Updates to my H40

I was a little dissatisfied with my ToTS H40 mask, so I made some enhancements recently. It made me realize that they likely went over-the-top with the weathering on the movie mask so that it popped on camera. I used three-tone weathering on this (thin black washes, raw sienna and a reddish brown mix). My only regret is that I didn't start with the proper dry brushing technique, but oh well. I will on the next one. Pretty happy with this now!

Above is a comparison--left is latest iteration, right is before the additional weathering. It looked cool but it just didn't "pop" like the movie mask.

The Ultimate Part 7 Ensemble?

This is probably the closest I will ever get to a perfect part 7 reproduction: a FF7 and a SSN Master Mold copy. Both pieces are movie mold, and long out of production. The hockey mask you see below was painted shortly after having seen the real one in person, although I made small adjustments using the hi-def photos from Mario Kirner's book to work from.

As you can see below, the SSN Master Mold piece fits the mask really well, with only a small degree of shrink as compared to the original appliances. While a lot of artists go with a bold, high-contrast paint job for the part 7 skin, I think the movie appliances were painted with a bit more subtlety-- it looks to me to be a dark gray base, then a dry-brush of a raw umber or similar brown and finally a very reddish brown, bordering on flesh tone, that gives the whole head a rotten roast beef look. That's what I tried to imitate with my piece.

You can also see above that the movie head, aside from the face, is a very different sculpt from the SSN version. There is more of an emphasis on propeller damage, with exposed fat layers and somewhat less texturing. The SSN is a gorgeous sculpt nonetheless.