Stone Golems :: Marvel Team Up :: Interactive WIP

[Thrym]

My son has an X-men game which came with minis of all the X-men (well the ones X-men at the time).

 

I'll have to track it down. I painted Wolverine for him. Yellow and Blue suit.

[CashWiley]

I've been tempted to buy some heroclix to repaint. They also play heroclix at PtG,RtS in Syracuse...

[Thrym]

I've been tempted to buy some heroclix to repaint. They also play heroclix at PtG,RtS in Syracuse...

 

I think I will avoid any games that require I buy random miniatures of questionable quality that make me want to repaint them.

 

I did, however, bring Thanos Golem with me to work for inspiration on moving him along. He's staring me down now from in front of my monitor.

 

*glares back*

 

You are a piece of plastic ... not the disciple of death.

 

[youwashock]

Take it from me. Skip the random buy. If you want to collect/play, buy singles off the net.

[ub3r_n3rd]

I did, however, bring Thanos Golem with me to work for inspiration on moving him along. He's staring me down now from in front of my monitor.

 

*glares back*

 

You are a piece of plastic ... not the disciple of death.

 

I'd run after insulting him like that, he is now biding his time on how to take you down, watch your back my friend... watch your back.

[Thrym]

Take it from me. Skip the random buy. If you want to collect/play, buy singles off the net.

 

Zero interest except to buy for a shelf some fav heroes. If I was to do any of the mini-collectible games it would have been Mechwarrior. At least I can use those straight to a Battletech scenario.

[Darkmeer]

 

I've been tempted to buy some heroclix to repaint. They also play heroclix at PtG,RtS in Syracuse...

 

I think I will avoid any games that require I buy random miniatures of questionable quality that make me want to repaint them.

 

I did, however, bring Thanos Golem with me to work for inspiration on moving him along. He's staring me down now from in front of my monitor.

 

*glares back*

 

You are a piece of plastic ... not the disciple of death.

 

 

 

"Fools taking up arms against omnipotence. They rush head-on into Armageddon. So I shall provide them with a most glorious doomsday! The heavens will run red with blood. But in the end, as always, THANOS will stand triumphant"

[Thrym]

I originally decided to make this a surprise for the Finger Lakes Paint Day crew but I really, really wanted to make a WIP for this so ... here. we. go!

 

The Seventh Marvel "Golem"

 

I've enjoyed making all of the various Reaper Bones Stone Golems I've collected since the release of their first Kickstarter and one day may buy more to add to the collections. Who knows which of the Marvel characters will be made next, Galactus/Sentinel (purple/blue) or Captain America (blue/red) but we can cross one of the previously voted upon characters off the list.

 

I present to you my design for the special edition, Marvel Team-up "Golem":

 

As you can see I took the Earth Elemental from Reaper Bones and have planned some modifications to him. Here's the original:

 

I had the epiphany for this idea when I first looked over the unassembled miniature. If you look at the head in the picture above you can see that the neck (above where the head is) forms a nice diamond shape. So I decided to lose the original head and give him something closer to the Hulkbuster Iron Man suit's head shape which amusingly looks like Juggernaut's helmet.

I also wanted him to be pointing his arm at his opponent. The left arm (right side in the picture) was a prime candidate for this what with his hand open as if to use an Iron Man repulsor blast. However I couldn't get it to seat solidly without some significant modifications. Amusingly, the right arm required one small cut for the "pin" to fit within the original hole and the arm pointing forward and the whole thing nestled quite well with the rest of the mini in its new position.

Enter the Green Stuff

Now for the rest of the mods. First I filled a small gap on the right shoulder with a piece of the integral base and some green stuff.

Then on to the important part ... adding a head to the top of the body and making it look like it belongs there. So first it took a moment to fill the chest arc space and get the right shape to imply a gem stone or something. Then roll out the head. I started by placing the bulk of the helmet shape. Then I added the faceplate piece. I started with a simple flattened and round piece and then made the edges irregular. A little more shaping and I added eye indentations. Then I realized it would look better if the faceplate was more than one piece of stone.

 

After playing with the faceplate for what seemed like forever I figured I had it looking like I wanted. So I started adding some other details that would add to the overall look of Iron Man armor. So I added a slightly offset but matching upright on the other side of his head. Like neck bracing plates.

Then I added two hard point fins like I could add a missile rack to them or something behind his shoulders and then a bracing series of overlapping plates along his "spine" similar to what Igor had in the Iron Man 3 movie.

The photos depict relatively fresh green stuff and I will be using some files and such to add some starker edges once it's completely cured later today. The green stuff on his foot exists to give him a better footing with the base when I add him to it. The two feet rest on the same plane now.

Painting Schema

As shown above the colors will likely layout like that. The difference will be that some of the outcroppings will be variations on the base red color. Another noticeable difference will be the black undercoating. Like the Stone Golems the Earth Elemental will get a glossy primer/undercoat of black. The reason is relatively the same... the body is comprised of chunks of stone instead of sculpted like Stone Golems typically are. So the black stuff is what's holding the golems together. The earth elemental is much the same. So the angular stone faces will get some separation from each other with the paint job making him look much more different then other paint jobs on it.

More to come.

 

@Darkmeer - this in no way diminishes Thanos getting done.

Edited November 22, 2013 by Thrym

[youwashock]

Well I know I can't wait to see it painted.

[ub3r_n3rd]

Awesome idea!!

[Darkmeer]

I'm chuckling that Iron man is bigger than Hulk. It is Stark, so it does make sense.

 

Eagerly awaiting both My Mistress' servant and a much more earthy Tony Stark.

 

/d

[Thrym]

Thanos update:

 

I added the basecoat yellow to the various areas to represent the Marvel character.

 

I have to run some more blue to clean up. But it is progress.

 

 

In related news the elemental has its black basecoat. Next I will block in where red is going.

 

Enjoy.

Edited November 25, 2013 by Thrym

[Thrym]

Here's some shots of Bid Red

 

 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2013 by Thrym

[youwashock]

Love it. Love it all.

[Thrym]

What with the holiday here in the States and prep and planning for the Christmas exchange I haven't gotten much done with elemental "golem".

 

But here is what I've got so far ...

 

 

 

And here he is doing one-armed push ups.

 

 

More to come as well as some new WIPs.