UNIT rollcall...

right, this is UNIT as it stands (minus sundry civilian hangers on - hmmm... I guess Harry falls through the cracks there)... at least almost everyone is in focus...

UNIT Landrover

photos aren't brilliant as I was running against the low battery indicator...

1/48th white metal model I bought about 10 or 12 years ago and promptly buried in the lead mountain. It was only when I saw one on eBay (which went for a horribly large amount) that I remembered it. The hamfisted gluing of a decade ago made it unlikely to fetch anything near the mint kit got...



It's the same scale as the Mobile HQ and (assuming the BBC OB van is based on a standard Bedford chasis) they match up quite well and really gives the Mobile HQ some real bulk...

Hasslefresian the Troll Slayer

OK... so first off, no this isn't the Citadel dwarfs that it should have been... I've really struggled to progress with those, they're just not inspiring me, so I figured I'd work on something else and here it is... and, well, I was motivated, sorry about that...

So... Hasslefree's Hasslefresian the Troll Slayer: I wanted a nice natural look for him, very outdoorsy, so went with leathers and bronzes and a nice fleecy lining to his boots... after all that brown though I needed something else for his hair... red/orange is of course traditional for slayers, but Kev's sculpted him with short hair rather than shaved either side of the crest, and I didn't reckon it would look right, so a natural hair colour and there was enough brown on him already...

Cyclops again...

I've just noticed that Andy at Heresy has put my painted Nabrott up on his site. Go and buy one now... : )

http://www.heresyminiatures.com/hm030.htm

Obviously this can't count towards the mini a month post thing I set myself, some 80's Citadel Dwarves are in progress for that and should be done by the end of the month (hopefully - been a weary month)...

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...