Bitsie - the Armored Space Babe

[GlenP]

This is Scale 75's Bitsie or to use the the full title; Ares Condominium, Operator 31, 'Bitsie'. I have no idea what all that means since there's no backstory to the piece. Nada. There are six metal parts and a resin base. I epoxied the base to a wooden block and enlarged it with Aves Apoxie Sculpt, added some kitty litter (fresh!) rocks, some wire rebar, a bent styrene pipe, and the smashed pink teddy bear (also Aves). Overall the fit was fine, but there where some areas where the detail got a bit soft and/or nebulous. It was nothing that couldn't be handled. I pinned and epoxied all of the joints. I was originally going to paint it a medium to dark blue with white trim and red hair, but eventually opted to paint and weather her like a tank. It's the armor and guns...

 

I used Dremel ball and dovetail cutters to ding up her armor before priming the figure with Floquil Model Railroad Gray Primer (no longer available, BTW). The basic color scheme is Reaper's Olive Drab and Earth Brown triads. Think RAF Spitfire circa 1940. Very military. I painted the small yellow disks on her shoulder armor and use 1/48 British tank registration numbers for the '31'. It was my wavy of tying her into the name. Her undersuit is painted Adamantium Black, while Scorched Metal was used on the vents. I went with red hair (a complement to the green, but everyone knows armed-to-the-teeth red haired space babes rock). The impact marks, scratches, scrapes, dust, and dirt were a combination of dark metal paints, colored pencils, tan/brown washes.

 

The landscaping is based on Rover HD photos of Mars' surface with the Power Palette to point to the right colors.

 

Questions and comments are welcomed. No secrets here...

 

Glen

[Clearman]

I think she's the property manager /superintendent of a building in a really rough neighborhood. 

 

Nice work. 

[Limey72]

Very nice work indeed

[KruleBear]

Your scheme is significantly more fitting to a military operation than the cover art. VERY COOL work. 

[GlenP]

Thanks all!

 

@Hd, perhaps a futuristic slum lord...?

 

@KruleBear, That's part of the appeal with painting sci-fi and fantasy figures that have no specific backstory or color scheme; you can do anything you want. There's no rules. Apart from the blue scheme I mentioned above, I was also considering a natural metal scheme for the armor with the Adamantium Black undersuit. Lots of polishing with a Dremel tool followed by a black/brown or blue oil paint stain...

 

Slainte

[Cyradis]

Very impressive babe!

[Tjrez]

 Thats a pretty awesome looking mini . You based it wonderfully and the paint job is super clean. Great job

[GlenP]

Thanks you both.

 

@Cryadis: are you referring to me or the figure? 

[Chaoswolf]

She looks amazing; great work on her!

[Mad Jack]

 

 I like the armor. However, I can't help thinking that the most common battlefield injury acquired while wearing one is being shot in the butt, lol.

Edited June 21, 2017 by Mad Jack

[Mckenna35]

I've looked at this figure and felt pretty 'meh" about it.  After seeing how you did her I'm actually interested in picking up a copy.  Nice work.  

[klarg1]

Very nice work. I find the model a lot more tempting after seeing your take on it.

[malefactus]

Your version looks much more business like. The subtle colors look WONDERFUL with the red hair. She is a BEAUTIFULLY painted & based creation...the pink bunny makes the base for me. VERY WELL DONE!

[GlenP]

Thanks all!

@Mad jack: her butt is a distraction; adversaries are so wrapped up in staring at her butt, they forget to pull the trigger...

 

Et al: Again, the beauty of sci-fi/fantasy figures that aren't associated (i.e. no backstory) with any specific character; there are no rules! Any colors - flat to high-gloss, any climate, any terrain, any degree of conversion, etc.

 

Just leave that butt alone...

 

 

[VolksFest]

Awesome, great shading and very fitting base too. Perfect.