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Next up is Professor X, leader of the X-Men. It took a long time before he was added to the game, but much to my delight, he has the same weird floating yellow hover-chair as the old cartoon. The model is provided with a weirdly big “whoosh” effect to hold up the chair, which I… Continue reading Professor X

I had to take a long break from hobbying due to hand surgery earlier this year. However, I’m back on track and have a bit of a posting backlog to catch up on. First off is Colossus, of the X-Men. I’ve mostly been drawing my color scheme inspiration from the old 90s cartoon, but the… Continue reading Colossus

This month’s main painting project was another X-Men member – Beast. I had a couple of false starts on this one; getting the right shades of blue required several repaints. However, I’m quite happy where I ended up. If I’m unhappy about one thing, it’s that the darkest shade of his fur has just a… Continue reading Beast

I’ve finished up my next X-Men model, Gambit. This one was interesting due to his forward-leaning pose. It really limited the surfaces that light strikes, so I mostly ended up putting most of the detail into his coat. I tried a different priming technique this time; I sprayed a highlight of white from a fixed… Continue reading Gambit

I recently finished painting Storm for my X-Men force in Marvel Crisis Protocol. I’ve been doing all the models in a flat cel-shaded / comic book style, with color schemes based on the old 90s animated show, which I really loved as a child. The official model for Storm doesn’t match her costume from the… Continue reading Storm & Cyclops