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...

Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry. The Incredible Hulk (1977) Helloooo and welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Last week we left off looking at the work-in-progress of the first of our Zombie "heroes" from Marvel Zombicide: The Incredible Hulk! Today, we're looking at the completed model - base and all! You may recall that I sprayed a dark purple up from the bottom to create deeper, more interesting shadows. You can kind of see them in the photo below - especially on his left forearm - although the angle made it tricky to catch.  Since you last saw this guy, I completed his base. I kept the tones muted to not detract from the green giant himself. The Hulk's massive muscles lent themselves so well to airbrushing, that after I had built up a few successive highlights with the mix of muted green and grey, I left it there, I didn't do any hairy brush work on his skin at all to create a textural contrast between his smooth skin and h...

I'm a big, green time bomb. And I'm ticking. - The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction Welcome back to your Friday fix of The Art of Caesura! For the past few weeks we've been looking at some of the (super)heroes from Marvel Zombicide, today we're looking at some of the zombies; starting with...The Incredible Hulk! In the base version of this game you actually play as the zombies and try to eat the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., bi-standers and living superheroes. If you get an expansion, you can play as the living heroes, but I must say, when you're playing as the zombies, there's a "hunger" mechanic where the hangrier you get, the more powerful you get, but if you get ravenous, you lose control of your character and can only perform basic functions until you eat someone to bring down your hung-o-meter. It's a really fun "push your luck" mechanic, because the living superheros are really powerful, so you'll need to be a bit peckish to tak...

We always have a choice,  and we can always choose to do what's right. - Spider-Man 3 Hello hello! Good to see you again on The Art of Caesura! And, before we get started, happy birthday to my brother whose birthday is TODAY ! BIFF! POW! THWACK! We're in the middle of a Super Heroes brawl at the moment here on the blog! Black Panther and now Spidey are squaring off against...some as yet unidentified baddies (more on them next week!) Anyway, today it's back to my favourite superhero: Spider-Man!  I think Spider-Man is so popular because under the mask (and ignoring the whole "radioactive blood" thing) he's a "normal" teenager, he's relatable, and his comics (which I so enjoyed as a teenager) often have him dealing with real life issues and dastardly villainous monsters in equal measure.  But my love of Spider-Man began even before the comics... When I was a kid, my brother and I were allowed to trek over this small mountain (large hill) near our h...

With great power, comes great responsibility. - Uncle Ben / Voltaire Hi everyone, welcome back to another Friday on the Art of Caesura! I'm sending you loads of positive vibes, especially if you need them today. Over the past two weeks we have begun our coverage of Marvel Zombiecide by looking at Black Panther. Today we'll look at the work-in-progress of my favorite superhero: Spider-Man! I laid down all the base colors with contrast paints starting with Flesh Tearers Red and then Talassar Blue. I gave extra vibrancy to the blue by highlighting with Magic Blue and then Electric Blue - both from Vallejo.  I then brought the red up to a bright near-orange using Mephiston Red and adding in Evil Sun Scarlet and Kimera's Warm Yellow. Although I liked the volumes that this produced, it had pushed things a little too far into the orange spectrum, so I brought it all back to red with an all-over layer of diluted Contrast Baal Red. Much better.  At this point I really considered try...