Yephima, Female Cloud Giant 77162, sculpted by Patrick Keith

[72moonglum]

Hello all you Reaper people!

 

So, Bones V will be hopefully arriving in the next few months, and one thing I told myself was that before I got my package, I wanted to finish the smaller Yephima sculpt before the new and larger Yephima shows up at my door.  I really love both versions, and I just wish this Yephima would be available in metal.

 

I tried painting her already years ago, started even a WIP in the forum, which I'd have to hunt down. My original thought was make her a very, dark dusky color and blonde hair with pinks and oranges, but at one point my inspiration went awry and I stopped painting her probably to be an eternal WIP.  But then a few years later, I got a new copy and this one I did more sky blue and blonde, but it doesn't look as pinkish as I originally had thought.  I also think I made my metals way too blue, but oh well. I actually enjoyed painting this lady to the degree that I could see myself painting her again with a different color scheme. One of the other benefits of Bones is the cost, I can grab a new one quickly for around 7.00, so that's also a nice Bones bonus!

Anyhoos, here she is:

 

With such a big model, after taking photos, I can see so many glaring issues, but oh well, not going to let myself worry about it too much and will rather maybe go back and paint her up gain some day, incorporating a few fixes. 

[Glitterwolf]

She looks great!

[72moonglum]

56 minutes ago, Glitterwolf said:

She looks great!

Thanks very much Glitterwolf!

[Iridil]

She is beautiful! I love the pink hint on the skirt(?), her face, the smooth skin, and her bodice especially! You inspire me to take mine out of the drawer.

[72moonglum]

13 minutes ago, Iridil said:

She is beautiful! I love the pink hint on the skirt(?), her face, the smooth skin, and her bodice especially! You inspire me to take mine out of the drawer.

I've always really loved this figure since the first time I saw it. I'd love to see you paint her up!

[Inarah]

She's glorious. I love how her skirt came out, and you did blue and yellow together and made them look natural. 

 

[Darcstaar]

Excellent work!  The only critique is what you alluded to, which is that her armor blends in with her skin.

[72moonglum]

Just now, Darcstaar said:

Excellent work!  The only critique is what you alluded to, which is that her armor blends in with her skin.

Yeah, the armor ends up being a deeper blue, as opposed to the lighter skin, but I think it should have been far more contrasting.  I'm actually working on a Ral Partha Giant right now and I am using the same formula for her armor too, but I've started at my base of ashen blue and went down to black, which is where I stopped for the Partha Giant.  As I go back up to white I'm going to try to use a long stronger bunch of highlights to give it a more grey tone.

[72moonglum]

So kind of crazy to think that the first time I tried painting Yephima was back in 2014
 

WIP for Yephima and others

 

and that of all the other figures from that WIP,  Yephima was the only one I never actually finished.

 

[Metalchaos]

Beautiful work, I love the highlights on the skin and the bronze armor ornaments. The white dress is also very well done.

[72moonglum]

6 hours ago, Inarah said:

She's glorious. I love how her skirt came out, and you did blue and yellow together and made them look natural. 

 

Thank you Inarah!

2 hours ago, Metalchaos said:

Beautiful work, I love the highlights on the skin and the bronze armor ornaments. The white dress is also very well done.

Thanks Metalchaos! I wanted more pink involved than actually can be seen, but I think I like this mini enough that I could paint her again to try out different color schemes!