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I dig that kryptonite glow. KC Supes is also a nice one.

Theophony wrote:Is there space for Clark Kent in the phone booth?

Also lex's eye has been mutated downward due to too much exposure to kryptonite. It is radioactive after all .

Lol yeah though the cape might not fit he's had a transplant now, he can afford it

youwashock wrote:I dig that kryptonite glow. KC Supes is also a nice one.

Cheers, and welcome!
Finally getting there with the Quick Response Team:

For grunts, they have taken me ridiculously long :/ not sure I've quite sorted the new lighting setup but still.

So after layer after layer, here he is, humanity's only hope: Lex Luthor!




Pretty pleased tbh. Done the osl with washes rather than drybrushing for a change. I think I like it.

Hopefully, a quiet day tomorrow so I can build some stuff. I'm going to wreck the other booth if possible.
Cheers
Graven

Luthor is looking bad ass! you have really come a way with painting him up, that glow is done really lovely and overall he looks brilliant. congrats!

Wow! the Kryptonite light effects on Lex look amazing!
Diggle looks good in his civilian gear
the Quick Response team looks ready to take meta-humans on.

Marvelous job on Lex's head. The blending is amazing!

Great work on Lex and the QRT. Lex could be a proper pimp if only he had a cane . A Kane with a Kryptonite studded tip or handled.

nerdfest09 wrote:Luthor is looking bad ass! you have really come a way with painting him up, that glow is done really lovely and overall he looks brilliant. congrats!

I've really tried to follow your advice with faces, i think it's starting to pay off. thanks so much

shasolenzabi wrote:Wow! the Kryptonite light effects on Lex look amazing!
Diggle looks good in his civilian gear
the Quick Response team looks ready to take meta-humans on.

Cheers matey yeah the QRT are brutal. Tiny sniper girl is a beast. Wash based osl seems to have worked, aye

Gitsplitta wrote:Marvelous job on Lex's head. The blending is amazing!

Well you have pushed me to try harder so I blame you entirely thanks bro

Theophony wrote:Great work on Lex and the QRT. Lex could be a proper pimp if only he had a cane . A Kane with a Kryptonite studded tip or handled.

Yeah, that would indeed be pimpin. I'll consider it for my street wars gang

Next up is Lex's troopers, as I'm quite taken with running him. Colour/progress test:

from R-L: single layer of waywatcher, single layer + test of VJ violet (thinned), 2 layers of waywatcher. I think I'm just going to do the green with washes etc, seems to be working? Thoughts?

Thanks once again fro all the support gang. I've unlocked voting on them, if your so minded
later
graven

I like the really dark green on the left, but also like the purple too

Believe it or not that's the right answer I'm thinking that green on right with purple in middle.
Meant to ask, what about middle guy's power blade, electric blue. More generally, eyes will be yellow, btw.


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Next layer on. Also yellow blocked in also and blue added to power weapon. I've added greenshade to the rib area, joints etc. Wondering whether to go with that as the general green and darken these further. Hmm. Thoughts?

Did the purple last night.

Wondering about either the head or chest plate in purple?


And maybe do something with the spine?

In other news, picked up the Harley crew goons (don't care about the Harley, I have various and am not that fussy nor do I play competitively) and Rick Flag from a mate for some terrain that I'll never get round to building. So I'm actually almost at the point of having ALL THE TOYS - well nearly I have almost nothing left on my back catalogue wishlist apart from Talia now. Good times!
Cheers
graven

Again great work! you can achieve amazing results with predominately washes, some of the secrets are to get your main overall level of colour on then wash the recesses and around details with a darker wash and use actual paint to add a highlight in areas and you'll be amazed! :-) these guys do look pretty damn solid as they are!

Looking really good there graven!

Nice work, Nice scheme.

The chest may be too much purple, I'm seeing them as green with purple bits. With the chest in purple they will be green AND purple. A subtle difference.
I'd start with just the face in purple and see how it goes?
Or if you do want them more green and purple then the chest would do that.

Oh yeah, and good job on Lex.

Lex is looking amazing! Great work. So many people overdo the OSL, but I think you've kit just the right amount.

nerdfest09 wrote:Again great work! you can achieve amazing results with predominately washes, some of the secrets are to get your main overall level of colour on then wash the recesses and around details with a darker wash and use actual paint to add a highlight in areas and you'll be amazed! :-) these guys do look pretty damn solid as they are!

Good advice all, I shall attempt to act on it.

Gitsplitta wrote:Looking really good there graven!

Thanks mate.

Dr H wrote:Nice work, Nice scheme.

The chest may be too much purple, I'm seeing them as green with purple bits. With the chest in purple they will be green AND purple. A subtle difference.
I'd start with just the face in purple and see how it goes?
Or if you do want them more green and purple then the chest would do that.

Oh yeah, and good job on Lex.

Cheers, and I totally understand what you mean about green with purple.

Anpu-adom wrote:Lex is looking amazing! Great work. So many people overdo the OSL, but I think you've kit just the right amount.

Means a lot man, thanks. I think I got the balance so cheers.
And so...

Just purple at the chest's lower section. I'm quite happy with that, I think. So, once I ramp the yellow eyes and lights, I think that's them. POSSibly modify the spine slightly, a bit of glow?

Yeah, that bit works.

The lower part of the chest being purple really works well. I didn't know which way to say go with it.

Too much to catch up on in just one sitting, will need to take my time to really appreciate it all!

Lex above looks ace, and green with purple troopers are coming along great too.

And yes to the glow, specially after seeing the OSL on Lex, will team up nicely!

Haven't been here in a bit myself. Lex is looking spot on, the osl glow is perfect, and he has a bit of the Godfather look to him. Legionaires look good too, can we get a group shot of them all together?

Dr H wrote:Yeah, that bit works.

Cheers! Starting to fix my lighting rig also helps though

Theophony wrote:The lower part of the chest being purple really works well. I didn't know which way to say go with it.

It's ok, I appreciate all C&C

Littletower wrote:Too much to catch up on in just one sitting, will need to take my time to really appreciate it all!

Lex above looks ace, and green with purple troopers are coming along great too.

And yes to the glow, specially after seeing the OSL on Lex, will team up nicely!

Thank you kindly sir, and welcome back!

Yorkright wrote: Haven't been here in a bit myself. Lex is looking spot on, the osl glow is perfect, and he has a bit of the Godfather look to him. Legionaires look good too, can we get a group shot of them all together?

Tis the nature of dakka Many thanks, and, of course!


And they themselves:



Okay so maybe I haven't quite got my lighting rig sorted, but much better. New phone's camera is pretty decent also. Frighteningly, these are voteable on in the gallery...

And finally got on with some scatter terrain:

Multiverse kit, decided to wreck one booth because, srsly? Booths do not stay undamaged. Also I hope will look good for Street Wars NYC, so I might throw some 70s style tags on there. Once they're built I'll add "glass" to both the undamaged and the wrecked one.

I feel like I should do something for the LOER contest at the moment, but it's just not grabbing me and if I'm being honest I'm enjoying working on developing my painting style. I've got Martian Manhunter, Dr Fate, Wonder Woman and the Batpod to do (I have actually started on the blending of the black cape for that, but no pics yet) and I think that I may just have to shirk my LOER duties this time. Oh, the guilt

Of course knowing me I'll actually just do something random, like make a Talia al ghul from bits

Cheers
graven

Graven, your recent work is blowing me away! Really outstanding my friend. Keep at it! Keep experimenting! Keep pushing yourself! Greatness awaits!

Thanks dude. Means a lot. Trying to push myself a little more with each. Debating whether to try to blend Dr Fate's yellow cape up from green. Or, to be really out there, from purple.

Love that group photo of Lex and his goons, a nice contrast of old school mixed with high tech.

I'd really like to see you try a new version of one of the Mentor Legion marines from the first couple pages. Like Gits said, you've improved a lot in those 7 years(!!!).

Yorkright wrote: Love that group photo of Lex and his goons, a nice contrast of old school mixed with high tech.

Cheers Buddy I know what you mean, I still have a heavy trooper to do (waiting for replacement guns, as his were missing) and might, as I say, make a LexCorp Talia as I'm not totally sold on the model and reckon I could easily make one.

whalemusic360 wrote:I'd really like to see you try a new version of one of the Mentor Legion marines from the first couple pages. Like Gits said, you've improved a lot in those 7 years(!!!).

Thanks that would require me to still have marine bits though literally got one guy left, and even he is missing an arm

I got a Bat Mite ....but he has no legs . I sent a email to figure out how to get a replacement. He just seemed like a fun fig to add to my collection and would be a cool crazy nutter for Necromunda. Loving the Lex corps armor guys .

Lex and his flunkies look ready to kill the alien. Nicely done.

Go for the gusto graven!

Theophony wrote:I got a Bat Mite ....but he has no legs . I sent a email to figure out how to get a replacement. He just seemed like a fun fig to add to my collection and would be a cool crazy nutter for Necromunda. Loving the Lex corps armor guys .

I think unfortunately you'll struggle to get a replacement, KM don't have any left at all AFAIK. Be great for a fanboy civilian!
The irony is that in the new edition LexCorp are getting merged with crime, two face and black mask, none of which I play, so their appeal is a bit limited - however they're fantastic in DCUMG for filling odd points gaps so that's where they'll likely be used.

youwashock wrote:Lex and his flunkies look ready to kill the alien. Nicely done.

Yup. I plan on hunting Kryptonians with them. Zod et al are in for a shock

Gitsplitta wrote:Go for the gusto graven!

If you say so chief !

Yeah, so, I built stuff:

Pose is modelled on the comic Talia for BMG. She is a little shorter and stockier - 28mm rather than 32mm - and isn't quite right as a true substitute for the real thing (who's a sidekick for Lex) but fine if I ever want a proxy. But the point of the exercise was to practice GS hair - the original head had a bob, so wanted to try and make it longer and flow. She'll be useful as a generic spy type or survivor also.

Speaking of survivors:

May the odds ever be in her favour!
Not sure whether to GS her a pony tail. Just fancied doing an archer survivor and this happened.

Built another multiverse thing, a supercomputer:


Very nice build, quick and easy. Time and again, Multiverse have the best MDF instructions out there.
I reckon my leather clad super spy chick (not-Talia) would go well with it, maybe I should start playing 7TV

And accessorised the phone booth:

A pair of heels, a police baton, a sack (which may have a head on it, haven't decided yet) and some wire for the phone.
As well as graffiti and posters, I'm considering trying something totally new on this. I've been pondering for a while how to get convincing peeling, flaking rust. Crackle media etc never seem to really do it for me, but I wonder about layering paper painted in layers and torn away. Could be time consuming, but interesting. Thoughts?

Eyes on the prize - only 4 DC miniatures to paint! Well, apart from the 3 unbuilt thugs and Rick Flag

Later mes amis,
Graven

Nice work. Hair looks the part.

Good additions to the phone-booth.

layered paper = peeling paint/rust sounds interesting. Worth a try, you may come up with a perfect solution.
I'd say use the thinnest paper you can find; layers of paint on this scale are thin...