28mm Dr Who Silurians

So these Silurians are not the  ancient Welsh warbands that fought the Romans back in the day, rather the lost 'Homo Reptilian' race that have lived undetected, deep in the eatrth's crust, until disturbed by human oil drilling activities. None the wiser? Well they are part of the Dr Who universe!

Two unpainted Dr Who Monster Army figures

The club is well in to its forray into the Whoniverse and the next sceario that John is dreaming up will see the Silurians teaming up with their old comrades - the Sea Devils. My task has been to bring the Silurian forces to a tabletop ready status.

16 figures completed so far - 4 x tabletop squads?

So I now ave 16 completed Silurian figures, plus two more that I just found in a box, to make a total of 18 of te little guys.

Another view

As can be seen I have opted to use 'cheap' plastic figures to build thi sarmy - utilising the Dr Who Monster Army packs that are easily available on eBay. They were originall give away packs on Dr Who magazines some years ago. In my opinion most of the figures are pretty good. 

That said some in the range are much better than others - the Daleks are head and shoulders the best followed by the Weeping Angels who are in turn better than the Silurians, Ood, Silence and Minotaurs who are all pretty much on a par. The Cybermen fugures in this range, in my opinion, are awful so avoid them. 

Also the Sontarans are a little too small for my liking, I know they are meant to be short - typical angy little men but I think just too short in ths range....  

And another, the figures are obviously all in the same pose -
a throw back to 1970/80s wargames vibe....

Any way I digress, figures are ainted with speed paints, standard acrylics and washes. A good cream undercoat in thi scase, grey tousers, dark brown boots, gunmetal armour and green flesh. Army Painter Slaughter Red speed paint was used for sleeves and belt as well as eyes and mouth. 

Now I digressed fom the standard grey sleeves - seen on many images and instead added some muted red colour to brighten up these guys. I also atted bright silver highlights to the guns and to the arm bands, bracelets and boot tops to add focus points.

A green wash was used on the skin and Nuln Oil wash was used over the rest of the figure to help give definition. An orange spot and when dry, some red wash was added to the laser gun to show it's businss end!

Close-up of one of the completed figures,
they won't win any painting awards but will work on the table top

So the final figirs look pretty good. Some additional caveats - some of thes efigires have some prominent mould lines - to remove these would be way to fiddley and risk damaging the figures beyond use. Additionally these figures are very slender, their legs can be prone to bending - so I will be applying a lot of varnish to add strength to these!

Next-up, I'm not sure. I've been looking at doing Dalek Civil War minitures and I have loads of Dalek figures but I can't decide on the best colour schemes for the two factions. Painting white  Daleks with gold domes is a pain in the b*&t! I like the esthetic of black & silver Daleks so will likely go with those for the Imperial side (Yes, I know that this is not 'historically' accurate!) and I may stick with silver Daleks for the Davrovian side.

I also like the idea of Post-Civil War Dalek factions mutating into different sects and continuing the fight for dominance of the Dalek universe...