This is Jessica 6 from Logan's Run available to print from Torrida Miniatures. You get 1/10th, 75mm and 32mm versions, both supported and unsupported, and in a variety of construction options - a complete figure or separate parts.
I went with separate parts because I wanted to do her outfit in that iconic ever-so-slightly-see-through design - which was not without its challenges. I printed the figure in normal grey resin and painted her up 'fully nude'. I then printed the 3 parts of the costume in clear resin, which came out of the printer looking like glass initially, but once the excess uncured resin was washed away, the end result was a very cloudy effect due to the micro texture caused by all the layer lines.
This was reduced by coating all the pieces with 3-4 layers of Kleer floor polish. This significantly improved the transparency to the point it was too clear and glass like again, but was a good basis for the next stage. A very very thin mix of green ink and opaque white was misted back over in several layers to bring the colour up to where I wanted it - it was hard to tell the effect of each layer and I think in the end I went a little bit too deep with the green, but it was too late to correct at that point.
Finally, the glossiness was dialed back with a couple of mists of ultra flat varnish, which also toned down the overall translucency to where I wanted it. The next tricky part was to assemble the costume over the figure and join the parts together without leaving horrible seams. I struck on the idea of using more clear resin applied with a toothpick to the seams and set instantly with a UV torch to weld the costume together once in place. Fit was a bit fiddly, but heating the parts with a hair drier allowed them to be coaxed into a good alignment long enough to get in with the resin. Several passes of adding tiny amount of resin and curing with the torch and I had a well secured tunic. The only problem now was that the new welded seams were very shiny, but delicate application of a bit more flat varnish and they disappeared pretty well.
The original costume has a metallic sparkle to it - I simulated this by delicately applying a light green sparkly eye shadow I got off ebay. The effect is really nice but it prone to rubbing off again - it needs to be fixed but I think anything over the top would probably kill off the sparkle so I'm going to have to just not touch it. Ever.
The base was printed out as one piece on my FDM printer given it was so simple. A bit of filler primer and sanding and it came out perfectly smooth. The one thing I did add was the nameplate - this was made in CAD using a Logan's Run-like font I found on the internet called Ankh Sanctuary (I see what they did there!). I embossed the text outward and painted it green to try and make it look a bit 'neon' but I think it needed to be a bit of a deeper colour. But it will do.
Thanks for looking!
