with it, I'm pretty pleased with myself.

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[Anzik]

Is that a Phicen?

 

[Big Jon Vader]

phicen, small breast, pale. The head fit nicely, hair almost holds it on by itself. I just filled the head up with hot glue and stuck it on the post. Came out pretty good i think. LOL

The light area on the neck is from the camera flash. I painted it with flesh tone and it is a damn near match with the head paint up.

 

[SilentSurfer]

Some of you may remember this paint up I did on Trevor's amazing Zoe sculpt back in November of 2010.

Here's my new style paint up of Zoe, done for my friend Corrose, perfectly paint matched to the Hot Angels body.

 

[Old Grandpa]

My God, that's a fantastic repaint you did on Zoe. You are definitely one of the best artists I've ever seen here. I've seen your work and talent grow and grow. Congratulations on one fine job.

Old Grandpa

 

[SilentSurfer]

Thank you, sir.

 

[dwing]

Awesome, just look at that hair line.

 

[Hirogen]

Fantastic SS, looks like a portrait of Gina Torres. Any ETA when you might be accepting new customers?

 

[SilentSurfer]

No official timeframe on that, but PM me and I'll see if anything your'e interested in falls into any of my upcoming batches of heads.

 

[Corrose]

Yes, I'm super psyched to see this in hand, when I was showing my wife the photos on my phone earlier, she thought I was showing her a PHOTO of Gina in her underwear for a second.

Work is beyond amazing my friend.

 

[SilentSurfer]

You're welcome. Send me the rest of your crew.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

It is a real pleasure to see the earlier and new painted versions of this fine sculpt. Such a difference in painting style, where the first is really clean and smooth and the second has all these little details, such as the hair line, the skin color and everything that just sets it apart. Looks real and I envy your skills.

So lifelike... and a perfect paint job on such a cool sculpt.

 

[Anzik]

Nathan your skills disgust me, but in a good way.
Where is the body from?

 

[SilentSurfer]

Thanks guys.

I think the body is the Hot Angels Cuban, but I may be wrong.

Here's two Simons I just finished.

 

[Gruff Old Bear]

Zoe is on the Hot Toys carded Truetype Cuban, and it's fairly scarce at the moment, but there'll be another release sooner or later. Perfect skin color match, Nathan.

The Zoe 2.0 and Simon are both breathtaking. It's all I can do not to give up (tough day with colors today). You must have a very steady hand!

 

[SilentSurfer]

I wanted to give up all the time, and sometimes I still do. The thing that separates pros from amatuers is the willpower to never give up until it looks how you want it. Every time you don't give up, you get that much better, always learning.

No, I don't have a steady hand at all. If anything, I've learned how to minimize mistakes and leave myself the ability to cover them up easily.

 

[small_studios]

Just finished up on Trev's River sculpt.

 

[Gruff Old Bear]

Oh, you guys both kill me. What hath Trevor wrought? Beautiful stuff in this thread!

Nathan - thanks for that. It is the choice, get inspired or become discouraged. I'm beginning to think of this as micropainting.

 

[SilentSurfer]

It's definitely micropainting, and Josh just posted an amazing example of it.

Frakkin' gorgeous work, Josh. I love the stray hairs on her forehead. I really do need to pick something to have you paint, just so I can have a Small Studios piece in my collection.