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Pinning this was an absolute nightmare, so I wanted to show it off a bit

This is a model of a refrigerator magnet that I designed. It has been completed. The resin model.

Tried a different skin approach and it yeilded some good result

This is my first ever GK so im super new to all this. I've sanded and primed my pieces with rust-olem 2x white primer and am now brush painting with liquitex basics acrylics and watering it down a little with some basic tap water and I'm now trying to use my vallejo liquid mask to get those super crisp lines but instead of pulling the paint clean off with the vallejo, it just pulls the lip of the paint up leaving it almost like there was no liquid mask at all. Does anyone know how I can get my liquid mask and paints to behave better or explain what I might be doing wrong? Any help is appreciated 🙏

I don't want to over value it. I'm still a beginner, and there are still clear mistakes, but I also don't want to undervalue my work either. I've had an offer for a commission but I hesitate due to not knowing how much it should cost. Any thoughts?

Is around $40.00-$70.00 too much or too little?

Sculpt by REMYJF on Cults3D https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/rabbit-hole-hatsune-miku

Edit: Thank you, everyone, for the advice! I really do appreciate it a lot. It seems the consensus is that I need to sharpen my skills in sanding and smoother painting before doing any commission work, which I totally get! Im glad you guys are willing to give me constructive feedback on how I can be better. I will try and work really hard on improving. :)

Bread Bunny Teto is painted!
She’ll be on display at Wonderfestival US 2026 with unpainted copies sold.
Thank you to u/Left_Dreamer for letting me paint their amazing sculpt ❤️

Finished up my Twilight Sparkle figure. I like how the pony part came out overall I think, but I had just a hard time with the decals on the human version this time.

I've been really struggling with the Decal Fix seeming to change the color of the paint underneath (on the pony flank) that I tried to go without for a few of them (human model) this time and it ended terribly lol. Using a coat of gloss varnish really helped with the color change issue on the human part but the damage of not having fixer was already done lol. After a few failures I tried a diluted fixer and that seemed to work a lot better and not give me those color altering issues, though honestly I was prolly the gloss varnish that fixed it (I forgot to use gloss on the pony part, stupid I know).

Year 4 of painting GK, mostly printed ones. Third time using decals, 99% of them before this have been eye decals.

Sculpt：曼波

paintjob/photography：me

I finished the super adorable Little Illustrious kit sculpted by French Doll of Cerberus Project! I got her at TFO 22. She is 41 pieces in total.

I wanted to paint this kit to get more experience painting clear pieces and white stocking. The clear wasn't as hard as I thought. The white stocking, I tried out the new Lascivus stocking paint. Skin color doesn't show up well thru the white paint, so I did thin layers of clear pale red over it and that effect works out well. I'm happy with how she turned out!

Does anyone know where I could get a custom gk modeled and resin casted (over printed preferably) after my own drawing? 🤔 I have an OC that I really love and I think my illustration would make a great figure if I expanded the image <3 (my illustration is attached if you’re curious). I’m open to both manufacturers and small businesses!

I had been working on this kit to showcase at the first Wonder Festival US happening at Momocon in Atlanta. I haven't painted bikes before, so it was an experience. I used candy painting for the bike, where I spray gloss black, metallic paint, then over with a clear orange. Sasada (+ manager Panda) is the representation of Grizzry Panda, an iconic sculptor who has created many garage kits as well as commercial PVC works!

Credit to Kuru Figure https://cults3d.com/:4015860

Definitely the most fiddly kit I’ve ever done, those decals sucked the soul straight from my body. She’s hand painted so is a bit rough in some areas as I’m still a noob, gave it my best though. Definitely some learning here though, like making sure everything sits right before painting, being more careful with the glue trail and cutting out the decals more delicately. The skin is splotchy in some places where I haven’t sanded and primed properly too. Overall tho I think she looks quite good, now I just need to never touch her again as she’ll probably fall to pieces.
Haven’t varnished her yet either as I don’t trust myself not to mess that up, so I took the photos first

⚠️ US seller- I can only ship within the US atm

All original kits! Bought them directly from the makers years ago. (except Venus- got her second hand) Just never got around to making them.

Selling them all cheaper than for what I got them for

🦇 Careo/Oprea $70

🐰 1/6 Oyasumi Ton-chan- $90 (lots of cool mix & match parts! Alternate faceplates/chests/hands/etc)

🐺 1/6 Katoreya- $90

🛸 Venus- $70

Feel free to check out my past seller reviews here- https://myfigurecollection.net/profile/slex/comments/