dark_spidey
01-28-2014, 08:33 AM
Hey guys!
As some of you may already know I've always been a huge Jim Lee X-Men fan.
Being a kid of the 90s, those are the X-Men I grew up with and thanks to Erick Sosa and the nice folks over at Kotobukiya us collectors have the opportunity to have those characters in 3D form on our shelves.
When Koto announced this piece 2-3 years ago I was over the moon. It's like Mags litterally jumped out of X-Men #1.
But the color scheme, even for the prototype seemed wrong. I couldn't paint at the time but I knew that this sculpt needed to have the flashy colors Magneto used to have in the early 90s.
So here's my take on the character!
The factory paintjob was stripped down using acetone.
The unmasked head was painted in Garage Kits fleshtones, Bronze Flesh mostly.
For the suit I used Tamiya Clear Red over Chrome Silver.
The purple is Pearlized Purple from Createx.
The base and flying metal parts were repainted too.
All right, time for some pics!
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000591.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000591.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000610.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000610.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000611.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000611.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000615.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000615.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000616.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000616.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000617.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000617.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000622.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000622.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/magneto2.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/magneto2.jpg.html)http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/magneto.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/magneto.jpg.html)
Did a video too ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfxdNy0uc_E
Thanks for watching!
As some of you may already know I've always been a huge Jim Lee X-Men fan.
Being a kid of the 90s, those are the X-Men I grew up with and thanks to Erick Sosa and the nice folks over at Kotobukiya us collectors have the opportunity to have those characters in 3D form on our shelves.
When Koto announced this piece 2-3 years ago I was over the moon. It's like Mags litterally jumped out of X-Men #1.
But the color scheme, even for the prototype seemed wrong. I couldn't paint at the time but I knew that this sculpt needed to have the flashy colors Magneto used to have in the early 90s.
So here's my take on the character!
The factory paintjob was stripped down using acetone.
The unmasked head was painted in Garage Kits fleshtones, Bronze Flesh mostly.
For the suit I used Tamiya Clear Red over Chrome Silver.
The purple is Pearlized Purple from Createx.
The base and flying metal parts were repainted too.
All right, time for some pics!
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000591.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000591.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000610.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000610.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000611.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000611.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000615.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000615.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000616.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000616.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000617.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000617.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/P1000622.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/P1000622.jpg.html)
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/magneto2.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/magneto2.jpg.html)http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh75/dark_spidey/magneto.jpg (http://s253.photobucket.com/user/dark_spidey/media/magneto.jpg.html)
Did a video too ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfxdNy0uc_E
Thanks for watching!