Friday, 16 December 2016

The Thing (MUMG)

The Thing is added to the 'done' list! Although I had not really planned on painting any more MUMG in 2016, when I bought the The Thing I assembled him pretty quickly in readiness for possible painting. My thinking was that with a simple colour scheme, he would be quite quick to do despite his large surface area (he is 65mm from the bottom of his base to the top of his head!). Then I found myself focusing on other stuff.

When I decided it was time to tackle the mini, the painting stages were: an orange-brown base layer; Devlan Mud wash (with some extra spot washes of AP Soft Tone); dry-brush the same brown; dry brush a lighter brown; then pick out top edges of  'rocks' with successively lighter highlights (4 passes on the highlights).

Because it was quite methodical work, the bulk of the painting felt pretty straightforward - even if he did get dropped on the floor at one point...

Finishing The Thing gives me 17 Levels of Superhuman Heroes (with Black Widow and Black Panther), or 16 Levels of Cosmic Heroes  (with Groot). I am most likely to play an Avengers style team I think so will be mostly adding to the Superhumans as things progress next year.

MUMG Painting Summary
MUMG characters owned: 24
Percentage of owned characters painted: 16.7% (4 models)
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12 comments:

  1. Simon Quinton 16 December 2016 at 10:59

    Thing looks awesome dude job well done.

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    1. pulpcitizen16 December 2016 at 11:24

      Cheers mate. :)

      I am pretty chuffed with him. :)

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  2. Blaxkleric16 December 2016 at 11:18

    Wow!! One of my fave Marvel superheroes - behind Howard The Duck and Captain America (and Conan the Barbarian if he counts). Terrific painting PulpCitizen, and I especially like all the highlights on his skin. It genuinely makes him look as if he's stepped out form the pages of a comic book!!

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    1. pulpcitizen16 December 2016 at 11:25

      Thanks very much Blaxkleric. :)

      I have always had a soft spot for the The Thing too, even when I was too young to quite grasp his name when reading UK reprints. :)

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  3. Kieron16 December 2016 at 11:36

    In all honesty this has to be amongst my favourite 'things' you've ever painted.

    Brilliant.

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    1. pulpcitizen17 December 2016 at 01:24

      Cheers mate. :)

      He may even make it to a tournament one day, who knows? :)

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  4. Michal DwarfCrypt16 December 2016 at 13:05

    Excellent work sir!

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  5. Wouter16 December 2016 at 23:34

    That rocky skin sounds like it was easy to do and plain simply looks amazing!

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    1. pulpcitizen17 December 2016 at 01:26

      Thanks Wouter. :)

      It was pretty straightforward which was nice and which certainly expedited completing the painting. :)

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  6. FourEyedMonster23 December 2016 at 23:05

    Awesome work on The Thing ... really awesome. And oh yes, a very Merry Christmas to you! :)

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    1. pulpcitizen24 December 2016 at 07:13

      Thanks very much. :)

      I am pretty happy with how he turned out. :)

      And Merry Christmas to you too! :)

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