Next up was lot of old metal Bane mercenaries and thugs but I forgot to take some pics so I'll update very soon
King Shark struck me as a surfer so I decided to do something a bit different and made a custom base.
The surf board was made from a pice of foam core and then filled with plaster around the sides and smoothed off. The wave is a piece of acetate heated with a hairdryer into a curve and then I started applying water effects tinted with thin paint in sections towards the top of the wave.
And on his normal base...
Ravager came with 2 seperate heads. About 90% of this was done with an airbrush.
I seem to be using an airbrush quite a lot lately. All airbrush apart from the facial details and legs. There is a step-by-step available for this under June 2019.
DCU's Martian Manhunter
Another character from the Dark Knight Rises box set, really enjoyed this one.
Next up is an old version of Poison Ivy. I used a green base for the skin and worked up to a flesh tone.
Jared Leto Joker Crew from the Suicide Squad box set.
The updated Heath Ledger Joker from the Dark Knight Rises box set
It's a far superior sculpt from the first version.
I also did a 2 part painting tutorial for him.
Part 1
Part 2
Once the plaster is dry sand it until you get a relatively smooth surface but don't take too much off the surface as you need some depth for the next stage.
Mark out a paving grid and then score into the lines to create grooves between the paving slabs.
I skipped taking photos of the process of adding the lines to the road but luckily I had pictures from a previous project that used the same process.
If your road surface colour needs a touch up after the plaster stage, do it now.
I made a dotted line stencil using paper, try and keep the lines evenly spaced. If you want a straight line just use masking tape.
I stippled on white paint and was left with a pretty good result after removing the stencil.
The man holes were drilled out using a 30mm drill bit. These are purely for display and will not be active in the game.
For straight lines I used masking tape.Apply one strip close to the curb and another running parralel but with about a 5mm gap in between. Stipple in between the strips with yellow being careful not to get any on the road surface and then remove the masking tape.
A friend of mine was kind enough to design a manhole cover for me and printed them on 3mm acrylic, 30mm in diameter.
I painted them with Citadel's Warplock Bronze mixed with Mournfang Brown.
Continue around the board until all the lines are done. Using a large 1" brush I drybrushed a light grey over the road surface and then again with some white added and concentrated this layer towards the centre of the road. For added effect I applied a burnt umber pigment to the road either side of the dotted lines and then patches of soot pigment.
Back to the plaster now. I applied a thin coat of light grey to the paving slabs followed by a darker wash to the grooves and cracks.
The slabs were then coated with a medium grey, again very thin, then dusted with the same pigments used on the road surface.
I used some course sawdust for debris on the road side. Use watered down PVA amd apply some near the curb and the first yellow line then scatter the sawdust onto the road away from the PVA and then blow or brush it towards the glue.
Leave to dry.
