Outpost Androids

I recently built three androids for RPG use, and I think they turned out pretty well. I considered several options for the skin color, but I went with an off-white, almost Michael Myers-looking dermis. Unintentionally, but possibly subconsciously, they share a general color scheme with the Working Joe androids from the Seegson Corporation in Alien: Isolation.

• Base: DecoArt Americana "Lamp (Ebony) Black"
• Drybrush: Mix of above and Ceramcoat "Burnt Umber" (02025)
• Highlights: Ceramcoat "Burnt Umber" (02025)
• Skin: Craftsmart "Grey" (622598) (Multiple layers)
• Eyes: Craftsmart "Pale Blue" (402477)
• Straps, pockets, and wrists: Craftsmart "Orange Spice" (194111) then Vallejo "Orange Fire" (72.008)
• Wrist screen: Vallejo "Deep Sky Blue" (70.844)
• Armor: Vallejo "Luftwaffe Uniform WWII" (70.816)
• Metal: Vallejo "Brass" (70.801)
• Wash: Citadel "Nuln Oil"
• Boots: Vallejo "Black" (70.950)

The parts for this pretty much all come from the Stargrave Mercenaries II box. The three bodies are identical, the three heads are identical, and all of the arms come from the same sprue. I cut off the end of a club to make the little flashlight/lantern thing. I wanted them to be unarmed, because they're not technically made for fighting despite being stronger and more durable than humans; their hands are dangerous enough if their programming goes haywire.

Two of the androids have some robotics showing through on their arms. For one, it's just an elbow joint, but the other has their (entirely metal) skeleton showing for one arm. That one also has half of its face messed up, so I assume it was in an explosion or something on that side. There hasn't been time to repair it yet; I hope it's not angry about that—not that androids can get angry or want revenge, right?

Belospian with Derby

Here's another standalone scifi alien, which I'm calling a Belospian. The base parts are from Stargrave kits, so that's where the head, body, and arms come from. I clipped two of the tentacles off of the head to go with a two-tentacle look, just for something different. The derby hat is from a Dead Man's Hand sprue, and I clipped off the top of the head to make it work. The synth-fur collar is built from one off the Wargames Atlantic Einherjar sprue, but I significantly expanded it and filled in some gaps with green stuff; I'm happy with how that turned out.

I don't really have any plan for this model, but the wrench implies mechanical skills and the dapper chapeau implies people skills. Maybe a high-skill character to even out the little pistol? Maybe just a memorable NPC. In any case, I'm happy with how she turned out, but I doubt I'll be putting together any more Belospians any time soon.

BurnA.R.D.

Here is another one of my FDM-printed miniatures (or mostly 3D printed, at any rate). I've previously posted some of these guys here and here. Again, this was a free STL file on Thingiverse called "The Fridge" by Skellify. It's amazing. Of course, this one has a slightly different left arm, what with a giant flamethrower cribbed from an unused part of the "IMEF Bulldog I" from Reaper Miniatures that I built here.

I think I'm going to call this model of robot the A.R.D., or "Automatic Roughneck Drone." Is this just so I can call this specific figure BurnARD? Yes. Yes, it is. But I think the name is pretty nice.

Have you seen this mech before? You might not have recognized him because of the red arm.

Turnip28: 12th Geosmin Marsh Patrol Regiment (Brutes)

Here are the six Brutes for my Turnip force. They're beefy fellows kitted out for melee combat. The figures are primarily built from Perry Agincourt knights, but they have a few interesting arms and other bits thrown in for visual interest. They also have the greenstuff snouts like the rest of the 12th GMPR, but these are metallic, so presumably part of their helmets.

Only seven models left to finish off this little army. (It's 50/50 that they'll ever get done.)