Finally - Artomic's "The Man Who Laughs"

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Tim Casey
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Finally - Artomic's "The Man Who Laughs"

#1 Post by Tim Casey »

Finally, after the Post Office sent this rare kit to Canada instead of Boston, and then LOST it trying to rectify the situation, this baby is DONE!

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Back in the nineties, I never thought I'd be good enough to paint this. I've improved since then!

A beautiful kit from Artomic. This was an awful lot of fun to tackle.

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Have fun - and go build a model!

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#2 Post by Chuckenstein »

That looks great Tim! Some of your best work!
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#3 Post by Buc Wheat »

WOW!!
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#4 Post by v338241 »

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Museum Quality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
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When I was a kid I wanted to be older...this is NOT what I had in mind!
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Whoaaaa, another IMPRESSIVE paintjob !! :2guns:
Love it !

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#7 Post by Heavy Metal Spike »

Tim Casey wrote:Finally, after the Post Office sent this rare kit to Canada instead of Boston, and then LOST it trying to rectify the situation, this baby is DONE! . . .
And it was nearly MINE . . . MINE I tell you . . . if it wasn't for those meddling kits . . .

Great work as always Tim - gotsta love a happy ending.


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#8 Post by bucketfoot-al »

MARVELOUS work Tim!!!! Life-like (in a reeally CREEPY kind of way!!! :mrgreen: )

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#9 Post by Scooke123 »

Great job Tim - should really stand out on a shelf!
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#10 Post by Heavy Metal Spike »

Scooke123 wrote:Great job Tim - should really stand out on a shelf!
Tim or the buildup? :-k

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#11 Post by Paintingrod »

Great job on it nice colors also
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#12 Post by LOBOREX »

Very cool. 8) 8) 8)
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#13 Post by Faust »

Really nice work Tim, that looks great.
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Really nice work. That is a tough kit to paint and you did it well
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Beautiful work!!! One of my favorite Artomic kits
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Great job Tim!
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#17 Post by Tim Casey »

Thanks, everyone, for the kind words. This was a lot of fun to build and paint - I didn't panic, even when I took everything out of the box and immediately broke the sword in two! =D>
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This is really well done - excellent work. Knowing you share my hatred of airbrushes - how much of it was brushes versus air brush?
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overspray wrote:This is really well done - excellent work. Knowing you share my hatred of airbrushes - how much of it was brushes versus air brush?
Nothing but hand brushes. I tend to do the main colors in multiple coats for all the pieces until they're solid-looking and then, when they're completely dry, either wash or dry-brush other colors over them. In this case it was all dry-brush (except for the face and hands - medium flesh solidly, then light flesh dry-brushed, then a dark flesh wash.)

I also used "deep taupe" for the shadows around the eyes this time. Ugliest color in the world, but it works really well for eye shade.

From the dictionary:

taupe |tōp|
noun
gray with a tinge of brown: [as modifier] : a taupe overcoat.

P.S. Don't get upset, air brush jockeys! I don't hate them, I just hate trying to use them. I admire you all!
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Heavy Metal Spike wrote:
Tim Casey wrote:Finally, after the Post Office sent this rare kit to Canada instead of Boston, and then LOST it trying to rectify the situation, this baby is DONE! . . .
And it was nearly MINE . . . MINE I tell you . . . if it wasn't for those meddling kits . . .

Great work as always Tim - gotsta love a happy ending.


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I didn't realize you were the guy in Canada that got this kit by mistake. Thanks for being so honest in your attempts to get it to me!
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