My Jareth: the problem of thin resin

[modernwizard]

Jareth's head has thin resin in several places. I understand the thin resin in the temples and under the cheekbones: those are places where I made his sculpt particularly indented. As I've mentioned earlier, though, there's also extremely thin resin in his eyewells. as indicated by the triangle, it's the thinnest area in his head. I blame that on Angelsdoll's "inner part modeling" and their known history of thin resin in their sculpts.





I'm trying to fix it by painting the inside of the eyewells.

Comments

[sugar-for-sugar.livejournal.com]

Are you worried about structural problems/ getting punctured or splitting, or is it more the aesthetic aspect of light coming through in some angles? Or both?

[blogofstench.livejournal.com]

I'm not really worried about structural problems, as resin is pretty tough. Even where the resin is translucent, it's strong enough for my purposes, and I don't really care about the translucencies in his temples and under his cheekbones, as these will be shaded by hair. I'm mostly concerned with his very translucent eyelids, as I can see the blue of his eyes glowing through them, which is a very neat effect, but not the one I want. So I'm painting the insides of his eyewells to achieve a more realistic look to his eyelids.

[sugar-for-sugar.livejournal.com]

Ah, yeah that makes sense! My only remotely similar doll has a head of sculpted, painted plastic so it's not something I've ever considered before. XD

[plaidedbra.livejournal.com]

With the first pictures you posted, I could see the blue of his eyes through the resin. It made him look more haunting/creepy/mysterious (in a good way).