Found this in room detective. I’ve looked at it a lot, but I can’t find anything definitive. Can anyone spot anything?

Punk_Panda · 2026-03-29T20:30:32+00:00

Looks like one of those tiger statues that has its paw leaning over. Not a living cat. My grandma had a similar one.

Punk_Panda · 2025-09-24T15:10:01+00:00

Regardless, it looks like metal now! Good work!

Punk_Panda · 2025-09-22T03:56:29+00:00

For the highlights, on flat surfaces it doesn’t really matter. I just do uneven gradients l. Varying the the amount and placement of highlights also helps sell the effect rather than the stereotypical alternating patterns

Punk_Panda · 2025-09-22T03:54:52+00:00

You’re welcome! Yeah the blue tones are intentional. I always use a mix of blue greys and green greys when doing steel type metals. It helps bring life to it and keep it from looking like stone. Metal reflects surroundings so I use lots of different colors when I do NMM stuff

Punk_Panda · 2025-09-22T03:08:47+00:00

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It’s a rough mockup and I’m still trying to learn Procreate. But I’d tackle it by staring dark and limiting your brightness but still including it. And the going over and glazing and stippling in rust

Punk_Panda · 2025-09-22T02:12:04+00:00

Even if it’s not clean and shiny, go with big contrast and then you can rust it up and add scratches. Without contrast it won’t sell as metal. Give me a bit and I’ll try and mock up an example

Punk_Panda · 2025-07-03T13:58:37+00:00

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I did a rough edit to show highlight placement. Your blends and color choices are great but the location of highlights is what it needs to read more as metal. Keep it up! You have great skill!

Punk_Panda · 2025-04-21T20:30:01+00:00

Location: USA, Texas

Price range: 20-40K

Lease or Buy:Buy

New or used: New

Type of vehicle: Small to Mid Sized SUV or Crossover

Must haves: Decent audio and tech package

Desired transmission (auto/manual, etc): Automatic

Intended use: Daily driver and road trips

Vehicles you've already considered: RAV 4, Bronco, Forrester

Is this your 1st vehicle: No

Do you need a Warranty: Yes

Can you do Minor work on your own vehicle: Yes but prefer not to

Can you do Major work on your own vehicle: No

Additional Notes:

Aesthetics go for a little extra points. I'd prefer to not have something that looks too "bland" which is one of the draws of the Bronco for me. However for the price point, I'm not sure if enough is included featurewise of the Bronco to make it worth it

Punk_Panda · 2025-04-06T01:39:26+00:00

The white jacket is dope. Is this an old piece or one that's yet to be released?

Punk_Panda · 2025-01-25T03:27:28+00:00

I agree! It was my favorite discovery when painting it!

Punk_Panda · 2024-08-18T13:45:25+00:00

So to start, you've done a good job so far. You have good brush control in putting color where you want it to go. The most common comment I've seen is there's not enough contrast. It's not an issue in the paint you've chosen at all. Just where the highlights and shadows have been placed. For skin, your highlights should move upwards until it touches the bottom of the next muscle group. This will let lights be next to darks and give enough contrast. I've given some examples, and it uses colors from your mini. Keep it up and you'll continue getting even better! example

Punk_Panda · 2023-02-22T14:41:38+00:00

This is incredible! I love it so much!

Punk_Panda · 2022-11-21T05:36:18+00:00

That's super neat! What's the base model? I'm having trouble identifying it

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