RetroKit Jessica Rabbit Resin Bust
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:59 pm
25 years ago, I did a color pencil tracing of my impression of my girlfriend Jacque (now my wife). Except for the green eyes and red hair, the rest of the tracing is artistic license. This tracing still hangs in my office.
While perusing through the Retrokits on UMPS website I came across the Jessica Rabbit figure.
I thought this would be the perfect figure to bring my tracing to 3D. So along with a couple of minions, I got started.
These are my first resin figures. I began by removing Jessica’s arms from the frets with a razor saw and removing the excess resin from the arms. I roughly shaped the elbow using my x-acto knife and Ultimate sanding sticks. I drilled the arms and body so I could insert a wire and pin the arms on.
Not sure if I was going to need it, but I drilled and inserted a wire for the head and neck. I also drilled the bodies and inserted wires for mounting on wooden stands.
I used Tamiya Epoxy Putty to fill in the gaps where the arms joined.
The original Jessica Rabbit is wearing a red dress with purple full sleeve gloves. I decided to go more like my tracing without the gloves. After the putty had dried for 24 hours I sanded and shape her arms. Then I washed the resin figures with water and dish soap and allowed them to dry.
My new Apex Airbrush from Ultimate had arrived so I decided to try it out.
Sprayed Badger White Stynlrez with no problems. This Apex cleans so easy too.
Next was picking out some colors. I went with a green dress to match my tracing.
I sprayed the skin color using Vallejo Model Color Light Flesh 70.928. The flesh color was allowed to dry then I masked it with Tamiya curve and regular masking tape. For the dress, a base coat of Vallejo Model Air Silver 71.063 was sprayed and allowed to dry. Then I sprayed Tamiya Clear Green X-25.
I masked off the face and sprayed the hair with the silver base again, allowed to dry and then sprayed Tamiya Clear Orange X-26.
Now I brush painted Citadel Base Mephiston Red for the lips, Citadel Auric Armour Gold for the earring, Vallejo Gloss White 70.842 with a smidgeon touch of Vallejo Violet Red 70.812 for the whites of the eye, the Clear Green for the Iris, Clear Orange for the eyebrows and Createx Transparent Red Violet with a touch of Silver for the eyeshadow.
I haven’t decided how much farther I am going to go with this. I want to add some highlights and shadows and clean up some stray paint. So, to protect what I have done, I sprayed Alclad II Aqua Gloss Clear
TommyM
While perusing through the Retrokits on UMPS website I came across the Jessica Rabbit figure.
I thought this would be the perfect figure to bring my tracing to 3D. So along with a couple of minions, I got started.
These are my first resin figures. I began by removing Jessica’s arms from the frets with a razor saw and removing the excess resin from the arms. I roughly shaped the elbow using my x-acto knife and Ultimate sanding sticks. I drilled the arms and body so I could insert a wire and pin the arms on.
Not sure if I was going to need it, but I drilled and inserted a wire for the head and neck. I also drilled the bodies and inserted wires for mounting on wooden stands.
I used Tamiya Epoxy Putty to fill in the gaps where the arms joined.
The original Jessica Rabbit is wearing a red dress with purple full sleeve gloves. I decided to go more like my tracing without the gloves. After the putty had dried for 24 hours I sanded and shape her arms. Then I washed the resin figures with water and dish soap and allowed them to dry.
My new Apex Airbrush from Ultimate had arrived so I decided to try it out.
Sprayed Badger White Stynlrez with no problems. This Apex cleans so easy too.
Next was picking out some colors. I went with a green dress to match my tracing.
I sprayed the skin color using Vallejo Model Color Light Flesh 70.928. The flesh color was allowed to dry then I masked it with Tamiya curve and regular masking tape. For the dress, a base coat of Vallejo Model Air Silver 71.063 was sprayed and allowed to dry. Then I sprayed Tamiya Clear Green X-25.
I masked off the face and sprayed the hair with the silver base again, allowed to dry and then sprayed Tamiya Clear Orange X-26.
Now I brush painted Citadel Base Mephiston Red for the lips, Citadel Auric Armour Gold for the earring, Vallejo Gloss White 70.842 with a smidgeon touch of Vallejo Violet Red 70.812 for the whites of the eye, the Clear Green for the Iris, Clear Orange for the eyebrows and Createx Transparent Red Violet with a touch of Silver for the eyeshadow.
I haven’t decided how much farther I am going to go with this. I want to add some highlights and shadows and clean up some stray paint. So, to protect what I have done, I sprayed Alclad II Aqua Gloss Clear
TommyM
I'd say go for the highlights and shadows!
So I stop, sprayed some clear and am done. Still need to make a base for her.
Nice Figure