45/100 - The Eyeball Man

I finished that last member of my Joker's Elite Cosplayers crew from the Suicide Squad box set.  I originally planned to paint the Eyeball Man first.  I tired to use the airbrush to paint the orange prison jump suit.  It did not turn out very well so I did a page one rewrite on the model.

During the second attempt, using the airbrush, I started with a coat of Rhinox Hide GW (dark brown).  I followed this with a layer of Dubai Brown S75, sprayed at a 40 degree angle to the model.  I then sprayed Birch S75 directly to the top (straight down) over the model.  When this was dry I did several light coats of Orange Fire GA over the whole model.  It is not prefect but it was my first attempt at zenithal highlighting with a glaze, all done with the airbrush.  I will definitely try this method again. 

I really like the Eyeball Man in game play.  His stat line is OK for a mid-range henchman. It is his weapon and traits that make him stand out.  His carbine is medium range, rate of fire 5 dealing one blood damage.  However it also has assault 3 (rate of fire 3 while moving).  I like weapons that are effective stationary as well as on the move (love the Joker Shotgun henchman!).

He does have "Cyclops", which gives him a -1 to hit if the target is over 8 inches away.  This penalty can be countered with his "OCD" trait.  If he targets only a single model with all of his attacks he gains +1 to hit.  So if you fire at a single target within 8 inches you are at a net bonus of +1 to hit!  If he finds himself in combat with an opponent, he can back up and fire with 3 shots, dealing one blood damage, with a +1 to hit.

This is the complete crew all done.  It was good to finally clear it from the queue.  This was the first project that I have fully completed using the airbrush on each model.  I don't think that the quality of the paint job is any better then what I usually do, but it was a hell of a lot faster.  I got all 6 models done is around 2 weeks!

I am going to take a bit of a break from Batman minis for a bit (all through Deathstroke might find his way onto my painting table sooner rather then later).  I very good friend of mine, Josh, sent some more undead minions my way for my Age of Sigmar Army.  I have 20 Grave Guard ready to go!

Kevin

44/100 - The Panda Man

I finished up another member of my Cosplayers this week, the Panda Man.  This was arguably everyone's favorite model out of the Suicide Squad set.  Got to love a guy in a Panda costume with a sniper rifle.  This is also happens to be one of the best riffles in the game.  It does 2 blood and 1 stun damage, rate of fire 3, unlimited range, scope (re-roll one attack die) and Silencer (cannot be dodged).  I was hoping he was going to do well in his first game...this was not to be the case. 

We were playing an old scenario from last edition with random deployment.  Panda Man started the game in contact with Riddler's henchmen Knuckles and Ravager.  Even with Joker nearby and trying to help out, Panda Man did not make it out of the first round alive...

I painted the black on the panda suit in the same fashion as the suits on the Grin Twins (gray scale with the airbrush, followed by glazing with Inktense Black).  I wanted to texture the white parts of the suit a bit and give it the appearance of fur.  So as I layered up from the light grey to white, I stippled the paint with my brush (instead of brushing it on smooth). 

With so much black and white on the model I did not want to do a dark gunmetal rifle.  I Joker would have something more military grade, so I painted it the same way (with the camo pattern) that I painted my German tanks for Flames of War.

The big blue eyes also help break up the white and black.  If only every model had eyes this big!

One model left for the Cosplayers, the Eyeball Man.