I bought this figurine locally for 18 months and never got beyond opening the box to admire the sculpt.
First step was to hand paint the undercoat using Mr. Colour Surfacer 1200 that is thinned with 200% of thinner. Then a thin coat is done with arms and seam imperfections filled in.
The head is spray coated black using the Pylox Matt Black can from a distance. After 3 days curing, I dry brushed the surface with Vallejo matt white. The head is then mounted onto the bust and coated with 876 Brown Sand that is added with 100% retardant, 200% water. 3 thin coats are glazed over.
The head is then washed gently with 814 Burnt Cadmium Red. Kolinsky Sable 0 brush is first loaded and then tripped over the edges of the cup to off load most of the paint. Then place on 120g A4 white paper to offload it further to prevent unsightly brushstrokes.
The areas that are above are coated with highlights made with 876 Brown Sand, second highlight is scaled back on area with 25% added with 815 Basic Skintone. Shadows are created with 25% added with 814 Burnt Cadmium Red. Deeper shadows had 5% added to this shadow colour and concentrated in the deeper creases and wrinkle lines repeatedly. The lower edge of the upper lid is painted with this same colour that is added with another 10% of flat black to define the shape of the eyeball. Under which the cavity is filled with off white. The pupil is painted 100% black and then shaded with super diluted tint of the base colour, in this case, 876 Brown Sand. The bottom edge is given the 25% darkened colour to form the base of the eye. At the stage of the photo above, this is translucent. 6 coats are needed to form a solid lower lid.
Lower edge of the eyes are being added layer by layer. Wrinkles are further defined with Zero strokes of Burnt Cadmium Red with 40% of black. The skin tone is too too cold at the moment, 3 glazes of 981 Orange Brown introduced some warmth to it.
The eyes are now defined, skin is warmth up, the forehead needed to be stroked with wrinkle lines and glazed over with very thin layers of Basic Skin Tone added with a tint of Vermillion to give forhead some attention. Given the very fine lines and effort made by the sculptor, I wanted to inject some real interest in this part of the head before I add in the eyebrows. I wanted it to look shiny and reflective of some sunlight, like a true Red Indian under the Arizona sun.
Next, is the blending processes for the basic shadings to provide and smooth tonal graduation look over the whole cheek areas and the frontal cheek and nose areas.