Moebius Black Widow--Custom

[Quaralane]

Thanks, guys.

@fumblethumbs,
It came to me right after the toothbrush bit failed.

And I still need to build her collar and fix the trim on her suit before I can think much about paint

 

[JohnSimmons]

Great job Q!! ;D

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks, John.
Latest updates on the Black Widow. We're in sight of the Paint line now.

Started working up the final details that needed replacing from what would have been under the kit hair.
Glued strings of fishing line down to replace the suit seams going up and over her shoulder, then treimmed them to the right length (More or less)



Then, win Aves Apoxie Sculpt, I went in and sculpted the rest of her suit's collar.



After finishing the sculpt, I went back in and added "wrinkles" to better simulate the collar as it would lay on the suit.


Final assembly of the full figure.



Now, she just needs paint and a couple of small markings.

Youtube link:
Moebius-Black Widow Custom-Part 5

 

[Rentar1]

Movin' right along. The hair looks great! Can't wait to see more.

 

[TRM]

Looking great Q!!! Really thinking of grabbing one of these one of these days!!

 

[spud]

Wow looking really good Q

 

[Chris S]

WOW !! Sorry Q ,I missed the start on this one : Thats a cool looking figure great work on the hair and collar ,this is going to look nice in paint .

Chris.

 

[JMac]

Hey Q. Cool build & re-sculpt of her hair. Looking forward to the paint.

 

[fumblethumbs]

Nice work Q. As I said over on Youtube, it took a lot of guts to mod up this nice kit the way you have done. She's looking fantastic! And I thought nonames Merc build over in Automotive had "junk in the trunk"! I gotta get one of these.

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks for the compliments, guys

 

[longlance67]

Hi Quaralane,

great job so far mate,

very nice sculpting looks top notch


cant wait to see how she paints up,


cheers


Shane

 

[JohnSimmons]

Wow nice work there Q, I think aves sculpting must be your 'forte'!

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks for the compliments on my sculpting.
To be honest, I have more than a couple of projects that will need some, so I'm glad this has turned out as well as it has.

@merseajohn,
May not be my 'forte,' but I do think I'm getting better at it.

 

[PANZERMAN]

Hey Q, nice job on the sculpting. Before you know it you'll be sculpting figures from scratch.
Look forward to the next installment.

 

[Quaralane]

I know it's been awhile, but here's the latest update on the Widow.

Got the first coats of paint on her.
Started with an overall coat of grey primer, followr by a coat of slightly darker grey



Then, after masking off her collar, I gave her head and hands a coat of white to make it easier to wokr with the lighter colors of her hair and skin.


Her skin was given a coat of "Noble Flesh" from the old Ral Partha paint line


Her hair got a base coat of "Engine Red" acrylic paint


Gave her hair a wash of fairly dark brown.
I tried to do the same with her skin, but it looked too dark. So, I wound up basically repainting the skin on her face


Drybrushed her hair with a yellow-orange to bring out some highlights


Gave her skin a reddish wash. (This, again, turned out almost too dark)


Gave thge skin several drybrushes of the Noble flesh to bring back the color I wanted for her skin.
Also added a yellow drybrush to the hair and picked the eyes back out in white.


Youtube link:
Moebius-Black Widow Custom-Part 6

 

[fumblethumbs]

Nice update on the build progress Q. Despite some time constraints, you've really managed to bring this project along. I think you're going to end up with a great looking and original piece. Love the short hair, and that suit...It looks like it's painted on ;D Great job so far Q!

 

[panzerace007]

Q ,

I dig th reworking on th Hair & th collars ! Keep it rollin ! I'm keepin an Eye on this one !!

\m/

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks, guys.
With luck, the finale should go up either tonight or tomorrow

 

[Quaralane]

And, with today's update, she's finished.

Painted in the boots, gauntlets, gloves, belts and collar with a darker grey.
Then I picked out some of the metallic bits, like buckles, gauntlets, and gun in dark metallic blue


Did one more touchup on her face skin
Painted in her lips with red and redid her eyebrows
Gave her green eyes, then lined her lashes with a fine tip Sharpie pen


Made decals for the "Widow" emblem on her chest and for the "SHIELD" logos for her shoulders and printed them onto clear decal film.


The darker grey parts of the model were all given a black wash to help bring out detail.
There are flaws in her left shoulder from the paint peeling up when I removed the masking I'd used in painting her head, but I opted to leave it as "wear" or "damage" to the suit.

After giving the model an overall semigloss sealer, I went back in and gave her skin and hair a coat of matte finish.
I then went back and gave her lips and eyes a coat of gloss to give them more "life"
Lastyl, I applied the decals.

For the base, I gave it a base coat of black, followed by a light random dusting with white.
This was then given two coats of semigloss and a coat of Future.
At this point, she's done.
Pics of the completed model:





Closeups showing off her new haircut and makeup.




Youtube link:
Moebius-Black Widow Custom-Part 07-Finale

 

[TRM]

Way to go Q!!! Congrats on the finish!!!