For their Batman boardgame, Monolith decided to draw solely from comics for design inspiration, and not from film, television, or computer games. Most of the time they drew from the 2011-2016 New 52 era of stories, but there are exceptions.
This Catwoman is from Hush (2002). Hush is beautifully illustrated, and the mystery tale is a good introduction to the (often convoluted) storylines from the comics world. I gave my Cat orange lenses- they often change depending on the artist and lighting.
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| Catwoman in Hush |
And this Catwoman is from The Long Halloween (1996), another excellent mystery by the same writer, but a different illustrator. She's portrayed as very muscular and the sculpt catches this.
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| Catwoman in The Long Halloween |
I wasn't looking forwards to painting all the lycra and leather for this game, and I did struggle a bit with the highlighting. In the end, I think they are acceptable.
Both look excellent and you have captured the likeness of them both with your brushwork really well.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, Simon! The difficulty is choosing which one to take!
DeleteVery nicely done - the first one in all black is not dissimilar to Michelle Pfeiffer in the role in the 1992 film Batman Returns....
ReplyDeleteThat shiny leather is such a pain to paint...
DeleteOh I say, these are rather splendid!
ReplyDeleteMeow!
DeleteLovely looking pair of catwomen!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks, Iain!
DeleteVery nicely painted - I cheat & go with the easy gloss varnish approach whenever I have to paint shiny leather! e.g. a whole squad of 28mm Cheka for Russian Civil War games :-s
ReplyDeleteThe temptation is strong...
DeleteMore than acceptable, I'd say! Cool job on both of them!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Suber!
DeleteA great duo of figures! You're right, they do have their own looks and you complemented that really well with these paint jobs. I actually like the second figure better, as it looks sort of like she's just been discovered slinking along somewhere she shouldn't be...
ReplyDeleteA... dynamic duo?
DeleteI think I slightly prefer the first one; she's got an amused look as if she's about to bamboozle a group of baddies.