Fez Monkey Smoking Cigar COMPLETE!

[Iron Mike]

This is actually a Jimmy Flintstone gear shift knob, it's a about the size of a baseball with a face only a mother could love. I've had it hanging around the shop and frankly, he gets on my nerves staring at me.

I had to do a little surgery on a couple seam lines to restore the texture, then blasted him with a few coats of black Stynylrez primer.

Since he's a toon, I decided to paint him in some garish colors, so his face and ears got some light coats of Tamiya Flat Flesh, letting the wrinkles remain sorta black.

His fez is Tamiya Flat Red. I filled in the overspray by hand with Vallejo Games black, it's got that Elvis shine to it.

I filled in some of the other details with various colors, going to let him dry overnight, then gloss coat him for the dark washes.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Thanks for dropping by!

:drinks

 

[moon puppy]

Oh that's the Monkey you've been talking about...thought you were just sharing a bit too much info with me earlier.

 

[Iron Mike]

:facepalm :smack

Cue the monkey jokes!

 

[sharkman]

Monkeys?? Knobs???

What has this site come to?

 

[lupanzer]

Very nice Mike!...very interesting

Luiz.

 

[Iron Mike]

Thank you, Luiz! It's an exercise for sure. More to come.

 

[Piet]

Oh that's the Monkey you've been talking about...thought you were just sharing a bit too much info with me earlier.

:laugh:

 

[Rhino]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVf1ZoCJSo
Very cool! Good thing He is Red!

 

[Frank]

Interesting, very interesting.
Frank

 

[iambrb]

Neat! I think I voted for him awhile back.....

 

[Iron Mike]

Must have been a local election.

 

[Paulw]

He looks like a CPO I used to work for

 

[Duke Maddog]

That rocks Mike! Way to go; this is looking so cool!

 

[Iron Mike]

I don't claim to be a figure painter, it's something I struggle with. During the hot spell that was July and August 2020, I played around with some oils and inks to try to give this character some mojo.

That's a face only a mother could love. I have some more detail painting to do, but it's coming along. Thanks for coming by!

 

[moon puppy]

Man that's a huge progression from where you started. Nice work!!

 

[Jeeves]

I'm with you...dabble enough to learn a bit each time, but no where near Andy Fettes or Joe Hudson's caliber....your chimp looks pretty cool though!

 

[errains]

That’s kool there man!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Man, that is a tremendous improvement! I love this guy! He's so ugly he's beautiful! Keep him coming Mike!

 

[Rhino]

Is He a Shriner or a Turk? Nice job!

 

[moon puppy]

Shriner, they have more fun!