Bandai: Nausicaä riding on Kai

Decisions on colors... I chose 3 Miyazaki illustrations from his watercolors book as my main source choices, instead than the box art (which does not well represent the kit's sculpting choices IMHO). It was a bit surprising how much his choices varied from piece to piece. On top of that, few include Kai and some angles just are just not represented. LOL 

 

Tried out a 'leather' tone brown from a new Vallejo metal & leather set that was gifted to me. Love the set, but this color did not dry as I expected. LOL This will be revisited! 

Finally satisfied with the base color for Kai's feathers. 

That's more like it. 🙂 

Shadow wash. Will try some light dry brushing later for highlights. 

Tongue tone 'n' tastebuds with gloss varnish stippled coating for saliva (like I did for my Rhedosaur). 

Toothpick tip to get the buttons on the bottom of Nausicaa's flight cap flaps. 

Two-tone leather coming along. 

 

Test-fitting legs, torso & head 

Accessories are coming along.