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Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind

It 's the title of a beautiful manga of great Hayao Miyazaki.
The film with the same title, was presented in 1984 by WWF, to the obvious environmental accents. The story takes place
in a post apocalyptic future, which decimated the population of Earth is divided into small enclaves , whose existence is threatened by the advance of Toxic Jungle, formed by trees that release spores into the atmosphere poisonous and populated by enormous insects , generated by genetic mutations induced by radiation.
The protagonist, who gives his name to the work, will have a key role in reconciliation between Man and Nature.

Shown here is taking off on his Mehve , a type of motor glider, one of the last means of transport available to humanity, regressed to a level medieval technology.

On the shoulder there is a small Teto, a genetically mutated squirrel.
On the front is armored shield that protects the face in combat, while we see on the chest the cartridges with the bullets for the rifle:

The two great commands handrails surround the vehicle and hold the leather band on which the rider lies down during the flight:

Nausicaa are hooked on the back of a small backpack and the sleeve of a long dagger, while the sides of the tail Mehve stand the handle of a sword (a left) and the butt of a rifle (right):

plastic model of about 12cm in height, including stand.
The reference source for the coloring is the same feature, along with covers of the manga, however, printed in beautiful sepia.
order to avoid excessive flattening of the white sull'aliante, I created a texture irregular overlapping layers of color with a wide brush, the base was not completely dry.
I avoided the black scours appear to maintain a more "cartoony".
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