Mr Saturday's Miscellany

[Mr Saturday]

Here's where I'll put the odds and ends that don't require a dedicated plog.

First up: Cylons!



If, like me, you grew up on a heady diet of shiny 70s and 80s sci-fi, you'll know why I enjoyed painting this so much. Cylons were off the charts on the cool scale, and I still can't decide who would win if a cylon centurion and a stormtrooper had a bare knuckle fight. So when Crooked Dice released this set of 'Mrk2 Argonauts' at Salute, I was all in. ALL IN.

I bought a squad on ten, 9 cylons and a centurion. There are three armed poses and two unarmed poses, for when the cylon is out at a bar or something. (My centurion will be one of these. He don't even need a gun to mess you up.) They are clean sculpts, requiring minimal cleanup and come with 2 head options. The cylon one, and argonaut one.

The scheme was super simple. Ultra shiny armour and black everything else. The armour is GW chainmail washed with 1:1 Lahmian medium and Nuln Oil. The chrome effect meant I couldn't darken the armour too much. Wash neat Nuln Oil into the recesses. Hit it with a heavy overbrush of Necron Compound, then Mithril Silver. Finally, gloss varnish the hell out of it. The black areas were wet blended up to pure white.

I intend to use these as a Pulp Alley league, so I need to tell them apart. I painted a faint A on his base, as he is trooper Alpha. Now I need to find Baltar, and some of those crazy disco-faced robots who gave the orders to the centurions with such eloquence.

[Mason]

Lovely!
 

I ordered half a dozen of these as soon as they were released, we must have been watching the same stuff as kids.
 

I hope to get around to them in the near future, as a bit of 80's sci-fi is always welcome.
 

[Dr DeAth]

Shiny!   

[beefcake]

Hey, those are really cool... But they aren't a genestealer cult. Back to work!
But seriously you have done the metal perfectly.

[Mr Saturday]

Cheers!

Oh, I've something extra special coming for the cult soon enough Beefcake. About a month, I reckon...

[Tactalvanic]

nicely done indeed

[Andym]

Excellent! I love the wee blip that runs across the eyes, I see you've painted that in. Nice touch!

[Major_Gilbear]

Lovely work on a lovely sculpt - well done.

Have you considered using a chrome spray primer? I imagine you'd need to do something like this: matte black spray > gloss black spray > chrome spray. with careful washing to recesses only and then re-blacking the rest of the "suit" for normal painting, they would be even shinier!

[The_Beast]

I grew up with Jet Jackson and TV re-runs of Buster Crabbe, but never lost my 'vacchead' status. Looking at your lad, I'm hearing 'waaaaOOMwaaOOOMwaa...'

Did you consider adding a cape?

...and some of those crazy disco-faced robots who gave the orders to the centurions with such eloquence.

Now I'm hearing Lucifer's voice! Had to google to be sure, but it IS. It IS Dr. Zachary Smith/Commander Gampu!

How did I miss it at the time?

Or did you mean Imperious Leader?

Doug

[Mr Saturday]

Thanks all!

Have you considered using a chrome spray primer?

I use a metallic primer on my Martian Front stuff, a chrome primer would be ultra sweet though. It was all I could do not to mix glitter into the gloss varnish.

Or did you mean Imperious Leader?

Oh no, the imperious leader would never be slumming it with a cylon landing party. Lucifer though, yeah. I could probably convert him, but I do need him in the group. He's such a likable jerk.

[Major_Gilbear]

It was all I could do not to mix glitter into the gloss varnish.

 

[Michka]

That looks fantastic!!! One of my absolute favorite bad guys ever. Thank you for explaining your painting process on the chrome. I'll be trying that Nuln Oil/Lahmian medium combo when I get some of these lovely miniatures.

[Mr Saturday]

Thanks Michka, no problem at all.

[d phipps]

I intend to use these as a Pulp Alley league, so I need to tell them apart. I painted a faint A on his base, as he is trooper Alpha. Now I need to find Baltar, and some of those crazy disco-faced robots who gave the orders to the centurions with such eloquence.

Fantastic! Love seeing those old Cylons. Really brings back memories. 


HAVE FUN

[Commander Vyper]

Nice Dave. I think I'll add Roman shortswords to mine when i get them.

By your command.