He makes good progress, but as The Yellowjacket begins to softly pad trough a darkened chamber, he steps on a flagstone which shifts tellingly under his foot. He rolls his eyes and draws his pistol, 'Damn. I knew this was too easy.' He hears the faint click and whir of activating mechanisms, as seven lithe figures emerge from niches in the wall. Their alabaster skin seems alight with an unknown energy within. They all draw pistols and their purple-haired leader says in a soft metallic voice, 'Who passes the Threshold? Name and password, please.'
Yellowjacket adjusts his codpiece nervously as he faces the FemmeBots of Venus...
The Yellowjacket is a figure from TinMan Miniatures. A great casting in a classic comicbook pose.
My FemmeBots of Venus were from Statuesque Miniatures. I say 'were' as they don't appear to be available anymore, which is a pity as they are really lovely castings.
As simple as they seem, the alabaster white on these gals was complete swine to paint (and no, I don't want to talk about it...).
Next Up: The Gallery of Ancestors
- Curt
I'm always impressed by the cleanness of your p\inting
ReplyDeleteAnd his photographs.
DeleteThanks guys!
DeleteAbsolute swine or not, the did come out the trick.
ReplyDeleteThe Yellowjacket is absolutely The Business.
Cheers Robert, he was fun to work on (as opposed to the gals).
DeleteThey look pretty cool Curt. Love all the garish hair colours.
ReplyDeleteThe hair was the only easy thing about them! Thanks Ray.
DeleteGreat entry, the poses of the bots make it look like they are doing some groovy 60s Love Train dance 💃 😀
ReplyDeleteRegards KenR
I know! They have some Emma Peel moves going on there.
DeleteFabulous work Curt! 'Flying Codpiece' now that's a rather striking comic book name. The yellow looks excellent. Was probably not tht straight forward to paint either?
ReplyDeleteSwine or not the Femme Bots came out quite striking as well.
Cheers Nick. I need to find more adventures for The Flying Codpiece.
DeleteLove those fembots! You’re right in that they are lovely casting and I do like your take on them here, the shock of colour contrasting nicely. Quite chilling.....
ReplyDeleteThanks Jamie!
DeleteVery clean bright colors Curt. Well done and that name is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Haha, thanks very much Christopher.
DeleteLovely looking hero and fem bots,a mixture of 30s pulp and something from the early 1970s! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Exactly! He has that 30s pulp look to him but they are definitely from the swinging 70s.
DeleteNice work very colorful
ReplyDeleteThanks Adam!
DeleteGreat work Curt. White can be a swine to get right, especially when it’s so dominant
ReplyDeleteYou got it bud. Thankfully they're done and dusted. Now on to something else.
DeleteAnother impressive painting work
ReplyDeleteThank you Benito!
DeleteBeautifully done, Curt. The Femmebots are very cool and the Yellowjacket is a great looking character piece.
ReplyDeleteThank you Stuart!
Delete“Flying Codpiece” - beautiful.
ReplyDeleteReminds me a bit of “Plunger Head” from the Blue Bomber games back in the day - but this fellow is more entertaining :-)
Haha! I had forgotten about that guy - curse you Burch. ;)
DeleteWhat a classic pulp look in the vein of Rocketman and Flash Gordan!
ReplyDeleteMission accomplished! :)
DeleteVery 'Ghost in the Shell'-esque gynoids! Sorry to hear they're not available.
ReplyDeleteThanks Barks! I just found out that they are now being carried by CP Models.
DeleteUnexpected! Very nice Mr C
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil!
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