Friday 19 June 2015

Anatoly (Black Mask Henchman)

Anatoly is the last mini I needed for my newest crew. I had put off painting Anatoly simply because he looked the most complicated of the Black Mask Henchmen to paint of those I had chosen, but included him because I read some very positive stuff about how he functions in the crew. He looks to be a pretty decent and durable option for a relatively low cost, so all good. Unfortunately I have not had the time to get him on the table to try him out, so I am far from sure I will fully get to grips with him in the upcoming tournament!

The model had a horrendous mould line, one that meant I simply had to hack at parts with my scalpel to get something approaching a cleaned up model. That was compounded by Knight Models choosing that the model would be sculpted to struggle to fit on the designated base size, and he had a lump of metal that I wanted to cut away from his feet for aesthetic purposes.

Despite all of that, and despite my reticence about painting Anatoly, I am quietly pleased with how he turned out. So much so, that I want to paint the last two Black Mask Henchmen I have (Mesh and Mule Goon) and get a few more games in soon with the crew. in addition, I have part-painted Scarecrow, so would like to finish him soon.

BMG Painting Summary
BMG characters owned: 113 (added: Two Face Gang set II)
Percentage of owned characters painted: 15.9% (18 models)


6 comments:

  1. Nicely done mate. Despite the trouble getting him ready for painting he has turned out fabulously. Good luck with the Tournament next weekend :)

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    1. Cheers mate. I am pretty happy with how he came out. :)

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  2. I'll be honest, this model is my least favourite in the entire range because he always looks like some kind of hulking robot in pictures I've seen.

    However, the way you've done him gets across that this is a human in pads and actually makes me not hate the model. :)

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    1. Thanks Kieron, very kind words. :)

      I wonder if the fact that on the KM studio version (which I readily state is much better painted than mine) doesn't have painted eyes has an impact - the whole BM studio crew so far lacks painted eyes for some weird reason).

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  3. He looks great dude! Lovely job.

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