Sorry for not posting much these days. I finally got around painting my Devilman this spring after sitting on the shelf for about 15 years(!)
I have been extremely intimidated by this kit, not knowing which way to go. I started painting it back in the nineties trying to achieve a translucent fire/flame feel, but it just looked rubbish. So I primed it and put it on the shelf. Since it's such a tall statue it's been on a top shelf staring down at me whenever I pass and one day I just couldn't stand it.
I decided I wanted to pay homage to the original Go Nagai Devilman as much as I could. Blue-ish skin, black and red markings etc. In a way much of the features in Takeya's sculpt suggested he did too, but I've never seen anyone go that route paint-wise. Not even Takeya himself. And my usual house rule when it comes to Takeya kits is that if the master has sculpted a line or a detail, then I have to paint it. I have to pay attention to detail and honor every tool mark he put down there. There are LOTS of detail in this kit.
...so that's when I put it back on the shelf.
But at least a seed was planted and it didn't take 15 more years for me to build up courage to tackle it one more time. More like a couple of months
I hadn't skipped my flame idea entirely since I think it looks like Takeya had the vision of sculpting Devilman's legs and arms as well as the shoulders as flames. Flames with a claw at the end of every flame...
It turned out to be a lost cause since it didn't read well and a lot of detail got lost if I panted stuff bright yellow/orange/red. So I tried scorching it with blacks, but it didn't read well either. So finally I went my all time "when-all-else-fails" route and brought out my sepia colors and went to town.
So this is the result:
Hope you like it
