As I’ve mentioned before, I like painting miniatures. This time, I’m showing some super hero miniatures from the HeroClix collectibles strategy game. I’ll talk more about the game (which is amazingly good) in a later entry, but for now, have a look at this:

The HeroClix miniatures come pre-painted, but as the paint job is quite poor, and I enjoy painting them myself, I cover them in a layer of black and do a repaint from scratch. On some of these, I’ve not only painted them, but also done some customization of the actual model (by using green stuff putty to add details, and an exacto blade to remove stuff I don’t like. For example, the Doc Samson figure (the green haired guy, if you don’t know your comics) was way off – appearently based on some newer version of the character, while I prefer the classic one with long hair and different custume, so I changed the belt and boots, added hair, removed the gloves and gave him the T-shirt with the flash on it. Just the way he should be

You can also see how I’ve equipped Sabretooth with jeans and boots, to replace that ugly jump-suit… and turned a shield agent into the Punisher It’s good fun, and I’ll be writing more about this sort of stuff later on.

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