Monday, January 28, 2019

Painting Challenge: Astropolis Bots and Aliens

This post originally appeared on the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge.

Despite a concerted effort by Real Life to disrupt my painting progress, I managed to squeeze in a little painting time and finish up a handful of sci-fi figures this week.


All of these are from the Astropolis Kickstarter, full of character, chunky detail and a delight to paint.


I particularly liked this archivist and his two minions laden with dusty tomes. Not exactly a typical subject for a sci-fi wargame, but they'd make a great objective to capture or escort to a waiting escape transport.


I have a host of these hammerheaded kroglogg aliens. Before committing to a color scheme for the others in my lead pile, I wanted to test out a few palettes on this pair. Although most of the aliens are covered in thick hair, a few have a less defined surface pattern, more like the skin of an elephant. I'm not sure if the sculptor just chose to portray their fur in a different style or what, but I decided these "wrinkly" aliens must be wearing skin tight space suits. I gave the gray suit a few emblems, and while I think she's hideous, I'll bet her form fitting coverall drives the kroglogg boys wild.

That's all for this week. I know a few of these figures a bit diminutive, but I'm hoping these eight 28mm figures give me another 40 points.

6 comments:

  1. I also got the miniatures from the KS and it's an absolute delight to see them painted up by your skilled hands. They're such wonderful characters.
    And indeed, the one in the spacesuit is almost hideous but who are we to judge other races when it comes to taste :).

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    1. Thanks Wouter! I'm eager to see your copies painted up! When preparing to put the bursh to mine I scoured the internet looking for other examples for inspiration, but only turned up a handful. The world needs more painted Astropolis minis! ;)

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  2. Great stuff John! Those robots carrying the books are brilliant! Your one Kroglogg looks very Wookie-like lol :)

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    1. Thanks Ivor! I have a soft spot for little robots and hideous, goofy space monsters :)

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  3. I do love those little droids!

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    1. I love 'em too! Fun to paint and full of character.

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