8th: Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo

Tenchi Muyo is one of my all time favorite animes. And of all the characters from that show, the only decent figure I could purchase was that of Ryoko. Even this figure is a bit boring, but at least it isn't as bad as some of the Ayeka's out there.





The legs on Ryoko took FOREVER because I had to paint 8 or 9 layers of red acrylic before I got a nice solid color. This is the figure that convinced me that it was time to buy an airbrush and compressor. With an airbrush, this figure would have been super simple - but without it, it took forever to get enough layers on the parts for a flat color. I think it was great for practice and to up my painting skills, that I started out with hand painting; but any serious figure painting has to be done with airbrush, and it was time to move on up. So after I finished this figure, I bought one.

As happy as I am to have a Tenchi Muyo figure, there is nothing particularly exciting about this piece for me. It's rather simple, and not particularly sexy. The only real thing I'm happy with here was another perfect eye job. Maybe an even better one than the last figure (Rei).