Bionic Bust Out!

I've already told you the story of these models.

 

Pretty much hate orange, but this came out well.

This time I didn't have the presence of mind to take process photos.  I battled the dreaded "orange paint on white plastic" problem by assembling the full Steve Austin figure, masking the non-orange bits and spraying the figure a dark orange.  It's the same colour I used on my Scooby-Doo models a few weeks back and it's too dark and too glossy, BUT it did cover the figure with no streaks.  Once that was on, I overpainted with a matte orange acrylic and it came out pretty well.

 

I'm also very happy with the rusted door and the base overall.

Again, I cut and fiddled the "removable" panels that cover the bionic parts, making them look like his jumpsuit had ripped open.  It's not perfect, but it works far better than a part that covers the whole point of the model.

 

At least you can SEE the bionics!

The base wasn't particularly challenging and it came out nice once I painted and aged up the bricks and rusted down the door.  It's always nice to have a base with some character to paint and this one, while very basic, has lots of character.  It comes in plain white plastic and would look nice even that way, but I think I made it look pretty spiffy!

Probably the most challenging figure of all of the Bionic Man/Woman models, since the jumpsuit is orange and there's lots of little detail to paint.  The zippers, the boot laces, the patches and flag all came out pretty well, but I didn't spend a lot of time on any of them, just gave them enough detail to pass inspection.  I'm old and unless I bust out a LOT of magnification, stuff like that is just too much anymore.

I'm still pretty happy with this one.

Thanks, Uncle Jim.