ModelMakerMike
"It's Slobberin' time""
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Hey Fellow Herd-ers,
here is my first entry in the figure category. Since there isn't a "Monster" category I figured this one would work.
This is, I believe, the last entry from "Aurora" in their "Monsters of the Movies" line.
I had an original Aurora release back in the mid to late '70s.
He came with a Glow in the dark head, and fish. When yer a kid that's a really good selling point.
I thought it was one of the best of the series, and have been searching for a new one for years.
You could occasionally find one on Ebay for A LOT of money. I didn't want one that bad, and I figured someone would re-release it someday. Then Moebius did last summer!!!!! I was so excited!
I bought two of them last September, built and painted one and gave it to my friend for his Birthday. Today, I went to his house and he let me take some pix of it.
After I assembled it, I gave it a coat of flat black, and then dry-brushed some graphite, and then some silver on the main body and head. Then I hand painted his abdomen in met. gold. I also hand painted with some Met. silver on his eyebrows, lips, and some of his lumps/scales.
When all that was dry, I sprayed some Translucent green over him. I ended up using two different greens because the first was too blue.
Then I hand painted red on his gills, Met. gold on his claws, and his eyes. and dry-brushed some gold on his webbing.
I dry-brushed most of the base, and hand painted the fish.
The design on the clack board is the decal that came with the kit.
;D
here is my first entry in the figure category. Since there isn't a "Monster" category I figured this one would work.
This is, I believe, the last entry from "Aurora" in their "Monsters of the Movies" line.
I had an original Aurora release back in the mid to late '70s.
He came with a Glow in the dark head, and fish. When yer a kid that's a really good selling point.
I thought it was one of the best of the series, and have been searching for a new one for years.
You could occasionally find one on Ebay for A LOT of money. I didn't want one that bad, and I figured someone would re-release it someday. Then Moebius did last summer!!!!! I was so excited!
I bought two of them last September, built and painted one and gave it to my friend for his Birthday. Today, I went to his house and he let me take some pix of it.
After I assembled it, I gave it a coat of flat black, and then dry-brushed some graphite, and then some silver on the main body and head. Then I hand painted his abdomen in met. gold. I also hand painted with some Met. silver on his eyebrows, lips, and some of his lumps/scales.
When all that was dry, I sprayed some Translucent green over him. I ended up using two different greens because the first was too blue.
Then I hand painted red on his gills, Met. gold on his claws, and his eyes. and dry-brushed some gold on his webbing.
I dry-brushed most of the base, and hand painted the fish.
The design on the clack board is the decal that came with the kit.
;D
