On a 'lead adventurers forum' thread regarding superhero scenario ideas, one was floated that involved a Sentinel, a mutant hunting giant robot. My initial thought was - what a good idea! The second was - I have one of those!! :)
After hunting it down and gluing on its hands (they are removable on the model), I undercoated it and attempted to paint it. I have to admit that I was slightly nervous about it as it is a large model and way outside my comfort zone when it comes to painting. It was slightly unwieldy to move about during the painting process and needed a few touch ups at the end. However, I am reasonably pleased with the way it turned out.
Here it is with some other heroes in for scale.
Ironman and Thor launch themselves as the Hulk leads the way.
Topdown view
So all I need to do now is start to paint the other 138 superheroes I got to repaint at Christmas!
comments always appreciated.
A good new year to everyone :)
The brushwork on this piece is outstanding.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I was really worried half way through that I had ruined it as I have trouble altering my painting style for different sized models. I won't be in a rush to try another model this big...
DeleteSuperb paint job on a most impressive model.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It is a nice model that at least matches the rest of my stuff now.
DeleteAbsolutely stunning stuff CW. Cracking good paint-job (on the surrounding minis as well as the Sentinel). I actually have one off of its base on my table at the moment but like you have been a little uncertain about painting it due to its size. I'd be interested to know how you attached it to a base (screw?) and how you handled it whilst painting. Inspiring stuff. Delighted to have found your blog though I'm not sure why I hadn't followed it before!?!
ReplyDeleteThanks and thanks for following! I was quite unsure as to what to do about the base and was going to paint it before I rebased it. However, more by luck than design I clicked the bottom part or the base off leaving a really thin disc that I then hot glued the hole to fill it. It seems to have worked quite well. Before that I was going to screw it to a round mdf base but was having trouble finding one!
DeleteHandling it while painting was tricky - have your open pots of paints further back than normal as i nearly knocked them over more than once :) Good luck with yours and I look forward to seeing it.
I love your repaints. Very nice job giving them more life, better feel. Your work is very impressive!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! :) Generally they are nice models just given a really crappy paint job by the company that makes them. They are very addictive though.....
DeleteVery nice repaint, perhaps one of your best!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I was quite worried as I was doing it. Not a figure size I had done before.
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