"Attention, Metal Men - - to me!" |
These three 28mm figures of Iron, Tin and Lead are produced by “Wizkids” and can be bought as miniature numbers 009, 010 and 026 respectively from their World's Finest DC "Heroclix" range. "Advanced artificially intelligent robots" who were created by scientist Dr. William "Will" Magnus, this super-team first appeared in the March/April 1962 edition of "Showcase", and were created by Robert Kanigher amd Ross Andru.
Having previously painted sculpts of these automatons from the "DC Comics" "Heroclix" expansion Crisis, I wanted to do something different with them, and try out a couple of paints I haven't used that much since obtaining them. As a result each model was cut-off from its 'clicky-base', permanently attached to one of the 40mm thin-lipped circular bases I use for all my objective markers and then primed using a colour somewhat similar to that of their comic book colours.
"Atomic Mass Games" WIPs - Venom and Erik Killmonger |
Staying with super-heroes, or at least villains, a recent release update from "Atomic Mass Games" has made me aware as to just how far behind I'm falling painting up my "Marvel Crisis Protocol" miniatures. I'm still really keen on just focusing upon arch-nemesis being pitted against their bitterest rival for now, so have spent a little more time tidying up Killmonger's impressively-detailed stand and applying a base coat of "Vallejo" Russian Uniform World War Two to his trousers.
"Doctor Who" WIPs - Sauvix, an Armoured Sea Devil and an Auton |
Lastly, my enthusiasm for "Doctor Who" has suddenly been rekindled once again. Rather embarrassingly I have had a quartet of undercoated Autons by "Black Tree Design" on my painting desk since I finished my test piece artificial life form way back in September 2019. So along with an Armoured Sea Devil and its commander, Sauvix, I thought I would finally get them ready for my time-traveller's tabletop...
oooh more sea devils
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, Phil. I have a fair few of the Armoured Sea Devils from "Black Tree Design".
DeleteThey look great mate. Really nice looking sculpts for clix as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks Simon. I entirely agree, these Metal Men are terrific looking "Heroclix" sculpts.
DeleteMore amazing characters, great job Simon.
ReplyDeleteCheers Michael. Simple stuff painting wise, but I'm slowly clearing the backlog.
DeleteGreat work on the metal men Simon, Venom and Killmonger models look awesome so look forward to seeing these finished. Good to see some more Who models back in the painting queue
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave. Simple stuff on the Metal Men, and still a long way to go on Venom and Killmonger. Really got the "Doctor Who" bug currently, and have even been watching/enjoying some of the latest 'Nu Who' episodes as a result.
DeleteGreat stuff Simon! I really like the look of that first iron model 😀
ReplyDeleteCheers Ivor, very much appreciated :-)
DeleteI like the metal men, but they really could do with something to make them differ from other silver characters imho - maybe sponsored adverts on them (like racibg drivers, footballers' shirts etc.) - just joking btw.
ReplyDeleteThanks Joe' LOL. Spookily, their colours are a bit more contrasting in some of the comic books (e.g. Iron is positively dark blue), and they do wear chest symbols from time to time. But as these are just objective markers, I was happy to leave them as is.
DeleteI love to first three metal men photos :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers Steve, much appreciated :-)
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