Sculpting with paint

Here's a neat trick. What do you do with a model that has completely flat, un-detailed feet?

Most people would A) leave it be or B) carve out those feet as part of the prepping process. Most people... but not Stephanie Blaylock!

Stephanie decided Troubadour's feet were the perfect canvas for a faux paint challenge.

Instead of resculpting them, she used paint, pastels and water to create the illusion of depth and dimension.

This is such a neat solution and surprisingly effective!

Because we all love photos, here's the rest of the horse. He's not Stephanie's official NaMoPaiMo model, but he is fabulous nonetheless.

In case you'd like to try this yourself, here are some reference photos of mostly clean hooves. This one is grey,

this one is shell...

and this one is half and half.

Thank you, Stephanie! I know you've inspired a lot of people to spend a little extra time on their models feets!