Dr. The Viking's current ramblings: Dark Side of The Moon page 35

[Ray Rivers]

I went with the green lips - after all they're royalty.

 

[Dr. The Viking]

After a horrendous day at the uni I came home to a nice surprise in the letter box:







The party is on! 

[Captain Gamma]

Love the aliens! And hey.....I recognise those figures and rules!
Hope you enjoy them.

[Dr. The Viking]

I ffinally got some painting done:



The beginning of Cygnus Robot Legion, which will be featured in Episode 1 of the Adventures of Kalle Blixt.

This entry breaks two of the rules I had set for the project: 1) All Bob Olley miniatures (part from my own) and 2) No rip off colour schemes..  

I thought a lot about how to paint them and I simply realised that I thought the standard metal scheme from Hydra Miniatures was brilliant. So metal it had to be.  


Now on the work bench is Cygnus (in a Dr. Doom inspired attire) and his loyal robot guard.. Stay tuna.

I got some Olley trolls and ogres that will be wild men from some planet and live in a cave. Preferably Planet of The Dinousaurs which I also have to make.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

What a nice project! Like the idea of using Olley’s trolls and ogres, I’m a fan of Bob’s work and especially like his fantasy interpretations.

[Dr. The Viking]

What a nice project! Like the idea of using Olley’s trolls and ogres, I’m a fan of Bob’s work and especially like his fantasy interpretations.

Thanks! Well I'm a huge fan of Bob's (well his work anyway) and I've always been wanting to do something with the stuff he's put out over the recent years (scrunts and whatnot)... so I expect scrunts to find their way into this too. Love the little daxes he's done too. 

Well other than The Robot Legion of Doom it will be all Olley from here.

[uti long smile]

And hey.....I recognise those figures and rules!

Me too. Nice artwork...

[Dr. The Viking]

Well I'm not working my behind off doing this.. organic chemistry ate my baby! But I'd still like to post a little just to keep the idea alive.

Since this is a WIP/conceptual/painting thread I feel OK about not posting paint all the time.  


Here are the Ogres I mentioned. I'm thinking a proper blue/coloured job would give them the hint of Trek needed for them to be cave marauders on some strange planet that Blixt will set his feet upon. They're always looking for fresh meat.


These 'stirges' were a must. A nice alien natural wild encounter on Planet Z. I imagine they'll be on the same planet as the cave marauders.


I decided that mr. Blixt should have a side kick and this old space pirate will be it. Not much to say other than that.



I found this ray gun! Now that has to be perfect for retro sci-fi evil overlord plans, eh?

Oh yes and finally I've also been doing a bit of scratch building and I hope to present a finished piece soon!:


What is going on in the laboratory?!


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And yes yes - my next post will have paint in it... or on it!

[Auton]

Excellent thread and nice to see some more GAFDOZ figures painted up 

[Dr. The Viking]

Excellent thread and nice to see some more GAFDOZ figures painted up  

Hehe well I don't know if that is a joke or not, but I will get some actual GAFDOZ minis done soon too.  

[Auton]

Hehe well I don't know if that is a joke or not, but I will get some actual GAFDOZ minis done soon too.  

No joke, I painted all of the GAFDOZ figures that Craig uses on his Killer-B website 

[DS615]

Wait...is that masking tape covering the hole in the washer?
Good grief, that's brilliant!

[Dr. The Viking]

No joke, I painted all of the GAFDOZ figures that Craig uses on his Killer-B website  

Haha oooh okay! Cracking job you did too. I really like your take on the Lost Legion.

I thought your comment was ironic in that I have yet to show a single painted GAFDOZ mini (although several minis of other makes have made it to the thread) yet.  

Wait...is that masking tape covering the hole in the washer?
Good grief, that's brilliant!

You know - that's the exact comment I made in 2004 when I saw a guy doing it to the bases of his undead warhammer camels.  

Masking tape indeed. People seem to have all sorts of worries that 'it won't be sturdy enough' and put green stuff on instead... but I may be a peculiar fellow in that respect as I never put my bases on pointy sticks, thus minimizing the risk of penetration and the bases being scandalized. Hmm this sounds soo wrong.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

I am very looking forward to painted Olley's trolls!

Masking tape indeed. People seem to have all sorts of worries that 'it won't be sturdy enough' and put green stuff on instead...

It's sturdy enough, definitely. I'm using  scotch tape and it works fine as well.

[mpennock]

I'm using  scotch tape and it works fine as well.

I'm glad to read that I'm not the only one who does that....