"Just what I Needed... Annuder Mystery."

 "First guy to ask me ta make a speech gets a fat lip."

This 28mm plastic model of The Thing from the Fantastic Four is made by “Wizkids”. It is model 003 from the Marvel Tenth Anniversary range. The rocky human mutate was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1961 and features in the “Fantastic Four” comic book by “Marvel Worldwide”.

As I already own a Ben Grimm, and felt this figure’s rather static pose better suit a non-moving gaming piece, I decided to base the miniature on a thin-lipped 40mm circular base so I could use him as an objective marker. Having initially hidden the model’s (frankly) awful pre-paint job with a coat of “Citadel” Abaddon Black I then painted the super-hero’s mackintosh with “Vallejo” Heavy Brown before applying a heavy wash of “The Army Painter” Strong Tone Quickshade all over the coat in order to make it look a bit dank and grubby. For Benjamin’s fedora, I simply painted it “Vallejo” Heavy Bluegrey, picked out the hat band with “Citadel” Abaddon Black and then washed it all with Nuln Oil.

"Vallejo" Brass WIPs - Girder needs a black wash applied to his hair. Whilst Robotman requires dry-brushing 

The hardest part to paint on the model was the brute’s rocky hide. As I wanted The Thing to be the same colour as my other painted model of him I used a combination of “Vallejo” Heavy Orange and Umber Shade. I really like the effect left when the transparent acrylic wash dries. But unfortunately the ‘Lavado Sombra’ has a nasty habit of flowing everywhere when applied. Which it did on this occasion and necessitated some major repainting. I plan at some point to try and fit the sign post with some actual place names as decals, such as Yancy Street. But for now I simply painted it with “Gunmetal Grey” and gave it a wash of “Citadel” Nuln Oil.

My other painted "Heroclix" model of The Thing can be found here:

The Thing - Marvel Clobberin' Time #48

Moving away from “Marvel Comics Group” and instead turning to some characters from “DC Comics”, I have now washed this “Heroclix” model of Girder and subsequently dry-brushed him with Brass. Despite being a nicely sculpted figure of the super-villain, the detail is quite soft so I’ve only been able to apply a very light touch to the figure. I have though managed to paint his hair and beard with a nice dull steel colour, which once inked should help break up the miniature’s monotone look. Speaking of “Vallejo” Brass, having now applied a second layer over this Robotman miniature, I have washed the hero with Umber Shade and now just need to dry-brush the member of The Doom Patrol before starting to paint out some of his metallic body’s details.

Clayface WIP - Some rather roughly applied black separation lines are on show

Finally I thought it was about time I turned my attention to another of Batman’s Rogue Gallery, and although I dislike this particular model as it’s a bit too cartoony for my taste, I do rather like Clayface as a super-villain. The rather squat-sized miniature has for now just been undercoated brown. Though I have started to base coat both the safe and iron girder which Basil Karlo is carrying.