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Prepping the Joker for crazy-colorful paint
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FROM THE October 2019: Amp up an old kit! ISSUE
Prepping the Joker for crazy-colorful paint
Close-up shots of the bust before face paint
By
Joe Hudson
| August 30, 2019
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For the
October 2019 issue of
FSM
, I painted this creepy-cool Joker bust. He was a ton of fun — I got to use bright, unnatural colors to give the doctor a manic appearance. This is how I prepped the figure and painted his outfit.
Pick up the October issue
here
to see how I painted his face and those crazy eyes.
Want to paint you own? Find the same one, sculpted by Dennis Zarnowski for Savage Forged Minis, by clicking
here
.
1. The Joker figure comes in four parts: the body with the head, two arms, and the hands that are molded together. All are beautifully cast in gray resin.
2. Here you can see the assembled bust. I added putty to the wrists to mask where the hands are glued to the arms.
3. I also added a bit of putty where the arms attach to the body, but not much was needed — it’s a crisp-looking figure!
4. To start painting, I primed the bust with my usual choice of Tamiya sky gray (XF-19).
5. The base of the hair is a green from Andrea’s Green Set No. 5.
6. Here is the view from the back.
7. Using a gray mix, I darkened the crevasses of the face. This adds depth and make his smile look bigger and crazier.
8. The bright blue scrubs are a mix of Scale 75 Hiril blue (SF G33) plus No. 1 from Andrea’s blue set.
9. The purple gloves are Vallejo’s Nocturna blueberry (74.031) and Nocturna orchid light (74.032).
10. Once finished painting the Joker's face, I topped him off with a black cap covered in colorful “inspirational quotes."
11. Here is the completed figure. Get the October issue
here
to see how I painted the rest of him.
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