Any miniature painting project of mine that reaches the mid-point stage always gets its own group shot. These set of Starfleet Survivors and Zombies painted using pieces from the
Last Night on Earth board game are no different. So without further ado, below are photos of the class of 1966 to '69.
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| Last Night on Earth survivors as Star Trek characters Chekov, Uhura, Christine and Sulu (from left to right) |
In this series of photos, I tried to compose a visual story of the foursome's first encounter with fellow crew members of the USS Enterprise who had been turned into zombies. Hope you like them.
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| It was a dark and stormy night ... |
Now that I have had some time apart from these finished pieces, they do look like they need more contrast, especially the zombies' clothing. Things weren't helped by the fact that I had to position the lights closer to this set of miniatures when the shots were taken, likely leading to overexposure. Regardless, I'm working hard to improve contrasts when painting light colours and I'm starting to (finally) have some success in this problematic area. Hopefully the next few work-in-progress miniatures I have on display will see some minor improvement in terms of contrast on clothing.
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| Look out behind you! |
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| Oops! Too late, the zombies are upon them ... |
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| ... and things look grim for the crew of the USS Enterprise |
It's poignant that this post coincides with the recent passing of Mr.
Leonard Nimoy, an actor who I have come to closely associate with the
Star Trek franchise. This popular sci-fi universe is one of the few (if not only) TV/Movie series that chose to depict a positive view of humanity in the future. In reality, we are sadly too busy being offended by perceived insults and ever ready to hate things which we are ignorant of, don't understand or don't agree with. Whatever happened to live and let live?
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Great looking figures & great paintjob ! I'm looking forward to the rest !
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Thanks Mario, unfortunately I haven't decided what to paint the 2nd half yet i.e. whether to continue with the Star Trek theme or start another theme.
DeleteAmazing job F.E.M.! They look great altogether. Very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bob, much appreciated!
DeleteThey look fantastic. Lovely work on them all.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Simon.
Deletegreat job, i love those minis!
ReplyDeleteunfortunately, the rule now is "live and let die", as in the namesake 007 movie (and its soundtrack)!
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Thank you very much luca. Yes, sometimes I feel people are just looking for a reason to hate. It makes me worry about the future world our children will inherit.
DeleteMost excellent! Really like the idea behind the whole project and it's very nice to see them all together.
ReplyDeleteYou are very kind Moiterei, thank you for saying so. It's always inspiring to paint subject matters close to our heart.
DeleteA fine looking group of miniatures. I missed Uhura the first time round. Great job on the skin-tone.
ReplyDeleteThanks Finch. I was really happy with Uhura's skin tone too. One of my few success stories.
DeleteAs everyone said, your work here is gorgeous. I would add that you made an interesting point in the last paragraph. Hm, food for thought.
ReplyDeleteThank you Suber. To be honest, the zombies didn't turn out as well as I hoped but hopefully I have learned some lessons from my mistakes. As for my last paragraph, it's just that I'm so tired of reading about so much hatred and violence in society. It's as if we never learn from history. It doesn't help that sometimes the powers-that-be tend to 'rewrite' history and portray things from a biased viewpoint. Sigh, sorry for all this doom and gloom.
Deletethey look awesome! Long live and prosper!
ReplyDeleteThanks Fed, getting to live a long and prosperous (not necessarily in terms of wealth) life would be a blessing indeed.
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