Crisis… What Crisis?

As I have been using the paint pens I thought I should show them.

I bought them for around £16 when they were on offer and found them surprisingly useful considering the price as that’s equivalent to about 5 pots of paint.

There’s even some metallic colours in there: Gold, Silver, Copper and a few others.

I’ve added an image to illustrate the difference between the fine tip which is much like a felt tip pen and the longer brush tip which is a bit more flexible.

The windows have been driving me crazy, so I took a break and painted some other bits and pieces.

The Oscorp tank can be swapped for the trash truck.

The writing on the signs and trucks was done using the cheap paint pens I bought.

The little stick men on the traffic lights you can probably tell were free handed using the fine end of of the paint pens.

I will start by saying that I know this does not look great, but I’m still in the testing phase.

I had some spray silver that I used on the windows that were on a separate sprue from the building and then used a black paint pen to colour the frame. That’s the windows at the top of the image.

For the shop window at the bottom I used a silver paint pen for the glass and then black pen for the frame.

I’m not expecting perfection as glass is not something I have had much success with in the past… and present as you can see.

If I can find a better method then I will do that, but worst case scenario… the windows are painted and the focus of MCP is on the battle, not the terrain.

Enough waffle… here’s the prototype.

Didn’t feel like hobby today, so I read some Excalibur comics and parts of the Marvel Multiverse RPG books.

Maybe tomorrow I will get back to the painting.

The Sentinels didn’t look right blue and silver, so I added a little colour.

Purple over the head seems to work and gives it some contrast.

The orange in the chest plate matches the centre of the palms.

It’s not perfect, but it’s better in my opinion.

Applied the second and third colours of the triad via the airbrush.

They are far from perfect, but I’m satisfied(ish) with the result.

I plan on doing a wash over the brick work at some point.

Didn’t have a red brick primer for the two buildings and so I just primed them with a dark grey.

Then I looked through my air paints and found a red to try (Encarmine Red).

I know the coat is not smooth, but I don’t want it to be as bricks vary in colour.

I’ll probably go over it again with the next shade in the colour triad (Pure Red) when that first coat has dried fully and they with the final shade of the triad Archangel Red).

After that I will focus on the windows, doors and anything else that needs doing.

The assembly guide has the accessories being built first. Skylight, rooftop access, water tower and two billboards. Probably need to find a different picture for at least one of the billboards. Four fire hydrants too.

Bottom right in the photo is a fire escape that I may or may not use.

Already have the other items: trash containers, cars, traffice lights and street lamps.

And finally the two buildings.

As you can see from the photo I have left each building in two pieces. I didn’t think the middle floor was sturdy enough to be a separate component, so I built them like that so I can create: two three storey buildings, or a four storey and two storey.

There are windows to attach, but I want to paint the building and windows separately where possible to make process easier.

There are some spare parts left over and few bits to add to the exterior… and six pigeons to scatter about the rooftops as I see fit.

That’s the most of the assembly done. The rest will occurs after painting.