Iron Man Conversion

[hosercanadian]

Since I have so carefully documented my Dr. Doom conversion I thought I would track my Iron Man conversion.

 

To start with, Afterburn scales very well with truescale 28mm, again using Deano from Hasslefree Miniatures to scale.

 

To start the conversion I removed the fin on top of his helmet.  I carefully retraced the panel design and ensured the lines matched.  After that, I guess it's on to painting.

 

Oh, not much of a conversion, more of a joke. 

 

But as I paint him up I will keep track of it here.

[Glitterwolf]

That will work!

 

How about incredible woman as Sue Storm to face off your Dr. Doom?

[hosercanadian]

I own incredible woman but she is about 8-9 feet tall. I have considered the Fantastic Four but Dr Doom has fought all the heroes. I am considering either She hulk or Ms Marvel for incredible woman.

[hosercanadian]

Managed to find a bit of brush time today.

 

I have included my primed pic as I think the black shows off the details best.

 

I have done out the basic block colours.  For his eyes, and pulse areas (and power) I will do that before I add in final colours as I want a bit of bleed-over for a lazy OSL.

 

I always start with a couple shades darker than I intend to finish with as my base coat.  Gives me natural shadows and recessed shades without using washes.

 

I also lied before, this morning I had to carve out the piece of his helmet that is red on the face.

[Chaoswolf]

I wasn't so sure before, but now, seeing the basic colors put in, I'm convinced. Nice job, he'll complement your Dr. Doom nicely.

[Glitterwolf]

Looks great!!!

[hosercanadian]

Thanks for the positive feedback and likes.

 

To show off my process a bit, the first pic shows before mid tone above the waist and after below the waist.

 

Today I managed to do some more brush-work and have now brought the main panels into the mid tone.  Still highlighting and battle damage yet to do.  I also intend to have some chrome bits that will be shades of grey (boosters in feet and blaster rings in palm).

 

I am wondering about battle damage.  I intend to add a bit (not end of every movie scale, just a few scrapes and gouges).  I also intend to use a gloss sealer to make him shine.  When would be the best time to do the damage: before or after sealing?  I don't have a lot of experience in using sealers so I am hoping for some advice.

 

More pics and rambling on my blog.

[Erifnogard]

I would do the damage before sealing and then if it's to shiny afterwords you can always hit the battle damage areas with a brush on matt sealer. 

[hosercanadian]

I decided to post an update even though I think I need to fix some mistakes.

 

I brought the yellow up too light now, so I will need to do some washes and/or glazes to bring it down a few shades.

 

To show off how bright it is, I have him beside my Black Widow proxy (Hasslefree Miniature Ekaterina).

 

I will add the battle damage first, then decide how much I need to tone it down.

 

Anyhow, comments and any relevant advice appreciated.

[Erifnogard]

I would suggest hitting the seams where red armor panel meets red armor panel with a brown wash/ink to give more separation between panels.  If you have a chestnut wash/ink that would be even better (you could make your own by mixing red and brown wash/ink).  

[hosercanadian]

Today I did the final washes and the metal parts.  I thought I did all the battle damage.  And I sealed it.

 

Of course after I took the pics below I see the I missed doing the battle damage on his knee.

 

Anyhow, other than basing (and the damage to be finished) any comments or suggestions?  I'm ready to call him done.

[Chaoswolf]

Nice job!

[djizomdjinn]

I kinda want to see a more metallic gold, but that might just be my preference for TMM over NMM speaking.

 

If you wanted, you could splash some more blue around for some object source lighting.

 

Great job!