In the comics, I gather Black Flash is an avatar of death for those who access the Speed Force. I have not been a regular Flash reader since the early 80's, so while I am aware of the character, I am not that familiar with it. In BMG games Black Flash is essentially an effect token: he is not a starting member of your crew, but a representation of 'something bad' happening a Speedster fails a Paradox roll and then rolls 'double '6 on 2d6. Suffice it to say that probability suggests he won't likley crop up that often.
The casting wasn't great, once again. Some recent Knight Models stuff I have found to be nice and crisp, of much higher quality than stuff I had assembled previously. This felt to me like them back to some of their worst casting. The cast itself had a roughness in terms of lumps of flash, but also that weirdly paint would not flow into some micro-pits. As I painted, I kept seeing the glint of metal that paint had not adhered to properly. That said, it wasn't a difficult paint-job once I had blocked in the reds, although some of the definition for the red lightning stroke banding was lacking in places. I have seen that on other BMG minis where it seems the sculptor has simply not bothered with continuing some aspect of detailing (Nite Owl was a previous example, and having assembled but not yet painted comics Black Canary, she is another).
BMG Painting Summary
BMG characters owned: 210 (added: nothing new, but some stuff is due imminently)
Percentage of owned characters painted: 21.9% (46 models)
Awesome job despite the problems in painting him. It will be interesting to see how many times he does actually show up in game.
ReplyDeleteCheers mate. :)
DeleteIt will be interesting as you say.
Very nice work PulpCitizen, though you have certainly put me off painting mine up. I too thought it would be a nice simple mini to paint. That wouldn't seem to be the case. I'm not too convinced about its pose either, and as you say, why produce a mini for something which rarely occurs. Strange stuff. But at least the new rule book is a work of art :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Blaxkleric. :)
DeleteHope I haven't totally put you off - it wasn't a hard mini to paint, I just think the casting could have been better, and like you something about the pose seems 'off' to me.
I think he looks amazing, what a great looking character.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Michael. :)
DeleteThat's a really good job you did there. Very well done. I must admit I never heard of Black Flash. Looks like a Venom version of Spidey.
ReplyDeleteThanks FourEyedMonster. :)
DeleteI was pretty happy with how he turned out eventually. :)