It is the Caped Blue-Sader? It is Macho Libre? Is it Dark Garfield?
None of the above! It's Miguel O'Hara, the Spider-Man from the distant future of 2099 (only 73 more years to build flying cars).
Miguel belongs to an alternate Marvel universe (set in the year 2099, which gave its name to all the titles). He didn't get his powers from a spider-bite, but from the genetics lab of an evil corporation, Alchemax (which is a spot-on name for a dystopian evil corporation).
Given that the comics run didn't even reach 1999, it's possible Spider-Man 2099 would have faded into obscurity, but he found a new audience in Sony's Beyond the Spider-Verse, as a brooding and intensely irritable line-manager of a city of spider-people. He's also voiced by Oscar Isaacs, who can add that badge to his Moon Knight and Apocalypse credentials.
Painting-wise, he's a darker blue than the standard spider-uniform, so I began with a black base and layered up with Kantor Blue. Then it was a case of picking out the red details and adding the web-cape (Celestra Grey base, Frostheart, Apothecary White, Celestra Grey highlights).
The actual web he's spinning is a glowing red, to match the effects in the movie (not canonical elsewhere, but we're playing fast and loose here). Wild Rider Red, with layers of Flash Gitz Yellow and Ulthuan Grey, then a wash of Fuegan Orange when I realised I'd gone too bright).
The 'Alchemax' sign on his base was an Ulthuan Grey base, washed with a 50/50 mix of Frostheart and Hexwraith Flame, which gave the right tone of washed-out neon.
On the table, he's something of a 5 threat menace - very punchy and robust in a way that lots of web warriors are not. I've only faced him once, but my opponent was betrayed by the dice, so couldn't get him to shine (even then, he was scary!)
On to the future!
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