Completed Trek-O-Rama

[Landrotten Highlander]

The Gorn appeared in only one TOS (The Original Series) episode, but did make a return in 'Enterprise' in one of the mirror universe episodes.
In TOS the Gorn was a guy in a suit, on Enterprise it was a CG character.

All this aside, great work on the collection, and you have me now thinking of getting these busts mysel
...I blame YOU....

 

[MattMcK.]

All this aside, great work on the collection, and you have me now thinking of getting these busts mysel
...I blame YOU....

I take full responsibility.

 

[MattMcK.]

First round done. Blocking in hair colors next, then back to tighten up details and warm up some of the flesh tones. Most of the aliens have some iridescent or metallic clothing. Anyone have ideas on products to capture that effect?

 

[Richie]

Hi Matt,
Great work mate, what a display this lot will make. You can actually buy iridescent paints, don't know what they are like, here is an example. Probably used by fantasy miniature painters!
cheers
Richie

Iridescent Acrylic Paint, Abeier Set of 18 Chameleon Colours, 2 oz/60ml Bottles, Colour Shifting, Non-Toxic, High Viscosity, Blendable, Paints on Rocks Crafts Canvas Wood, Fabric, Ceramic & Stone : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

 

[MattMcK.]

A day and a half on eyes and a base coat for the hair. I’m going to try to get the flesh wrapped over the next few days, then onto hair and uniforms.

 

[Nap]

Mike

Lovely update on the crew ....that's a lot of eyes ! they all look really accurate in shaping , really nice blending on the fleshwork as well

Thanks for sharing

Looking forward to seeing more

Happy hair painting

Nap

 

[Steve Brodie]

very cool

 

[theBaron]

Excellent progress, Matt! I like your realistic style, life-like colors and tones.

Prost!
Brad

 

[MattMcK.]

Today’s progress. I think I need to build an earpiece for Uhura.

 

[MattMcK.]

Worked on Sulu and made an earpiece for Uhura.

 

[Richie]

Hi Matt,
Great progress mate. I just noticed what Uhuru is missing....she needs a pair of big hoop earrings.
cheers
Richie

 

[MattMcK.]

Hi Matt,
Great progress mate. I just noticed what Uhuru is missing....she needs a pair of big hoop earrings.
cheers
Richie

I have them ready to go, just adding them later.

 

[Nap]

Hi Matt

They look really good , lovely the way your doing the flesh ......what colours are you using for Sulu ?

Uhura looks good ....Richie's earrings will look good .....lol

It's great to see such a project here , it's going to look awesome

Have you anyone your leaving till last for a reason ?

Following with interest

Happy Trekking

Nap

 

[MattMcK.]

Hi Matt

They look really good , lovely the way your doing the flesh ......what colours are you using for Sulu ?

Uhura looks good ....Richie's earrings will look good .....lol

It's great to see such a project here , it's going to look awesome

Have you anyone your leaving till last for a reason ?

Following with interest

Happy Trekking

Nap

For Sulu, besides the green undercoat, there is a lot of violet and purple in the shadows. He went through multiple filters, the first was too pink, the next too orange. Other than that the colors are standard flesh tones, the green undercoat desaturates them making them look right for his skin, which is quite pink in photos, hence the purplish shadows. The paints are all Scalecolor artist paints, with the exception. of the glitter paint on the Gorn’s eyes and uniform.

The Orion dancer is being troublesome, I’m really struggling with all the green flesh, so I will either move her to the top of the queue and get it over with, or leave her to the end. The principal characters raise some challenges as well, as they have to look just right since fans know how they are ‘supposed’ to look. I’m really trying to master acrylics, so I’m challenging myself not to drag out the oils to make the shading all faster and easier for me. In that sense they are all tough.

The lighting in the show has so many bight colors that they may end up with some bold OSL or clipping light in the end. Have to get there first though! Then there is the Enterprise itself…

 

[MattMcK.]

Nine about 85% there in terms of faces. Eight more to go!

 

[Rob]

Those are coming together really well. It will be a wonderful collection when you are done.

 

[MattMcK.]

Today’s progress…. Three left before I go around again for (hopefully) final refinement of faces, then on to hair and uniforms.

 

[Nap]

Hi Matt

Great update , love the highs your getting particularly like the "gray" one ( sorry don't know name ! ) Flesh is really coming along well

Look forward to seeing one more pass on the flesh and then updates on the hair ...where applicable..lol

Have fun

Nap

 

[NigelR]

Never in the field of miniature painting has such high quality been achieved over so many figures in such a short time by just one bloke!

 

[MalcC]

Looking good.

Malc