Heroclix Repaint

I recently discovered that Heroclix gaming figures of 4cm height are very well sculpted. However, the factory painting is very basic and flat. So I decided to get some of those figures on eBay, repaint and re-base them to make them collectable ones.

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The first figure I wanted to share is Magneto from X-Men comic series. As you can see, I removed the figure from its base and repainted it COMPLETELY with high attention to details. I manually added all highlights and shadings using different paints and washers. For example I used 4 shades of purple for Magneto's cloak and 3 shades of red for his clothing. After that I sprayed the figure with Vallejo matt varnish and glued it to a custom made clear acrylic base from LITKO.

Magneto figure before repainting.

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The second figure I wanted to share is Colossus or Piotr Rasputin from X-Men series. I decided to use gloss varnish for his metal skin.

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And the last figure for today is Riddler from Batman comics. As you can see on a photo below, the figure had very basic and flat colours before I repainted it. And it was a little difficult to cut him from a base while trying not to damage the money bags.

 

Repainting Giganto the Mole monster

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I bought a huge heroclix figure of Giganto on ebay and decided to repaint it to make a collectable figure. I almost finished the head and chest of a monster and decided to share a photo.

I washed head, chest and shoulder of a monster with green Citadel wash, heavy dybrushed it with Goblin Green then light drybrushed it with Camo Green and after that I used Goblin Green to manually paint facial features with Camo Green, Bubonic Brown, Red Gore and Blood Red.

For those who don't know who is Giganto, I decided to share this Marvel Wiki link. The Giganto first appeared in Fantastic Four issue 1. He is one of many Deviant dwelling on Monster Isle. The Mole Man made him his servant and used him to attack atomic power plants all over the world.

On the picture above you can see how Giganto looks in comics.

And on this picture from Google you can see how this figure looked before I stared repainting it.

Thing from Abyss

Sharing photo of painted Thing from Abyss monster from SHM Range. One of my earliest 15mm sculptures :)

Giant Scorpion

Giant Scorpion. Originaly a key trinket scorpion from Australian Reptile Park

( http://www.reptilepark.com.au/ )

Originally scorpion looked like this.

And here the same scorpion after drybrushing and applying matt top coat.

Clash of the Titans!

Acklay

Just repainted a Star Wars Miniatures Acklay figure. While Star Wars Miniatures are 28mm difures, this Acklay looks beter with 15mm figures.

In this scale its scale to humanoid is almost like in Episode 2. The beast have height of 7cm and have base of same diameter (7cm).

By the way, if you want to know more about Acklay, here is Wookipedia article:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Acklay

And here are different angles of model.

It came with good texture, but I've painted his eyes and tongue, and then washed and drybrushed it to make this beast more realistic.

I also painted and flocked its base.

My idea was to give it's base a look of something between desert and grassy land, because you can find Acklays on planets with different terrains.