discussion Halcyon 1/9 scale Alien 3 figure

[Alan 45]

Halcyon 1/9 scale Alien 3

This is the dog or bull Alien depending on which movie you prefer designed by H R Giger the serialist artist

Brush painted in humbrol and revell Acrylic

Not a bad kit apart from the head I really struggled with that as you can seeView attachment 294672View attachment 294673View attachment 294674View attachment 294675View attachment 294676

 

[Steve Brodie]

That looks great. watched the 1st Alien film from behind a pillow many moons ago. Is the top of his/her/its head a helmet with a visor ?

 

[Alan 45]

That looks great. watched the 1st Alien film from behind a pillow many moons ago. Is the top of his/her/its head a helmet with a visor ?

Cheers Steve , the top of the head was opaque but it was part of the head , it was a difficult piece to get on so it looked like it was part of the head so I painted it to look a bit more natural but that in itself didn’t really work but it was the best I could do

The head was a nightmare to put together

 

[Steve Brodie]

It's just I have seen some images with a solid head and then others, as you say, opaque. Doesn' look easy to build. Either way it's a cracking job

 

[papa 695]

Nice work Alan

 

[monica]

nice work with this one Alan do like the skin pattern/camo,for it,
i did do one,but must i was never happy with it and did struggle a bit with the metal look to it,
so never did finish it,
well done,:hungry:

 

[Dave W]

Looks really good Alan. I'm a big fan of the films. But I haven't tried building a Zenomorph yet. Don't think I could do it justice.

 

[Alan 45]

It's just I have seen some images with a solid head and then others, as you say, opaque. Doesn' look easy to build. Either way it's a cracking job

Steve the kit largely goes together well for a half and half figure kit it’s just the head that is the biggest problem , I had tape and clamps on it to get it together and it didn’t work and the opaque cover was really difficult to line up , if I had sat and thought about it more i could have done it better but I just got a fed up lol

 

[Alan 45]

Looks really good Alan. I'm a big fan of the films. But I haven't tried building a Zenomorph yet. Don't think I could do it justice.

Sure you could this is just washes and dry brushing , the mottling effect is just a wash over the base colour then a dry brush of desert tan to create some stripes , I based this one on the colour of the puppet they made for the movie but you could use darker browns so it looked like it did on screen to get the same effect

 

[Alan 45]

nice work with this one Alan do like the skin pattern/camo,for it,
i did do one,but must i was never happy with it and did struggle a bit with the metal look to it,
so never did finish it,
well done,:hungry:

Moni your far better at figures than me so I reckon you’d do a fine job on it

 

[monica]

ta Alan for the vote .there :hungry:
do real need to be back at the talbe hope too soon,:face-with-thermometer:

 

[langy71]

Excellent work Alan, i love the depth you've given to the colour of him,

i did this kit about 15 years ago....it's probably the only remaining build i have from my earlier forays into modelling.