He Slimed Me! A Tuesday Vinyl Excursion.

Today's post goes outside the realm of canvas and enters the relatively new world of custom vinyl toys.

 

Slimer!

 

This is a 4 in Munny figure.  These figures cost about $10 and start out plain white.  It is up to the artist then to apply paint or stickers or whatever suits your fancy.  For whatever reason, when I decided to do a Munny figure, the first thing that popped into my was Slimer.  Thank Zuul it wasn't the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

 

 

The green base color was applied with an airbrush.  I must say that airbrushing is not an easy skill to pick up.  I had many goes with the paint to try to get it come out evenly.  Overall, I'm pretty happy with the consistency I got with the end product.

 

Once the basecoat was complete I went back to my original sketches and started applying them to the figure.  Since I usually work in abstract, I had quite a bit of trouble getting the straight smooth lines I was envisioning in my mind. 

 

 

The black outlines of Slimer's facial and body features were done with a small brush and then some of the rough areas were smoothed out with a sharpie.  The line work in my opinion is the weakest area on the figure.  If you look closely you can see some waviness....perfectionism, meh.

 

I think that in the end the figure really does capture the old cartoon version of Slimer.  The mouth and teeth were by far the most fun parts to do.  I used a brush and many coats of paint to achieve a smooth finish.  The figure was sprayed with a sealant and now resides on a shelf in my painting room.

 

"Slimer" 4 inch Munny Figure, Acrylic paint via airbrush, brush and sharpie marker

$50.00

 

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