Replicating sheer fabric

[hersir]

Wow!!! Pepa in this one forum
I want that you know who Pepa is one of the best painters of feminine figures of Spain.
that shows many to them of which it has painted...they are wonderful.
Kiss Miss Pepa.

[drhall]

Pepa, very nice. Actually I have been looking for her most of my life and usually she has a goon with her. LOL.

;D Dave Hall

[jkiker]

Hi Pepa,

My compliments; that is another awesome piece! And you are right- the lady in front is exactly what I am trying to create. I will be starting with a nude figure and adding the clothing, but your figure is exactly the result I want to create! By all means, I would love to see how you do that! And thank you very much for the gracious offer.

Regards, Jim

[Pepa]

Hello Jkiker, I will try to explain, of the best possible way, how I made that effect in the clothes.

I painted the girl´s figure as if she was nude, without considering its "dress". First I painted the layer bases of the skin. Later I applied to several lights and shades. This one is a vinyl figure and to paint it, I used acrylic colors for airbrush of Vallejo (Model Air). When I finished painting the skin I began with the dress. The figure has engravings the wrinkles and folds of the fabric and to emphasize them I used dry brush. The color I used is a mixture of the base color of the skin + White color. I applied to several dry brushes every time adding more white, until the pure white in the most illuminated zones.

After this, I also used metallic varnish of Vallejo (Model Color) and applied a last dry brush in all the surface of the fabric. I used this varnish because I wanted that the fabric was shining (as if it was wet) but if you don´t want this effect, you don´t have to use this product.

At least, I mixed a small amount of the color burnt umber with enough water and with a fine brush I was marking all fabric´s folds. I repeated this several times, insisting on the zones of more shade.

I hope to have explained me well. If you don´t understand something of which I have written, you can ask me again .

Kisses: Pepa.

Pd: Thanks Hersir, eres un adulador .... pero me encanta , que lo sepas ;D .

PPd: Dave, Thanks too. The goon can´t see you... he is blind

[jkiker]

Hello Pepa,

Thank you for describing your technique for creating the shear fabric effec on this figure. You have explained it very well indeed! I had a similar thought for the basic painting of the figure, using the skin tones for painting everything including the clothing.

May I ask two additional questions? First, to make sure I understand you (my porblem here, not your explanation), you painted shadow and highlight details over the clothing as well as the base skin color, yes? I know that usually, modelers paint the basic skin tone and use darker and lighter colors for painting shadows and highlights. So I would want to paint the basic skin color, the shadows, and the highlights over the clothing; am I correct?

Second, if you were painting this same figure only with a gown of some color, such as a dark red, would you still use the mixture of the skin color and the gown color (in your figure white), or would there be a different color mix?

Again, thank you for posting the figure and for helping me understand how to create a similar effect on my own work!

Regards, Jim

[Pepa]

Hello Jkiker

I see that you have understood well what I have meant . The answer to your first question is "yes". It is necessary to paint the figure as if it was not dressed (at least, in this case).

But it seems that you want to paint the dress with a color different from white. I would like to see a photo of your figure. If I see it, I could advise to you how is the best way to paint it (the best way according to I see it, which doesn´t mean that it is the only way to do it). Also, I would like to know if you are going to paint it with brush or airbrush. Techniques will not be the same ones in both cases. And the color in which you want to paint the dress (it seems to me that it´s in red, isn´t it?). With all these data, I will be able to respond to you better.

Kisses: Pepa.

[jkiker]

Hi Pepa,

That is a very gracious offer and I will gladly accept it! I have no pictures yet becasue the figure is still in the mail. But to give you an idea, it is a Solarwind piece, very similar to "Liza." This one comes nude and I plan to add a sheer outfit something like the one on your figure. As to color, I was thinking about a dark red but now I think maybe a darker color, like a blue-black. My thought is to give her the feel of a "Goddess of the Night," but not a vampire. I suspect that darker sheer colors will be harder to reproduce, but I will post pictures while I work for general comments and suggestions, and especially for how to paint the outfit.

Thanks again in advance for the offer of help!

Cheers, Jim

[drhall]

Just ran across an interesting "sheer fabric" application. I saw the box art for Milla the Witch by Barsom. The female figure has a very low cut gown with some kind of shear fabric covering half her breasts and torso. The paint scheme is that of a spider web. FYI

;D Dave Hall

[jkiker]

Hi all,

Just a quick note to let you know that my female figure has arrived. I have done an initial cleanup and started planning the modifications. I will begin posting pictures shortly over in the Ongoing Projects section, I think under Clothed Figures. The base figure is a nude, so I will find a way to cover up the appropriate places so I can share the build and seek advice. See you all there!

Cheers, Jim

[drhall]

Jim,

The Andrea book shows up fairly frequently on e-Bay. I have it however, PM's suggestion of the tapes may be a better method. Not familiar with the tapes but often times the step-by-step approach in real time is a better example.

;D Dave Hall