Up From The Depths!

GODZILLA by Polar Lights
Built 1/5/2018
Painted 10/16/2019

This was the first of the classic Aurora Monster Models (in this case, a late-90s repop from Polar Lights) I assembled back when I first started getting back into model building, and it's sat on a shelf ever since. But after Gorgo and the T-Rex, I felt a lot more confident about painting giant lizards, so I pulled it down off the shelf and slapped some paint on it.

As this is "Aurora Godzilla" - as opposed to any of the Toho Films Godzillas... or the "Hanna-Barbara Godzilla"... or the "Marvel Comics Godzilla"... you get the idea - I decided to paint him the way this kit has traditionally been painted, i.e. green. I have two other Godzilla kits that are more Toho-accurate, so I'll probably paint those movie charcoal gray when I get to them. 

I didn't do a lot of gradients or anything fancy with this one, but I did give the whole guy a pretty heavy black wash, and then highlighted the fins and forehead with some drybrushed olive green.

A Devil Of A Dinosaur!

TYRANNOSAURUS REX by Polar Lights
Built 2/2018
Painted 10/6/2019

I've had this kit assembled for a long time, but I didn't get around to painting it, because I didn't really have a clear idea of how I wanted to paint it. But after the Gorgo build went reasonably well, I kind of wanted to paint up another big lizard, so I pulled Rex down from the shelf and hit him with some primer. I ended up basing my paint scheme for this bad boy on Jack Kirby's Devil Dinosaur comic book creation. In real life, the red skin looks a lot darker and redder, but this is the best I could get with the camera I have.

Not a lot to say here - the kit went together easy as pie, and I'm even happy with the paint job! I'm especially proud of the lava!

Mean Green Mother

GORGO by Monarch Models
Built 1/7/2018
Painted 7/19/2019

"One of London's oldest landmarks smashed like matchwood! Nothing has stopped this beast so far, nothing!"

This one's been sitting on the shelf waiting for me to finish it for a long time! Another excellent kit from the deeply-missed Monarch Models, Gorgo - from the 1961 film of the same name - went together fairly easily, though I screwed up and had to use some putty to fill a gap on her head. I also did a little putty work on her neck/chest as the model had an indent there that looked odd to me.

Very basic paint job - just a flat dark green base, with various shades of lighter greens dry-brushed over that. Finally, a dark wash to bring out some of the surface details. After I was done, it occurred to me to check the movie on Blu-ray and it turned out that Mama Gorgo - like Godzilla - is actually a charcoal gray in color, not green. Oh well... let's just say that I painted her like the Charlton Comics version!