Bob Murch of Pulp Figures has started a new line of figures based on the Golden Age of Science Fiction storytelling. I resisted for a while, but then I decided to jump on the bandwagon for the pre-order deal. Well, the figures have arrived and here are the first of them!
I'm not sure exactly where I will go with these. My thoughts are along the lines of Firefly/Serenity or The Expanse, or Traveller for that matter, where independent spacers struggle to keep flying alongside more powerful entities, such as governments and large corporations.
Also, after years of painting dull colours for 20th Century or colonial warfare, I'm taking a different approach for these figures. My theory is that in space, out in the Black, spacers place a bit emphasis on being as visible as possible. If a spacer gets separated from their ship, they want to be as easy to find as possible because otherwise they risk being lost forever in the darkness of space. When I described this to Arthur, he made another point: with their faces covered by their helmets, the spacers will be pretty anonymous, so they will also look to personalising their suits in order to be distinct from each other.
That said, here are the first four spacers.
These include my first attempts at using Vallejo fluorescent paints. Not too bad for a start, I am learning about through trial and error. First up, I need to get a similar colour as a base, then paint the appropriate fluorescent over it to get the right effect!
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