Marvel: Crisis Protocol

So I finished Thor this week. Pretty happy with how he came out. I am getting more and more comfortable with this technique on black. I’m definitely going to have to revisit Black Widow eventually, but I still have Black Panther and Venom to practice on, so I’ll probably wait until they’re done before I do that.

Got Vision completed this week as well. He was really fun to paint, although to anyone reading this that hasn’t completed him yet, definitely paint him before gluing his leg to the brick wall, it made it a lot easier to get to all the details. I really like how colorful he was. On retrospect I might want to bring some of the colors up a little bit (the light green, for instance). But overall I’m happy with him.

Finished Winter Soldier this week as well. He was tricky to paint as his pose makes it difficult to discern where light should be falling and where it shouldn’t, so doing on overhead lighting scheme is counterintuitive. Either way, I’m pretty happy with the end result.

Next up is Black Panther, then I’ll probably move on to Hulk so that all the Avengers are finished.

Finished up Loki this weekend. Super happy with how he came out. Really cool model. Really fun to paint. He also painted up really fast. I’m especially happy with how the gold turned out and it makes me want to redo Iron Man, which I probably will at some point. Next up is going to be Black Panther, then Killmonger.

So I finished Black Panther yesterday. I was amazed at how fast he painted up. I probably spent maybe 3-4 hours on him in total, base included. I’m really starting to get more comfortable with using this technique while painting black. I think when I paint Venom, that will be my true test as to how far I’ve come with it. I’m definitely going to have to revisit Black Widow. Next up is Killmonger. I’m really excited to do the skin tone on him as the sculpt is great and I think it lends itself well to this technique.

I’m really happy with how Killmonger turned out. Especially the flesh tones. He looks much chalkier in the picture than he does in real life. At some point I’m going to have to put some research into taking decent pictures. In the meantime, I’m kind of taken back by how much my painting has improved throughout the course of this project. While putting him in the cabinet next to my other painted Cabal members, I’m already seeing how much worse those minis look compared to him. I’m nearly tempted to strip and repaint the beginning miniatures just so I can make sure I’m happy with all their paint jobs (nearly).

Next up is Hulk, then MODOK.

Finished up Hulk today. Really happy with how he came out. With each miniature I feel like my painting skills are improving. I still need to get some time in with taking better pictures. the highlighting on his skin looks much better in person but gets washed out in the photo.

Next up is MODOK, but I ran out of Matte Varnish with Hulk, so I’m going to have to put in an order first.