Sunday, 20 October 2013

Sci-Fi Superhero and Spirited Sidekick

These Tom Meier sculpts are from Khurasan (look for 'Sci-Fi Superhero and Spirited Sidekick'). Anyway, Allison M. goaded me into getting mine painted- so here they are.




Thoughts while painting:
  • I'm really enjoying painting a few things in high-vis orange.
  • He's got a crowbar tucked into his belt.
  • The finesse of the sculpting is amazing.
  • I'm not entirely happy with her skin colour.
  • I've left the bases extremely bland, for inside and outside use.
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18 comments:

  1. Allison M.18 October 2013 at 22:58

    Nice work! I haven't seen many paint jobs on the figures so these are very welcome. You got the colours bang-on, which is not as easy as it looks sometimes. I think you should make some headcrabs or other creatures to go with them... I can't sculpt my way out of a paper bag, and I did surprisingly well ;)

    I didn't notice the crowbar myself... I figured it was left out to avoid being too close to the copyrighted character. And yes, they are _painfully_ fine sculpts!

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  2. Gunrunner19 October 2013 at 20:02

    Nicely done Barks! Now I feel obliged to dig this Gordon out of the unpainted lead backlog and try to emulate your rendition. It will be tricky though. I bet Allison would make a good stab at it though!

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    1. Allison M.20 October 2013 at 11:27

      Hey I'm happy with mine. I double dog dare you to paint your set, the more the merrier :D For bonus points, make a more interesting base than I did... looking back, my base is rather boring for the amount of work it took :/

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    2. Gunrunner20 October 2013 at 20:10

      Oops, sorry Allison- I had forgotten you had done these figures already. I've just been back and had another look, and they are handsome indeed! (By the way, sorry to piggy-back on your excellent blog Barks!)

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    3. Gunrunner20 October 2013 at 20:12

      Phew, double dog dare? Heavy!

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    4. Barks20 October 2013 at 20:24

      It's a paint-off, gentlemen!

      Looking forwards to yours, Gunrunner!

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    5. Allison M.20 October 2013 at 22:13

      Paint off!

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    6. Barks20 October 2013 at 22:40

      Paint off!

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    7. Gunrunner22 October 2013 at 09:54

      I guess I'm committed now!

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  3. Jay21 October 2013 at 00:55

    Sweet! I like 'em.

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  4. Michael Awdry21 October 2013 at 05:49

    Love both of these, but that orange really 'pops', wonderful stuff.

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    1. Barks21 October 2013 at 19:39

      I used a very fluoro orange over a white basecoat, then hit the edges with yellow. That's all!

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  5. Sam Wise21 October 2013 at 07:28

    nice work ! I like the colours and the face of the man !

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    1. Barks21 October 2013 at 19:39

      Thanks, Sam! I was terrified I was going to ruin it when I did the glasses, but they came out OK!

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    2. Allison M.22 October 2013 at 03:00

      Ha. I f**ked the glasses up at least twice, myself.

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  6. The Angry Lurker25 October 2013 at 01:45

    Amazing work on the small buggers!

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