"Godzilla is the son of the atomic bomb..." |
This 28mm pre-painted plastic model of Godzilla is by
“Wizkids” and can be bought as number 001 from their Godzilla Collectible
Miniature range. An “enormous, violent, prehistoric sea monster awakened and
empowered by nuclear radiation”, the “King of Monsters” first appeared in
Ishiro Honda’s 1954 film “Godzilla” and “has gone on to become a worldwide pop
culture icon, appearing in… 29 films produced by Toho and two Hollywood”
movies.
Inspired by Jez’s outstanding “Forgotten Heroes” conversion
on a similar-looking model from the same range (Link: https://carrioncrowsbuffet.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/super-dinosaur-banana-forgotten-heroes/),
I originally bought this 52mm tall figure in order to create my own
orange-coloured “Marvel Worldwide” super-villain Stegron. However, having
fallen behind with the miniatures I had already started ‘transforming’ I
ultimately shelved such an aspiration and set about simply replicating the
creature’s original colour scheme.
Host of Nurgle WIPs - All the sores, innards and bones have been undercoated with "Citadel" Abaddon Black |
As a result Tomoyuki Tanaka’s co-creation was initially
undercoated with an old OOP pot of “Citadel” Adeptus Grey and subsequently
washed with Nuln Oil. Godzilla was then dry-brushed with more of the Foundation
paint in order to bring out all of the sculpt’s impressive detail. However,
having finished this phase I found the model to be a little too lightly coloured
for my liking, so having picked out the Alpha Predator’s paler underbelly with “Vallejo”
Heavy Bluegrey, I gave the entire figure a second wash of “Citadel” Nuln Oil.
Satisfied with the much darker effect, I then set about
carefully dry-brushing its stomach and tail with “Vallejo” Heavy Bluegrey, and
the majority of its torso, arms, legs and flanks with “Citadel” Adeptus Grey. Finally
I painted Monster Zero-One’s eyes and tongue with “Vallejo “ Heavy Red, and
having determined I wasn’t going to be able to pick out his teeth, simply
applied more “Citadel” Nuln Oil to its mouth in order to darken the red inside…
Plaguebearer WIPs - The Icon Bearer continues the running theme of the army carrying severed heads as trophies |
This practice is a little gruelling for my usual painting
patience. But now I’ve finished all the "Citadel" Abaddon Black basecoats on my figures, I am
hopeful that I will soon have additionally completed picking out all the white,
red and violet organs, which the diseased fiends seem to wantonly display. This
should then mean a fun session or two washing the horrors with all sorts of
grungy-looking Shades; albeit dotting all of their numerous pimples afterwards
will doubtless prove a bit of a chore.
"No Man's Land" - Batman and Cyborg discover Robinson Park contains a bigger danger than Poison Ivy. |
Up from the depths 30 stories high!!!
ReplyDeleteCool beanz Simon, looking forward to the rather eccentric batrep next week
Thanks Andy. These side-minis are essential to help me break up my work on Nurgle. Hopefully the BatRep will prove as successful as my last "Lost patrol" posting.
DeleteIt was the Hanna-Barbera cartoon of Godzilla, which I saw as a small child in the 80s, that made me aware of the monster - I have to say it was the opening theme tune that I eagerly waited for, just checked it now on Youtube and I'm thinking there's a similarity to the tune to the 1964 film Zulu.
ReplyDeleteFunny how the amount of cartoons I saw in the 1980s still stay with me, to a lesser extent those I also saw in the early 90s; X-Men, Defenders of the Earth, Thundercats.
Much to the horror of my Primary School teachers my film influences were Robocop - Which I misquoted and wrote about that he shot a baddy in the willy - and the alien from Predator, which I was more than a little fixated with - Not bad for a ten year old. Not sure what that all says about my Parent's parenting skills, allowing me to watch violent, horror-like action movies at such a young age :))
Roy, thanks so much for bringing back such vivid memories of the cartoon horror that was Godzuki!! :-) I too am a huge fan of X-Men, Thundercats and Defenders of the Earth. Whilst Robo-Cop and especially Predator are regularly viewed in my household.
DeleteKing Godzilla, Kin' Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteAnd you know I am a fan of your Nurgle stuff!
LOL Clint. Thanks for the praise. Hopefully you'll keep on liking my Nurgle as the Host's numbers swell :-)
DeleteA simple but very effective colour scheme for Godzilla. He's certainly turned out very well.
ReplyDeleteCheers Bryan. Godzilla was a nice distraction from all the green I'm currently painting.
DeleteGodzilla pure awesome enough said! Nice progress on your plague enshrouded demons :D
ReplyDeleteThanks Simon. Much appreciated. Lots more Plaguebearers to come, and some other Nurgle units too.
DeleteGojira!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL Roger :-)
DeleteLove Godzilla. Next can we have Mothra please. Pretty please
ReplyDeleteSorry Martin. I'd love to oblige, especially as having painted Godzilla I'd quite like to do some more. But Mothra isn't one of the minis in the set. I'll keep my eye out for a cheap capsule toy though ;-)
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DeleteTry these, about 70mm tall. Roger
Thanks Roger. But you've already 'forced me' to buy one chibi Godzilla today with your eagle-eyes and lightning texts!!! :-)
DeleteVery nice work on Godzilla. He needs company though. And Japan. He needs to have a stomping ground.... :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Leon. I am very keen to get some more but the range is predominantly minis of different Godzillas. However I will be looking for suitably sized minis on the interweb as I know they do turn up in the UK from time to time.
DeleteBatman vs the Weeping Angels? Can't wait! Oh...and those Plaguebearers/Nurglings really do look ace!
ReplyDeleteCheers Gordon. Glad the BatRep sounds encouraging. hopefully it'll live up to its promise :-) Lots of Nurgle yet to come as I'm assembling more minis as I type!!!
DeleteSome very subtle colouring on Godzilla there, to great effect.
ReplyDeleteThe nurgle/plaguebearer things looking particularly digusting now they're finished - another great piece of brushwork.
Thanks Joe. Bit of a mix. But hopefully fun stuff no less :-)
DeleteThe new Japanese film trailer was released recently. It looked pants though.... Your fig looks much cooler.
ReplyDeleteBatman vs the ANgels!? Need someone with eyedrops so his eyes don't dry up.
Most kind Dai. I thought a grey blend would suit such a highly scale-covered mini well. Fingers crossed the Dark knight won't find himself turned to stone.
Delete10 out of 10... specially that Nurgle Beastie.
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Coming Next Week: oh my, Want want want want want it NOW now now hehe.
Most kind Steve, much appreciated. Lots of BatReps coming over the next few weeks as I really get to grips with "Lost Patrol" and return to some more "Zombicide". Hopefully they'll be something you'll enjoy :-)
Delete*Claps slowly and begins to chant "want want want want WANT"*
ReplyDeleteCheers T - I hope it won't disappoint...
Deleteyou never do xxx
ReplyDeleteMost kind :-)
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