Shanna, The Jungle Queen

[Greg Kimsey]

I am starting to make a bit of a mess so I will let her dry a while. The gator skin bikini wasn't cutting it so she has a ...python? bikini? She has a venemous snake belt of some sort. The knife I am unsure about. Where would she get one alone in the jungle? If she made it, what would the sheath be made of? I thought wood or bamboo. The stone handle can be another color. I used turquoise because I have used it as the reflected light throughout. But, where would she get turquouse in the jungle? And the buckle....wood maybe? Her feet are filthy as they probably would be. I am sure the jungle is short on razor blades so she has underarm hair and her bikini line...well...it's out.
Here is today's work...

I like the leaf shadows but am on the fence if they confuse the light direction so I am on the fence about removing them.

 

[moon puppy]

I had not planned on them being seen, as if the tree canopy is above her. It is possible I can add them to the base.

I think that would confused the viewer. Seeing a shadow on her leg but not seeing what's casting it, is it a bad suntan imprint? Dirt? Maybe have a small branch, as if she's coming out of the brush? Afterall, it is the jungle right?

 

[Greg Kimsey]

I think that would confused the viewer. Seeing a shadow on her leg but not seeing what's casting it, is it a bad suntan imprint? Dirt? Maybe have a small branch, as if she's coming out of the brush? Afterall, it is the jungle right?

Ooo, she could even have that hand on the branch like she's moving it! That's the ticket!

 

[Greg Kimsey]

Well, I dropped her and she broke all to pieces. My heart sank like a stone!!! Her body cracked in half and her head flew off. The spear broke into three pieces, and her toes are nowhere to be found. Same with the strand of hair front and center. I am gluing her back together as well as I can but she is not showable. I may paint another using what I learned from this one.

 

[Greg Kimsey]

She is glued back together and the tree fixed as well as it can be. The toes on her right foot are still missing and the lock of hair that went across her forehead. You might can see the crack that goes from shoulder to shoulder.

 

[moon puppy]

Well if it were a tank you could throw a tarp over it...Ver2.0 will be awesome!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Sorry to hear about the drop and damage Greg. She still looks pretty good. I know it is a disappointment, but what you learned from her is a wealth of techniques, and now you can experiment on her to try things out and not worry about it. The only thing I ever saw that could have used a little more blending was the line of her left chin where it went from her cheek area to the neck. The line was too sharp and needed a little more of a soft transition there.
Other than that she was a

 

[centaur567]

Better than anything most of us can do. Looks great!! Gary S.

 

[Impisi]

oh dear, that's sad - sorry to hear that. I would use her for the same or ... well get the crack seal and sanded,, modify her into a robot woman with a lot of wires and such ... or modify the feed into fins and paint her as fish ... or ... the possibilities are endless ...

 

[Greg Kimsey]

Thanks guys. I had a fellow figure model come over and look at her with me to see if she can be fixed. He made it sound easy, so I have worked on her and have her "mostly" fixed. The toes are covered with leaves. Not much I could do about those. The hair strand was recreated with epoxy putty. The cracks were filled using oil paint and Oleopasto medium to work as a sort of glue. The cracks are mostly invisible and I will smooth them out over the next few days. I think she is savable! Pics to come later. Thanks!!

 

[Greg Kimsey]

She is as fixed as I can probably make her. I am super pleased with her skin tones. She is still cracked in several places but mostly camouflaged with paint. I redid the bikini as a blond python. A snake tried to bite her so she is wearing him as a belt. The claws from the panther she fought that scarred her leg are now dangling from a necklace around her neck. The leaves are casting the shadows on her leg. I may have said all this before...
but here she is.

 

[moon puppy]

What crack!?

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Turned out really good Greg!