Monday 24 February 2014

Moving backwards - problems with a clown

Last week, while I was painting my first Joker model and experimenting with his colour scheme, I had a dreadful realisation that my preparation wasn't up to scratch. Here's the model in question.


As you can see, the effect I'm going for is basing him in an off white / bone colour, then doing all the painting with washes. The downside is that any failure with preparation or mould lines is a big, big problem.


The red lines circle the two problems. An unfortunate casting defect which looks almost like a fabric rip (which I actually mistook for a fabric tear during prep, which is why it was left). I have been thinking hard about it, and I just can't leave it - so back to preparation he goes for some Liquid Green Stuff first aid in the hope of salvaging things!

Wish me luck...

2 comments:

  1. I've got some Humberol filler that will be better than green stuff.
    And it is white, so you will only need very thin coat of primer afterwards.

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    1. Thank you love! (She's even done it for me while I was painting my Guard. Isn't she awesome?)

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