My Blakes 7 Project begins (Update: Fed Commander & Mutoids added 2/22/2017)

[mpennock]

Great work!

[Andym]

Cool!

[Thunderchicken]

Great stuff indeed! 

[Brummie Thug]

Lovely Jubbily   

[Michka]

Thank you everyone. Especially Brummie Thug. I had to look up what that meant.

I just finished Jenna a couple minutes ago. I'll take some photos tomorrow.

Next up, Vila. He just might be the end of me.

[carrma]

Nice work! Just ordered a bunch of Blake figures because they are on sale… At the rate I've been painting lately, I suspect I'll get to them some time in 2024…

[Michka]

I finished the base on Jenna yesterday, and couldn't wait till I finished Vila.



Painting the color 'petal' things around her neck was a pain. I must have gone through three different versions of those colors before I found the right combination. I originally painted her belt in all the same colors, as seen in the costume. It was a bit too much, so the belt is same color as the other two gun belts. I'm convince the sculptor chose the most difficult costumes to paint for each character. Then again, why am I complaining. I never believed anyone would make not-Blake's 7 characters. Anyway, I'm pretty happy with how she turned out.

[uti long smile]

Looking good!

[BlaxKleric]

Cracking stuff Michka. I'll be checking in on this thread regularly from now on, to make sure there aren't any more long delays between your posts 

Lovely painting too, especially your retro Liberators 

Jenna is especially well done, and I'm glad I didn't see yours until after I'd finished mine - otherwise I might have just plonked her in the bin - I found her a real struggle to get finished because of all those petals and yours are terrific. 

[Giger]

Your painting style looks great with these minis, good job.

[Michka]

Thank you Giger. I do love how these figures turn out. They just take so much time that it's easy to walk away from them.

Thank you BlaxKleric. I really do need to get back to this project. I seem to remember painting Vila too. I don't think I've posted pictures of him though, so either he's not done or I didn't take the picture yet. I been working so much on my fantasy project for the past year that I've pushed all my science fiction stuff to the backburner. I'll do better this year.

Hey, I just made a resolution.   

[Brummie Thug]

Superb job on Jenna. Chop Chop where are the rest then!!

[Michka]

I swear I don't plan to take this long between Blakes 7 posts.
Anyway, Here are some more Federation troops. These are the Federation Commander, two Mutoids and a Sentry Robot. All of these are Crooked Dice figures. (Or at least they used to be. I have no idea who sells that anymore.)



And here are some standard Federation Troopers that I've changed the bases on. (Because what would a Michka project be without a re-basing halfway through it.) The two in front are from Crooked Dice. The three in back are CP Models Fed Troopers. 



That's it for today. I just finished Avon an hour ago. And I just realized I never did show off Vila. Let's see if I can post those in less then a year this time. Fingers crossed.
 

[Muzfish4]

As an old Blake's 7 fan from way back I really like what you're doing here - lovely work!

One day I'll pick myself up some of these miniatures....

[Argonor]

I don't think they ever showed more than one or two 'seasons' of that show on Danish TV, but I remember it well!