taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sparse updates are gonna be even more sparse. I'm behind on house stuff and the whole fam is gonna be in town during thanksgiving (first time in 6 years lmao) so I gotta hustle 🏃♀️ 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New shading standard: up the contrast until you can see it in poor lighting through a camera phone 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm trying to be patient w this kit for once cause I want to level up my overall finishing quality and that involves doing stuff I normally would try to avoid 😮💨 Temp assembly, not enough shading contrast on suit. Gonna go back and fix :( 100
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Gold test. A friend recommended the tamiya paint pen a while back and this is my first time using it. Application is easy which is great but. It's too brassy :/ Looks fine on black but not on teal (Also I'm gonna be slow for a while too busy playing fire emblem) 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Pretty simple stuff so far but I'm really happy with these initial layers 🤗 the pants had a bit of peacock mixed in but they looked too green next to the skin so I sprayed some extra skin paint on the edges and voila. Lovely. 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Test fitting and discovering I missed a little itty bitty patch of skin 😭 why is it part of the torso instead of the neck... 100
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Slowly going insane while mixing blond 💀 this was attempt 3 and I still don't like it 010
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Note to self: adding white desaturates colors (duh) so if you are comparing colors in a color picker u gotta add the saturation back in if u want the dot to creep perfectly upwards 001
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I'll get back to painting 🎰 this weekend when I can do so without devolving into a woman possessed but in the meantime I wanted something to cleanse my soul with 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Wait I just had a wonderful idea I've seen people put beads in this lil container and obvi I am lazy and not gonna go get some BUT Y'know what I do have. A half finished studio syoto sekihan w/ a few grains that fell off 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Oh and Turns out my house has a fantastic area for photography: ✨The breakfast nook✨ Windows on 3 sides aww yeah. I didn't even need to edit some of my pics aside from white balance the lighting was just *that good* 010
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Strawberry milk (caomei niunai) Original character by Bomhat Sculpt by xibixibi Paint & original colorway by meee 120
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I finally had a good idea for a banner but now my icon doesn't match 😞 guess it's about time for a change anyway 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Big spread 🫢 57 pieces, dunno if that's more than my other ones but the spread is so big bc 1/5.5 scale. This actually could make a sick banner and I may try that w/ better lighting later 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 06/09/2026pink done pink done Gotta mask but my cat has entered cuddle season 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Pinks are still kicking my butt but I'm almost there just gotta fix the skirt pieces and lighten the legs. As much as I like the pretty coral color the weird desaturated one is way more interesting Also super happy w the face 🤗 All that work has paid off 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I gotta stop painting in the dead of night it's so hard to judge colors right 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I love my floors but I need to get a rug 😭 Chipped a frill and bent my tweezers which has never happened before back in my carpet-clad workspace 😭😭 At least now I have an excuse to fix this slightly chipped area on the box too cause I would've left it otherwise 100
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 01/09/2026✅ Skin ✅ Hair ✅ Blue clothes ✅ Ribbons Still need to add face details and touch up some flakey paint (how am I still getting random paint chips??) but otherwise all that's left are the pink pieces!! Trying to finish soon so I can open comms. House has left me poor 🥲 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Face is...ok. It needs more sessions Everything else is slowly coming together but I have a lot to tweak still 010
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I have returned from vacation but am still slow. Somehow my free time keeps getting commandeered by other people but w/e I guess Accidentally made it look like the panties are giving a mad wedgie (yes I used too much mucosal clear and yes I will redo it) 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The alt head still has sculpted lash lines so I chiseled off one before laying down a new draft. It's actually really hard to style match this one. It's not a bad interpretation but we'll see At least it's better than the other head 👎 (What I'm trashing vs what I'm modifying) 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Started skin, decided I hated the sculpted face. Gonna be busy the rest of the week so no updates for a bit 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Finally starting to look like my color concept 🥹 Aside from shading touchups, I can now decide that I will - go full sparkly on those long ribbons - tint the shirt a bit more purple - color roses pink and leaves dark blue 100
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I'm really, really pleased with how this turned out. It's relatively simple but I think this is maybe the best and most pleasant experience I've had detailing eyeballs this far 100
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Very pretty sapphire. Too bad it isn't what I was aiming for 😔 Gonna cover it up w sparkles tho ✨ For future me's reference this is roughly 1:1 gaia cyan & magenta primaries, favoring cyan a smidge 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 02/08/2026WIPs 1&2, primed!!! 🍓 Prepped in Apr, 🎰 was prepped back in Nov, got pretty far priming then both together until work stress & house hunting got the best of me 120
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I will post a WIP update once I get my lil temp studio cleaned up 🙂↔️ I don't have a good place to put 4 WIPs rn... 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I haven't checked anything on here for like 2 months which is probably for the best cause I'm ✨super broke✨ and all the cool artists make me wanna buy things 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Paint racks! An essential for all households! (I don't have a TV or a couch yet LOL) 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Officially on *hiatus* hiatus now! Went on vacation, got sick, bought my house, started packing up my bench 🥲 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I promise I'm not dead I'm just chilling in hell. I'll be out in a week or so, just trying to make it there first 🥲 Enjoy some silly dudes. Hoping to paint them on the beach. If I survive until then 🥲🥲 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Alignments are surprisingly tricky here The legs caused the pants to tilt which pushed the hand out of its grooves, so I had to drill out one of the shoes The bulkiness of the cloak pushed the head/shoulders out so I've had to anchor it w/ pins + rod; tricky cause of the clear bits 100
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 01/05/2026🍓 is ready for her bath but I'm not ready to throw myself back in painting yet (I also have 🎰 waiting too) Decided to pick up 🪼again in the meantime. I had ambitious ideas that I no longer feel like doing which is why he's finally moving forward!! Time to be stuck in giant clear piece hell 🥲 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I'm so unbelievably excited about this Irie Aki is one of my all time favorite mangaka and I never expected any studio to pick up her stuff cause it's so niche. I can only hope whoever lands this project does her gorgeous art justice 😭 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 21/04/2026This is going to be so annoying to assemble lol I'm oddly enamored by all the details surrounding the face. Everything has to have a certain amount of mass to hold together in 3D at this scale. It's the sort of thing that you don't really envision in 2D illustration 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 20/04/2026My "I'm on break" build 🍓 Dunno if I'm gonna hop into painting after I get all these bows in but I'm enjoying it so far. I'd heard the splits were very puzzle-like and they are and I like it lmao. Used a lot of magnets so far for stability (she's big!) & to make the undies swap 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Mushroom party 🕺🍄 There's something very soothing about painting acrylic by hand but every time I think about doing it I get ansty 😔 Obviously the answer is to just do it more!! 100
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 30/03/2026...I got a little carried away with the editing so thread will have to be tomorrow 000
taira @tairaisround.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Boothill from Honkai Star Rail Sculpted by Aoi Kimidori Painted by meee 000
