Marvel Crisis Protocol | Azazel's Bitz Box.

Ms.Marvel. Now this figure, or pair of figures was a real challenge. Sure, the paintjob that you see here really isn’t anything special, but getting it complete was a real challenge to me for multiple reasons. As so often happens, I see a nicely painted version of a figure over on Argentbadger’s blog and decide to do my own, thinking I can get them done quickly. I apparently started this pair of figures in September 2023 and only just got them finished in February.

The problems were that the figures just …aren’t very good. I’d also seen an action figure of Ms.Marvel where her costume was made of metallic fabric, and it looked pretty good, so I decided to go with that. Then, my “Contrast over pre-shaded metallic base” didn’t quite work out as well as I’d hoped, particularly on the larger model, resulting in the need for quite a bit of faffing about. Add to that the requirement to do more than one while doing my best to match the outfit and the fact that Kamala Khan just isn’t a compelling character to me and her show was quite mediocre, despite the actresss doing a solid job. The result was that these figures just sat on the desk while I painted other models instead until the combination of Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got Challenge 24-25, Alex’s mostly-lapsed “Fembruary” challenge and just wanting to get these fucking models finished and off my painting desk (along with a few others that have been there for far too long) motivated me to just push through and get them done.

Blending the flesh tones on the “embiggened” hands weren’t a lot of fun. The figure is very smooth and lacking details. I painted Kamala with a medium toned skin. Most Pakistani people I know don’t have especially dark skin, and neither does Iman Vellani – the actress who portrays Kamala in the MCU, so I was happy enough with where I ended up. As I often write on this blog after completing “difficult” figures, I’m happy to have the models done and behind me. Now perhaps if I play with them in the future, I can potentially develop some fondness for them in the future instead of resentment! Hurrah!

It was over a year ago now that I completed the first parts of this terrain pack from Atomic Mass Games for Marvel Crisis Protocol. I’d be understating things if I said that it turned out I was not particularly fond of the models in this kit, so it’s taken until now for me to get enough motivation to force myself to finish this piece.

I painted the kiosk in the same overall manner as the previous pieces, so that they at least look vaguely like they belong together on whatever board they end up on. The painting technique is well-described in those previous posts as all I needed to do to this one (for almost a year) was simply the “finishing off” elements.

L0oking at this image, I’ve just realised that I forgot to paint in those cable going from the antennae to the fuel boxes. Well, just pretend that those are painted. I’ll bring it back inside and hit them with a contrast or speed paint. proably in a deep dull red or something like that.

I think I may also need to hit those weird circles with a gloss varnish as well. Pretend that they’re a little more shiny as well then.

I’d hoped to get this thing finished for Dave Stone’s most recent Season of Scenery, but it was not to be, due to one particular other kit putting me off working on models for a time and other things being more interesting and more pressing. Still, it’s done now, and so all that’s left for this set is to paint those two billboard sign things that you can see on the bottom right of the above image. They also already have all the scratchy worn green done on them if I recall correctly. I should really get them done so the whole kit can be ticked off. I’ll have to find them first, though…

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