"Batman's New Batmobile Upgrade..."

 "...Makes it more powerful than ever."

This 28mm scale pre-painted plastic model of the Bat Sentry was produced by “Wizkids” and is miniature number 097 from their DC “Heroclix” Unleashed range. Designed as a new, robotic upgrade for the Batmobile, such automated defence drones were created by Bill Finger, and actually first appeared way back in the December 1956 issue of "Batman".

Unceremoniously clipped from the figure's 'clicky' base and super-glued upon a plastic 65mm circular base, the robot was given a couple of licks of "Citadel" Abaddon Black, enthusiastically dry-brushed with "Vallejo" Heavy Charcoal and completely sploshed in "Citadel" Nuln Oil. I then applied a combination of "Vallejo" Gunmetal and "Citadel" Nuln Oil to all of the machine's metallic areas, such as its joints and the underside of Batmobile.

"Black Site Studios" WIPs - These four Soviet Cosmonauts just need some washes and tidy up

With the majority of the Bat Sentry completed, I then spent some time carefully 'picking out' the odd detail to help bring the model a little colour. Foremost of these areas was the model's eyes and chest symbol, which were pigmented in "Two Thin Coats" Skulker Yellow and a spot of "Citadel" Reikland Fleshshade. The car's headlights were simply covered in some White Star by "Two Thin Coats" and then shaded with (more) "Citadel" Nuln Oil.

Alongside my first completed "Heroclix" figure in over eighteen months, I have also found a little more time to work on the metallic areas of my latest "Lunar" painting project. These four Soviet Cosmonauts will probably be the last of the "Spectre Miniatures" 3D prints I work on for a while, as I really want to get cracking on some of the other Moon-based factions I actually own on sprues.

"Wizkids" WIPs - The Penguin, Black Canary and the Black Mask

Foremost of these will be the Chinese Taikonauts, who come armed with a rather formidable Pickhammer. As with both the Russian and NASA astronauts I've previously painted, I'm planning on initially just assembling what can be constructed from their basic boxed set before I begin buying/printing any STL (Standard Triangle Language) files to supplement my force - albeit currently, "Black Site Studios" don't have any R.O.C. Taikonauts available as digital files on their webstore.

Lastly, I've made a bit more progress on some more "Heroclix" miniatures I recently dusted down from my plastic backlog on a bit of a whim. The actual scale of the Penguin sculpt is a little off-putting to be honest, when he's compared to the much less cartoony size of the Black Mask and Black Canary. However, if such irregular proportions was a deal breaker with my wargaming obsessive-compulsive disorder then I'd never have collected/painted such a huge number of the models in the first place...