So, since a lot of us can pretty much agree that the paintjob on the statue is quite horrendous I thought 'Screw it, I have nothing to lose,' I borrowed a whole box of Games Workshop paints from my friend and decided to take a shot at re-painting some of the worst spots. Unfortunately I forgot to take a 'before' photo, but let's just say that I got one of these:
http://i.imgur.com/XeCosYY.jpg
Here are the results:
Face & Torso:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0123.jpg
I ended up re-painting the entire face because there was a complete black and red mess around the eyes and mouth. I re-painted most of the hairline and beard because it was mostly gray without any texture with some haphazard white paint application. I left the eyes black because it doesn't really look that bad and I was a bit scared to go for realistic looking eyes. There was scattered paint on his collar so I re-painted that too, as well as most of the 'leather' and the 'metal' parts on it, and the necklace (it was almost completely black). Oh, and I gave Geralt some eyebrows
Head Back:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0125.jpg
Added some texture to that dark gray mess on the back of his head. I also restored some of his hairline behind his ear, since it made sense to me and it's kinda visible in the sculpt. This could look better, but I think it's definitely an improvement over the original.
Griffin Head:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0124.jpg
I kept the color of the inside of his mouth and repainted the tongue with a richer red with some added texture and gloss.
Silver Sword:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0126.jpg
Mine came completely and by that I mean completely black. No silver, no red. So I just re-painted it to hopefully look like it's silver and added some blood splotches courtesy of the 'Blood for the Blood God' paint from GW.
Sheathed Sword Hilt:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0128.jpg
This was a relatively small detail. Since the hilt of the sword seems to be made of leather in the game I painted it light brown and dry-brushed it with a darker color later.
These are the biggest changes I made. I also added a bit more gray to some of the Griffin's feathers with dry-brush techniques. There are a lot of air-brushed areas on the statue that would deserve a touch-up as well, but that's beyond my skills. As bad as the statue looked in the beginning, I can say I'm finally happy with it. Also, I'd like to say that that this is my first time customizing a figure/statue - and holy crap, it was a lot of fun. Let me know what you guys think!
UPDATE - FINAL VER.:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0143.jpg
Added some detail (gloves, griffin feathers etc.), corrected further paint errors and re-painted doublet to better match in-game appearance (previous version seemed too dark green). I also didn't like the red stain on the griffin's butt so I did this:
http://i948.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/IMG_0138.jpg