Amiibo Obssession

I think I've gathered up a good number of custom Amiibos that I've painted. The more I paint them, the more I become obsessed. And I've realized that as you begin to work them, you get to appreciate the quality more because you have a chance to get up close and personal see all tiny little details that Nintendo has added to them.

For example, I am working a Bowser right now ( the color scheme is a surprise) and if you give it a quick glance it just looks like plain, what Bowser is "supposed" to look like. But when you get up close, you see that he had scales engraved in in his skin. And not only that, his skin is also textured differently underneath his tail. This allows me to add a wash to him, so the detail of his scales can be pop out.Besides his skin, his turtle shell is beautiful. If you compare the Bowser's shell to a real turtle shell, they look very similar. There are small little details in texture that resemble to the turtle shell. Each Amiibo has these special attributes to them, that I didn't really notice until I started painting them.

However, there are some minor things that bother me as painter. The challenges that I've had with them were very minor. I guess you can call them pet peeves.The first that I noticed was when I was painting the link. He had small painting hiccups before I started. There were various areas where there was green besides the green tunic. Some of the belt had green paint splattered on it. I had to match the color and repaint on  it. Maybe to someone who doesn't paint Amiibos, it wouldn't matter; however, it pet peeve of mine because I try to aim for it being perfect.

 Also, when I working on Donkey Kong I realized his left arm wasn't glued on correctly. You could see the small gap between the torso and chest. So I  had to fix it and fill it in and paint over it. Not only that, some manufacturing glue had spilled out from the side and dried on his chest. You can't really tell, but it's just tiny details I notice when I paint them.

Even if there are hiccups in the paint job, it still doesn't overwhelm the amazing the of the Amiibos. I'm just a little anal retentive about it. So it's a personal opinion. I really enjoy painting them, and everyday I learn something new about them. I really learned to appreciate Nintedo's work on designing and manufacturing them.

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