From FrederickC - A Short Trip Around the Challenge Studios [Sci Fi] [High Adventure] [Lady Sarah's Limo] (80 points)

  Having completed 'Under Construction' and 'Black and White', I decided to continue eastward to the Sci Fi studio for 'Destination Moon'. I found two highly appropriate miniatures in my retro collection that were wearing spacesuits that looked a lot like the ones worn in the movie. I have no idea who the manufacturer is, so if anyone out there recognizes them, let me know. Like a lot of my minis, I glued these to 25mm fender washers, and added some sand as groundwork. They were then painted using Vallejo acrylics, with the exception of the Partha True Blue. Once again the special challenges are getting me to paint figures that have been sitting in the pending box for a long time.

Destination Moon from 1950

 

My two astronauts with their rocketship in the background

Front view

Back view

 We are now going to head over to the western side of the lot, but since I am too lazy to walk, I am going to buy a ride in Lady Sarah's Limo. The figure is a vintage West End Games Rebel Commando figure that I have painted up in the colours of my planetary militia using Vallejo Gunship Green and a wash of Biel-Tan Green.

Front view

Back view

 

 Having arrived at the High Adventure studio, we are going to film an adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's novel 'King Solomon's Mines'. Our figure is the Big Game Hunter with Shotgun from Grenadier Models 'Call of Cthulu' range. This miniature dates from 1983. It was glued to a fender washer, sand was applied to the base, and it was primed black with an airbrush. The main colours used are Vallejo Flat Flesh, Khaki Grey, and Leather Brown. Iraqi Sand was used for the pugaree, Beige Brown for the gunstock, and Gun Metal for the shotgun barrels. Citadel Reikland Fleshshade was used on the skin areas, and Agrax Earthshade for the rest of the model.

King Solomon's Mines from 1950

 

The mighty hunter faces a charging elephant

Front view

Back view

 The points being claimed are as follows:

4 x 28mm figures @ 5 points = 20 points 

2 x Studio lots @ 20 points = 40 points

1 x Ticket to Ride @ 20 points = 20 points 

 

My movie progress so far

 

From Dallas: RAFM/Bob Murch Cthonian in the Oubliette (30? points)

For the Oubliette, we're supposed to post a forgotten figure or long-neglected project... not a problem for most of us. I have drawers full of them...

Anyway, here we have a Cthonian sculpted by Bob Murch for RAFM's Call of Cthulhu range. Can't remember when I bought this one but it was years and years ago, and I think I actually bought it for parts. I used the metal mouth tentacles on a couple of Chaos Spawn I built and painted to include in my Chaos army for Warhammer Fantasy Battle. 

After that, the rest of the model languished in a drawer... I had converted the mouth and upper part of the model with greenstuff to use as a head for a Nurgle daemon prince, but that project went in another direction. When I found the "tail" again I clipped the greenstuff off the mouth part and stuck 'em together, but the mouth tentacles were still missing...

Fortunately, though, I had kept a couple sprues of spare parts from (you guessed it) another GW plastic Chaos Spawn kit, and on those sprues were a bunch of tentacles. So I restored the Cthonian using these GW parts, after using the Cthonian parts on a GW model... go figure.

Disapproving look from a matronly townsperson. I think the model turned out OK and should make a nice addition to a fantasy skirmish game... someday... how about 10 points for this large 28mm model, plus 20 for the Chamber bonus?

Stay safe everyone!