Round Five - Dont be shy, Nadia

So the ordering of these figures don't reflect when I start them, they reflect the order in which I finished them. Nadia I started and got a good way through at the same time I was doing figure three, Rei. But I put her aside while I completed the Oreimo girls. I've found that doing two figures overlapping allows me to have a break, when one is getting annoying or repetitive, or when one is drying and I can't do anything but wait. But the reason I put Nadia aside for a while is simply that I was looking forward to doing Kuroneko so much. That aside, I started working on Nadia again.

You might notice a crack or two in the belt - that's because when I moved, it got damaged and broke in several places, along with other less obvious damage

I can't really say that I learned anything during this figure. It was fairly simple - I couldn't spray anything so it was all acrylic paints. I didn't bother with fading or shading (because during this time I was very busy with wife being very pregnant and all), so it was all very simple and fast. The only complication is that this figure's hair was totally messed up. I had to cut and crop and break and still couldn't figure out how to make it all fit. In the end I managed to put them all together except for one piece which I basically just have sitting there on the side.

I did still have a bit of problem with the Montana Varnish, because I still attempted to use it. I mentioned that it didn't turn every color white, and Nadia's skin is a perfect example - I sprayed it and it looks fine. But her belt, who's color makes up much of Nadia's, did turn white. So again, I've no idea what the connection is.

I did gain a bit of experience with eyes, however. My first attempt painting eyes was with Rei - something I did intentionally to gain experience on a figure with which it didn't matter. So here, I was hoping to get it right. I think I did so so; it's not bad, it's not particularly good, but at least it's not bad enough that it distracts from the rest of the figure. And like I said, it was good experience. You need to practice practice before you can spew out good results. Speaking of good results, by the time the next figure came around, I managed to nail the eyes.