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This was a bit of a change of pace -- a very small kit. Easy enough to build (a half-dozen parts), but difficult to paint, because of the extremely small details. (This one was a Christmas gift from my parents -- thanks, Mom and Dad!)

The Scarlet Speedster is a 120mm scale kit, sculpted by the talented Christopher Elizardo and distributed by MojoResin. The sculpt is terrific, somewhat surprisingly so given the size. The cast was less terrific, with a bit of softness in some of the key details. (I've noticed this in several of the MojoResin kits, whatever that means.) Still, it all came together well, and looks great.

The main Flash outfit is all red, of course. I went with a gold metallic on the boots and belt, instead of the Silver Age yellow, because it looks cooler. I also chose to paint the eyes with white lenses, even though the sculpt had some detail for normal see-through eyes. Frankly, the cast was so soft the eye details all but disappeared, and with my fading eyesight and poor painting skills, I would have had trouble with that very small detail, anyway. The result is fine, and matches the 120mm Green Lantern, anyway.

For the base, I went with gloss paints to contrast the flat paints of the figure. I originally used a gloss white inside the gloss red to duplicate the Flash insignia, but didn't like the way it looked. I opted for a gloss black, instead, and it looks a little better. In retrospect, I probably should have spray-painted the base a single-color metallic, as I did with the companion GL model.

All in all, a fun little project and a nice change of pace from the big 1/6 and 1/8 models I generally do. (Note the photo below that shows this kit next to the 1/8-scale Silver Age Flash -- that's 3.5" vs. the normal 10" model!) And it's always good having another Flash on the shelf -- this one in a very dynamic running pose.