Painting Marvel Crisis Protocol With 144Artist

What a great character and what pose.  I suppose one could make the same complaints I’ve heard about the Kingpin miniature but just like that figure, I’d say the static pose makes it clear Luke Cage isn’t going anywhere he doesn’t want to.  I’m really looking forward to learning wha he does in the game as he is such a brawler in the comics and TV show for that matter.

Bulls Eye is a simple sculpt but fun none the less.  The figure has a cocky confidence that might come in part from the throwing blades hidden behind his back.  Talk about a simple paint job.

Another character from the first edition boxed set is painted and battle ready.  I picked up the boxed set with the first four Avengers AMG released.  I am such a completest that I want everything they release and having another Captain America or Iron Man to paint is always a good thing.  I really like this pose and think it one of the better earlier sculpts bonus that she was fun to paint.

While I’m on the subject of spider folk, Spiderman from the first core set is complete and ready to spin a web at any size.   He’s one of the nicer sculpts as well though I would have loved to see him on top of some terrain.  As I had neither an immediate idea nor bits inspiring, I chose to avoid the analysis paralysis I could see waiting down that route and just painted him.  I think he came out rather well, if I do say so myself.

With Agent Venom came Spider Woman, who, truth be told, was the reason I bought the set.  I have always loved her visual design and color scheme.  I hadn’t really thought about running a Shield Affiliation but I’ve noticed it is a very mixed affiliation with a broad range of character.  Agent Venom and Spider Woman are just two of them.

Hmmm, might be time to assemble Nick Fury and his Shield Agents…

While I’m showing some work on older sculpts here is the Black Widow from the first core set.  As I have two already painted in black I decided to go with here winter wear look from the Black Widow movie.  With three versions of the character it is nice to have little variety.

With Vision was the first version of the Winter Soldier.  A simple sculpt but clearly from the early days of Atomic Mass Games plastic work.  In just a few years their stuff has evolved such movement and detail it is amazing.  This is a fine mini, nothing great or fancy, but a solid pose with good detail that is fun to paint.  Being a completest I was going to need him in the collection regardless.

…well, maybe but I did finish painting the model.  Had some fiddly bits I found frustrating during assembly but I got there in the end.  My default, so far, has really been stick to the box art when in doubt but here I think I should have leaned more toward the comic book art but that is how lessons are learned.  No, I’m not repainting this model.  I have a bunch of kits waiting and I’m sure there will be either a new model in the future or I will find another in my hands.  If that is the case I would actually want to paint him as the White Vision as it is so striking and easy to do.

So, neither my favorite model nor paint job but he is table ready and Wanda loves him no matter what.