Build-Ups by Tom Grossman
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This is Musette. She's an original faerie from the imagination of Rick Barrows at Fogger Studios. She's almost 8" tall with a wingspan just about as big. I saw her first years ago at a fellow Gremlin's website among some show pictures. I got in touch with Rick and within a few days, I had my own Musette.
That became the green version.
The pink version appeared in The Utilmate Airbrush Handbook .
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Her base was made from a large block of maple that I picked up at a local woodworker's supply store. What an adventure it was to cut it! The inward curve was the result of a happy accident with the scroll saw and some new rasps.
Her hair was streaked using V-Rush Pens Nail Art Brushes.
This is my second Musette. The first was finsihed in June of 2000. This one began as a sample piece to airbrush at the National Model and Hobby Show in October of 2000. When I got her home, I stripped the paint I had used at the show and began painting her in ernest. My wife, Maxine, suggested the color scheme.
How her skin was airbrushed is in the chapter I wrote on airbrushing models in the
Ultimate Airbrush Book . The book was compiled by Donn and Pamela Shanteau and published by Watson-Guptill.
Her hair was streaked with V-Rush Pens using Crafter's Pick Brush Strokes to add some texture. Then, it was base coated with violet and streaked with violet mixed with copper and gold paint.
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