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Hi Sean,

Our Miniature Head Sculpting lesson by Jordu Shell covers some great lifelike painting techniques for maquettes.
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/sculpture-techniques-miniature-head-sculpting-jordu-schell

As far as order of assembly of parts and when to paint before or after assembly, a lot of that changes depending on the specifics of the maquette design you are working with.

Jordu's lesso on Maquette painting techniques may also help:
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/creature-design-painting-techniques

And Tim Martin's lesson on Maquettes covers a lot of great assembly and painting techniques:  
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/monster-maquette-assembly-and-paint


Ron Mueck's work is amazing, been a huge fan of his for years.  We do have a lot of lifelike painting techniques that relate to his style.

This lesson on painting silicone skin may help:
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/silicone-painting-realistic-flesh-tones-vol-1

Hope that helps!

/Chris

Great looking eye mech!

/Chris

I really like the design of the teeth and the tooth like protrusion on the nose.  Very cool and original character!

/Chris

Hi Andrea,

Great start on the sculpt!  Likeness sculpts are, in my opinion, the hardest kind.  You're not only dealing with our hard-wired recognition of human anatomy, but trying to exactly match a specific subject.  No easy task!

For painting with acrylics, I like to thin down my paint with a little water (sometimes a bit of 99% alcohol) and paint in thinner washes.  That way I can build up color over time, or add subtle color changes.  That may work for you.

Can't wait to see your progress!

/Chris

Hi Bryan,

The author is "Luman Coad"

Here is a link to Luman's books on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&text=Luman+Coad&search-alias=books&field-author=Luman+Coad&sort=relevancerank

/Chris