pairadocs design lab - New Custom Bonecrusher!

Another new one from the lab this week - this time, one I've had on the bench off and on, deciding the best direction I wanted to take it. Alas, we have Bonecrusher!
I started off intending to make him just like the movie version, with a nice clean paint app... as if the Minesweeper vehicle drove fresh off the "lot," so to speak. I did that, and then thought he looked too boring. I started with some subtle brown washes to pop out some detail... and it still wasn't doing it for me. So, using the technique I did for my Blackout, I whipped out the artist pastels, and scraped up a dust blend of medium brown, with some nice ochre and yellow for "pop" color, then liberally applied it to Bonecrusher. The result? I think he looks a heck of a lot more "weathered," and it brought some more dpeth into the details. I think this achieves a more "organic" effect (something I think the factory paint apps are lacking when it comes to bringing these "alive.") I went it afterwards and added in some fine-line detailing (fine tuned brown washes, and some lining with a .005 Micron pen in the face, etc.) His eyes were painted black, then white blended pupils, then a transparent gloss red overcoat (which was hard to capture on the camera.)
The robot portions are actually several muted metallics, but you can't really see many of the color differentiations in the pictures... the light sort of outputs a general metallic sheen to them all.
I love to hear your feedback, positive and negative!
Thanks for looking everyone!








You can find him on ebay here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320152204663
I started off intending to make him just like the movie version, with a nice clean paint app... as if the Minesweeper vehicle drove fresh off the "lot," so to speak. I did that, and then thought he looked too boring. I started with some subtle brown washes to pop out some detail... and it still wasn't doing it for me. So, using the technique I did for my Blackout, I whipped out the artist pastels, and scraped up a dust blend of medium brown, with some nice ochre and yellow for "pop" color, then liberally applied it to Bonecrusher. The result? I think he looks a heck of a lot more "weathered," and it brought some more dpeth into the details. I think this achieves a more "organic" effect (something I think the factory paint apps are lacking when it comes to bringing these "alive.") I went it afterwards and added in some fine-line detailing (fine tuned brown washes, and some lining with a .005 Micron pen in the face, etc.) His eyes were painted black, then white blended pupils, then a transparent gloss red overcoat (which was hard to capture on the camera.)
The robot portions are actually several muted metallics, but you can't really see many of the color differentiations in the pictures... the light sort of outputs a general metallic sheen to them all.
I love to hear your feedback, positive and negative!
Thanks for looking everyone!








You can find him on ebay here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320152204663