Saturday 15 June 2019

Nightmare in Silver



Actually, it’s not been a nightmare at all. It’s been really rather easy.

I took advantage of Warlord Games’ recent sprue sale to pick up some Cybermen from their Doctor Who: Exterminate! game. Even though I don’t play that game, I’ve wanted some of these for a while for my 7TV games that feature a certain time-travelling Timelord.



In terms of painting these were ridiculously simple: base coat silver, black wash, drybrush silver to highlight, black in the eyes and then blue in the light on the chest.

I did try putting some white in the blue to make it look like it was glowing...but it didn’t work.



There are only a limited range of poses, with three slightly different bodies, and three variant arms. However, Cybermen aren’t especially dynamic, so this isn’t a problem and I’m really happy with how they’ve come out.

My production line approach has also had a positive income on my painting tallies, and I’ve resisted buying new things for a whole week!

Acquired: 72
Painted: 69

20 comments:

  1. Excellent job. Very productive!

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    1. Thanks. A production line approach seemed apt.

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  2. Maybe simple, but the end results are still fantastic 😃 Great stuff!

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    1. Cheers. I try to not over-complicate things.

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  3. Always nice to see some completed minis and nothing wrong with these.

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    1. Thanks. It’s nice to get things completed.

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  4. Nice work on these Kieron - those Warlord sprue sales eh?
    "Resistance is futile" :-)

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    1. Something like that. I just wish they didn’t do them in waves so that I pay postage twice.

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  5. Delete.....Delete....All hail entities of Mondas

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    1. Sounds like somebody is on my wavelength.

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  6. Nice, simple and effective = win. :)

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  7. Great job on these. Sometimes it's quite rewarding to have a simple paint scheme; it gives you a break from more demanding stuff and still gives a satisfying sense of accomplishment when it's all done.

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    1. True. I also like the feeling of putting a dent in the lead/plastic pile.

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  8. Simple but effective. 'nuff said :)

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  9. Sometimes simple is best and a post like this shows off just why that is.

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