Showcase your Aurora figure kits here!

Started by Hepcat, March 31, 2011, 06:08:45 PM

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Hepcat

Quote from: Dirtyhorse on October 24, 2011, 12:26:32 PMI usually have several projects going, aside from my other businesses, so I never go from start to finish on any one piece. I jump around to prevent the burn out factor, but still meet clients deadlines.

I used to paint the individual parts of my Aurora kits prior to glueing them together when I was a kid. Do any of you pro fellows still do it that way?

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Mitchellmania

I assemble and paint the sub assemblies.

Dirtyhorse


Monsterscud

Stunning paintwork on the Phantom and Wolfman. I love how you have painted the Phantom's face and his cloak. The rocks on both kits look amazing and lifelike.

Quote from: Dirtyhorse on October 25, 2011, 09:33:05 AM
The Phantom! ...and the Wolfman.

Dirtyhorse

Dracula.... ...appreciate the comments, all.

Scary Terry

Wonderful job on these kits -- some of the best I've seen.
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twilitezoner


Hepcat

That's certainly up there with the very best Draculas I've ever seen.

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Mitchellmania


Hepcat

Here's a scan of the ad for the Aurora Batman kit that ran on the back of DC comic books cover dated June 1966:



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Jethro

Quote from: Dirtyhorse on October 25, 2011, 09:33:05 AM
The Phantom! ...and the Wolfman.

My favorite is the Phantom, any chance of getting a close-up of his face?

Dirtyhorse

Sorry, mate...those were shipped off to the collector some time ago, so unless I do another one, that's the only pic available at this time.

Hepcat

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I've always wondered how the base of the Mummy kit should be coloured. Should the polished steps be a different colour than the background rock? What colour should the pottery be? Should it be all one colour?

When I was a kid I think I painted the polished steps and the pottery black and the background rock grey; all glossy colours of course. The cobra I painted a metallic green, with red eyes.

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Illoman

Quote from: Hepcat on October 24, 2011, 12:32:47 PM
I used to paint the individual parts of my Aurora kits prior to glueing them together when I was a kid. Do any of you pro fellows still do it that way?

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I haven't assembled a kit since I was a kid, and I believe the correct way would be to paint then assemble, but I never had the patience for that as a kid. My folks would always tell me to do it that way, but I wanted to build the darn thing!! LOL!!!

Hepcat

Here's a scan of the ad for the Aurora Superman kit that ran on the back of DC comic books cover dated January 1965:



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