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The Sphinx
One of the two mythological creatures I got from Atlantis Miniatures (not the same as Atlantis Models) is the Sphinx. This is a well done 7 piece gray resin kit. There's no flash, or no bubbles.
Adding paint, the obvious reference is a lion so I used V's Beige, with the German Brown Black for the mane.
Then I added Citadel's Reikland Fleshshade over the body and their Nuln Oil over the mane. Once that was dry I added bad the Beige but as a drybrush. The main got a dry brush of V's Beige Brown.
The wings got the same treatment of the beige and Reikland Fleshshade. This time the heavy drybrush was with V's Foundation White. Later on I added a second go round of white to the upper wings and V's Brown Wash to the deepest areas of the wing folds.
The brick piles got a coat of V. Game Color Plague Brown, drybrushed with beige and highlighted with a beige/white mix. The ground work was some simply with V. Tan Primer over some Modpodge which had the Chinchilla dust sprinkled on it.
I also added a few extra bricks out of the same sized balsa lumber. With that I was done. Thanks for looking.
My obligatory size comparison pic.
Adding paint, the obvious reference is a lion so I used V's Beige, with the German Brown Black for the mane.
Then I added Citadel's Reikland Fleshshade over the body and their Nuln Oil over the mane. Once that was dry I added bad the Beige but as a drybrush. The main got a dry brush of V's Beige Brown.
The wings got the same treatment of the beige and Reikland Fleshshade. This time the heavy drybrush was with V's Foundation White. Later on I added a second go round of white to the upper wings and V's Brown Wash to the deepest areas of the wing folds.
The brick piles got a coat of V. Game Color Plague Brown, drybrushed with beige and highlighted with a beige/white mix. The ground work was some simply with V. Tan Primer over some Modpodge which had the Chinchilla dust sprinkled on it.
I also added a few extra bricks out of the same sized balsa lumber. With that I was done. Thanks for looking.
My obligatory size comparison pic.
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Re: The Sphinx
Kev....do you scare people???
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Re: The Sphinx
That looks great!
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Thanks Trevor.
LOL I'm almost afraid to ask How So? heheWarped Speed wrote:Kev....do you scare people???
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kevtk135 wrote:Thanks Trevor.
LOL I'm almost afraid to ask How So? heheWarped Speed wrote:Kev....do you scare people???
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Very cool work also you are a kit building machine.
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Pleading for a lover's fee.
Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be! -Puck
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Yeah, it's nice to have someone here at the CH that actually builds more than one model every two years!LOBOREX wrote:Very cool work also you are a kit building machine.
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Thanks guys.
I think I've mentioned my "sob" story here - disability retired, a wife that works full time and a son in H.S., and that gives me time on my hands. I usually get up to my room for a few hours each afternoon during the week. To maximize my time, I usually have 3 or 4 kits going at any one time. So I do get a bunch done.
I think I've mentioned my "sob" story here - disability retired, a wife that works full time and a son in H.S., and that gives me time on my hands. I usually get up to my room for a few hours each afternoon during the week. To maximize my time, I usually have 3 or 4 kits going at any one time. So I do get a bunch done.
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Thank God for a wonderful hobby to help you forget your woes for a few hours at at time!kevtk135 wrote:Thanks guys.
I think I've mentioned my "sob" story here - disability retired, a wife that works full time and a son in H.S., and that gives me time on my hands. I usually get up to my room for a few hours each afternoon during the week. To maximize my time, I usually have 3 or 4 kits going at any one time. So I do get a bunch done.
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Oops, Yet another double post!
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Re: The Sphinx
creepy looking thing aint it
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Thanks, Carl. It does.
Oh yeah, that maniacal smile is eerie. The (I think) 3D sculptors who design these figures have terrific skills.buckledresin wrote: creepy looking thing aint it
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Thanks!Alamokid wrote:Great work!
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Re: The Sphinx
You did a terrific job on a very unique, quite striking figure. I am always delighted to see subjects from mythology. And thanks for the tip on the producer. If this is a typical example, they make great products.
p.s. I wonder what a Harryhausen sphinx would have looked like.
p.s. I wonder what a Harryhausen sphinx would have looked like.