Painting Marvel Crisis Protocol With 144Artist

Elizabeth “Betsy” Braddock is the deadly psychic assassin known as Psylocke and she is a gorgeous sculpt and such fun to paint.  A great character in the comics as well as the sister to Captain Britain.  Jim Lee always drew her beautifully beautiful so I wanted to get her right.  I have to say I think she is one of my better pieces.  Faces are an ongoing struggle and I really put in some effort here.  I think it paid off.

Gambit (Remi Etienne LeBeau) is painted and ready for the table top.  Of questionable background and morals, this former follower of Mr Sinister became one of the most beloved X-Men.  He even ended up married to Rogue.  How his empathy and energy projection powers will play out are less obvious than the bō staff.  Another great pose and sculpt from AMG.

I couldn’t resist trying to hint at suits on the playing cards.

Oh how I do love this little dragon companion and am delighted that AMG included him not just on the figure but in the rules as well.  Shadowcat, AKA Kitty Pryde, was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne during my favorite era of X-Men comics.  She is a phaser like Vision but also disrupts electronic systems when she does so.  That should be interesting to explore in game.

Looks like I need to get a few more pictures of this young hero and her draconic friend so will update this post when I do.

While I am on the subject of teleporting characters, here is the original teleporting X-Man, Kurt Wagner AKA Nightcrawler.  I tend to think of him as the thing that goes BAMF in the night.  He is one of my longtime favorite X-Men and this sculpt doesn’t disappoint.  It has a few options like Kurt’s cutlasses and the word BAMF that can be attached to the sulphuric smelling smoke like Deadpool’s FWOOSH. Unlike Deadpool, I don’t really think it fit the overall aesthetic of my collection.  Nightcrawler isn’t a fourth wall breaker so I left it off his base.

Colossus’s sister, Illyana or Magik, has joined my X-Men affiliation.  Well leapt from a portal would be a better description.  Another dynamic sculpt from AMG and so fun to paint.  I am really looking forward to learning how that teleportation works in game especially as she isn’t the only X-Man who can do it. Well, more on that later…

I guess I could call this “Double Post Fix” but this sounds more planned.  Now that I’ve played the game, have been organizing the peripherals, and have an idea of what to store and how one would think that’s where my mind would be. Nope, I’m painting more minis.  In my defense, I’m just waiting for a few samples to arrive in the mail so I can make some final decisions.  I’ll be sharing that journey as well.

So here we have the last of the founding X-Men members who currently have models, Bobby Drake or Iceman.  For such a big model it does have some tiny bits so I suggest working on or over a surface that can catch strays.  Maybe it’s just my clumsiness but I recommend that for any kit or Lego set for that matter.  I was tempted to add some snow effects but have been trying to solve my challenges with paint for all these minis.  All in all, I think he came out well.  Got to play with him in a game and liked how he slows any enemy that end up in his range.

So looking forward to the release of Angel.

I’ve posted some of the Work in Progress on this ferrous fellow but here he is in his finished glory.  Non-Metalic Metal still isn’t my strong suit in fact I’d go so far as to say it is still a weak point in my skill set but this is one of my better attempts to date.  I’m not ready to try and make him look chrome but he does look to be shiny and sort of metallic.  I got to use him in game and while I didn’t notice his Big Brother power until after Wolverine had been crushed under a garbage truck by Captain Marvel, Colossus did get revenge by Knocking Out the Kree warrior.  He is one tough character and literally a “Man of Steel”.  I hope to get to use the Fastball Special Tactics Card soon.

Another great pose and it went together easily.  More broken Sentinel pieces to tie the team together visually.