by Allison Cottreau

This my build up of AMT/ERTL's Vinyl Rancor kit. This was my first attempt at building both a vinyl kit and figure kit. It's built straight out of the box without any modifications. The legs and lower torso were filled with plaster for stability and the seams filled with Tamiya epoxy putty. The whole thing was painted with Tamiya paints using a combination of airbrushing and drybrushing. I began with a base coat of dark brown, with shadows filled in with a darker brown and a few of the highlights airbrushed lighter brown I also added some other colours like green to give the skin some variation. I then drybrushed a lighter brown over the bumps and wrinkles and warts, followed by a very dark wash for the nooks and crannies, this helped to bring out the details and create the illusion of depth. The bony protrusion's such as claws teeth and spines were painted a dirty tabacco brown, with a lighter brown drybrushed on, followed by an off white, followed by just a touch of white, and then with an almost black wash for the grooves. This technique gave them an almost sickly, yet worn look that I wanted.

The Gamorean Guard was painted using the same techniques. I was quite pleased with the way it turned out overall.

Image: Behind

Image: Left side

Image: This little piggy did NOT go to market....

Image: Right side