# Rocketeer finishes a couple high-cheekboned figure kits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089 "2018-03-23T20:09:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/1 "2018-03-23T20:09:25Z")
Recently I’ve had one of those happy spells wherein a bunch of projects all get done in rapid succession. Just recently I finished a couple figure kits with, I now realize, a common theme: Cheekbones. 😉 The first is a rendition of Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein from Greenfield Studios. Mrs. R really likes this one, and I have to admit it’s an excellent likeness: [![](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/821/39165769920_e880060f36_k.jpg) ](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/821/39165769920_e880060f36_k.jpg) [![](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/785/40265164434_4ab05b8c46_k.jpg) ](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/785/40265164434_4ab05b8c46_k.jpg) …and the second is a sculpt of Vampira by a fellow named Maddox. I fell in love with this one when I saw a couple painted ones at Wonderfest last year. The paint job is sorta kinda an accident, but the more I look at it the better I like it: [![](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/790/39988666585_25b67512d2_k.jpg) ](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/790/39988666585_25b67512d2_k.jpg) [![](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/803/40174376604_69bcffb865_k.jpg) ](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/803/40174376604_69bcffb865_k.jpg) [![](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/792/40174375954_427ec90483_k.jpg) ](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/792/40174375954_427ec90483_k.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/2 "2018-03-23T21:13:02Z")
One thing’s for sure: Inspector Clay’s been murdered. And **somebody’s** responsible!\* \*This was the first thing that came to my mind. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/3 "2018-03-23T21:55:03Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > One thing’s for sure: Inspector Clay’s been murdered. And **somebody’s** responsible!.. [scratches nose with gun barrel] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/4 "2018-03-23T22:07:45Z")
Those eyes on Peter Cushing really freaked me out, too! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/5 "2018-03-23T22:14:30Z")
That’s nice work on Vampirella: you manage to evoke a feeling of make-up present without losing the feel of naturalness. I used to make models for a living but I’ve never done figure painting. Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/6 "2018-03-23T22:15:42Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > The first is a rendition of Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein from Greenfield Studios. I think I saw that one when I was in junior high. They used to show 10–15 minutes of a movie every day for a dime during lunch break. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/7 "2018-03-24T17:02:02Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > …I used to make models for a living but I’ve never done figure painting… That’s interesting; what kind of models? ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/8 "2018-03-24T17:03:15Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I think I saw that one when I was in junior high. They used to show 10–15 minutes of a movie every day for a dime during lunch break. Cushing does a heck of a job portraying a cold-blooded fanatical scientist. A fine actor, and apparently a pretty decent human being too. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/9 "2018-03-24T17:05:10Z")
> [@](#): > > The paint job is sorta kinda an accident, but the more I look at it the better I like it: Elaborate? I’m sure that you didn’t just accidentally spill some paint on it, or anything like that. What were you trying to do, and what happened instead? ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/10 "2018-03-24T18:05:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Elaborate? I’m sure that you didn’t just accidentally spill some paint on it, or anything like that. What were you trying to do, and what happened instead? I once read a book on painting portraits in which the author used purples in the shadows, and had always meant to try it on a figure. So I mixed up my usual shadow-mid-light flesh tones, using some violet in each, and she ended up way more purple than I expected. I compensated a bit by adding some normal light flesh tone on the areas which would see highlights, and ended up with what you see. At first I was a bit inclined to repaint, but like I said, after contemplating it a bit, I decided that I liked her as-is. 🙂 I have since tried the purples again, on a “sexy Bride of Frankenstein” figure, with much more restraint, and the jury’s out on that one. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/11 "2018-04-03T16:53:23Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > That’s interesting; what kind of models? I made large scale model trains (big enough to ride on) and then aerospace and military and the occasional architectural model. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089/12 "2018-04-03T17:36:04Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > Recently I’ve had one of those happy spells wherein a bunch of projects all get done in rapid succession. Just recently I finished a couple figure kits with, I now realize, a common theme: Cheekbones. 😉 Forget the cheekbones, you got some world-class eyebrows goin’ on, there.