“I take back 50% of all the bad things I ever said about you.” Iron Man #308 Hello one and all and welcome back to The Art of Caesura! I have been really enjoying sharing these superheroes (and zombie heroes) with you over the past few weeks. It has also been fun for me to return to them because I actually painted them half a year ago! It really makes me want to paint more of these fun models. I'm delighted with how Zombie Iron Man turned out! Since last week, I toned down the glow on his chest and hand a bit and yet increased its contrast. I accomplished this by paining Agrax Earthshade mixed with Carroburg Crimson on the armour plating around where the object source lighting (OSL or "glow" effect) got a little out of hand. I then worked the centres of each glowy area up to white. It's fun when there is a contrast of surface textures or materials as well, and this model has this in his lustrous armour vs his matte skin and clothes. The only other thing I did sin...
Don't let someone who has done nothing tell you how to do anything. - Iron Man Welcome back, once again, to The Art of Caesura! Did you get my cryptic clue from last week about who the topic of today's post would be? I have fun writing those "Next Week" sneak peeks at the bottom of each post but I do sometimes struggle to get the level of vaguery right. Anyway, yes, today we have IRON MAN! Well, his zombie version anyway. Iron Man is awesome. He's not quite as awesome as my favourite superhero , but he's still pretty awesome! The Iron Man movie from 2008 was what launched the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe; and what a great start they got off to! Certainly, in my opinion (and that of many others I talk to), they totally jumped the shark and way oversaturated the market over the next decade, but it must be said that they did a lot to bring nerd culture to the fore. It's hard to teleport oneself (mentally, and even harder physically) back to what thi...