Young Frankenstein Kemp

I'm getting close to completing the Young Frankenstein series with Inspector Kemp. He represents the Lionel Atwill character of Inspector Keoh. For YF, the Inspector is played by Kenneth Mars. 

For the kit the likeness is excellent as with the rest of the models. The bust comes in 3 parts - the bust, base and arm. It also comes with some darts and a dart board to replicate the humorous scene.  

 The first step is actually- what colors am I using? I was able to find a colorized version of the movie that shows him in a black hat and a very dark blue uniform. The ornaments on the hat are gold, but silver on the jacket.

 

My first go round with paint (before I found the images) had him in blue with blue. But you'll at some point the hat changes to black. 

I also jumped back into an old Citadel shad for a base flesh color, and a first highlight. That's where I'll leave him for today. Check back. Thanks for looking. 

 

Salome Finale

If you read a previous post and thought I left star to the side for a while. This one has been on the table since Nov. of 2024!  To read part 1, click HERE. 

I left off without being able to choose a flesh color.  The first try went on a little too pink for someone from the Middle East, so I got my hands on V's Tanned Skin PAINT SET. I was a bit happier with that look. 

 I added dark hair and then some gold jewelry, and other highlights and she was quickly completed. 

 as seen in the image above the model is shown with her standing on a stone. IMO that was very "princess-y" So I got out some AVES and sculpted some pillows for her to stand on. I didn't seem to take a pic of them WIP, so we'll have to wait for the final shots.

The next task was to put her in a vignette like Star was in, but the pillows were made too large and she wouldn't find. So I found another base for her to occupy. I had some previous luck with creating a marbled look, and thought I'd try it again.  This time I found some Marble spray can. Giving it a try, it comes out of the can like Silly string but was doable. Until I tried it for real; what a mess. This stuff was not made for small scale paint jobs.  The I saw a YouTube VIDEO showing how it's done, and the guy was putting it on a full sized countertop!  So I had to be very selective with my spray. I painted a deep green as a base and then added thick streaks of a lighter green. The spray would give it it's white veins. I masked in where gold seams would be.

Looked good, except all the streaks weren't going in the same direction, again because of how brief the spray need to be. So I got out some white paint and with an filled in what I thought was lacking. Next I looked into ETSY and found a dollhouse vase with a plant that would fill in an empty spot. Yes, I didn't paint the plant. IMO taking a plant out of a package and gluing it directly on a base screams PLASTIC AQUARIUM PLANT!   I put a partial column I had under the vase to add some height.  

The final job was to epoxy the column, vase, pillows and Salome, and I was done. Thanks for looking. 

  

Lost Boys' Star Finale

 To see part 1, go HERE. I didn't realize she was sitting off to the side for so long!

The idea for the base was to be one of those mini-vignettes that you see on so many miniatures these days. star at 1/12 scale isn't quite a miniature, But I think small enough to pull off the look without taking up so much of my dwindling space. 

I was looking for a background, amongst the various Lost Boys wall paper. I was looking for something in regards to the demolished hotel. But there was nothing that showed up that I liked. There was a nice outside of the cave, but that really could have been anywhere. Then I found a scene of vampire David taking to Michael. And decided that's the one I'd use.  

Despite how it was fixed up it was still supposed to be a broken abandoned place. So I started with some sheet styrene scored to look like tile. I chewed away at it here and there and even partially lifted up one section. Then I used some Aves to crate a mound of stuff between the back of the flooring and the "wallpaper." Then it was just a matter of adding bits and bobs to fill it up to look busy. Another bit of stuff that I thought appropriate was the containers of Chinese food that was used in the scene. Knowing one could find card models of nearly everything I quickly found a container to cut out and glue together. 

 

 

The image has a red hue and I figured I'd need to bring that onto the base as well for a sort of OSL. Then the image was way too wide for the background and that needed to be cut down. I was just glue on with some LIQUITEX MATTE MEDIUM. The next thing to do was add some noodles to the container which I did with some COSCLAY.

 

Finally, Star was epoxied into her spot and I was finally done. Thanks for looking.