#mattellooks

[the-enzyme]

I first repainted my Ken Looks number 5, a bit longer than two years ago (around April 2022). I have been meaning to repaint him again for a while now, using the acrylics only method, of repainting 1:6 action figures. I am super happy I finally did it!

I already loved this Mattel Ken doll very much, but now I feel I am finally getting closer to what I was hoping, with my first repaint on him. I wanted him to look "scary," as that is my main goal with most of my male dolls. Intimidating, menacing type of scary, for the most part. I feel I have accomplished that this time. I always thought I gave him way massive eyes, on my first repaint on him. However, I feel like I probably did a cleaner job back in 2022, because my hands are growing shakier. I can see his lashes were cleaner, the whole eye area really. Sadly, I can't turn back time. I'm older, and my hands are indeed getting shakier with old age. T__T;;

Not like they weren't shaky already, but still, it stings to know it'll only get worse, because there's nothing, I can do to stop it! Repainting my own toys is a hobby I sincerely enjoy. I am super happy I learned I can use only acrylics, even if a little too late because my hands shake like the dickens now! Of course, I already used acrylics for line work, but it's still huge old pain in the behind, that my hands are even shakier now!!!

Moving on, I am super happy with him (for now!), I still need to seal the work -- that's why it looks so shiny! I could always do a cleaner job here and there, yadda yadda, but I am happy with him and feel he's done for now. I'm including comparisons to my 2022 repaint on him, and also progress of this repaint, because I might need it later as quick refence! I wanted his chin smaller, it's the one part I am not a fan of, and the lips! I forgot about it in the two years I didn't feel like working on him. I did soften the chin a bit further this time, but I feel I can make it a lot less wide and just less "huge" in general. I am also not a fan of the lip shape, but I am not sure how I want to tackle that. I feel once I reduce the chin to my liking (later on), I'll be able to see what I want to do with the lips. I'm particularly not a fan of how they sculpted the lower-lip.... paint does help a little, but I am still not sold on either the chin nor the lips. DX

[the-enzyme]

I took about a thousand photos of my Ken Looks number 5 repaint, that time I posted photos of him exactly ten days ago... >__>;; I thought I would share a few more! Lol!

I am still undecided, on whether I should add some matte MSC, to his under eyes, as it doesn't look as if I added a million pounds of vaseline to that area, IRL. As can be seen in some of these darker shots. I am planning on adding a few piercings and perhaps some tattoos on his arms. I might want to do the matte-fying before adding the facial piercings, as the MSC will interfere with them. I just have to remember where I left my hole-less .5mm glass beads. DX

I am doing a few other fashion doll repaints, at the moment, so I am super excited about my fashion doll customizations. I need to get these done quick though, I don't want to wait too long to redo my RE4 Leon's eye mods. Time is ticking, for my Aves Apoxie Sculpt to start dying by the minute. I love this dude though, but I feel I am pretty much done with him, for now. I just want something like piercings on his face to finish his look, and perhaps some ink on his arms. Either that, or a mesh top, to hide the fact the arms don't match any part of him (the burden of 1:6 action figure male bodies). T___T;;;