Monday 8 February 2016

From EdwinK - 'Dr Who' Critters (25 points)

Not the points bomb I was hoping for, but a sweep-up of a few misc 'Dr Who' figures I had lying around.

First up, three Black Tree Design Yetis.




A quite simple paint-job, with dry-brushing in various shades of brown.  With the bases, I wanted to represent their origins in the wild Snowdonian Tibetan valleys.  Not being able to find any rhododendron leaves to scale, I instead went for bleak tufts and heather.  I'm not sure it works.

The 'proper' colour scheme
Secondly, a stray Cyberman who escaped the bunch I submitted for the Nostalgia Round.  He too is from BTD.



And finally one of the ever-popular Weeping Angels.  This was one of a bag of mixed figures I picked up in a charity shop.  I think they were freebies with Doctor Who Monthly.  The Angels were an odd soft plastic which didn't take paint particularly well.




Welcome back to posting Edwin, it's been a few weeks.  What a lovely bunch of critters.   The "Yetis" have captured that cheesy early 70s B&W TV fearing wonderfully.  They look like shambling hayricks, which based on the photo is absolutely perfect!  Great looking cyberman, love the details on his chest plate.  And I like the way the Weeping Angels turned out, plastic issues aside.  The original Weeping Angles episode with David Tennant may be my all time favourite Dr Who episode  ("the angles have my phone box").

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    1. Cheers.

      They'll be some more amusing Yeti photos in my Dr Who Wednesday post.

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  2. The angles are probably form Reaper Bones they produced a version at any rate. Very cool stuff I especialy like that Cyberman.

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    1. No, nothing as sophisticated as that. They were defiantly a freebie from one of the kid's magazines.

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  3. Those Yeti's are fabulous!

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    1. They're nice, fun sculpts. I'm tempted to get more and field a whole herd of them!

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  4. Yes, those Yetis are brilliant. Love the basework for them as well.

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  5. Love the yetis and the weeping angel. Nice work

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  6. Nice work Edwin, I feel like one of them Yetis at the moment!

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  7. Nice collection of nasties there Edwin!

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  8. Those yetis are priceless! I like the pose on the one in the middle in particular.

    Well done on all of these Edwin!

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  9. I think the yeti bases work. The weeping Angle came out good despite the paint issues

    Ian

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  10. Good work! The statues have a great dual purpose in other games as, well, statues.

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    1. Yes, and to tell the truth the Yetis will also pop up as random encounters in Frostgrave or in my Lost World games.

      Shoe-horning the Cybermen in other games might prove problematic!

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  11. They look GREAT, Edwin! It may not get you any other accolades, but my middle daughter loves Dr Who and she loves them all...most especially the yetis! ;)

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