Professor Alberich Mitternacht..........Occult Investigator

[Pappa Midnight]

I'm slowly building up my collection of VSF stuff and thought I'd paint a mini to use based on my Avatar.
It's a Westwind Victorian Gentleman ( The gas lamp is also from Westwind).



Now I've just got to decide whether to make him a Hero or Villain...?
Regards
PM

[Skrapwelder]

Very nice. A true Savant Occulte. Unconcerned with conventions or labels. His actions, or inactions speak for themselves.

[Sendak]

Much more than a superb paint job and a well executed lamp.

Fantastic composition. Sparce down-to-business.

"Strange occurances, good Sir, are best left to me."

[commissarmoody]

I say he cares not for the rules and laws of man and nations!
he is beyond such petty notions, and only his affraies matter!
Damn good modle and damn good job painting him up. Is he from the Jack ther ripper range from west wind?
Oh and am the only one that thinks he looks a little like Ozzy Oz Born?

[Chairface]

Oh and am the only one that thinks he looks a little like Ozzy Oz Born?

No, I think you're bang on. The Ozzman cometh.

Beautifully painted model. And as stated above, I think that he has his own agenda....

[Mancha]

That's pretty great.  I wish I could build a model like my avatar.  In fact, maybe that should be a new contest.

[Wirelizard]

Great paintjob - and welcome to the club of those of us using our miniatures as our avatars here! 

[marrony]

Superb stuff.How did you get the effect of the gaslamp?Was it orange-red built up  gradually with white in stages?

[Bullshott]

Excellent job PM (he says, green with ennvy). I love the paintjob on the lamp and the detail of the autumn leaves on the base.

Must change back to my painted Bullshott avatar.

[Doomhippie]

Cool. I think black is probably the hardest colour to paint and highlight (okay, strictly speaking it's not a color... I know). However I like the way you achieved that.

[Pappa Midnight]

Thank you all for the comments!

The mini is from Westwind's Jekyll and Hyde range and is listed in a set called "GHJ0005 - London Gentlemen"

The lamp was done with a yellow base-coat followed by a brown ink wash. I then built up layers of orange then yellow working towards white.

Black is difficult to highlight without it looking too grey. I tend to use "Flesh" to mix with the black for highlights on "natural materials" like cloth or hair etc and I mix it with white for metal. The flesh gives it a slightly warmer tone so it doesn't look so clinical.

As for whether he will be a Hero or Villain, I like the idea that "His path is his own".

Thanks again for the comments.
Regards
PM

[Bugsda]

Excellent paintwork Pop. And yeah, he looks a bit ambi-ethical to me too.

[Malamute]

Lovely stuff Pappa, he most certainly looks like your Avatar!