With the face I tried to go for an effect of carelessly applied greasepaint. I am happy with the white base, less so the dark eye make-up.
Like I said above, I am not doing a Joker crew next. Instead, I am planning on a Black Mask crew with a few supplements from what if have fully or partly painted: Riddler; Deadshot; Turk; and Prisoner with Tube.
I have had recent discussions about the game with buddies, and I think I have identified my biggest problem with it; that is that there is such disparity it seems between swarms and low model-count 'elite' crews. The latter suffer as they simply cannot contest enough Objectives without Henchmen. That leads me to wonder if the game would not be more satisfactory if the number of Objectives per player was scaled to game size. Something along the lines of 1 Objective per player per full 150 Reputation would give the elite crews a fairer chance I think, but so far that is purely an intellectual exercise and not yet gamed out or tested.
BMG Painting Summary
BMG characters owned: 83 (added 17 more models since the last one was finished - I was able advantage of some good timing for eBay auctions...)
Percentage of owned characters painted: 13.3% (11 models)
Great posting. Wonderfully painted mini with lovely subtle colours and some nice rationale behind where you plan to take this project next. Looking forward to seeing the Black Mask painted (one of my fave baddies).
ReplyDeleteThanks Blaxkleric. Looking at the pics, they have washed out the highlights on the orange jumpsuit unfortunately, but I am glad to get another done. :)
DeleteOne of the things that I found when doing the clowns is that the face paint never quite feels right in that the face doesn't look like a face as you would normally paint it - there's always something vaguely unsatisfying in the way the clowns don't 'come to life' as other models do.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I think he looks great.
I know you're not doing another crew, but one of the things I really like about the Blackgates is that they slot almost seamlessly in to a Joker crew. Just a thought in terms of numbers...
Cheers Kieron. :)
DeleteI should clarify; I am doing Black Mask next, but by default will eventually have a Joker crew I think - i will be painting as much of the range as I can manage of the ensuing years. :)
Very nice mate. I look forward to trying the game with you :) We can always test out these theories and see how they work :)
ReplyDeleteCheers mate. I am hoping we can get a game in soon. :)
DeleteWith the crews we plan, nothing to test out I reckon, just something that may be applicable if either one of us tries a more 'elite' type crew maybe. :)
He looks good what don't you like about the black eye make-up? I love the idea of a black gate prisoners crew made up of incarcerated super villain henchmen.
ReplyDeleteThanks Robert. :)
DeleteI just struggled with the lines and definition, but knew that if I tried to do more I would have messed up that area of the mini.
That does sound cool - then again, I still hold out hope that Knight Models will make more of the Batman '66 range, so i am trying to imagine painting some up to match that aesthetic! :)
I like him. The thing for me is the pose. I wish the face was more elevated. I agree that the makeup is very different to paint - not like a face at all.
ReplyDeleteCheers. :)
DeleteAgreed re: the head down pose - a poor design choice IMHO, and not one that can be corrected without a lot of work and good skill.
Nice. Like the face paint.
ReplyDeleteCheers mate. Clearing the lead backlog was the main thing with this one. :)
Delete