Wednesday 1 February 2017

KyleC - Frank "The Train" Wilson and Commissioner Gordon (37 Points)


Will bring in Commissioner Gordon and his band of blue here to counter the Penguin's crew from last week.

I didn't paint these up to a massive high degree, but I did try to add some more extreme highlights to them while copying for the most part the box art colors of them.


Had a lot of fun painting up Gordon after the bolt action tournament on Sunday. Quick hits of browns, with some reds/blues tossed in, but more washes of different GW washes over it to give some better tonal differences. The extreme highlights on the white really came out, and I tried the same for the pants and jacket before washing it back down with browns.


The plain clothes police officers. I really liked how they came out with a minimal of colors. But the extreme white placements really shine through on them! Compared to the duller pants/trousers they are wearing.



The SWAT I am less happy with, only because they are supposed to be dark,and they came out dark. But maybe too dark?

But they are done and they were pigs to put together ( much carving into metal here ). But good as a group all the same!



Frank 'The Train" Wilson.. ready to join the Human Blood Bowl team. Originally an apoc fighter found in Savage Forged Miniatures line up, but now recruited and re purposed for the Averland Avengers!

Quick swap out of his bat and shield for some hands that are far too large, but work all the same. I thought they would have been better for him as his scale is a bit larger also ( 40mm tall ).. but seems even heroic Skaven hands are too large for this scale!

Just need to find one more blitzer ( which is what he will be until I get proper ones ) to complete the team.

6 28mm figures and a 40mm scale piece. A slow week for me it seems.. but lots of building has been done in the background for 2 more Blood Bowl teams, and a new release from Mr Lee's Minis! ;)

ByronM: Excellent stuff here Kyle.  It is nice to see other groups out there playing (or at least painting) Batman stuff.  Around here it is just SteveB and myself playing it that we know of, so nice to see others with it.  I really like the hard contrasts on the police, as you say they really pop with the harsh white, and that will really make them show well on the table.  I also really like how the jacket and pants are essentially the same blue, but due to highlighting differently you make them look the same yet different, its a very nice look.  

On the brown on Gordon, using other colours is exactly the right way to make it look more interesting and something I am just learning to do as well.  In addition to the blues and reds you used you can skip the mix and go straight to the resultant purples instead if you want, and you can even try some greens and oranges (both in small quantities), blacks, and greys as well. For "The Train", the hands may be big, but I think it works.  Have you seen some players hand sizes? Or some boxers how their hands swell after years of abuse and damage?  I think it works well and I like him.

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  1. Great painting! And the proportions seem correct for a guy named "The Train"...

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    1. Cheers for that.. I just hope he now performs in the club's league games!

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  2. Stunning painting. Personally I think the Swat team (never seen any in real life) are just the right hue. If the colour is good enough for a multi million pound Hollywood block buster it is sure good enough for me!

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    1. Cheers Clint.. I also have not seen them before, and hope not to either! But glad that they came out so nice, and the person they are for enjoyed them so that works also!

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  3. Fantastic work, the highlights on the police officers expecially are superb.

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    1. Thanks, I am really happy on how that turned out actually.. might have to try that more on different pieces and see how it turns out!

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  4. Again another excellent submission. I think all work perfectly, including the SWAT

    Ian

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  5. Lovely work and I think the hands on the Train look great.
    Best Iain

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    1. Cheers Iain.. I think from a distance they work nicely, just close up maybe not as much? Dunno.. but let's see how he plays in upcoming games!

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  6. Great work Kyle! I really like the simple uniformed police officers, especially the light from the flashlight (Yes, it's the simple things that please me).

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    1. Cheers Curt. I was unsure about the flashlight, but they were so dark that I figured they needed something to contrast with.. this worked out I think for the best!

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  7. Really good work, Kyle - especially like the Commissioner!

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    1. Gordon came out better than I expected for the time put into him ( about an hour? ). Only thing I would have redone is maybe an extra highlight on the face, but aside from that its good as is..

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  8. Very well done! These police officers are simply superb.

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    1. I love how they came out and was very happy to see them as such!

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  9. Really nice work. I'm enjoying your Batman figures.

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    1. Thanks mate.. I have some more coming for the next weeks.. a real mix this time however.. should be interesting to see how they come out as they are very detailed in comparison to these...

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  10. That Bat stuff is very tempting.

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    1. Painting so much of it, I am actually looking at picking some up of my own! Or at least trying out a demo game with all the gangs that I have painted for the person :) ( Penguin is still my favourite so far! )

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  11. Frank 'The Train" Wilson is a monster. I don't fancy facing him on the field. Very cool sir!

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    1. Thanks for that.. I also would not want to be facing off against him either!

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  12. That's some fine painting, Kyle!

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  13. Nice work, Kyle! I like the highlights and shodows on the police, The yellow flashlights pop them up really nice too.
    The Train is my favorite of the batch, he looks perfect for a blitzer too!

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