Continuing my painting exploits, I’m just about done with the core set and moving on to some other models. Yet, I’ve still got a few Avengers on the bench and Black Widow was next in the queue. As with much of my other models, I’ve really come to embrace Vallejo Xpress contrasts and started off giving her 2 coats of Black Lotus Xpress for a really dark jumpsuit look as one coat just didn’t seem to get as dark as I wanted (pic is with one coat).

For her webbing, bracers and belt, I put down a base coat of Desert Yellow. As a final touch for her belt and bracers, I mixed metallic Gold with sepia ink and used it as a wash for these sections of the model.

Her skin was a coat of Basic Skin Tone, and for Black Widow’s hair and eyebrows, I used Plasma Red Xpress.

I gave highlights in her hair a single pass of Amaranth Red. Then have both her skin and hair a wash of sepia ink. For the webbing I used a coat of transparent Yellow, and a final highlight of Deep Yellow. I went back and forth considering adding lipstick. Typically I’d add it to the lower lip only, but it was difficult to get it down just right, so I ended up just sticking with a natural skin tone.

I used Dark Blue Grey for the pistol grip and highlights for her jumpsuit. I first used a perspective of looking directly over the model and liberally coating portions of her jumpsuit that I could see. Then I edged it out some for these areas to break up the transition. This forced perspective allowed me to really key in parts of the figure that would naturally be lighter.

I used a generic red craft paint for the bricks on the base. Then a final coat of GW Ratling Grime contrast to pick out the details of the brick mortar and metal grill. Just a basic wash to give the base a little love and Black Widow was ready for the tabletop.