Ugleb’s Gotham City Gallery

I left things sit for a couple of days and came back to consider on my direction. On reflection I think the green is too vibrant so decided to try something more muted. I have started another test piece using military greens for a more realistic look. I feel on much firmer ground here so will be pressing ahead with these base colours for the crew.

The new basecoat in Vallejo Model Color German Fieldgrey WWII with a rough highlight of VMC Russian Uniform WWII.

When I first picked up some League of Assassins ninjas I went with the Batman Begins movie colour scheme of blue-gray all over.  That was a couple of years ago now and I have been reconsidering that decision and wondering how I could be more creative.

So in that spirit, I am colour testing!  On the left is my old movie scheme, while on the right is my new scheme.  It is a less ‘realistic’ look but I think more comic book.  Most importantly, I haven’t seen anyone else paint their League ninjas in this way so  I would have a more distinctive crew which appeals to me.

I still have a lot to do on this mini of course and may go lighter or darker in places.  I have considered picking out the belt sash in a different colour but I’m undecided as to what would look good.

Today I am finishing up the basing process on my League additions.  By the end we should have some grubby Gotham paving!

And that is the bases done for now!  With the messy part done I can now focus on the minis themselves.

The next stage will be to finish base coating a League Ninja with the new colour scheme I have in mind.  I am trying to put my own stamp on the League and move away from the default movie blue look.  Time to experiment!

This month I am tackling my League of Assassins back log and maybe looking at updating the paint scheme of some older models.

To start with though, I always paint the bases of my Batman models first as I do a lot of dry brushing that can easily overflow onto the feet and legs of the model. I am taking  WIP pics step by step to show how I do this.

My bases are lipped slotted bases that I greenstuff over and sculpt in stonework to look like an old broken paved/cobbled street you might find somewhere in old Gotham.  I started doing this before Knight Models began to supply their minis with textured bases and have persisted with it for consistency across the collection.