This rather
oversized 40mm pre-painted plastic "Wizkids" model of the Alien Grid
(also known as Nethead) is from the "Horrorclix" AVP Alien Verses
Predator: Aliens Collector's Set. The sculpt is based upon the "alpha-Alien"
which kills the predators Chopper and Celtic in the 2004 science-fiction horror
film "Alien Verses Predator" and carries the distinctive head
injuries caused by its being momentarily incapacitated by a net launcher.
I initially
gave the vicious extra-terrestrial an undercoat of "Citadel" Abaddon
Black before simply dry-brushing the model with "Vallejo" German
Grey. Grid was then washed with "Citadel" Nuln Oil before I applied a
second, significantly lighter dry-brush of more "Vallejo" German Grey
over its more prominently raised surfaces. The Alien's mouth was painted using
a combination of "Vallejo" Gunmetal Grey and "Citadel" Nuln
Oil, whilst its head's carapace was given a coat of Abaddon Black. Finally I
picked out its ‘bleeding’ head injury with some “Vallejo” Heavy Khaki and “Citadel”
Thrakka Green. As the fresh lacerations were very fine, I tidied up my brush
work by dabbing a face blusher pad with some Abaddon Black on it over the area.
These helped cover up any stray areas of “Vallejo” Heavy Khaki and restrict the
bright green paint to just the deepest recesses of the wound.
In addition to
Grid I have also painted three more of the Xenomorph drones born inside the
pyramid found beneath Bouvet Island. These Aliens were all painted in the same
way. Although one of them, which was depicted having had their tail partially
severed required its leaking acidic blood to be painted using a combination of “Vallejo”
Heavy Khaki and “Citadel” Thrakka Green.
These guys give me the creeps Simon, well done. Once again you've added a lot of detail and texture to shiny mostly mono-colour figures. Great stuff and 20 points.
Nice work Simon :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tamsin :-)
DeleteThat's nice looking Aliens. Cheers
ReplyDeleteCheers The Kiwi :-)
DeleteWonderfully slimey Simon...
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael. I know my gloss varnish isn't to everyone's taste. but it does seem to work well on these critters.
DeleteWhat a great looking alien. The stuff of nightmares!!
ReplyDeleteCheers Clint. A few more to come.
DeleteHe's properly gruesome looking Simon!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne. Much appreciated :-)
DeleteLooks great
ReplyDeleteIan
Cheers Ian :-)
DeleteVery cool.
ReplyDeleteThanks Barks :-)
DeleteNice work, Simon! They look very good and suitably slimy! ;)
ReplyDeleteCheers David. Slimy is the word all right!
DeleteGreat looking alien!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sander :-)
DeleteI loved that movie and think it's great they produced a figure with the net launcher wounds - how cool is that. Great work Simon do you have some more of these coming up?
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Curt. Much appreciated. I have another four on the table, including one scaling an ornate column which I plan to use as an Alien Spawn Marker for my games. Hopefully you'll like them :-)
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