Kisathi Gunslinger
28mm
"If you're gonna shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
A dusty town... who is this blue-skinned humanoid facing down a notorious bandit, his gun hands twitching? Nobody knows him... is he a grim heroic figure protecting the innocent from cruelty? Or just another bounty hunter mercilessly taking down his target?
I recently entered this figure in a painting contest at my local game store, The Dragon. It didn't win, but I did have a lot of fun conceptualizing the character of an alien spaghetti Western gunfighter and capturing the look I wanted.
His poncho is a piece of "Kimwipes" brand lint-free tissue soaked in PVA glue and paint, and carefully draped over the already-basecoated and shaded figure. I had to paint over it one it was dry, but pre-tinting it saved a lot of work. In the end, I think I created a nicely Clint Eastwood "Blondie"-like character...
That poncho looks everso good and right out of a spaghetti western for sure. Excellent paintjob on a very interesting sculpt.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I didn't know how the poncho would turn out, but the texture is satisfyingly homespun. And I like how the extra arms look under it. Definitely a cool concept, and fun to paint up.
DeleteThat's quite an interesting model, and the poncho is definitely the icing of the cake. The poncho has become a pop icon by itself, and it really adds a quality to this mini!
ReplyDeleteHa, it certainly has. When I originally Googled it, I got tons of sites wanting to sell me one so I could walk around looking like Blondie 😄
DeleteGlad you like the result here!
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ReplyDeleteLookin' good! Nice to see you still painting.
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