Bunny Bible Basher
1/8th scale resin half figure from PFModels
Painted in 2022
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I think this is one of the first of the PF pieces that I bought, and I was impressed.
The presentation of the box and it’s artwork, the inclusion of a storyline description of the character, not to mention the comparative large size compared to that of the box, all come together to make this purchaser rather pleased.
I couldn’t wait to paint it.
I’ve put a picture of the box art here, not something I always do, but I think in this case it’s worth it. It’s not so much that it’s colourful – which it isn’t – but it does draw the eye. I like it.
Moving on to the kit itself, there’s just four parts, and all interlock nicely. As usual, I decided to paint the parts separately and join them up very close to them all being finished.
Moving on to the kit itself, there’s just four parts, and all interlock nicely. As usual, I decided to paint the parts separately and join them up very close to them all being finished.
I began by painting the dress, priming and then undercoating this with an acrylic white, shown in photo #2 and then mixed Carmine and Titanium White oils to produce a pink colour that would form the shadows.
This was painted all over the dress, and then more of the Titanium White blended in to build up the mid-tones and highlights – photo #3.
This was going to take some time to dry – four days as it turned out, even with being in the drying cabinet all that time, so I moved on to painting the face.
I used my now almost standard Mars Brown / Titanium White mixture for the flesh areas, mixing the mid-tone slightly lighter than for a male subject, and highlighting with a lot of the white.
I wanted to force the haughty look that the sculptor has worked so hard to get on that face and so with the painting I focused on the curled lip on the left and the raised, quizzical eyebrow on the right – that look of “You’re questioning ME ??? “
Photo #4 shows the face still wet with the oil paints,
whilst photos #5 and #6 are once the paints have dried.
Moving on to photos #7 and #8, I’ve painted the arms and added the head to the body casting, and painted in the ears. I wanted the ears to reinforce the rabbit connection, so whilst the colours used are similar to that of the skin, there is more brown added to the shadows, and a small amount of Burnt Umber added to push the brown colouration a bit further. I added a feathered banding of mars Black to the outer edges of the ears for no other reason than I thought the way I’d painted them was a little bland.
In photo #9 I’ve painted the hair with varying shades of grey and white, and echoed this colour with the eye-shadow. The eyes – looking to her right also heighten that look of cool disdain.
The baseball bat was slightly bent, but was straightened up by dipping it in some how water and holding it straight whilst running cold water over it to fix it in the correct shape, although it did look a little basic to me.
I thought maybe some additions to it in the form of some nails – small tacks used for holding down model railway tracks, with holes drilled through the bat for them to fasten in to – would enhance that look of determination to spread the Good Word.
The bat is painted to resemble wood grain prior to fixing the “nails” in place, with the tape wrapped handle painted in an off white. I added “Bible Basher” down the length of the bat, then glued the “nails” in place.
The Bible itself is painted to resemble an old one that I have, with a black cover and gilded edges to the pages, the gilding having rubbed off somewhat through use, and giving the edges a reddish colouration.
The long, claw-like fingernails were painted with purple madder alizarin, adding just a little white for a highlight on each nail, and the little tufts of fur on the elbows along with the little “bob tail” were painted to match the grey of the hair.
I was really pleased with how this was looking, so I added a base that I’ve had for ages made by Nick Tebbs. I’d bought a few off him, although they were quite expensive, they are superb bits of wood turning and I’ve got to feel that I’ve done a pretty good job on a bust to add one underneath it.
The bangles on her arms disguise the joint of the lower arm to the main casting at the bicep area, and these were painted purple to match in with her nail varnish.
As a final touch, I added some tangled hair ( a small piece of Loofa ) to some of the nails on the bat, adding a little red oil paint mixed with some gloss varnish – well, some people need that little extra help from her with their readings…..
I’ve got to admit that I love this model, it’s quirky, but with an underlying menace. The concept is very cool, and sculpting and moulding back that up so well. It’s a joy to put together and paint.
I did return to this and add some blood splatter to the dress and face, just enough to show she’s been out spreading the Good News to those slightly reluctant to believe.
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