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This is another terrific kit from TKS- Terrible Kid Stuff from Italy. It's really call Elizabeta: Birth of Dracula. But I like the shorter name better. It's 75mm in gray resin, and has 7 parts.


Seeing the red armor in the Coppolla movie, my plan was to paint his armor chrome and then add V's Transparent Red over the top.


While the Chrome was drying I knew I was going to add a background, so I just mixed some red and black and painted the cape with that. The fur collar started dark brown and then a few dry brush highlights. Elizabeta was painted all Beige Red. I remember, again from the movie that she lept into the moat or river... and I was going to paint the gown sheer in parts.



Adding the transparent Red to the chrome just turn the armor pink. Many layers later and it still wasn't what I was thinking. I needed to do something else. As I painted his face I had to keep checking with the arm since it wasn't attached to see how much would and wouldn't show.



Elizabeta gown was painted in V's Azure Blue. Darker where the material looked thicker, leaving the Beige Red where it didn't. I also painted the skin with a mix of Pale Skin and Light Gray as she was supposed to be dead, and wanted to to contrast her from Vlad's skin tone.

I took a break from all the painting and started in on the base. I had these 4X4' blocks hanging around and decided to use that. The base supplied was just one layer but it had 2 or three layers that couldn't be seen to make it a little taller. I thought would be enough, but the base was smaller than the block, I cut out similar sized blocks out of foam to add around the base.

I then had the idea that I would used Green Stuff World's Crackle Paint to make cracks and I planed on painting the cracks yellow and red as if the Devil was making his way up to Vlad. Long story short the crackle paint didn't really work out.

I always wanted to add a back drop so I just kept cutting foam to make them. I didn't have my cutter and doing them by hand I ended up with a few different sizes. Oh well. When they were all cut I glued them together with Gorilla Glue .When that dried I cover the whole thing in my Black paint/Mod Podge mix. This will protect the foam from paints and super glues.

Turning back to Dracula's armor I simply applied Nocturna's Sanctuary Red over everything and then a couple of coats of V's Metallic Gloss. That's it, I was done. Since the wood base is rather big I will get a little name plate for it. Thanks for looking.

That is super cool. Really like the base, the different sizes give it a more "real" and imperfect plausibility. Very cool.

Well done! Lotta detail in such a small piece. I really like the base - simple but effective.

Thanks!
Looking back at the base I’m kinda glad the crackle didn’t work. I think that would have been way to much.

Very striking piece. Captures the emotion of the event. Great work on the cloth painting!

So what happened to his main squeeze, she drink too much Diet Coke?

Good job on another 'mini' Kev.

Carl-