Here’s another pair of Ms.Marvel figures I recently completed. It’s starting to make sense why it took me so long to get through this character now, isn’t it? This pair of Khans Kamala are, as the title states from CMON’s Marvel Zombies boardgame. Being much, much smaller than the Crisis Protocol figures, the details on this pair were smaller, and it turned out – much easier to paint – though done alongside the other ones, these were still a slog. Things like folds in clothing are both proportionally deeper as well as actually deeper, which is the problem with the Crisis Protocol version.

These CMON figures also have a LOT more happening with the bases, so they tend to take a bit more work as CMON delves into the “mini-diorama” aspect of making their Marvel figures look dynamic a bit more often than AMG, who often tends towards “figure held onto their base by a toenail” – and to be fair, at least the Crisis Protocol Ms.Marvels had both feet on the ground. Once again, these go towards both “Fembruary” and Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got Challenge 24-25.

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!