Monday 24 April 2023

Alien Civilian

This alien is the SHM18 Horansi from the Alternative Armies SHM range.  I've mounted it on a steel washer as I do with most of my human-sized 15mm figures.

It reminded me of the Amanaman alien from Jabba's palace in Return of the Jedi, so I've adopted a vaguely similar colour scheme on the body.

The skin was painted with my 35 year old pot of GW sunburst yellow.  I gave it a sepia wash, then a bone drybrush to add some final highlights.  Some GW goblin green was added on the back of the head and along the back of the arms. This had a black shading wash, then some lighter green highlights.

The clothing is Vallejo beastly brown with a sepia wash, highlights are the brown with a little khaki mixed in.  The various pouches are Vallejo charred brown with a black ink wash to differentiate them from the clothing. Although you can't see them in the photographs, there's a pair of red eyes up there under the head cowl.

This is a characterful alien for any starport or alien settlement.  Although there is only one pose available, you could easily modify it by adding weapons, a staff or flag to the arms.  The arms would probably bend into a different pose fairly easily too.

2 comments:

  1. So... not anonymously... anyway zonker5001@yahoo.com
    That out of the way could you tell me who makes the human figure in the above picture? In case this manages to fubar itself it's on 24 April 2023 page 5 photos down

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    1. It's an NAC Marine from Ground Zero Games: https://shop.groundzerogames.co.uk/15mm-stargrunt/infantry/new-anglian-confederation-nac-/sg15-a07.html

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