Most of the supervillains I've been building and painting have been "all-new," based on the miniatures I had available. This fella, on the other hand, is at least 14 years old; his original picture is in a document last modified in 2008. Below is the original version I made of White Hat, in a now-seemingly-defunct version of
Fábrica de Heróis (an online, Flash-based superhero designer that originally created characters in the style of Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series, etc.)). I've wanted to make this guy for a while, but I only recently got the parts needed. I think he turned out really well, especially given the color scheme.
White Hat is a cowboy-themed supervillian who started out his career by pretending to be a hero (a
white hat). He's a sharpshooter and has been known to take jobs as an sniper and assassin on the side. During his time masquerading as a hero, he utilized a number of trick bullets, but as a villain he's just as likely to use normal bullets.
The model is entirely built from Great Escape Games' "Dead Man's Hand: Gunfighters" box of plastic, multi-part models. There are only enough parts to make ten models in the box, but the quality is pretty good, and it looks like the bits could easily be used with a lot of other kits. There is a head in the box with a bandana covering the face, but it didn't look great, so I switched to a Lone Ranger-style domino mask; the contours molded into the face really made it easy.
White is a difficult color to paint, but I did my best. Paired with the orange, grey, and black, it's a striking color theme.
The model is based with desert crackle paint because (a.) it looks more appropriate, (b.) it hides the integral puddle base the model stands on, and (c.) he can be used in Wild West genre games now.
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