My latest sculpts --robots, spacemen, and aliens

[Hydra]

Hi Everyone:

It's been a while since I've sculpted anything new, but I had a whirlwind month of sculpting in July. I came up with a lot of cool new sculpts for my 32mm Retro Raygun range:

The dreaded Aquaclops (a 75mm resin and metal beastie):



Dr. Zahn and his trusty robot companion Simon-6:


Two Galacteer troopers with Atomic Bazookas:


My tentacled aliens, the Slishians, have been poor sellers, so I decided they needed big freakin' guns.  Here's my new Slishian trooper with death ray:


These 32mm miniatures will be for sale this week at Gen Con and will be available for sale from the Hydra Miniatures website in September or October.  I hope to have a few new surprises cast up soon.

Sincerely,
Matt Beauchamp
Hydra Miniatures

[JollyBob]

The Aquacyclops is a work of genius, and I salute you for it.

[Onebigriver]

Sigh, another alien to add to my 1950s alien invasion project. Love the Aquacyclops. 

[Froggy the Great]

Once more, I could spend most of my hobby budget with you and not notice I'd done so till I look and there's no money in it.

[cheetor]

They are all great (as usual) and the painting is lovely (also as usual) but Simon-6 is my favourite.

I quite like the Slishian figures "look" but I think that you are right.  The basic Slishian that you have available may have been too "basic".

[Tom Reed]

These are all great. I like that your Slishians are more "alien" looking that the generic bipedal type.
Have you given any thought to arachnid or ice looking thingies?

[oldskoolrebel]

I'm totally feeling the Aquaclops, which is fairly setting neutral.

Its a pity you don't have a UK supplier, as I could have been convinced to part with some cash

Cheers
Andy

[Uncle Mike]

WoW! Great sculpts!!! As already stated, the Aquaclops is keen.

[Westfalia Chris]

Atomic Bazookas! Oh my gawd oh my gawd oh my gawd!  And I so need one of those Aquaclops'! 

[Heldrak]

While I agree with the group that the Aquaclops is tops, it's also nice to see Doctor Zahn in this release- I always feel that the various pulp sci-fi ranges are woefully understocked when it comes to "Dr. Hans Zarkov"-types. Does Dr. Zahn have multiple arm/weapon choices like Ace McGuire or does he just have the one blaster option...?

[uti long smile]

The Aquaclops is outstanding!! It will go great with the new Killer B Kappas too.

Love the bazooka troopers too. Great work all round.

[anevilgiraffe]

the aquaclops is tops... great stuff... 

[Bako]

Cool stuff.

[Sinewgrab]

The dreaded Aquaclops (a 75mm resin and metal beastie):


My tentacled aliens, the Slishians, have been poor sellers, so I decided they needed big freakin' guns.  Here's my new Slishian trooper with death ray:

Oh, crap. There is yet another pull at my extremely limited hobby budget...I have not found any War of the Worlds style martians that I liked to add to my Mars project (the VSF Norwegians, and the Bronze Age Green and Red martians - beautiful sculpts those as well), and I had been eyeing the Slithians to use instead...and now you gave them a big gun. That 'sshhing' sound you hear is money sliding out of my wallet...and the Aquaklops is friggin' gorgeous.

Good job Matt.

[Hydra]

Thanks for all the great comments, guys!  I am very pleased with this batch of miniatures--it's one of my best releases to date.  I might get some new figures done in time for the official September release:

- Slishian with death ray (second pose and third face conversion)
- Slishian death ray squad
- Galacteer Sergeant # 2
- Galacteer heavy weapons squad (new sgt., two bazooka troopers, and two
   random troopers)


Also here are some specific replies:

Tom Reed: I haven't thought much about ice or arachnoid aliens, but they might be good ideas for the future.  I want to finish the Slishians (scientist, elder leader "alpha slish" and a slishian mechanized octopus tank.

Heldrak:Dr Zahn's hands with gun are separate for casting purposes.  However, I might sculpt two hands holding a scientific device. Maybe a force field projector or a time distortion device.


Again, thanks for all your support.  I've got a lot of great figures that you'll be seeing soon.

-Matt Beauchamp
 Hydra Miniatures
 www.hydraminiatures.com