Goonhammer expands Marvel Crisis Protocol painting guides with Rescue, Iron Monger, Moondragon

A stronger MCP paint library, not just three single guides

Goonhammer’s homepage is doing something smart for Marvel Crisis Protocol painters right now: it is stacking Rescue, Iron Monger, and Moondragon together in its How to Paint Everything feed. That turns the site’s latest MCP output into a practical mini-library, where each guide points at a different hobby problem instead of repeating the same superhero formula.

The appeal is obvious if you paint MCP regularly. Rescue pushes polished armor and bright energy effects. Iron Monger asks for weight, weathering, and machine presence. Moondragon shifts the focus to skin, costume contrast, and a more character-driven finish. Put together, the three guides show why superhero miniatures are such a strong lane for painters who want to move beyond standard box-art and into more distinctive tabletop pieces.

Rescue leads with clean armor and high-energy color

The newest of the trio is the Rescue guide, dated May 14, 2026, and it rounds out the friends of Iron Man box with Pepper Potts’ superhero identity. That matters because Rescue is not just another red-and-gold armored suit. She gives you a chance to paint a sleek, polished surface while still making room for glow, lens work, and crisp comic-book contrast.

For painters, that makes Rescue a useful reference point for finishing armor that needs to feel modern and clean without looking flat. Her profile naturally rewards bright spot colors, controlled edge highlights, and careful separation between metal, lit elements, and the suit’s core shapes. If you like Iron Man-adjacent schemes but want something that feels more personalized and less like a straight Tony Stark repaint, Rescue is the guide that opens that door.

Iron Monger is the heavy-metal test piece

Iron Monger’s How to Paint Everything guide, dated Apr. 20, 2026, goes in a different direction entirely. Goonhammer frames him as the big mechanical counterweight in this wave, a model that towers over the standard Tony Stark versions and gives the hobby side a chance to lean into scale and mass.

That is where the guide becomes especially useful. Iron Monger is the kind of character that rewards metallics, dark shading, and machine definition, the exact ingredients that can make a model look brutal instead of simply shiny. If you have been looking for a reason to push beyond basic silver panels and into more layered industrial finishes, this is the one that turns that challenge into a visible centerpiece for your MCP collection.

Iron Monger also connects neatly to the broader Marvel Crisis Protocol release flow. Goonhammer had already covered him in tactics form on Feb. 16, 2026, alongside Iron Lad, Kang the Conqueror, and Rescue, so the model is clearly part of an ongoing editorial and release conversation rather than a one-off hobby subject.

Moondragon adds the character-driven change of pace

Moondragon, dated Apr. 6, 2026, rounds out the set by pulling the paint conversation away from armor entirely. Goonhammer describes her as the last of the three models from the recent cosmic heroes character pack, and that makes her a perfect example of why this cluster of guides works so well together.

Where Rescue and Iron Monger ask you to think about metal, Moondragon asks you to think about silhouette, skin tone, costume contrast, and presentation. She is the guide in this run that most clearly rewards painters who want a figure to feel expressive rather than just technically finished. In a game full of armored suits, energy blasts, and cosmic powers, that kind of visual shift is valuable because it keeps your MCP cabinet from collapsing into a single repeating look.

Moondragon also ties into another Atomic Mass Games release line, the Adam Warlock, Moondragon, and Quasar pack previewed in the same Nov. 2025 reveal cycle. That connection helps explain why the guide feels current instead of archival: it is pointing directly at models that are part of the game’s recent wave of attention.

Why the three guides work better as a set

This is the real story behind Goonhammer’s latest MCP homepage stack. Taken one by one, each guide covers a familiar painting challenge. Taken together, they form a much more useful roadmap for anyone building out a Marvel Crisis Protocol force.

• Rescue shows how to keep armor bright, crisp, and readable.
• Iron Monger shows how to sell mass, metal, and mechanical intimidation.
• Moondragon shows how to move from equipment-heavy painting into a more character-focused finish.

That spread is exactly what makes the run stronger than a single how-to article in isolation. You are not just learning a technique; you are seeing how the same game can demand three very different visual solutions. For painters who already own the bottles and know the basics, that shift matters more than another generic primer on fundamentals.

A signal that MCP painting is still a core part of the hobby lane

There is also a bigger editorial pattern behind the individual posts. Goonhammer’s dedicated Marvel Crisis Protocol painting hub dates back to Feb. 4, 2021, which means MCP has been part of its How to Paint Everything identity for years. The current homepage placement makes that clear again: painting is not a side note here, it is a continuing part of how the site covers the game.

That matters because the MCP coverage is not happening in a vacuum. Atomic Mass Games previewed the Iron Lad, Iron Monger, Kang the Conqueror, and Rescue character pack in Nov. 2025, and distributor listings place that pack’s release on March 6, 2026 with an MSRP of $59.99. With Moondragon also appearing in a separate pack preview alongside Adam Warlock and Quasar, the guides are tracking a live model pipeline rather than recycling older material.

The result is a run of articles that feels immediately useful. Rescue gives you bright hero armor, Iron Monger gives you a metallic brute, and Moondragon gives you a cleaner, more character-led finish. That is the kind of trio that turns a homepage stack into a real paint queue, and it is why this MCP burst lands as a meaningful expansion of the game’s hobby coverage rather than just another batch of tutorial posts.