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Although I took a lot of "Before" pictures, my computer has gotten screwed up by the security technicians, and I have no idea where they've ended up. I began by sprayig the cap with the "colors" of the "silks" belonging to ParkerLight Stables.
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Looking down on the little guy, He's looking more like Johnny Cash than Eddie Arcaro. Black will always be hip, if you ask me!
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This is the design of the "silks". I'll use this as a template to paint it on the front and back of the jockey outfit.
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Moving slowly along, I'm trying to avoid any overspray, so I won't have to do a lot of masking. I'm using my new Badger Patriot airbrush. I'm really liking the versatility of this tool.
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His pants are white, so I do them before I get too close to the overlap, this way I can run a strip of tape around the edge to keep the line distinct.
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It's hard to tell where the eyes and eyelids begin and end. I sprayed this part white, but now I'm thinking that these were his lids, and not his eyes.Once I get the skin tones on, I'll deal with this dilemma.
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His top and pants are now covered, I'll get the boots out of the way next.
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I had started this using a paint called Auto Air, but I ran out and found that using Golden Airbrush Colors worked equally well.
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Once the boots are painted up, he's looking like he's ready for a night on the town!
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Now I make a place to mark the stable logo so I can spray that on. This is a bit more critical so I'll save that for last.
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Rather than just painting the hair with one color, I'm spraying in the strands, to give it a bit more lifelike look. Of course if it was lifelike, his ears wouldn't be the size of 747 wings!
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After a coat of fleshtone paint, I outline his fingers. Once I get the basic stuff worked out, I'll do some shading to make the details look a little more believeable.
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I used a light touch to spray in the eyebrows.
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Here's a better look at how the hair turned out.
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I used some of the flesh color to tone down the eyebrows. I don't think a jockey that looks like Alfred E. Neuman would be appreciated.
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All of our lips are a different color than the rest of our flesh, but I didn't want it to look like he had lipstick on, so I added a drop of transparent red to the fleshtone and airburshed his lips.
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Jockeys often get windburn on their faces during races. Since they wear goggles to protect their eyes, it leaves a mark similar to a tan line. I ran a strip of 1/8 inch masking tape acros his nose to simlate the band and darkened his face.
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The skin tone was a little too red, so I softenened it with a touch of brown and white. I think this looks a bit better.
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Using resized images of the ParkerLightfield Silk Design, I cut out a stencil, starting with the red.
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I then traced the design onto the Jockey's silks...
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In thoroughbred racing, the silks have the design front and back. This will be a difficult task to accmmoplish, due to the uneven surface I must cover. I'm tempted to only use the design on the back, but that's the portion that's seen the least. I don't think the owners would be pleased with that notion.
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I also have to put some red strips on the arms, as seen in the picture of the silks. That means more masking. Being that I already painted the silks black, that means the red will need multiple coats to cover. I'll spray a few coats of white first, that will make the red more easily visible.
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I start wrapping crepe masking tape around his arms. The plastic bags that our newspaper delivery comes in, help shorten the process.
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His right arm is attached to his hip, so I can't use this shortcut on all appendages. I do put one over his head, at this point I hope he suffocates. Not having a decent workspace is making me dread doing the work that I normally enjoy
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