Red Shadow Pilot

humby248 · Post by **humby248** » 23 Jan 2010 18:28

I have the same thing with my customs Monkfish. Once they are done Little Humby gets to play with them so I try to avoid painting as much as possible. Don't get me wrong he is very respectful and I know that undercoating and varnishing can make the paint quite hard wearing but its still a worry.Makes life very hard trying to track down certain parts in the right colour.

Monkfish · Post by **Monkfish** » 23 Jan 2010 19:01

Humby I know what you mean. The issue is compounded when you have to resort to one-off custom colours. I've still not tracked down that flesh paint you recommended, so this one used a diy mix of white, red, yellow and green.

My kid is conscientious too. Sometimes too conscientious - he gets worried about breaking or scratching the customs and older stuff and has to be reminded that they are his toys, to use how he wants.

humby248 · Post by **humby248** » 23 Jan 2010 19:16

I know exactly what you mean mate. PM me your address and I have some of that Tamiya flesh paint you can have. If you wanted to jazz the pilot up a bit more how about a modified mask from Ripcord?

Thundershot · Post by **Thundershot** » 23 Jan 2010 19:20

Dude, you just gotta put a

badge on the nose of that escape pod thingy, it was made to measure the

Squad Leader · Post by **Squad Leader** » 23 Jan 2010 20:05

hey great work mate! the face looks like a sweet job too, i know if i tried painting a face it would probably end up looking like this

Chopper · Post by **Chopper** » 23 Jan 2010 22:20

Great job, monkfish. He does look bang on Shadow.

Monkfish · Post by **Monkfish** » 24 Jan 2010 04:55

Humby, thanks for the offer. I've got one last hobby shop to try and get into this week, which has the worst opening hours ever - 10am to 3pm most weekdays, otherwise closed and if it's snowing forget it (how do they survive?). If they don't do Tamiya or any half-decent substitute then I'll pm you. I've managed to get into the shop once before and it's an Aladdin's Cave, so there's a chance.

I've just looked at Ripcord in the archive and really like that idea - time to go hunting on ebay.

Thundershot, I agree and will see if the young 'un is happy to do that - if he is I'll post pics.

Squad Leader (not Sundance - oops, sorry), the fact I've not yet learned how to paint curvy lines yet is the only reason it doesn't look like that already.

In truth the face mold is awful - for some reason he has vertically corrugated skin and no lips, so it was a bugger to get him looking human.

Chopper, cheers. I think that the black triangles with white chevron on the upper arms were a masterstroke by Palitoy in the design of the Red Shadow. Put them on another figure and it starts to fit in.

Sundance · Post by **Sundance** » 24 Jan 2010 08:26

Sundance, the fact I've not yet learned how to paint curvy lines yet is the only reason it doesn't look like that already. In truth the face mold is awful - for some reason he has vertically corrugated skin and no lips, so it was a bugger to get him looking human

i think you may have mistaken me for Squad Leader there....

Thundershot · Post by **Thundershot** » 24 Jan 2010 09:24

Monkfish wrote:he has vertically corrugated skin and no lips, so it was a bugger to get him looking human.

Hey, c'mon, this is the

we're talking about!....Who says he has to look human?

Monkfish · Post by **Monkfish** » 24 Jan 2010 16:05

Sundance & Squad Leader, sorry, comment fixed now.

Blood for the Baron!

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