I was inspired by this 2008 promo image for The Sarah Connor Chronicles to make a little android prop. It'll be a fun project, but more importantly it'll give me something to practice painting. The next step in my 23" Victoria 8 figurine is to paint it so I want to practice first. I was very happy with the paint job on the first figurine that I made but I'm afraid I forgot how I pulled it off. I do have the step-by-step pictures that I took, but I'd prefer to practice on something smaller before diving right in.



I jumped into DAZ and started with a Victoria 8.1 model. I then hid most of the body parts just leaving the upper torso and then dropped in some android parts that I found online. That looks pretty good.



I then took the model into Meshmixer to do some cleanup and size the model.



I made some holes for the android parts.



I should then be able to glue them right in.



Looks good.



I then exported the parts and 3D printed them in resin.



It took 15 hours to print. The model is hollow with 1.5mm walls.



I knew I should have removed the supports that went all the way up to the eyes. I didn't think they were necessary. They were automatically generated so I left them. I should have known better and just removed them. When I popped them off, they took a little piece of the eyes with them. Other than that, the model looks great. No sanding required.



These small parts came out great. I printed them solid.



I then painted them black and rubbed on some graphite powder. I then gave them a clear coat.



For the model, I first gave it two coats of primmer and a buffing with some steel wool.



I then gave it two coats of white.



I then painted it a light pink using acrylic paint.



I then gave it a yellow wash and pained in some blues.



I used some chalk pastels and brushed on some yellow, brown, and red.



I then did some detail work and attempted to paint the face. It's not bad, but those eyebrows! I have to say, eyebrows are really hard. Really, really hard. I definitely need some practice there. (And maybe some finer brushes.)



I then jumped into SketchUp to design some sort of rig to hold the android torso.



I printed those in resin too. I made them solid so they have some weight.



I gave them the graphite treatment too.



I then super glued it together. It's not perfect, but this is just a silly thing that I'm throwing together just to practice painting. It does not need to be perfect. I don't want to spend too much time on it.



I then glued in the android parts.



The model then just hangs in the rig like that. I am really happy with the way that the paint job came out. I now just need to replicate it for the 23" figurine!