Hi, Kids! Today I'm sharing some photos of another recent model kit I completed. It is the Revell re-issue of the classic Aurora Wolf Man from 2010. It took many hours and layers of paint, but every minute of it was fun.
It's all done with brush work, -- no airbrushing -- and I used acrylics from Freak Flex, Vallejo, Model Master and AK. The base is customized with Woodland Scenics water and snow effects and some "found" objects.
Building model kits is a great way to pass the time during COVID lockdowns and I'd say it's even therapeutic. I heartily suggest you give it a try if you've ever had the inclination but haven't jumped in yet.
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| Box art. |
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| Parts trimmed, washed, puttied and ready for paint. |
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| Completed base. |
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Looks great! My dad bought me the set of four when the re-release happened, and then insisted that I let him paint one. (Even though he'd owned and painted them all back when he was a kid and monster models were brand new!) I was loathe to give any of them up, but when push came to shove, the Wolf Man was the one I was least excited to do, so I let him have it, lol. This was YEARS ago and the others have been sitting put together but unpainted in my closet ever since. Last month, I finally decided that I needed to get going on them, so I recently painted Dracula -- I'm a commission painter by trade, but painting on something three-dimensional was SO much more difficult than painting on a flat surface! I love how you embellished your Wolf Man with snow -- very unique, I don't think I've seen a WM model done with that before!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Wendy! I try to do something a little more unique when the opportunity presents itself. The idea came to me when I was watching (for the Nth time!) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, when Talbot woke up from the hairy part of himself in the depths of the Frankenstein Castle ruins. I recently finished the Dracula kit and am presently working on The Phantom of the Opera. BTW, if you care to share your work send a photo or two to my email address on the "Contact" tab. In the meantime, thanks again for being a loyal reader of WOM!
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