Evil Dave's Silent Death - Pit Viper

[Evil Dave]

I picked up a copy of Silent Death's main boxset for cheap on eBay the other week. I got distracted from Epic and painted up a Pit Viper today. For 30+ year-old, plastic models they're very nice. The detail is crisp and the mold lines clean up quick.

[syrinx0]

Nice painting as well.

[Golgotha]

Awesome I do like those minis and you have done a great job, especially like the canopy.

They are still available from EM4 Minis, though they are currently out of stock - which is concerning see: https://em4miniatures.com/products/spacecraft

[Grumpy Gnome]

Great work! 👍

[Evil Dave]

Thanks guys.

@Golgotha, the Silent Death store lists them as out of stock as well. I'm guessing they're molded in China and not easily re-stocked at this point.

[LouieN]

That is excellent.  Very well done

[Mako]

Thanks for sharing.

A very nice looking mini.

[Daeothar]

Very nice brushwork! 

Coinidentally, I painted a flight of these exact models in a similar paintscheme almost a decade ago. It appears that blue suits them very well... 

[Evil Dave]

Nice, Daeothar. Is the round circle thing on the tail fin a decal? If so, what did you use?

[Daeothar]

Cheers

It's all brushwork I'm afraid.

As I recall, I intended them to be some sort of mercenary force, so I gave them a very neutral symbol of a white circle with a black upturned V through it. This is repeated on the top right wingtip, while the left one has a number on it.

Also; your paintjob is much better than mine; I was absolutely going for quantity and speed there 

Here they are in the cabinet where they live nowadays. The picture is a bit sharper than the one from a decade ago, but I'm still no photographer, obviously...

[Golgotha]

Still keen to see how you do the other ships Evil Dave - my versions can be seen here: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=124085.30

Do like yours Daeothar, especially the numbers and markings which add a nice level of realism and detail as well as being able to tell them apart. Wish I had multiple of each of the designs only ever bought one set. I can commiserate they are also not the easiest models to photograph.