Circa May, 2004. Not my first painted stuff but close to it. This is actually one of the first pieces that I painted for a paint competition. I really did not know back then what to do in painting. For an early piece it holds up pretty well in my opinion as I copied I think some painting by Bobby Wong (whatever happened to him????)
And below the backside of the model. I believe I had used some Higgins blue drafting ink for the recessed blue areas in the armor.
Did you do a weapon swap on that. The one I got from GWpertinent has a thinner blade.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point, completely forgot about that. I believe that this mini came originally with a sort of power sword gladius. This blade was one of the OOP plastics if I remember correctly.
DeleteYes, that looks like one of the power sword blades (but not the full hilt) from the original close combat weapon sprue (c.1994 if my memory is right).
DeleteI just dug this model out to finally paint. I thought the new plastic SM captain (with the grave pistol and $30 price tag) was VERY nostalgically sculpted after this guy. I want to paint this model for kicks really and to see if I can paint Ultramarines in the 21st century/post "red" era....
ReplyDeleteIt definitely does resemble the new captain model. $30 price tag is crazy though.
DeleteLooks great, PC. They new owner must love it.
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