AKA Hank and Bobby go to White Castle. After a little delay in posts via being generally tired and all of those daily posts, we have the final figures of April’s output. It’s the Blue version of Beast from the Marvel United X-Men Core Set along with the “First Class” version of Iceman from.. the X-Men First Class box..
I will at some stage have the many many other X-Men figures painted, and there are indeed several more versions of Iceman to come from both United and Zombies – and a Crisis Protocol version has just released, but is hard to get for a reasonable price here in Aussieland right now – but this is what I have finished so far. With two more weekends left in May, there’s a chance we’ll see some of the other Icemans, but no guarantee. The other First Class X-Mans will be a bit later, no doubt.
Anyway, Beast was painted in much the same way as the other versions, though he does seem a bit darker in these pictures. Maybe it’s the contrast with Bobby? Icy-Pole Man was painted with a good white prime, some thinned contrast (or Xpress, or Speedpaint maybe?) and then a drybrush to re-icy him again.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t provide a group shot of all four of the Beastie Boys. From our left to right, we have Ad-Rock, MCA, Mike-D, and Zom-B.
One of the reasons Icy Boy was chosen was so I could use his base to test out some new ice and snow products I picked up recently.
Some of them were more successful than others, but a good chance to refresh on something I’ve only done a few times and good to see how some of them interact with each other.
Round-Up post will be soon, but we have a boardgame still set out on the table out there, so I may have to sneak a few May Models in front of the Round-Up post. We’ll have to see what happens there!
Excellent work on both mate, is that all your beasts done now ? the base looks great on Iceman, which products were you trying, and which did you think worked the best ?
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Both very nicely done! 🙂 Very blue and very icy!
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Great work on these two. Iceman reminds me of his first incarnation where he was more snow than ice. Though I guess he could also just be frosted up ice. Either way, it’s a cool effect and looks good oh him!
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Nice work Az.
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Two classic X-Men characters to be sure! I like the snow products on the base of Ice Man. I need to find an excuse to experiment with snow and ice products again. Its something that always looks impressive when done well like here.
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Great stuff mate – hilarious that Ice Boy still has his shoes on though 😂
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