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Miniatures Adventure => SuperHero Adventures => Topic started by: obsidian3d on July 20, 2012, 07:00:34 PM
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I used to play Heroclix, a lot. It was my first real foray into miniature gaming of any kind. As time went on I became more and more unhappy with the way the game was going, and when the 'special' powers came out I could only hold on a little while before I had to give up. I just wasn't having fun playing against people who just wanted to win prizes in tournaments. I wanted to play thematic comic-book battles, not mutants vs. scientists or some other lame 'theme'. So my fairly massive Heroclix collection has sat collecting dust.
From time to time I would buy a Fast Forces pack or pick up the odd figure, but I had no desire to play. But I do love my comic-book heroes and villains. I've been running a weekly VS System group for years, but I needed something more. So I went out and found SuperSystem 3rd Edition. I showed the rules to my friends. They're interested and want to play...and thus I needed figures.
I thought I'd start off with some of my personal favorites: Alpha Flight. Here's my first effort at repainting and re-basing a Heroclix figure. The colours didn't quite turn out how I'd hoped, but I'm happy enough with it to not feel embarrassed to put it on the table. I've got some stats prepped for him and he's got a few teammates almost ready to join him. I'll likely put together the entire original line-up over the next little while.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_1068.jpg)
In retrospect I do sort of wish that I'd used the Wendigo figure for him instead, but I think I'll save that as an alternate form for Snowbird. :D
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Good work. Keep us posted on any updates, please.
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I think it is a great start and looking forward to seeing more.
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I think it is a great start and looking forward to seeing more.
Agreed on both counts. :)
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I've got a few more Alpha Flight characters to add. These are all repainted / touched-up Heroclix that have been re-based.
Shaman
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_1122.jpg)
Puck
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_1121.jpg)
Guardian
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_1123.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_1124.jpg)
The team so far...
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_1125.jpg)
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Looking good so far! I need to find some Alpha clix on the cheap.
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Nice work there Obsidian! Alpha Flight never gets enough love!
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Lovely re-paints and basing!
My only criticism lies with the Sasquatch figure, and it's not a critique of your excellent work. He's too small! Sasquatch is 10' tall and weighs 2,000 lbs. This is not reflected in the figure's scale. He's otherwise very good, but that little niggle always bothered me.
Anyway, great work!
Your Puck is my fav, and Shaman is my second fav.
Keep up the great work!
And if I may be so bold, here is my Wild Child re-paint!
(http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r497/srpyle_1970/wc1.jpg)
Thanks!
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Sweet, I forgot there was a Wild Child figure! I'll have to add him to my list for my assorted Omega Flight that I'm planning. I am having a hell of a time finding a figure that I can use as The Master, but I think I've found a decent figure to use as Fastback. And of course there was a pretty good Diamond Lil back in Armor Wars, but they'll have to wait until I get the Alphans finished up first.
Thanks for the comments on the figures so far everyone. Shaman and Puck are my favorites too. The ironic thing is that THOSE two are the figures I didn't actually have to paint. A quick Gryphonne Sepia wash is all I did to that Shaman figure. Puck got the same, but needed a couple of touch-ups to the black.
Snowbird and an alternate form (Wendigo) are up next. I just wish I knew where I could find some nice owl and polar bear figures to round it out.
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Sweet, I forgot there was a Wild Child figure! I'll have to add him to my list for my assorted Omega Flight that I'm planning. I am having a hell of a time finding a figure that I can use as The Master, but I think I've found a decent figure to use as Fastback. And of course there was a pretty good Diamond Lil back in Armor Wars, but they'll have to wait until I get the Alphans finished up first.
Thanks for the comments on the figures so far everyone. Shaman and Puck are my favorites too. The ironic thing is that THOSE two are the figures I didn't actually have to paint. A quick Gryphonne Sepia wash is all I did to that Shaman figure. Puck got the same, but needed a couple of touch-ups to the black.
Snowbird and an alternate form (Wendigo) are up next. I just wish I knew where I could find some nice owl and polar bear figures to round it out.
Are you trying to stick to Clix? You could use the Superfigs: Paragons (a duplicator) be easy to paint him up to be flashback.
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Nope I'm not restricting myself to Heroclix. They're just what I've started with. I'll probably be using a non-clix figure for Vindicator, because I want to do the geo-thermal green and white suit instead of the original one.
The Master is likely going to be the tough one. I'll probably have to do some kitbashing for it, maybe one of the new Crossover figures will provide me with something I can use.
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For the animals check the Mage Knight lines. That will keep things in the "plastic family" for the project.
Also, there may be a Mage Knight figure you could use for a head swap for the Master. I am thinking a Count Negaria body might work--the cape would be close.
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Always with the Alpha Flight you guys...
I need to start a Slingers or Squadron Supreme project so that I don't feel left out of the obscure metahuman race. ;D
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Always with the Alpha Flight you guys...
I need to start a Slingers or Squadron Supreme project so that I don't feel left out of the obscure metahuman race. ;D
Squadron Supreme rocked, I loved the series...
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Besides the Squadron's early appearances in the 1970's Avengers issues, my favorite story with them might be Defenders 110 - 113, in the early 1980's.
Of course, they were mind controlled.
The 12 issue series from the late, great Mark Gruenwald was also great, but served more as a deconstruction of the team than anything else.
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I was actually thinking of JMS' Marvel Max take on the team; Supreme Power. The (too short) series is a postmodern take on the Justice League and the irreconcilable nature of the Silver Age with contemporary thought process.
Yeah, I'm a Literature graduate...
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Besides the Squadron's early appearances in the 1970's Avengers issues, my favorite story with them might be Defenders 110 - 113, in the early 1980's.
Of course, they were mind controlled.
The 12 issue series from the late, great Mark Gruenwald was also great, but served more as a deconstruction of the team than anything else.
The graphic novel at the end was very interesting when their universe was about to end...I had always hoped they would have turned up in the regular universe or something....or as dimensional hopping team...you did read the graphic novel?
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I was actually thinking of JMS' Marvel Max take on the team; Supreme Power. The (too short) series is a postmodern take on the Justice League and the irreconcilable nature of the Silver Age with contemporary thought process.
Yeah, I'm a Literature graduate...
After the 80's and the end of the silver era, Marvel and DC both took a huge dump in thier universe and just totally jacked everything over trying to refresh it....instead of keeping the status quo....
What annoys me the most is making Nick Fury black just for Samuel Jackson in the movies....that's nice he has a part in the Avengers and I have no ethinic hates, but Nick was what he was and then just to change his race is insane. That would be like making Falcon and Black Panther of the Avengers white or hispanic....makes no sense. If you want to introduce an ethinic superhero or character then do just that don't remake something. Always a bad plan.
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Styx, Nick Fury was black in the Ultimate Marvel Universe from 1999 onwards. He's a Gulf War veteran who gets promoted to the Director of SHIELD (and to General) after the apparent death of General Ross.
In the Ultimate Universe, SHIELD is a branch of the American Government that is tasked to deal with "Super-Terror" after Magneto almost kills the President (he's stopped by Quicksilver and Professor X). Eventually SHIELD uses the Ultimates (Avengers) to make preemptive strikes on "Rogue States", prompting a strike back by America's enemies. In the aftermath, Fury goes underground.
In the Ultimates, Nick Fury demands that Sam Jackson plays him in the movie. lol
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Styx, Nick Fury was black in the Ultimate Marvel Universe from 1999 onwards. He's a Gulf War veteran who gets promoted to the Director of SHIELD (and to General) after the apparent death of General Ross.
In the Ultimate Universe, SHIELD is a branch of the American Government that is tasked to deal with "Super-Terror" after Magneto almost kills the President (he's stopped by Quicksilver and Professor X). Eventually SHIELD uses the Ultimates (Avengers) to make preemptive strikes on "Rogue States", prompting a strike back by America's enemies. In the aftermath, Fury goes underground.
In the Ultimates, Nick Fury demands that Sam Jackson plays him in the movie. lol
And that is when I facepalmed myself and decided Marvel had ruined their universe....again makes no sense to rewrite everything....sorta like how Hollywood has to remakea movie instead of making a new one.
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I understand your point of view Styx, the Ultimate Universe was just an attempt to entice new readers, however, The Ultimates and Ultimate Spiderman is some of the sharpest and best comic work Marvel has put out in years. It confronted issues in an intelligent, adult manner and used background characters as more than just set dressing. Plot points are left unanswered for long periods rather than resolved at the end of an issue, like Peter Parker's misunderstanding of Fury's intentions to make him an Ultimate when he turns 18.
"You're going to be a hero kid, one of the best."
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I got to agree with HatGuy. Although i see your point styx. I myself was upset by what the new people have done to Dr Who so i feel your pain. But i never had an interest in the old Avengers Comics. If Nick Fury is really from WW2 in 2012 he will be too old to do anything. Spider Man should be pushing 65-70. The only supers i can see still going are maybe Cap America (Super Soldier thing made him immune to aging) Wolverine (regeneration stops or slows aging) and maybe superman Kryptionians age differently. Most of the original guys should be so old and decrepit that they are more a hindrance than a hero.
The costumes as well seem dated. Hawkeyes purple and pink tights?? The Vision all green and yellow with a red face?? I felt these ideas needed an update and the ultimate's stuff visually and chronologically brought them into a now era where i felt it made more sense.
My other issue is all the crossover stuff that the classics had, i dont want to have to read 6 different comics every week just to follow one or 2 stories. Things like Marvels Ultimates and DC's All Star stuff tended to keep the main story and characters in the one comic.
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Well just to pull things back on topic, I've got two more super-powered figures almost ready to go. These ones are a result of the "what should I paint next" survey I put out last week. I'm hoping the bases will be finished up tonight or tomorrow, and will thus make an appearance on the interwebs some time Friday.
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Very cool, looking forward to seeing them. Waiting on some bases and better weather to start my primer and painting of supers stuff.
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It took me longer than I'd planned to post this up, but there are several pictures of my Hellsmith and Androida figures for Pulp City posted over on my blog at http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2012/09/pulp-city-invades.html Please check them out and drop me a comment somewhere. Thanks!
Here's the article for those of you who are click-weary:
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-5.jpg)
I little while back I stumbled onto a post on LAF; a user there was looking to get rid of his entire collection of Pulp City models for a very good price. I'd had Pulp City on my radar for a while, and eagerly jumped on the offer. We quickly struck a deal and I impatiently awaited the arrival of a huge box of new toys. A big thanks to Nate for hooking me up with all the awesome stuff below. The character cards and some assembled figures are that were also in the box are not shown.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-6.jpg)
I went through all the boxes and sorted out the cards, which were already sleeved. After going through this massive pile I realized with some disappointment that there were almost a dozen figures missing. However, Nate did a double-check and found them hiding away in a closet. They've been sent in the mail and I'm trying to be patient while I await their arrival as well. Once they get here I think there are less than 10 figures from the entire Pulp City line that I'm missing; some of which are exclusives that I'll probably not bother trying to obtain. I think it will really depend on whether I can get some of this huge pile of metal painted up and then convince some of my friends to try it out.
Nicely enough the figures from the two starter boxes had already been assembled and primed, so I thought I might as well take advantage of that and dive right in. While painting up my 40k Dreadnaught I started working on a model from the villains starter, choosing Hellsmith as my first victim, er...I mean test subject! This one was a tri-fold test to: a) try out my new Army Painter WarPaints, b) test out my home-made wet palette, and c) paint a miniature that was white primed instead of black. Here's what I came up with.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-1.jpg)
The original skin tone turned out really nicely and is a simple 2:1 mix of Barbarian Flesh and Leather Brown. Although I had intended to try painting this figure entirely with my Army Painter WarPaints starter box I decided against it in the end. The flesh, silver and red are all WarPaints while the gold and brown are from the Citadel range. I also used a little Mithril Silver from GW to add a little final highlighting. I used the Army Painter dark tone ink which is really dark. I was unhappy with how dark it was, and the fact that I ended up with too much pooling and making a mess on his back leg. The flesh was really rough looking after applying the ink, so I ended up doing another dry brush coat of pure barbarian flesh, and then covering that with a wash of Citadel Gryphonne Sepia. It was worth trying the Army Painter ink, and led me to pick up the other two inks which I haven't yet tried, but the results aren't quite what I had hoped. I do wish I'd put a little more thought into his base...and it'll always bother me that he turned out so dark.
After holding my little "What Should I Paint Next?" survey on LAF it turned out that the Pulp City Heroes starter box won the day...so I've started on those as well. I may end up painting the villain and starter box in tandem, so that I can try out the rules as more of the figures get painted up. Here's Androida from the heroes box.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-3.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-2.jpg)
This one was a total experiment in colors. I mixed up a batch of white, blue and silver from the Army Painter starter box to use as a base coat. It took me a few tries before I got something I really liked. I continued adding white and silver into the mix until and did a few successive coats over top. Then I marked out her eyes in green and her lips in Citadel Liche Purple. Following suit with Hellsmith, I once again tried the Dark Tone ink, hoping for a better result this time. It did work out quite a bit better with this figure being mechanical in nature. I did another highlight coat after the ink to pick out some of the upper details and that's it.
For the base I tried to imply some high speed movement with the ground and grass sort of parting around her. I don't think I was entirely successful, but it was worth a shot. And if I had the chance to paint her over again, I'd probably have done the eyes a bright red, and picked out some of the mechanical details with some differing colors.
After painting two of these figures I've got a good idea of what to expect from my new paints, and the kind of details found in the sculpts. They really are great looking figures and I suggest folks check them out, even if you're not interested in the game itself.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-4.jpg)
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The Gentleman should be making an appearance late tonight or early tomorrow. I just have to finish his base.
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Still jealous at you getting that deal....I was tapped out to consider it....looking forward to seeing more.
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Don't be too jealous, I'm eating frozen vegetables and pasta until next payday. And I'm still waiting for the last dozen figures to arrive, they're a little overdue. :(
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Don't be too jealous, I'm eating frozen vegetables and pasta until next payday. And I'm still waiting for the last dozen figures to arrive, they're a little overdue. :(
I've done worse, Ramen noodles for a week for lunch and hot dogs...our meal last night was a wopping $2 with Hunts Pasta Sauce and Noodles. I feel ya pain...we are trying to trim the budget to build up some cash ourselves. heheheh
I keep hoping another deal like that crops up and I can jump on it for the rules and figures...or at least enough to get started....
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It was a great deal and I'm grateful to Nate for offering it up. I do hope that the rest of the figures show up soon, as both Solar models are in that.
On the topic of super-hero gaming, I'm hoping to play another game of SuperSystem tonight with one of my VS players. I also started putting together a map of North America in Google Maps showing where all of the various super heroes live. Places like Pulp City and Super City (for their various characters), locations for Marvel and DC characters, as well as some places for my custom creations when I paint up some Reaper Chronoscope figures and the like.
Come to think of it, I should try making some SuperSystem stats for a few of my Pulp City figures. I doubt it would be that difficult to do...
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Na, that would be a snap really....there is a local gathering of mini gamers very few months, next one is in January and I am debating offering to run Supersystem 3 there...called it Supersystem 3: Total Devastation...
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(Posted from my blog at http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca)
I finished up a few more figures. The first one is a Heroclix conversion that I'll be using for games of SuperSystem: Snowbird.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-9.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-10.jpg)
Obviously I re-based the figure onto a custom 30mm round base. The rest of the work was simple. I used an Asurmen Blue wash on all of the white and blue parts of her uniform and cape. Afterwards I applied a Gryphonne Sepia wash to her hair and face, and then finally painted a few view thin coats of white over her body suit to give her a nice smooth finish.
The figure I'm planning to use for her alternate form is in progress. I'm hoping to have it finished tomorrow.
My next completed piece is one of the figures from the villains starter box for Pulp City: the Gentleman.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-7.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-8.jpg)
The paint on this figure was pretty simple. I used blue, red, black, metal and flesh from my Army Painter starter box. I used a light citadel grey for the suit. Once I had my base coat applied I covered the whole figure in Strong Tone ink...and was promptly disappointed. While the strong tone looked good on the skin and metals, it looked terrible on the grey suit. So, I fired up my brush and started over. After I repainted the grey I decided I liked it looking clean and fresh. A fellow who calls himself "The Gentleman" should have a nice suit.
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Nice work!
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Very nice and a massive collection picked up - kudos. :)
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These look great, the use of washes is brilliant. :)
I had some good results with GW Sepia wash on white, I only addled it to the creases.
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Nice work styx! I have to say your painting has really improved. These models look great!
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Nice work styx! I have to say your painting has really improved. These models look great!
Well, that is Obsidian's work not mine. lol
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Great thread Gents! I always love to see any Alpha Flight minis!
Keep the pictures coming!
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Thanks for the feedback folks. Starting to use washes has made my painting look a lot better. I'll never be competing for any prizes but they're good enough for me.
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Thanks for the feedback folks. Starting to use washes has made my painting look a lot better. I'll never be competing for any prizes but they're good enough for me.
I uses washes a good bit. I also tend to do ink/water/future floor wax hybrid mix as well. The future floor seals the model but allows more paint to go on top of it and helps the flow of the water and ink into the deeper parts of the figure.
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I might have to try the floor wax thing. A friend of mine uses it and says it works well...but the guy never paints anything so I have no idea if it's true or not. So far the Army Painter inks haven't really been that great, but they're not the same as the quickshade. I'm planning on trying out some of that on a Necron squad soon, borrowing from the same fellow.
Maybe I can post up Snowbird's alternate form before the end of the week. Iron Train is on the painting table at the moment too.
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I might have to try the floor wax thing. A friend of mine uses it and says it works well...but the guy never paints anything so I have no idea if it's true or not. So far the Army Painter inks haven't really been that great, but they're not the same as the quickshade. I'm planning on trying out some of that on a Necron squad soon, borrowing from the same fellow.
Maybe I can post up Snowbird's alternate form before the end of the week. Iron Train is on the painting table at the moment too.
Go to my blog, hit the photobucket link. You can see everything there, just about 90% of my stuff has that method on it. The perk it is seals the paint on but also allows more paint on...
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Well, that is Obsidian's work not mine. lol
My first day back in over a month and I'm already embarrassing myself. :'(
Sorry to anyone I may have offended. ;)
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My first day back in over a month and I'm already embarrassing myself. :'(
Sorry to anyone I may have offended. ;)
No need to be embarrassed. I just wanted credit to go where it should go. I am not offended... ;D
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I think I'll survive as well... :) Even if misdirected it was still a positive comment!
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Can't wait until the weather is better I can primer...*sigh* I want to paint my stuff.
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I based and primed a ton of stuff a few months ago when the weather was really good. I plan to do the same in a week or so...and hope it will last me through the winter. I know it won't though, because I'm expecting a ton more stuff to arrive. Sedition Wars, the Reaper Bones stuff and now the Mantic Dreadball stuff. I'll need to find some paint-on primer so that I can work on that stuff through the cold, freezing months of Canadian winter. No priming outdoors for me then!
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I based and primed a ton of stuff a few months ago when the weather was really good. I plan to do the same in a week or so...and hope it will last me through the winter. I know it won't though, because I'm expecting a ton more stuff to arrive. Sedition Wars, the Reaper Bones stuff and now the Mantic Dreadball stuff. I'll need to find some paint-on primer so that I can work on that stuff through the cold, freezing months of Canadian winter. No priming outdoors for me then!
Once Oct/Nov in Florida hits, it gets easier to primer, we are out of the rain seasons as well and the humidity drops. So we have a few nice months until spring...then rain and heat comes back....so we have to stock up at the end of winter for the spring/summer as days to primer are far and few.
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So true. We've had a ton of rain in Ocala, FL the past few months and my figs are just waiting for a dry day (when I'm not at the office!)
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(Reposted in full from my blog at http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2012/09/two-more-supers-join-fray.html)
I finally finished the two figures on my painting table. They'd both been sitting at near-complete for over a week and I just never got a chance to sit down and finished them off. The first figure is a converted Heroclix Wendigo that I'm going to be using as an alternate form for my figure Snowbird.
As far as conversions go this was an easy one. Swap from the clix base over to a 40mm round base, which I added some sand and rocks to. The paint work on the Wendigo was quite good to begin with. I used a quick wash of the Army Painter Strong Tone and followed that up with a dry brushed coat of pure white. I would have preferred a grey wash with a slightly blue tint, but honestly...I'm not sure how to make one. I didn't want to be up all night experimenting with mixing something up, so I went the easy route.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-12.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-11.jpg)
I've got SuperSystem statistic sheets made up for both figures and am looking forward to trying her abilities out in a game. I've already tried using Sasquatch and Guardian so I think the next battle will be a bigger match where I'll field Snowbird, Puck and Shaman. That should be a lot of fun!
Second up is another figure from the Pulp City heroes starter box: Iron Train. Before painting this figure I did some looking around online to find out what kind of colours were used on Canadian steam engines. Black was most definitely the primary colour, along with red. The black isn't actually black, but a mix of metallic, black and a touch of blue that doesn't really show through.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-14.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file-13.jpg)
I ended up choosing gold as the third main colour, and in retrospect I think it turnout out a little too ostentatious. Not quite what I'd had in mind. The red is Citadel Red Gore and the gold is Citadel Shining gold. Perhaps a less brilliant gold, or maybe even just a silver / metal colour instead might have been more to my liking. I did try to add a little depth to the whole thing with a light coat of Strong Tone ink, which helped a little bit.
He still looks pretty good though I think and now that I have two figures each from the villains and heroes boxes I can give the rules a test run. I think I'll have a little time this evening to go through a quick battle and see if I can sort the Pulp City rules in my head. Should be fun!
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Great work!
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Gray wash with slightly blue tint? Mix some up! Vallejo do a mid gray wash, get a spare dropper bottle and add blue wash to taste. :)
As for the minis, nicely done for the Wendigo and Iron Train.
And if you have any Q's about Pulp City, feel free to PM me.
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Thanks for the feedback. I haven't had any luck finding empty dropper bottles locally, but I'm sure I'll end up with an empty one sooner rather than later.
I may have some questions after I try out the rules. I'll be sure to ask if I do.
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Thanks for the feedback. I haven't had any luck finding empty dropper bottles locally, but I'm sure I'll end up with an empty one sooner rather than later.
I may have some questions after I try out the rules. I'll be sure to ask if I do.
droppers can be picked up at art supply spots, also cooking places. I have a friend that is a nurse and gives me unused syringes (no needle) that I use also as droppers as you can control the flow.
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I've started looking around a figure that will make a good Northstar. I don't like the Heroclix one, but the Aurora is pretty good. I'm open to suggestions for Northstar, whether it's using another clix figure or something else entirely.
In addition, I haven't decided which part of Pulp City starter box models to paint yet...and I'm a little bit worried that the 12 figures missing in the original shipment have been lost. It's been a long time since Nate told me he sent it out. If it doesn't show up, I won't have either of the Solar models (or any of the others, naturally). :( I am hoping at this point that it's simply taking longer than usual. Any votes on the next two Pulp Citizens to paint up?
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Reposted from my blog at http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2012/11/pulp-city-starter-boxes-complete.html
Now I do have to admit that I've strayed a little bit (fine...a LOT) since I put out my "What Should I Paint Next?" survey a few months ago, but I haven't forgotten about the Pulp City starter boxes that were chosen by my readers. Yep, that's right...thanks to all three of you out there that voted!
When I received all my Pulp City figures (and rule book) I was really excited. It was a huge box of toys and the price had been a really, really good deal from a fellow over on Lead Adventure Forums. Unfortunately after going through all the figures I found an even dozen of the models that were supposed to be included were not. The cards for the figures were evidence of that. I was told several times that they had been shipped but as of my last inquiry, over a month ago now, I haven't received anything, nor a response to my email. It's a real shame because Nate seemed like a nice guy. However at this point I feel like something not-quite-right went on and that I'll never receive the rest of the figures I paid for.
As a result I suggest extreme caution when dealing with Nate (his user name is Napar on LAF). The dozen figures I didn't receive will cost me over $100 to replace, which truly stinks. It makes the deal go from a great one to only a good one, but accompanied with a very large dose of disappointment, and of course a lot of wariness should I be looking to trade online in the future. More than likely I won't be now, simply because of the risk involved.
One of those missing figures is Solar from the heroes starter box. I have plans to order one directly from the Pulp Monsters guys but haven't done so yet. In the meantime however, I was able to finish work on all of the other great sculpts from both the Heroes Starter Box and the Villains Starter Box. Check them out!
Ace of Wraiths
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/Pulp%20City/file-16.jpg)
Red Riding Hoodoo and Loup Garou
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/Pulp%20City/file-2.jpg)
Twilight
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/Pulp%20City/file-8.jpg)
Guerilla
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/Pulp%20City/file-10.jpg)
Nuke
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/Pulp%20City/file-12.jpg)
Overall I'm really happy with how they turned out, although the 'burnt / dead grass' thing I was trying for on Nuke's base didn't turn out. I could probably get it to look right with a quick dry brush of brown now though. I know the pictures aren't that great. I'll have to start using my camera instead of my phone to do this...Oh, and I also took a few pictures of the teams for those of you who are interested! Also there a lot more pictures on my photobucket account http://s66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/Pulp%20City/
Heroes Starter (minus Solar as mentioned above)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/Pulp%20City/file-24.jpg)
Villains Starter
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/Pulp%20City/file-23.jpg)
As an aside, does anyone know how to quote a blog post? I'd like to simply be able to include the post in my message without having to paste it in and reformat it for the boards. Is that possible?
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LOVE the Pulp City Mate!
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Nice work there!
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Thanks folks! :)
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For the burnt grass for Nuke, take a little brown (or dark grey depends on the look you want) paint, add it to a drybrush and dab it onto the grass area, then hit it with a wash (have to be careful with the wash, a little goes a long way), did this once for my fire elemental and it turned out well....
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Really liking those; Ace, Hoodoo and Nuke are my favourites in that bunch. :)
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Thanks! I just realized that I missed the image link for Loup Garou, which is actually my favorite of the bunch. I wasn't sure I could get a suitable 'undead' look on it, but it worked out great. All in all the figures are sculpted really well. Great details. The only complaint I really have is that hoodoo's stance is extremely odd. It's a shame because the character design is so cool.
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It's been a long time since I posted in here! But here's a new figure.
While painting my gestapo troopers I threw this monster on the painting line as well. This is "Kriegshunde" from the SuperFigs line that was produced for SuperSystem. He's really over the top, but I actually like the figure a lot although I wasn't able to quite get the paint on the forearms to look how I wanted. After three attempts I simply had to say "good enough."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpsa38b08f3.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps7a6966d0.jpg)
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Besides the Squadron's early appearances in the 1970's Avengers issues, my favorite story with them might be Defenders 110 - 113, in the early 1980's.
Of course, they were mind controlled.
The 12 issue series from the late, great Mark Gruenwald was also great, but served more as a deconstruction of the team than anything else.
There was some after stories that I enjoyed.....
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Alkways liked that mini; very cartoon-y but cool. Good to see you paint that - thanks for sharing. :)
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Alkways liked that mini; very cartoon-y but cool. Good to see you paint that - thanks for sharing. :)
Thanks! I've got two more figures to paint from the "Larcenous Legion", and a few for the VanG.U.A.R.D. from the Superfigs line. I'm looking forward to getting those done when I'm able to get back into my home.
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More Heroclix conversions here. While looking through the figures I'd already converted, I realized that my character selection to date pretty much amounted to Alpha Flight exclusively. I've painted a few Pulp City models (heroes and villains starter boxes) from scratch, but no villains from either the Marvel or DC Comics universes. I decided that needed to be remedied.
I dug through my copious amount of Heroclix figures to find some interesting characters, not necessarily the best models, just characters that I thought would be fun to play with in games using SuperSystem rules. The three I chose were Lightning Lord, Cosmic King and Saturn Queen, because I want to start on a Legion of Superheroes batch soon and they will need villains to battle.
The sculpts on the figures are pretty good, and the paint work is actually decent, especially when you consider that they're mass produced. As usual I applied some washes to the figures, and this time also did some touching up and highlighting afterward. The faces are, like most of the clix, not great.
So here they are:
Cosmic King
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpse1425a06.jpg)
Saturn Queen
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps572e02f8.jpg)
Lightning Lord
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpsbdecaad8.jpg)
The individual photos didn't turn out that great, but I think they actually look quite good on the table. See, they're literally on a table!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpse11b12f0.jpg)
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Nice! The Saturn Queen fell out of the ugly tree and hit all the branches on the way down, eh? No wonder she's so evil!
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Thanks. :)
As I said, the face sculpts are really not great on any of them which is a shame. Otherwise they're fine sculpts. I wonder what they'd look like if one stripped the paint off complete. The problem with that though is that I don't have a steady enough hand to repaint the insignia on her costume. :(
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Reposted in full from my blog at http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2014/02/superfigs-painted-shredder-and-foot.html
In the last year I have picked up a few items from the SuperFigs line from a local shop. They're inexpensive, generally characterful sculpts and overall quite easy to paint. There are two packs of ninja figures out there, but I was only able to find one locally. Being a child of the 80s I immediately wanted to make warriors from the Foot clan (that's from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for those not in the know) out of them!
As I've mentioned about some other figures, the sculpting isn't great, especially in the hands. However the detail is pronounced enough that it makes the models very easy to paint. They are also all one-piece sculpts which means no construction. I like figures that I don't have to put together!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_2674_zpsc0ec0566.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_2675_zpsadd29f0b.jpg)
The paint colours:
- 2:1 mix of GW Codex Grey and black for the clothes
- GW Elf Flesh for all of the skin
- Codex Grey for the handles of the weapons
- GW Fortress Grey for the undergarment sticking out of the jacket
- 1:3 mix of Liche Purple and Fortress Grey for the purple
- Gorthor Brown for the straps and belts
- GW Boltgun Metal for all the metal (shocking I know)
- GW Mephiston Red for the ribbons
Naturally these fellows would need a leader: The Shredder! While not an accurate representation, "Dark Avenger" figure suited the purpose well. He had some spiky bits on his armour already so I chopped up some spines from my Tyranid bits and glued them to his hands for the finishing touch. Once I painted him up to match the ninja warriors he definitely looked the part.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_2678_zpsbbc97dd9.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_2679_zps89b24c73.jpg)
I did some looking around online for references for the Foot clan insignia and found two different versions. The one I remember is the actual foot print which was usually on the trooper's foreheads. The other one looks more like a stylized version of Shredder's helmet. Neither one of them really excited me, so I decided not to put the insignia on the figures at all. With the red ribbons I don't think they really miss out on anything for not having it.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_2681_zps3e69acf7.jpg)
I'm looking to pick up the Mantic coach figure that looks like Splinter but haven't seen one locally for a little while. I'm not sure what I'll use for April O'Neill and Casey Jones either, but I'm sure I'll find something.
Now if only I could track down the old Dark Horse 25mm TMNT figures!
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Hey, nice work, great repurposed Shredder and foot clan. I love the comics. You should be really pleased with the minis.
Stan johansen has some painted dark horse turtle miniatures on his site. They are expensive . ..
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Yeah sadly those Dark Horse turtles are a rare commodity. If I had any sculpting skills I'd try my hand at making some. Sadly that is one of the few artistic pursuits I'm no good at. Perhaps I can make some in 3d and see if I can print them...it'd only be a matter of how good the prints are.
Anyway, thanks for stopping by to comment! :)
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I've been working on these off and on for far longer than I'd care to admit. More info about them etc can be found on my blog (http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2014/04/innocent-bystanders-modern-civilians.html). I won't make you wade through my prose...pictures it is!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_2796_zps876352ed.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_2797_zpsf54728e0.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_2798_zps2cf7ace2.jpg)
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Reposted from my blog at (http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2014/09/sasquatches-sasquatchii.html)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps0127e32a.jpg)
I've already done a Sasquatch figure, but really didn't like how the colours came out, nor was I really that happy with the sculpt itself. This newer Heroclix sculp is much more representative of the character. Extremely easy paint work as well. I painted some claws on with GW Bleached Bone, did a quick dry brushing over the fur with P3 Ember Orange and then washed the whole thing in GW Sepia. It's a little tough to see in the images, but I also did a light wash of red ink over the eyes. It adds a little something extra to the face I think.
One of my friends is a big fan of the Exiles, and also provided me with the white version of Sasquatch. I figured it'd be a good start into making him an Exiles team for Supersystem. Again, a super easy paint job. This time I used Game Color Grey Wash over the entire figure, followed by a white dry-brushing. I used some gloss black to paint the claws and did a light dab of blue ink over the eyes.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpsc95b9194.jpg)
I'm not sure which Exiles I'll tackle next. There are quite a few Heroclix available to choose from. I'll have to dig a bunch of them up and see which ones make me want to work on them. As a parting piece, here are both of my Sasquatches together.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps0bb42938.jpg)
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Very nice work on the two Sasquatch's. :)
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Great job on both, but that white is realluy striking!
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Got to me get me some Alpha Flight figs still... :-[
Great job there!
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Got to me get me some Alpha Flight figs still... :-[
Great job there!
Thanks sir.
Send me a PM with some info about what Alphans you want figures for. I can probably hook you up.
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They both look great! I totally love that fig.
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Thanks. It's lightyears better than the old smiley-guy Sasquatch figure.
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Exiles Repaints For "Power Legion" (reposted from http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2014/10/exiles-repaints-for-power-legion.html)
I have a lot of Heroclix figures. Hundreds I'm sure. I don't actively play any more, but I do pick up extras from the current sets from my friends when I'm able. Most of these figures I'm showing off here are older ones from my collection. William provided me with a couple of newer ones like Sasquatch and Hyperion, so that I could do some conversions for an Exiles team to use with the SuperSystem v3 rules.
This group has been in the works for a while now. We actually played a game using unmodified 'clix several months ago, which is what gave me the idea to jump in on the conversions. The first figure I painted was Heather Hudson: Sasquatch. You've seen this one before but since she's part of the team, here she is again.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpsc95b9194.jpg)
The other two Exiles we used were Nocturne and Blink. Both of these clix are actually very nicely sculpted and painted. I rebased them on 30mm rounds, and didn't do any initial paint cleanup on Nocturne. I added some detailing to Blink and painted her skin a little lighter shade of pink. I know there is a newer Blink figure, but it's terrible compared to this one.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_3798_zpsb06be7c8.jpg)
Of all the Exiles figures available Mimic and Morph are probably the worst sculpts. Mimic's proportions are not great, and the face sculpt is pretty weak. I decided not to mount him using a flight stand and drilled a hole in the base for the peg on his foot. I also had to cut off some mould lines, and repaint before shading and highlighting.
Morph's biggest issues are his extended leg (it's way too long), and the fact that his foot peg makes him point straight up. To make him more forward-facing I created some rubble on a base and glued him to that. He got the same mould line removal as Mimic before I touched up the paint work.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_3802_zps51212f09.jpg)
I was a little torn on which Hyperion figure to use, but after William provided me with his extra King Hyperion I was sold. The older figure sculpt looks a little too Superman-like and fits nicely into the Squadron Supreme era, whereas this one is accurate to the Exiles series. I chopped down the clear plastic representing his flight so that he didn't tower over everyone else. A few minor touch-ups and he was done.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_3809_zpse352605f.jpg)
Lastly is one of my favourite clix sculpts ever: Spider-Man 2099 from the Fantastic Forces set. The whole set was great, but this figure is particularly awesome. His base is great and the paint work needed almost no work. After I removed him from the clix base I built up a little rubble so that he could also face more forward than down. I touched up the red and then put a coat of varnish over everything except the webbing. Like the rest of the figures, I did some highlights on the dark blue after the varnish coat.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_3814_zpsda2c83d6.jpg)
When I started working on these figures it was with the intent of using them for SuperSystem, which I might still do. However, I recently bought the new Power Legion rule book from Ganesha Games, and am very excited to try it out. I've started putting together some Exiles profiles, and will have to come up with a scenario to play. Maybe I can try something lopsided and have a bunch of them face off against a high powered King Hyperion!
Until then here's the whole team.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/IMG_3818_zpscaca3305.jpg)
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Reposting from my blog at http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2015/01/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-in-28mm.html. There are a few more pictures over there.
I have to start off by saying that this might be the nerdiest post I've written to date, and that's sayin' something! The amount of fun I've had working on these, and thinking about what kind of games or scenarios I could play with them has been pretty ridiculous. I'll admit that I fully intended to have these completed before end of the year...that obviously didn't happen.
There are a few options out there for figures, but they are either the wrong scale, too damned expensive of just don't capture the feel I was looking for; and then I found this!
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q4jBiHBk58M/VItiDTmFgDI/AAAAAAAAAkU/kzdO-gW9xeA/s1600/TMNT%2BGame.png)
The TMNT Foot Clan Street Fight board game was on sale for $12. After I liberated the figures out of the copy I bought, I made some cardboard standees so that I could still play the game with my nephews. It was a big hit during our Christmas holiday too!
Now about those figures...on the down side the plastic is pretty soft. The paint work is passable for a mass produced product, but (accurate to the current cartoon) each of the turtles is a slightly different colour which would make colour matching them quite tough. Their skin, chest shell, pads and wraps were all unique. Chopping them off of their coloured bases and putting them on 30mm rounds proved to be a cinch though and got me excited to get started. I had found my turtles!
The biggest problem was going to be their lack of weapons. The theme of the game is that the turtles have lost their weapons and have to find them (and some pizza) while avoiding members of the Foot clan. So I would have to do the same and find some weapons. And maybe some pizza too...
Donatello was the first candidate because he seemed like the easiest to create a weapon for. Uncle Mike let me dig through his bits bin just before Christmas, and I was able to find a very lengthy spear to use as a staff. First I tried drilling through the hand and threading it through but it proved impossible...and would have been too short that way. Instead, I chopped the staff at what seemed like the right spot and just super-glued a piece onto either side of his fist.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Movies-TV/IMG_4503_zps13aa0185.jpg)
I was also curious if I needed to strip the paint off the figures completely, or just clean it up before highlighting. To test my theory I applied a liberal wash of GW Devlan Mud on Donnie to see how it would look without touching up the base paint. The wash gave him a much more depth, but it was pretty obvious I'd have to touch the paint up quite a bit on the others. Finding his colouring now to be far too dark I moved on to Leo, whose skin colour was much closer to what I was aiming for.
A good katana should be easy to find right? Not as easy as you'd think. There are a lot of figures in this scale that have them, especially Heroclix, but I tried a couple of these and they all seemed a bit too short. With a little more digging in my 'clix boxes I was eventually able to find something from a Hand ninja, along with a scabbard that I put on his back. You'll note that I repositioned his sword hand; I simply chopped it off and rotated it 90 degrees so he could hold the weapon without stabbing himself in the face.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Movies-TV/IMG_4505_zps2694cfea.jpg)
It was after painting Leo that I decided I was going to forego the different skin colours on the others and make the figures much more uniform. It would make them look like a group, and also speed up the rest of my paint work.
Now, where to find a good sai? This was a tough one. I dug through more old Heroclix and considered making one out of a trident. I even contemplated clipping a sai off one of the extra arm sets from the Pulp City ninja box set, but that simply would have been a nightmare. In the end I made one myself by drilling a few small holes in the bottom of his hand and gluing in a few bits from a Mage Knight pride warrior figure. I found a small piece from the spear I used for Donatello's staff to represent the end of the handle and Raph was all set.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Movies-TV/IMG_4499_zps3aca06c3.jpg)
Where to find nunchaku? I was sure that at least one Heroclix figure has a pair and I was right. Those Hand ninja figures to the rescue again! (I'm sure there's some irony in that somewhere...) I chopped off the weapon and the end piece, but getting them to sit right in Michaelangelo's hand took a little trial and error. The end result is actually three pieces: the bottom piece, the chain and mid-air handle, and a small extra piece in between that and his hand. I very briefly considered giving him another pair but opted against it. Looks good though right?
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Movies-TV/IMG_4501_zps19385323.jpg)
My quartet of turtles was complete, but I knew it wouldn't be right if I stopped there. They were missing their master Splinter. I already had one of these so this was an easy hurdle to over come. In fact, the one and only reason to buy the Dreadball coach blister from Mantic Games is that it has a Splinter figure in it. In my opinion the other two figures are basically garbage (unusual for Mantic really), but that Veer-myn coach model was just the ticket.
The resin-plastic mix they use to make the original Dreadball figures is very hard. It took a lot of patience and a strong dose of caution to remove Splinter from the integral little round base he was cast on, but I'm managed it without any loss of limbs (mine or his). Splinter's paint job was the second one I finished, as I was working on him while waiting for various paints and washes to dry on Leo. That's not important at all, but there ya go.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Movies-TV/IMG_4507_zps66a563f9.jpg)
I'd like to add an April O'Neil and a Casey Jones at some point. Maybe even a Usagi Yojimbo if I can convert one. All in good time...
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Movies-TV/IMG_4511_zps65c0a24a.jpg)
Now I need to chose a rule set and come up with some TMNT gaming madness!
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What store was selling them for $12?
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Nice additions !
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Great to see a good dose of Turtle Power on this board after so many years of looking for Turtles Minis.
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obsidian,
Another great find!
Any chance of some scale shots with those lads?
Fergal
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Great work on the Exiles and TMNT. :)
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Thanks for the comments everyone.
I picked up the game at Toys R Us in the first week of December. It was regular price $20, but they had board games on sale for 40% off.
I haven't taken any photos of them with other figures, but I'd say that they're pretty close to 32mm. They scale decently with SuperFigs, being a little taller than the ninja warriors. They are also quite beefy though, especially compared to the MyWay turtles I saw in the other thread recently.
I'll admit that building their weapons took more time than I'd hoped, so they may not be the best alternative for everyone out there. Price-wise I'm more than happy with my turtles and think they painted up quite nicely. My versions are unique because of how I customized them, so that's worth something to me as well.
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Kowabunga! Those are gnarly!
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Great job on these! Turtle power!
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Thanks local people. I picked up the Fistful of Kung-Fu rules and have put together profiles for Splinter and the Turtles. Once I get profiles done up for Shredder and his Foot minions I'll likely be casting around for someone to try the game out with... :D
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So, just ordered the Turtles game off Walmart.ca for $9 ($9.45 with tax and free shipping). Will mod with clix pieces then probably put them on existing Clix bases.
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My original turtles post should give you enough info to know where to start looking for Heroclix pieces to provide weapon conversions. Good luck!
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Reposted from my blog at http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2015/01/reaper-bones-red-hulk.html
Reaper Bones - Red Hulk
This figure has been rattling around in the big box of stuff in my Vampire Package that I got from the first Kickstarter campaign for Reaper Bones. I was given a version of this Bones model painted up in green and purple to represent the Hulk by Uncle Mike a while back, and decided I'd use mine to do a Red Hulk. While I don't know anything about Red Hulk or Red She-Hulk other than who their alter egos are, I think it's a cool look.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps6255ef3f_1.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps85889b3e_1.jpg)
I painted this figure in less than an hour, including drying time for the washes. Highlighting took another 10 to 15 minutes. Very simple paint recipe:
- P3 Skorne Red for all the skin
- P3 Greatcoat Grey for the shorts
- P3 Menoth White Highlight for teeth and eyes
- Black to simulate some hair
- GW Fortress Gray for the nails
Once the base colours were applied I did some rough dry brushing: P3 Midlund Flesh on the skin and some P3 Trollblood Highlight on the shorts. Following that I splashed on some GW Badab Black wash on the shorts, followed by some GW Baal Red wash on the skin. I made sure to wick away the wash that pooled in the eyes and on the teeth so that I could paint them later.
For highlighting I used a bit of the GW Fortress Grey for the shorts and to add some detail to the hair. Some P3 Midlund Flesh was used to bring up the contrast on the skin and we were done. Finally I put a touch of P3 Yellow Ink into the eyes sockets and I was done. The paint job was effective and quick. I think the figure makes for a great looking Red Hulk.
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Very nice! 8) 8)
I painted mine in 'Ben Grimm' colours, orange with blue shorts. Nice model that, fun to paint.
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Excellent work, for under an hour it's magnificent
Regards
Jim
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I was inspired by this one and ended up doing a She-Hulk repaint as well. I'll be posting her up later this week, and will be looking for some comments about doing better green...
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She Hulk Heroclix Repaint
After doing my Reaper Bones figure up as the Red Hulk, I decided to dig this one out for some custom paint work. The sculpt stuck in my head because it seemed to capture She Hulk's stature and strength, without sacrificing her femininity, or making her too 'cheesecake.' (Sorry the photos on this post are a little blurry.)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpse8748972_1.jpg)
The skin on the figure was a really dark green and I wanted something a little more vibrant. So I repainted it using GW Goblin Green with a GW Thraka Green wash over top. It gave a little more depth, but when I tried highlighting with goblin green again it looked crappy. I'm obviously better at sharper edges and armor than soft curves. In the end I put another coat of wash over top of the green. It's decent but I'm not entirely happy with result, as I was hoping for something more along the lines of the green hulk I already have.
For her clothing I covered her shoes and the white areas of her suit with Secret Weapon Grey Wash to add some shadows. Following that I applied GW Bone White as a highlight on the upper areas.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpse6d9f768_1.jpg)
The purple part of her suit was very dark so I added a little depth with some GW Liche Purple. The difference is very subtle, so I'm tempted to go over it with another highlight in a lighter purple to bring it up even more.
The original colour of the hair was almost perfect, so I dry brushed with GW Snot Green followed by the goblin green. Another coat of Thraka wash finished it up for a little more depth and shine.
She doesn't match with my other Hulk due to the darker skin tone, but in general it still turned out pretty well. Total painting time on this one was about an hour.
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Very nice! I can't believe you get that result in an hour, extremely effective for the time
Spent
Regards
Jim
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Much appreciated. One of the nice things about Heroclix is that, if you look through them before choosing a model to repaint, you can often find some pretty decent base coat work. If you start with something that already has a good base coat that isn't too thick it pretty much becomes "wash & highlight" to make it complete.
Sadly a lot of the clix have way too much paint on them and need to be stripped completely. Often I'm just too lazy to do that.
Here are the last two 'clix repaints for a while: Northstar and Aurora. The pair of them again took about an hour (for both of them).
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps335fb3c5_1.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpsba7d6924_1.jpg)
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Nice work, again, for the time spent those are outstanding, I would never have thought
that you could get such an effective job in that time.
I haven't even finished getting the base coat on in an hour :-X
Regards
Jim
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Great work there, you keep tempting me to get to my supers to finish painting!
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The photos of the twins really don't show the blue on their suits very well. Like the Reaper Bones figure I did up as an Arnold terminator model, the effect is really subtle, but I think it makes a big difference. Or maybe I'm just being silly and it doesn't matter at all.
Anyway, thanks for the comments everyone. I'm not done with superhero miniatures, just with Heroclix for the short term. I've got several Pulp City minis on my painting table right now. After that I'll be finishing up two more figures to make my original Alpha Flight team complete.
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The green on She Hulk is really nice! It's all looking great.
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Thanks! I'm looking forward to sharing more of my Pulp City figures. It's been a long time since I painted the original starter sets.
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Pulp City - Deadeye and Vigilantes
(http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2015/02/pulp-city-deadeye-and-vigilantes.html)
After I'd painted my TMNT figures I knew I would need a Casey Jones and April O'Neil some day. Thinking of Casey my mind pulled this miniature out of the cobwebs of memory. If I was going to paint one figure from the box, I might as well do the whole set. After I glued him to the base I did a quick size comparison and was a little disappointed that he's quite small; about the same size as Splinter. The turtles tower over him quite a bit.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpsfc438fa2.jpg)
I briefly considered rebasing him on a base topper to match the ones on the turtles, but it would have meant doing all three figures from the box, or just the one and have his base not match the rest of the set. It also might have been pretty difficult gluing him down with just the one heel as a contact point. Maybe trying to pin it would work, but I don't think I have a small enough drill bit to do it. In the end I opted to leave him as he was.
For a brief moment I did try to think of how I might create a golf bag for him to carry. I'm not a good sculptor so I decided to just paint him as is.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpse36b0453.jpg)
The second vigilante figure had a Luke Cage kind of vibe, but the bandana made me think more of Iron Fist, so I went with green and yellow. They're not colours I get to use very often and it's fun adding some more comic vibrancy to my figure collection. The skin I started out painting very dark and dry brushed up two levels to give it some added depth. He was a pretty simple paint job but one that turned out nicely. I'm calling him "Iron Cage," which is extremely lame, but seems appropriate for this dude.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps188f8a28.jpg)
Deadeye was easy. Back when I was painting my very first Dreadball team I did a yellow, blue and white scheme that I really liked. When I messed it up with some inks it became unsalvageable and I had to paint over the yellow with reds; but I always wanted to go back to the colour scheme. This isn't exactly it, as I did the pants in grey, but it looks close and I like it. The freehanded number on the jersey also turned out very well. I'm truly pleased with this one.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpsdfdb8aef.jpg)
Once again I tried using some 'quickshade' on these figures. I don't have the Army Painter dark tone shade; I use a MinWax tudor that I found at a Home Hardware a few summers ago. I went a little too thick with it, although the end results after highlighting the figures I think the result is more than acceptable. While the shading effect is good, the setting time of the varnish and requirement of brushing on an anti-shine afterward (it's winter here, I can't use spray cans), it's not exactly quick.
I'm looking forward to playing a game of Pulp City with them at the head of my hero squad!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps803c012d.jpg)
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Very effective, I think the mini for Casey works very well
Regards
Jim
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Thanks. I just wish he was a bit bigger, but I'm happy with it.
I'm going to paint up the June Summers mini from Pulp City as my April O'Neill. I found a Krang that I can use (be patient, I'll post it when he's ready). Pretty much all I'm missing from the old 80s cartoon are Bebop, Rocksteady and maybe some mousers. More Foot ninja would be nice too, but I can't find any more SuperFigs, so I might pick some up from Crossover Minis.
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Great work!
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Thanks. I just wish he was a bit bigger, but I'm happy with it.
I'm going to paint up the June Summers mini from Pulp City as my April O'Neill. I found a Krang that I can use (be patient, I'll post it when he's ready). Pretty much all I'm missing from the old 80s cartoon are Bebop, Rocksteady and maybe some mousers. More Foot ninja would be nice too, but I can't find any more SuperFigs, so I might pick some up from Crossover Minis.
Here are some on Shapeways.
http://www.shapeways.com/product/SNRY4GMGW/sports-fanatic?li=shop-results&optionId=40812870
http://www.shapeways.com/product/9WFHT7KJ5?li=shop-results&optionId=41233639
http://www.shapeways.com/product/DVFSHNFPR?li=shop-results&optionId=41233694
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I like Casey Jones, he is perfect! You should paint a Torchy's logo on his t-shirt though! ;D
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The shapeways items are nice, I've bookmarked them for future. Odd way to set up the preview photos and 360 preview though.
It's been a while since I read the comics. I'll have to look the logo up.
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The shapeways items are nice, I've bookmarked them for future. Odd way to set up the preview photos and 360 preview though.
It's been a while since I read the comics. I'll have to look the logo up.
Probably less obvious for people looking for trademark items.
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That shop has some other very interesting things in it. Rom was pretty cool. The Maxx.
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Pulp City - Crimson Oni
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpsf3341a4c.jpg)
Pulp City - Foxxy Blade
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps0fdb074f.jpg)
My new martial artists ready for action in Pulp City or Fistful of Kung-Fu! The third figure is a SuperFigs character that I can't recall the name of at the moment...
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps70397fea.jpg)
Heroclix - Dawnstar modified and repainted as Talisman for Alpha Flight
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps7e961ec7.jpg)
A few more photos, some paint recipes and more thoughts available at my blog at http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2015/03/superheroes-in-red-mostly.html
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Excellent work, particularly like the re-purposes daw star.
I think the SuperSystem lady is Yin-yang if memory doesn't trick me.
Regards
Jim
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Thanks! I've only one more Alpha Flight member to go before I'm going to consider them done: Vindicator. Unfortunately I dropped mine and her head broke off. I'm sure it'll be repairable, but it'll mean she'll take more work. Additionally, my Vindicator will need to be stripped of paint completely. Of all the 'clix I've worked with, I've not yet seen one with such a heavy paint job. I'm curious to see just how much detail is actually hiding under all that goop.
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I finished painting Doom Train and Night Fright from Pulp City a few weeks ago but only now got around to taking some photos. Not good photos...
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps4gxbgtjp.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zpsj54vuua4.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/Obsidian3d/Supers/file_zps0os2ucft.jpg)
There's more detail about the painting and whatnot on my blog at http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2015/04/pulp-city-night-fright-and-doom-train.html
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Excellent work, that night fright model actually looks scary,
You wouldn't want to run into him at night
Regards
Jim
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I'm glad I didn't start Doom Train over again. The thought struck me more than once while I was working through the paint job the second. Sleeping on it and coming back to it the next day helped me look at it with fresh eyes. One of the reasons I think I didn't like it is because the colours I was using are not ones I use normally, so it looked sort of 'off' to me.
The glow effect on Night Fright's eyes also make me happy. They turned out very nicely for my first attempt at it.
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I do that often, when I feel I am not doing a good job, the model just gets put away and I come back to it at a later time.
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The glow on the foot and shin are also very effective, nicely understated, so it works well
Regards
Jim
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Love doom train and night fright. Clean work.
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Very nice additions to the Necroplane. :)
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Alpha Flight is finally done!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eEWV_xdq8T0/Vfxli2X70OI/AAAAAAAAA18/7nK9YudIFpU/s1600/IMG_5194.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r1bSaBG_4M0/VfxlnG5FH6I/AAAAAAAAA2E/TW6kQdrLXFc/s1600/IMG_5196.jpg)
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Heather is very effective, the whole team look fantastic together
Regards
Jim
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Oh no, another Alpha Flight post....must resist Canadian urge to comment . . .
Awesome work, love Sasquatch especially.
I'll have to dig out those old comics again!
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I'm Canadian too, fire away!
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Surely you mean 'fire away, Eh!' lol
Regards
Jim
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What will you use for the Tundra minature? o_o
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I hadn't planned on doing one. I do have a wendigo alternate form for Snowbird, and recently found an owl I might do as well. For villains I'm about halfway through an omega flight team.
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Nice work!
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I was just teasing about tundra, isn't he the villain from the first issue that is like 500 feet tall?
o_o
Do you have a box figure in mind?
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I've already done a Box, he should be in this thread somewhere.
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Very nice work on Alpha Flight. :)
One of my favourite super-teams. :)
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I finished a sizeable batch of figures from the older SuperFigs line last week.
Wisp
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BqR_wRiGNkM/VgBF6vQ7rZI/AAAAAAAAA2U/oaEfe5DXAOM/s1600/IMG_5204.jpg)
Elasti-Woman
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3dbWBIIg_4g/VgBGGttccBI/AAAAAAAAA2c/4wDqNL65v94/s1600/IMG_5202.jpg)
Emerald Alien
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CycVnrUb6cw/VgBGXnq_aFI/AAAAAAAAA2s/s77nPlQaK9U/s1600/IMG_5198.jpg)
Perun
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kC2jObWTkrw/VgBGqbatXGI/AAAAAAAAA20/-R-9NW1RQpA/s1600/IMG_5197.jpg)
Kragg
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Oj-avoUvIkM/VgBG7uLox4I/AAAAAAAAA28/bxYapgk0oeU/s1600/IMG_5199.jpg)
A few more shots are available on my blog http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2015/09/superfigs-invasion.html
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Nice work, the fade-out on wisps legs works really well but I like them all
Regards
Jim
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Thanks, I was pleased with that too...especially considering that it was technically very simple to accomplish.
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Wow, nice work there!
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Cracking stuff. I especially like Kragg as he's very similar to the "Metal men" by "DC Comics" - always a fave of mine. Thanks for posting :)
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I'm only familiar with the name, I don't think I've ever read a Metal Men story. I recall some of the clix though.
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A few more SuperFigs finished up last month.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YeVgWXdA0H8/VyaDIzNXesI/AAAAAAAABEI/jB71q8xFcsw44dBKICHzyCZXyvjRTazzwCLcB/s1600/IMG_5612.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y49wLbCeKmo/VyaDI-qejAI/AAAAAAAABEA/NfFQkdbpyBUPWvmhxK78dIjQvJpaN8_YwCKgB/s1600/IMG_5611.jpg)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0voWeBM_pGM/VyaDI-WduXI/AAAAAAAABEM/uYwyJAs4vmQr3Be7PnraQGq32UY3KYY1gCKgB/s1600/IMG_5610.jpg)
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Nice !
The superfigs range is very cool : it's generic enough to create whatever hero you may want, but the figures still have a lot of personality !
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I actually like that there are brief profiles available for all their models. It's not often I feel the need to crest my own characters from scratch.
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Some classic Superfigs there. :)
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Finished up my Avengers starter figures, using the old Black Widow figure. Have some touch up work to do on Cap and Iron Man that wasn't apparent until I took the photos.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xYYWbJOs1is/V0eG5kS3L8I/AAAAAAAABEs/QpuwmBXsmTAQDZlG8HOgCYhFIXPZOw6qgCLcB/s1600/IMG_5636.jpg)
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Look pretty good sir...your painting has come a long way over the years. I think painting things that have a known color scheme can be daunting (for me anyways) and you did a great job.
I am trying to resist the marvel models...and you are not helping...
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Thanks for the feedback and compliments everyone. I'm loving the sheer abundance of superhero games and minis available these days. It's like the golden age of gaming for me! :)
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Sweet work there! What do you think of the game?
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Very nice work on those Avengers. :)
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I've not been around on the boards for quite some time. Plenty of painting has been done in the meantime however.
Adder & Mystick from the SuperFigs line
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rpZQy6QFbKc/WBg9EHt9mpI/AAAAAAAABJo/kbtDetOtY2IrPXeIpEotnqgmegMdHVhUACLcB/s1600/IMG_6246.JPG)
Deadpool & Hawkeye from Knight Models
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-soF-9xYYFa8/WA5rIswqP4I/AAAAAAAABJE/a8FsBqVmIDIBr0_JMUtvQ8bQKFR1M-gpQCLcB/s320/IMG_6251.JPG)
Killing Joke Joker & Classic Harley Quinn from Knight Models
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vAj33K6-RLM/V-L3KGbW4uI/AAAAAAAABIE/VFTdOqt_fZ8ZQKNPJZ9KGUVX-f1KqdIPQCLcB/s320/IMG_6153.jpg)
Arkham City Batman & Robin from Knight Models
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZvonW-iPNJE/V-L5nHariKI/AAAAAAAABIc/wWSclur0CEoDYvcSIF_gGcuHusVNcxp5QCLcB/s320/IMG_6152.jpg)
Wolverine & Black Panther from Knight Models
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IQyi25iu5sc/V65ZbZGgBgI/AAAAAAAABGo/204AlSlCS8UrbwoVU9KBBGxU8MrEugdcgCLcB/s320/IMG_6086.JPG)
Nightwing from Knight Models
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0nAS9Ha-kgM/V6U27cWufSI/AAAAAAAABF4/eS3NAvQenmIx7-BYcRRNNi6k6H6vvO_nACLcB/s320/IMG_6060.JPG)
Swamp Thing from Knight Models
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NtT5b6RGwlU/VyQ4SHkGVQI/AAAAAAAABDo/-lN_n2ET6TA2SXW-4Uk73TPltkpSZ1RCQCLcB/s320/IMG_5601.jpg)
http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca
www.o2media.ca
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I've finished up my Watchmen for BMG.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ye3lvTnq5xk/WD-cK8BSU9I/AAAAAAAABK0/l65Zhu7qOy0F_H25VTdLKvwDcPDO4GvBwCLcB/s1600/IMG_6301.JPG)
There are some brief thoughts on the figures individually on my blog at http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2016/11/watchmen-model-review-for-bmg.html
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Some fine work on the Watchmen.
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Thanks, I'm very pleased with them.
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Great stuff!
I love the Superfigs line, and even better when a fantastic painter gives them a go.
Where is that Spiderman from (the one w/ Wolverine and Black Panther)
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Would you believe he's a toy from a Kinder Surprise egg?!
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Lovely additions dude. Love the watchmen!
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Tried a 150 rep game today with just Rorschach and Comedian against comic Arrow and Agent Ron. Watchmen kicked butt!