Batwoman is a character I don't know much about, but really like the costume of. The red on black is really striking, so I spent a lot of time getting some depth to the wide swathes of red on the cape. Highlighting large areas of black is not something I really enjoy, and I did have a bit of trouble getting her eyes right, but I'm happy with this one for tabletop.
Next up is Catwoman. So much BLACK. It's hard to paint, takes a long time and is difficult to get a result I'm happy with, especially when compared with the studio paint jobs. There was a lot of watered down black paint, black washes, varying shades of blue dry brush stages and finally a touch of metallic and white for a top highlighting.
Her face ended up a little dark, but it's fine for table top. The red lenses on the goggles adds a nice touch of colour to top it off. I'm looking forward to painting something a little more colourful, but first I have to finish Batgirl. Of course...I decided on a mostly black colour scheme for her too... why oh why do I punish myself so!?
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Nice work on both of those - I think you should be pleased. :)
Thanks. Part of my frustration is that all of my police turned out so well with little fuss. These two labor felt a bit like a fight all the way through. The amazing quality of the studio paint jobs also makes it tough to compare...but I know I can't paint that well so I have to be realistic.
Don't forget those studio paint-jobs are very likely on resin minis with crisper casts and therefore details (making life a little easier for them), so don't be hard on yourself. :)
Fair point that. I'll likely be going on to fix the over step on bat woman's mask and smooth out cat woman's skin so that I can call them complete.
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