A recent haul from Aliexpress included this fantastic resin kit of Psi Judge Anderson for the princely sum of £8.46 including shipping
Psi Judge Anderson 1:24 scale Resin Kit
Meet the Parts
Another multipart kit depicting Judge Cassandra Anderson doing some psi stuff next to the grave of Sidney De'ath the most powerful of the Dark Judges. No assembly instructions which is not big deal as the kit goes together really easily. However, I have no idea where Death's skeletal hand is supposed to be mounted.
This appears to be based on this Psi Judge Anderson STL on Maco 3D. I should probably buy that as well and print it out on my new larger 3D Printer. Although this is a great alternative if you don't have access to a 3D Printer.
Assembly
The parts were really clean and went together easily with no need to fill except for the join between the two halves of the base.
Painting
I wanted to go for a comic book colour scheme although the black uniform was going to need a little bit of thought. After priming and zenithal I airbrushed on the green accents and added a dark wash.
I think painting this assembled was a big mistake as it would have been so much easier painting individual parts with no risk of overspray.
I promise that the next model I build will be hot-glued together for the priming and zenithal stage and then disassembled before painting. I also made the mistake of glueing in Judge Death's claw before glueing Anderson to the base. This led to him losing one of his fingers... oh well.
The uniform was brush painted in some very thin coats of black and then dry brushed with a very dark blueblack mix to give it a volumetric effect.
Blocking in the Colours
The shoulder pads and badge were painted in a fiery orange with highlights in a yellow orange mix. Orange and yellow are such lousy colours to paint and Iin hindsight I should have painted a white base coat to allow them to pop. I chose to wash them in zealot yellow speedpaint which gave them a glossy look. Don't panic... this will be fixed in the final step.
Face and eyes were painted in my usual skin tone set, at this size it is pointless trying pinkle.
On the hair I tried a mousy blonde base and washed with zealot yellow and then progressively lighter highlights whihc kind of worked/
Black accents were added to the gun, belt pouches and gloves and she was done.
The magic final step is to airbrush a coat of artist matt varnish which removes all signs of glossiness.
