Update: Tried the hot water to fix Spidey’s posture and it turned out pretty decently.
It’s been a good while since I finished a Marvel United figure, and this one had been on the painting desk for some time.
This figure has a bit of an issue with leaning. In that it’s leaning forward at a ridiculous angle for any kind of miniature, as you can see in these photos.
I guess I could dunk his upper half in boiling water in an attempt to reset the model with heat – the issue with that of course is the risk of completely screwing up the model as well as the paintjob. It’s the sort of thing I should have done before painting, if I’d noticed it at the time.
Still, looking at his shins and calves there, they’d end up with quite the weird bent-back shape if I did that as well – so I’m not entirely sure what to do about that. Quite annoying, since aside from the weird angle he’s perched on, I’m not at all unhappy with the paintjob on this figure.
On the other hand, this photo shows a bit more of how the model will look from the “above” angle that you’d see when playing with the figure in the game. Not exactly endraring, is it? Either way, this figure counts towards Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got Challenge 25-26, and is the first in my little “Men in Black” series of models for January. Unusually for me, the next two posts will NOT be the Marvel Zombies and Crisis Protocol versions of this version of Spider-Man.
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Great work on you symbiote spider man, can see the problem with the pose but as long as it stands okay on the table I could live with it ! LOL
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Thand Dave – Yeah, I can ue it, but not sure I’ll ever actually be happy with it.
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That’s a real shame about the lean! It definitely changes the appearance of this miniature and makes Spidey look less cool than he should. Symbiote Spider-Man deserves better as its a cool-looking costume/design. I commend you for getting this one done in spite the issues as well. That always saps my motivation. The paint job looks great as always too!
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Yeah, a few days on and I think he may end up having a brief swim in hot water to try and fix the posture. I’m also a fan of the Symbiote/black suit from my time reading the comics in the 1990’s from Secret Wars through pre- and up to Venom’s early days.
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At first glance I thought wow great figure, it was only when you pointed out the angle did i notice it.
How many problems have I noticed after completion AAH!!😅, it’s like others don’t see the problems we do and that’s because we make them and will forever see them.
I painted a house years ago not far from my dad’s place but missed a four inch square right up on the gable. You know every time I drove past it visiting my folks I would always check to see if it was still there😅😂😂, weird eh!
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Thanks Pat! Thankfully the old hot water trick worked to fix the angle. I just couldn’t stand looking at it when I went past the light box or even moreso – on this blog page!
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As always, your painting is excellent! 🙂 Interesting what Jeff’s said about the costume though, because I’m not particularly keen on it myself! Having said that, I wish I could paint black as well as you! 🙂
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Thanks John. I’m still quite partial to the Black Spiderman costume since it was in the comics alongside the traditional red-and-blue during the years when I was reading them.
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Lovely job mate! Hard to tell from the pics, but can you rotate that webbing back a bit on the base & make him more upright that way?
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Thanks Alex! Unfortunately not – being a board game miniature it’s both pre-moulded and pre-assembled to only fit together one way. The best chance will be a hot water dunking and hope the paint has enough elasticity to survive.
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Well, I got sick of looking at the model’s weird angle and tried it – happily, the hot water worked!
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