Greybishop's Chess Set

An area to update those interested in my progress as I build a custom "Marvel Vs. DC" Chess Set. Enjoy!

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An old guy who you would find boring. Special skills include: Ability to eat a whole pizza in a single sitting, regardless of size; Amazing taste in comic book related apparel; My cleverest moments invariably occur when there's no audience.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Colonial Blue.

The colour is called "Colonial Blue Light" and it's drybrushed on the shirts of all 8 Rebel Troopers.


Colonial blue light on Mr. Freeze's and Captain Cold's faces.

Flesh tone.

A first coat of flesh tone on Huntress, Nightwing and Wonder Girl.


A first coat of flesh tone on Scarlet Witch, Dr. Strange and Submariner.


A first coat of flesh tone on Cheetah and Giganta.


A first coat of flesh tone on all 8 Rebel Troopers.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Emerald Empress, Complete.

A couple of touches of gold on Emerald Empress's belt, cape clasp and tiara stone. Green in her eyes, red on her lips and Emerald Empress, DC Villains Queen is complete.

Light green.

Light green drybrushed on the darker parts of Emerald Empress's costume and light green lightened even further with white on the lighter parts.

Gloss White.

Gloss white on Emerald Empress's headband/tiara.

Gloss Green.

On Emerald Empress's belt.

Flesh tone.

Flesh tone on Emerald Empress's legs and face.

Bright green.

Bright green to highlight Emerald Empress's hair and on her blouse buttons.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Light green.

I could have sworn that Emerald Empress had white hair. To that end I was about to lay down some grey on her head to get a base for the white when something said that I was in need of a google fix. Sure enough, EE has GREEN hair. So, light green on her hair.

More Orange-ee Brown.

A first coat of orange/brown on Wildfire, a second on the flesh of Nightwing, Wonder Girl and Huntress


A first coat of orange/brown on Cheetah's skin, a second on Giganta's and Emerald Empress's


A second coat of orange/brown on Submariner's skin and on Dr. Strange's.


A second coat of orange/brown on all 8 Rebel Trooper's faces and hands.

Another Row, Complete.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the DC Heroes Rear Rank.

From Left to Right:
Rook - Hawkgirl
Knight - Batman
Bishop - Superman
Queen - Wonder Woman
King - Martian Manhunter
Bishop - Dr. Fate
Knight - Green Arrow
Rook - Hawkman

Green Arrow, Complete.

A tiny touch of light green on his belt buckle and Green Arrow, DC Heroes Knight is done. I still have to add an arrow (let's face it, it HAS to be a boxing glove arrow) and bow string, but those are last minute additions before he's "bottled".
Green Arrow represents TWO milestones. He is the last figure in the rear row of the DC Heroes, AND he's the 64th figure I've completed, so his completion puts me 2/3rds of the way through painting my three sets.

Gloss Green.

Gloss green enamel on Green Arrow's bow, the shafts of his arrows, his quiver strap and belt.

Green.

Bright green on Green Arrow's mask.

Yellow.

A bit of yellow in Green Arrow's hair.

Orang-ee Brown.

Orange-ee brown on Green Arrow's hair.

Flesh tone.

Flesh tone layered on Green Arrow's face and arms.

Green.

Bright green drybrushed on Green Arrow's hat to tone down some overzealous light green. Same colour lightly brushed on his leggings.

Very light green.

Drybrushed on Green Arrow's leggings and light green drybrushed all over.

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Phoenix, Complete.

A tiny touch of neon red in her eyes and some red on her lips and Phoenix, Marvel Heroes Queen, is complete.

Gold.

The gold Phoenix symbol on Jean Grey's chest.

Red and Gold.

Red and gold brushed into Phoenix's hair.

Flesh tone highlights.

Flesh tone on Jean Grey's face.

Black.

The black neck of Jean Grey's Phoenix costume.

Gold.

Gold on Phoenix's gloves, sash and boots.

Mordru, Complete.

A touch of gold on his belt buckle and on the decoration on his helmet and Mordru, DC Villains Bishop, is complete.

Flesh and black.

Flesh drybrushed lightly on Mordru's hands and face and gloss black applied to his belt.

Steel.

Steel on Mordru's helmet.

White.

White on Mordru's beard and the wings on his helmet.

Light green

Light green on Green Arrow's shirt and leggings, drybrushed on Mordru's leggings and finally on Emerald Empress's blouse.

Wonder Twins Powers - ACTIVATE!

A final touch of purple on their belts and Jayna and Zan, the Wonder Twins AND DC Heroes Pawns, are done.

Gloss Black.

Gloss black to define Jayna and Zan's chest symbols.

Touch up.

A couple of tiny touches on Jayna's chin and neck, some on the backs of (not shown) their gloves and sleeves where the yellow bled a bit.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

The Paintin' O' the Green.

A coat of bright green on Phoenix, Mordru's leggings, Green Arrow and Emerald Empress.

Gloss yellow.

Gloss yellow at Zan and Jayna's collars, cuffs and chests.

Even lighter purple.

Lighter purple drybrushed on the Wonder Twins' costumes.

Lightened purple.

Lightened purple on Giganta's dress and boots, the Wondertwin's costumes and drybrushed on their gloves and boots, and drybrushed on Modru's top.

Orange-ee Brown, again.

A second coat of orange-ee brown on the Wonder Twins' faces.

Black.

Black drybrushed on the Wonder Twins' hair.

Dark grey.

Dark grey on Zan's hair, Mordru's beard and Jayna's hair.

Purple.

A second coat of purple on Mordru's top, Giganta's dress (and a first coat on her boots), Jayna and Zan and Huntress's boots, bodice, gloves, cape and mask.

Electro, Complete.

A final touch of flesh tone on his chin and Electro, Marvel Villains Pawn is complete.