The quartet were initially primed using a mixture of "Vallejo" Surface Primer Black and "Warlord Games" Pitch Black, before being heavily dry-brushed with “Vallejo” Heavy Charcoal and soaked in "Citadel" Nuln Oil. I then predominantly worked on each figure individually, as I wanted to give them a little colour to their costumes, despite their sculpts being largely based upon their night-time raids against the alien invaders of Earth.
Juliet Parrish's doppelganger was next, and simply had her trousers 'picked out' using a combination of Cold Corpse Blue by "Two Thin Coats" and "Citadel" Nuln Oil. To try and capture a likeness of actress Faye Grant's hair colour I used some Skulker Yellow by "Two Thin Coats" on her locks, and darkened them down with "Citadel" Reikland Fleshshade. Finally, I gave them a quick dry-brush with (more) "Two Thin Coats" Skulker Yellow.
Finally, I decided to apply Mike Donovan's 'twin' with a combination of "Vallejo" Heavy Bluegrey and heavily-watered down "Citadel" Drakenhof Nightshade to provide him with the illusion of wearing faded jeans. I next applied some "Vallejo" Heavy Sienna to the central part of his jacket and Heavy Brown to its sleeves. The entire coat was subsequently shaded in "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade, and then both the torso and sleeves dry-brushed with their previous base colour.
One of the reasons I enjoy "V" so much is the somewhat off-on romantic relationship between Mike Donovan and Juliet Parrish. This was made all the more complicated later on when the founder of the Los Angeles resistance movement was captured by the hamster-munching aliens and brain-zapped - leading to Ham Tyler repeatedly suggesting to Donovan that the 'love of his life' was now unknowingly a pawn of the Visitors, and would betray them all one day.
Resultantly, I though this pair would make an excellent submission for the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge's Romance Library desk, especially as A.C. Crispin would go on to pen a 402-page V novelisation for "Pinnacle Books" in 1984, which combined both the original miniseries and The Final Battle into a single tome.
The fellow was pigmented in precisely the same way as I've previous done his poor brain-washed, comrades-in-arms, except I decided to spend a little more time on him 'picking out' his jacket with a combination of "Vallejo" Heavy Sienna and "Citadel" Agrax Earthshade. I also thought I'd mark him out a little more with some "Vallejo" Sombre Grey trousers, which were later shaded with "Citadel" Nuln Oil.
Five x 28mm scale foot figure = 25 Points
Romance Books Bonus = 20 Points
Total = 45 Points
More Sc-Fi goodies from you, Simon, and again a pleasure to see. On these models, I love the jeans and the work in progress photos are a great boon too. I remember watching the V series back in the eighties and I think the V-couple do qualify for inclusion in the Romance Section of the Library. 45 points coming your way.
Speaking of the Library, we really would like to see how your progress is going, so a map would be nice!
Martijn
Great stuff Simon.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter :-)
DeleteVery nice Simon. I like the female operative moving forward with her pistol low.
ReplyDeleteCheers Curt. She was a pleasure to paint tbh.
DeleteGood job, Simon! Crooked Dice has so many fantastic characters to paint.
ReplyDeleteThanks Teemu. Indeed they do - I have a bit of a backlog of them in my stash. LOL!!
DeleteGreat set of figures Simon love how you have kept to the same painting style as the last post of these. they look great
ReplyDeleteCheers Galpy. I'm predominantly a base, shade and dry-brush painter, so everything tends to come out looking similar in style, tbh.
DeleteMore excellent additions to your classic SF collections, well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Stuart. Got a lot more from both Crooked Dice and Black Tree to come.
DeleteNice work!
ReplyDeleteCheers Barks :-)
DeleteMore great work on these, nicely done ✔️
ReplyDeleteThanks Yarkshire Gamer :-)
DeleteNuce work Simon. The figure top right looks like Michael Ironside?
ReplyDeleteCheers Ray. Michael Ironside played Ham Tyler in the TV Series, so I'm glad I managed to paint him well enough for you to notice - albeit the sculpt is the spitting image of him. LOL!! ;-)
DeleteGood stuff Simon. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bruce :-)
DeleteCool entry. I really like the V doppelgangers.
ReplyDeleteCheers Dave. I've some more (not) V characters to come if I can squeeze them in :-)
DeleteExcellent, really like the Robomen
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