Hooray for Hayzel!

The title of this post is taken from a pop song from the 1960s, but the spelling was "Hazel", not the Korean-English shown here.

"Hayzel" is from the "Girls in Action" series, by ZKPLA (formerly Tori Factory) and is in 1/20th scale.

The kit comes with an alternative head - the box-art above shows Hayzel wearing a helmet and visor closed. I chose to go with the full-face with hair version.

In addition to the figure's components (torso, head+hair, arms and legs) there is also a rucksack, a fry-pan, a first-aid kit, a pair of sneaker-clad feet and a superb M4 automatic rifle.

There were sprue joins to be removed and support pieces in the crook of the elbows and also behind the knees.

The sneakers were beautifully moulded, with very high detail for the size. These little items of footwear are only 13mm in length yet have all the features of a pair of full-size sneakers!

I used Gunze "Mr. Surfacer 500" to blend the joins where the legs attached to the shorts and, when dry, these were cleaned up and the entire assembly of torso+legs, the two arms, the feet (sneakers), rucksack and first-aid kit were washed, dried and then primed with grey automotive acrylic lacquer.

Once again I used Vallejo "Air" acrylics, brushed on, to do the finish painting.

I gave the arms, legs face and neck (the skin, in other words) three light washes of Vallejo Skintone to which I added just a touch of red.

The shorts and shirt were given two washes of colour and ditto for the rucksack, which was then attached to the figure. At this point I made a base from modelling clay and then glued the sneakers to the legs.

At this point, Hayzel still has to be detailed.
Face, hair, belts and straps all have to be done. Her shorts and shirt will be finely detailed and shaded, the watch has to be detailed and, when all that is completed, the rifle will be added.

One final note for this post: the wristwatch.
This gem of a modellers craft is just over 1.5mm in diameter yet has a distinctive separation of dial and rim and also the winding knob is moulded.
Incredible!

More to follow once Hayzel has been completed.

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