WIP Critique Arena Rex Gladiator

Bailey · Nov 3, 2014

A while back I joined in on a kickstarter for a gladiator style game called Arena Rex. They just recently finished production and started to ship the figures. When they arrived I had to jump right in and start painting one. This figure is Otho Mentulus, one of my favorite sculpts from the range. Tons of detail and pretty decent historical accuracy. He's about 35mm (they're intended to be gaming figures) so a bit smaller than what I usually work on. The small scale is definitely a challenge but the sculpt is great and that's a big help.

I'm using primarily Reaper acrylic paints although all of the metal work is Scale 75. I really like their metallic paints! I'm not quite finished with this guy. Still have a few details to do, the base, and probably some weathering.

Stephan · Nov 3, 2014

amazing red, in that scale. Thanks for showing

callmehobbes · Nov 3, 2014

The reds are brilliant as are the flesh tones.

FigureLover · Nov 4, 2014

Very nice work on something this size, the red is outstanding and the metals are super
Ben

Ferris · Nov 4, 2014

Very nice! Nice detail with the scars on his back!

Adrian

swralph · Nov 4, 2014

lovely work.
Ralph.

Aveleira · Nov 4, 2014

Great work as usual! I like you're skin tones very much!

Regards
Pedro

Bailey · Apr 20, 2015

It's been a while since I've worked on this little guy, but this past weekend I finally wrapped him up. The bulk of the work was done last year, but I still had to do his helmet crest and base. I also tweaked some of the highlights on his clothing. After that is was some blood splatter with Tamiya Clear Red and some minor weathering with pigments to add a bit of dust. All in all he was a fun figure to work on. I still prefer the larger 54 and 75mm projects, but every once in a while a 35mm is a good way to push myself out of my comfort zone.

By the way, if anyone is interested this figure and the other ones from the kickstarter should be available on the Arena Rex webstore in the next few weeks. They're shipping the final wave from the kickstarter and plan to make all the figures available once that is complete.
http://arenarex.com/

kevininpdx · Apr 20, 2015

Awesome. Arena Rex is a fantastic line. I'm kicking myself for not getting in on the kickstarter.

DaddyO · Apr 20, 2015

Blimey that's a great tiddler

lancelot · Apr 21, 2015

Amazing work in this scale!!!
Fantastic!!!

kevininpdx · Apr 21, 2015

I should note to people on this forum that Arena Rex models are sculpted my some big names....guys like Benoit Chauchies who has sculpted for Pegaso

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