How to paint skintones and modify 3d printed heads for custom WWE Mattel Action Figures!
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- Another tutorial! This time I’m going to go through how I paint skintones for my wrestling figures, and the paints I use to get those skintones. I’m also going to walk through how I fill in custom heads and with sculpting clay, when they don’t fit perfectly.
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This video has been so helpful and essential to my growth as a custom figure artist. I took the liberty to purchase almost all of the colors you used and was able to recreate multiple skin tones that were made and showcased. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your contributions to the Custom Community, your work is inspiring and always appreciated to see new content.
I love this, man! That’s really the goal. I love customizing and anything I can do to help others just makes the hobby that much more rewarding.
@@thefiguredudeHello. Do you paint 1/12 head sculpts for clients ?
Great video and love that you shared some color recipes to help match skin tones. Great part choices for G.O.D. can’t wait to see them finished.
Yeah, I’ve been meaning to do it. Skintone painting kept me from doing a lot of customs for a long time, so I wanted to share it! Thank you. I went back and forth for awhile with them! I’m excited to get to them.
Awesome video 🙏🏼 headsculpt part was very helpful. Been trying to find a solution for my headsculpt problem for a minute.
Thank you! Yep. I’ve seen some other methods, but that’s what works best for me. I’m glad it helped!
Great work man!! im getting into customizing my own figures. I'm just chuckling at how you call it Samoan skintone
Right on!! Haha. They refuse to admit that not all of them have the same exact skintone.
Yea bro im polynesian myself and we all look exactly the same@@thefiguredude
More vids like this, very helpful!!
Will do!!
I swear the Mr.T Ultimate is SO flexible when it comes to customs. I've used it so much recently!
Is the Tama Tonga torso a Dean Ambrose Elite ?
It is. I believe it’s the same mold as AJ Styles, and I use that for a ton of guys. That is correct! One of the shield elites
@@thefiguredude Nice! I ended up finding like 6 of the Rock Then, Now, Now, Forever elites at my local toy store and ended up using it for my Tama and Tanga's. Now, finding the right torso for my Jacob Fatu elite has been a challenge.
Do you paint the apple barrel paint straight on or do you add a primer before ? I'm thinking of painting a figure so curious
I’ve painted a lot straight on, but priming does help for some of them. Lighter colors like yellow, orange, or pink don’t cover well at all. Grey, black, blue do cover well. Priming is the easiest way to assure it covers nicely.
Just what i needed
Glad I could help, man.
What skin tone would match the recent Bret hart ultimate MNW figure?
Tan!
What type of paint do you use ?
I still use apple barrel for skintones, but use Vallejo acrylic for about everything else.
What would be the formula for the roman/the rock skin tone?? The tama one is more like a usos skin or am I wrong??
You’re correct. That would be the Samoan skintone I used for the headshrinkers.
What do you do for hair do like do you use the same matte paint or do you do a gloss to kinda make it look wet
I seal it with matte spray. I’ve tried the glossy look, but felt it just made it look cheap.
How would you suggest doing like a light fade to someones haircut?
I dry brush it and slowly add the layers. I can’t explain well in words lol. I can show it on a video though!
Can you try body skin-toning tutorial or have one already after this video. I recently watch this y using the products for a body.
This is helpful enough though
Do you mean just painting the entire body?
@@thefiguredude yeah cause I gotten mix skin tones for parts on a custom
Wich skin tone would you do on the ultamite edition aj styles? Tryna make a ultamite edition will ospreay
The pale skintone is what matches the ultimate AJ torso. For some reason they made his ultimate a different skintone than every other figure he’s ever had lol
Do you think it would work if they were just 3d printed with the holes for interchangeable heads?
Most of them are. Hausfoureen’s hesd will typically pop on, and headeration’s do sometimes. I prefer clay in all of them, cause it gives me a little more range of motion and they’re a little more secure on the neck peg.
Oh ok, so you drilled it out?@@thefiguredude
@@Wrath_Figs yep, just a little bit.
I’m forever not knowing how to maintain whatever brushes I use so I end up leaving them in the water but I see how u are rinsing them and drying them with a paper towel so I will try that. Can you tell me what brand of brushes you use for the details like eyebrows, eyes, lips n teeth sed do you have tutorials on that?
Yep. I have my cup of water and paper towel. Keep the brushes as clean as possible, cause I used to go through them quick. Rinsing them helps me keep the paint thin, too. I’ll have to check. Idk what brand, but I just ordered a relatively cheap set off Amazon that had fine tip brushes. I don’t have a tutorial for that, but I can add it to the to-do list!
@@thefiguredude is it possible for you to give me the name of the paint thinner you use and where I may possibly get some?
@@edel4897 I use testors universal acrylic thinner. I had it for a long time and didn’t use it, then gave it a try. I really don’t remember where I got it. Hobby lobby would be my guess.
I’ll try that I figure that’s why the paint kinda clumps up I use the sponge a lil toilet paper and water in a Tupperware but it’s not good enuff hey I wanna show you two figures Grayson and surfer sting I wanna get ur honest opinion
@@edel4897 sounds good. Just message me on Instagram!
Did u prime the head sculpts and if so what kind of primer did u use?
I will prime them for any skintone that’s not the tan or pale. The light mocha base for those two covers well, so I don’t have issues with those.
Hey boss how much do you charge for custom head sculpts for 6inch figures head?
I buy all my headsculpts from a few different people. Hausfourteen, Headeration, and Headgimmicks are all people I buy from regularly.
Do you have a formula for a “Samoan” skin tone?
Yes, it’s in there somewhere!
What would you use for Asian skin tones? I’m having a fit matching the skin tone of the unmasked Movie Snake Eyes head.
That’s tough. For my wwe action figures, I do the pale skintone. I don’t have any experience trying to match GI joes. I can’t let myself buy them, or I’ll open up a whole new hole in my wallet lol
Yo I have a question how do you make will ospreys hair color
I use apple barrel territorial beige, then dry brush it with apple barrel butter scotch!
@@thefiguredude thank so much
@@WWPEXTREME-iq4fg you’re welcome!!
What color paints do u need to make blonde , for hair
With acrylic paint
I have a question, what measurement is the neck peg that you do so that it snaps onto the figure?
What exactly do you mean?
@@thefiguredude sorry. What I mean is for the printed heads. There must be a hole made so that I can fit the peg on the wrestlers body and I was wondering how big that hole is because I’m looking into doing 3-D printed heads myself so I was wondering if you knew what size was by any chance?
@@ListenClub4Life ohhh i gotcha. No, I don’t really know how big to make it. If you’re 3d printing your own, I’d say to just make it hollow and fill it in with sculpting clay. That gives it a little more range of motion, while still securing the head on there.
@@thefiguredude oh I see! Thanks :)
@@ListenClub4Life welcome!! Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions.
anyone know what color to use on a unmasked Rey Mysterio?
What size are those heads
Doesn't that paint brand peel?
Nope!
I seal it with RustOleum matte sealer and don’t have any issues!
What type of primer u use for figures
Just rustoleum white matte primer
@@thefiguredude like u take the figures apart or just tape the surrounding of the figure that u not painting on
@@NathanBourque-l6s a little of both. Really, whatever is easiest. If I can avoid taking stuff apart, I will, but sometimes it’s easier to sand and everything when I take it apart.
@@thefiguredude just sand it first the put the primer
@@NathanBourque-l6s I’ll sand joints where it may rub some paint off, but yeah. I’ll sand before I do the primer
How would make Seth Rollins skin tone?
He’s the tan skintone combination!
@@thefiguredude thank you
I highly doubt this apple paint is holding a good bond woth no primer added to the resin printed heads..
I’ve made 100’s of customs and used apple barrel for the headsculpts on all of them. Every single figure on my Instagram has apple barrel paint on the head. Don’t knock it till you try it.