{"id":698,"date":"2014-09-12T19:44:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T23:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/gaming\/?p=698"},"modified":"2014-09-12T19:51:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T23:51:50","slug":"54mm-batman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"54mm Batman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

I bought this old Grenadier figure set on eBay, mostly for posterity, since I don’t game in 54mm. \u00a0I remember when this came out. It was a set designed to go with the Batman RPG from Mayfair, which was really just a simplified DC Heroes RPG. Why they cast these miniatures in 54mm as opposed to the more popular 25mm is beyond me. Unless they were going for a collector’s market.<\/span><\/p>\n

The set came with two miniatures, Batman and the Joker. Well, when I received my package in the mail, the Joker was missing. I contacted the seller and he immediately issued a refund. I would have gladly shipped Batman back to him, as his feedback was positive enough for me to think it was a fluke and not a deliberate attempt to screw me over, and I wasn’t trying to get anything for free. But he told me to just keep Batman. So I did.<\/p>\n

Turns out I know a 13 year-old girl who is really into Batman. She’s the daughter of a friend, and I figured, since I have an incomplete set that’s not doing me any good, why not paint Batman up for her? So I did. And here’s what I used.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

First off, apologies for the paper plate. It’s the only white thing I had in reach when I decided to take the photo. I put Batman on a 50mm square base and applied green stuff to smooth out the contours of the base. Then I applied my first coat. Most of the colors are GW paints. I started with Deadly Nightshade for the blue, Iyanden Darksun for the yellow, and Skavenblight Dinge for the gray.<\/p>\n

The next layers were Regal Blue, a mixture of Skavenblight Dinge\/Dawnstone in a ratio of 70\/30 for the gray, and a wash of Badab Black over the yellow.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

Once that was complete, I painted the base Shadow Grey and added the next layer of highlights: a mixture of Regal Blue\/Mordian Blue in 50\/50, straight Dawnstone for the gray, and Privateer Press’s Sulfuric Yellow for the belt and chest emblem.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

About this time I decided I would need something more on the base. So I added a 30mm RAFM sewer lid base and built it up with more green stuff. Then I did the next layer of highlights: Mordian Blue, Administratum Grey, and Bad Moon Yellow. Then I repainted the base with black Vallejo surface primer.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

Lastly, I finalized the highlights. I did a watered down layer of Festering Blue, followed by a highlight of Teclis Blue. I painted the eyes Skull White and the bat emblem with Chaos Black. I painted the manhole cover with Tin Bitz and washed it in Armour Wash. Then I applied a little MIG rust pigment to the manhole cover and put sand on the base.<\/p>\n

A note about the sand…it’s actually volcanic sand from the beaches of Sao Miguel, Azores. Most folks probably don’t have that stuff laying around their house. But I do. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Hopefully the kid I painted this for will like it. He was pretty easy to paint, all things considered.<\/p>\n

Someday I’ll get the complete set and paint it up just for fun.<\/p>\n

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