Inside The Spaceship...

or the Edge of Destruction if you prefer...

a kind of amalgam of the classic TARDIS primary control room:
the console is an OOP resin model by Ainsty that you may be able to find somewhere (nudge nudge) and is a fair copy of the mark 3 console used during the 4th and 5th Doctors run - I went with a pure white console as opposed to the silver of the original so it leant itself more to the other eras... the walls are a prototype space ship interior by a company that shall remain nameless (although I'm sure someone will know and blab - I just figure there's no point bothering the poor man if he isn't able to do production versions as planned - of course thanks due for letting me have them) - they aren't an exact match for the roundels, but then again, the roundels were never an exact match either (being at various times photocopies, salad bowls and all but none existant). Having recently watched the Planet of Evil, these are actually much more interesting...

the size of the room again is more in keeping with the Hartnell era as opposed to later eras, but allows for better figure placement... the interior door has a door on the other side, should I ever progress with my vaguely planned dungeon crawl interior, but for now this is more of a display piece I guess... I have an idea for a piece to cover up the wall monitor with that strange transporter pad affair visible in the 1st Doctors TARDIS, but that may keep for now... the hat stand is made from plastic rod and bits of a plastic lettering set (O's, R's and J's if you must know) - other furniture will no doubt be added as time progresses... which seems in keeping with the Doctor really...

took far too long to finish this really, but that expanse of pure white is a real bugger to do and I had to take a break from going snow blind...

UNIT Mobile HQ

As seen in The Claws of Axos and The Daemons:

Must be twenty years I've been painting on and off and this is my first vehicle I think.... didn't strip the original paint (didn't have a container big enough - she's big), but did what I could to hide the earlier decals and chips... painted in a darker olive green than the UNIT troops, Devlan Mud wash really worked well with the nooks and crannies... I think it looks better than than the original BBC livery, but of course the stripe had to stay (had toyed with doing it the UNIT beige, but as the stripe is at head height that would look silly) and once the UNIT logo was on, it helped bring the white stripe in a bit... homemade decals - first time in ages doing decals, so they may be a bit rough and ready compared to some, but I'm happy... do need to tweak the windows though, all black isn't working...

Before and After:

The original had a knackered chasis so the body dropped at the rear, that was replaced and I may have jacked up the wheels just a smidge compared to the original, but I reckon it (and the paint job) gives it more of a military look, very off-road... ideally though I'd like to have a couple of steps down from the doors, but hey ho...

UPDATE: Now with added windows:

Possibly more muted than many had suggested on Frothers and LAF, but I like it... too bright would have distracted from the vehicle I think...

two Doctors, two companions, a box and some old bits...

A couple of Doctors finished, along with some companions and the rebasing project makes some headway... they need varnishing/dullcoting and some grass tufts adding, but here you go...

3rd Doctor and Tardis:

7th Doctor and Tardis:

The Doctor and Liz Shaw:
Liz was sculpted from the story The Silurians, so the Doctor is in his black velvet jacket and cape as worn in that same story and throughout that season.

The Doctor and Jo Grant:
Jo was taken from Day of the Daleks, which meant annoying bloody red and black plaid shirt which was done and redone and redone again over about 3 evenings... still working on a more colourful later 3rd Doctor.

I have to say, difficulties of sculpting a likeness aside, they are really ugly miniatures... the Pertwee and McCoy are fine in my mind, but the girls could at least have been made to look at least feminine facially and there is just only so much you can do with them...

The 3 Doctors (so far):

UNITs finest:
UNIT finally get to the front of my rebasing queue... again just need the bases varnishing and some grass...

Dwarf Slayer

reposting for the Dwarf Berserker from Avatars of War... with the discovery of some old GW dwarfs over the holiday, he should have some friends soon enough... currently having some very old paint jobs stripped, I should initially have a small Songs of Blades and Heroes party...

Cyclops

first figure of the year is Heresy's Narbrott the Cyclops... I wanted a more animal look to it, so went for a darker skin tone, which as these things work in the animal world, meant dark fur and dark nails/hooves... end result, he's very brown (well I couldn't really do his loincloth a different colour could I?)...

38mm from hoof to head, 50mm to the highest point of the bone... lovely figure, begging for some monster bashing action... needs varnishing and some grass adding to the base to finish it off...

Blog Update

never satisfied and with a new year and all that stuff, I'm having a clearout on the entries... some older ones I've left as they are still useful, but as the mass rebasing project gets closer to completion, there will be new photos of everything and if nothing else, this will encourage me to get it done...

New Year's Resolution, at least one update a month...