I did eventually manage to finish another 1988 IC301 Iron Claw Space Pirates miniature and here he is, still have four more on the go, only one miniature outstanding on the entire range. Work in progress pictures can be found on my Twitter feed.
Here's what I have done so far if you have not been following:
Iron Claw Pirates Part 1
Iron Claw Pirates Part 2
Iron Claw Pirates Part 3
Today's miniature is another Bob Olley fan favourite 'Nightwing', one of two human cyborgs in the range, Loritta (Cyber Girl) being the other one.
Nightwing looks like he has been through the wars and these have left him with a cyborg torso, a head with cool eye grills and mechanical left arm. I went for camouflage with squares (multi-scale?) on his lower armour pieces, he is also armed with the same gun as 'Little Rico' a sort of pseudo plasma gun.
The back of the miniature is a pretty basic sculpt with a cloak that has what looks like jester dangly bits, I am sure there a practical reason for them?? I was really excited about painting this miniature but that didn't continue I felt the sculpt was a bit flat. The miniature is tagged as 'trooper'.
I used Games Workshop's Barbed Bracken on base painted in a variety of colours, I have always tried to make my bases as generic as possible, one so not to take the attention off the miniature and two to help the miniature fit in with any game but lately I have been really impressed with the new basing kits so I couldn't resist adding a bit here and there, the box of Games Workshop's Skulls is one of my favourites.
IC301 Iron Claw Space Pirates 'Nightwing' - front |
IC301 Iron Claw Space Pirates 'Nightwing' - side |
IC301 Iron Claw Space Pirates 'Nightwing' - back |
IC301 Iron Claw Space Pirates 'Nightwing' |
Old photos below.
IC301 Iron Claw Space Pirates 'Nightwing' - front |
IC301 Iron Claw Space Pirates 'Nightwing' - back |
Photos trying to get the base in better.
IC301 Iron Claw Space Pirates 'Nightwing' |
IC301 Iron Claw Space Pirates 'Nightwing' |
Thanks for stopping by again, I think I'll show you some of my more modern miniatures next time.
cheers
J