I finished my set of three Star Trek the Motion Picture figures with Sulu.
A few painting tricks to help pass the head as Sulu. I added Takei's distinctive mole above the eye and his arched eyebrows. I also added some color to the lips (and managed to make it not look like lipstick!).
When I made the custom Chekov and Uhura figures, I painted them whole pieces. This made it hard to get the paint brushes to hit all of the surfaces evenly and left a lot of brush marks and imperfections. For Sulu, I decided to bust the figures apart- mostly so I could put a McCoy head on a Decker body. The figures popped apart in a vice without destroying the torsos. Being able to work on each piece of the figures made painting so much easier.
As for Sparta, I listened to everyone's critiques. I reset the arms so that they're deeper into the torso and replaced the gloves with much smaller hands.
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