ACK ACK ACK. “The Invasion Begins” Mars Attacks, Martian Warrior by Moebius 🛸🐄

[81-er]

Great work with all of that, but especially the tie. I wouldn't paint that either

 

James

[Keeff]

On 03/02/2025 at 21:10, The Spadgent said:

See not always the graveyard.

Thank goodness for that!  

 

Nice work on the extra bits in the base .... especially the 'goo' of our poor victim! 

 

This just gets better with every update! 

 

Keith ☺️ 

[CedB]

Johnny you are an artist! Oh yeah, I remember now, nuff said!  

 

Caught up now; stunning work. Your shading and chipping is perfect and, like others, I'm envious of the apparent ease with which you bring this stuff to life.

 

I loved the film, a true classic. Don't listen to 'that music' though - you know what happens and it'd be a shame to spoil all that great work!

[The Spadgent]

On 04/02/2025 at 06:49, giemme said:

Ace job on the base, adds a lot of realism!

 

If we can call real any scene with a Martian  that is....

 

Ciao 

Thanks G. I was going to add more but I think this feels about the right amount of stuff. I’m still torn whether or not to add the news paper. 🤔

On 04/02/2025 at 10:44, 81-er said:

Great work with all of that, but especially the tie. I wouldn't paint that either

 

James

Thanks James. 

On 05/02/2025 at 21:57, Keeff said:

Thank goodness for that!  

 

Nice work on the extra bits in the base .... especially the 'goo' of our poor victim! 

 

This just gets better with every update! 

 

Keith ☺️ 

Thanks Keith. The goo has dried a bit matte so when I’m all done I’ll use my “wet” wash to gloss up the icky bits. 

On 10/02/2025 at 07:09, CedB said:

Johnny you are an artist! Oh yeah, I remember now, nuff said!  

 

Caught up now; stunning work. Your shading and chipping is perfect and, like others, I'm envious of the apparent ease with which you bring this stuff to life.

 

I loved the film, a true classic. Don't listen to 'that music' though - you know what happens and it'd be a shame to spoil all that great work!

Ha! Very kind Mr B. I’m really loving this.  I have a few more (as you know) that I might get into this year. 🪰

[The Spadgent]

Wowza! Work has been super busy at the mo and the BE2c has been keeping me busy at the bench but I haven’t forgotten about Mr Martian and his buddy. 
a few touches to the scene. I added a knot to the tie and painted the underside black.

the bits are dry fitted until I finish his eye but this is almost done.

I’ll do the various top coats then add some wet washes to really bring it to life. 

I’m still torn whether or not to add blood splats. I’ve seen some wonderful techniques with blowing paint from a brush using and air brush. 🤔 I’ll do some tests.

And now the last real bit. Not 100% sure how to do the head so I’ll just dive in and practice as I go. 

Eyes ant teeth masked and I stated with yellow.

Added some red to the mix.

Green for his cheeky chop.

Then some pure red to add depth.

And a little purple under shade. 

After that dried for a little while I removed the masking fluid and glossed.

Next washes and powders.  ❤️

 

 

Thanks for dropping by.
All comments welcomed.

 
Happy modelling Y’all.

 

 Johnny

[hendie]

You always make it look so darned easy, Johnny.

That's really coming to life now. Love it!

 

 

[CedB]

Seconded! Envious of this artistic skill that just seems to flow from your airbrush.

 

I wish you could bottle it  

[Keeff]

Thirded! (Is there such a word? )

 

Your ability to make all this look effortless is astounding Johnny! Mr Alien is looking suitably colourful and a tad scary .... top work!  

 

Keith ☺️ 

[giemme]

I can only agree with the above comments, artistic skills on full display here!  

 

Ciao 

[The Spadgent]

18 hours ago, hendie said:

You always make it look so darned easy, Johnny.

That's really coming to life now. Love it!

 

 

 

10 hours ago, CedB said:

Seconded! Envious of this artistic skill that just seems to flow from your airbrush.

 

I wish you could bottle it  

 

9 hours ago, Keeff said:

Thirded! (Is there such a word? )

 

Your ability to make all this look effortless is astounding Johnny! Mr Alien is looking suitably colourful and a tad scary .... top work!  

 

Keith ☺️ 

 

4 hours ago, giemme said:

I can only agree with the above comments, artistic skills on full display here!  

 

Ciao 

 

Thank you all so much for your kind words. I put it down to having the right tools, but I’ll take the encouragement. 
 

Johnny

[The Spadgent]

The last bit of modeling for the weekend as I have the wine open.

Moving onto army painter washes for the head. Red watered down slightly for the brain.

And

And green for the fizzog.

I’m going to use decals for the eyes as I don’t trust my positioning. 🤫🤭🤪

The victims eye got its pupil.

And I used my wet effects on the tongue and eye.

And the gutzz got a shiny goo filter too.

Thats yer lot.

fire on, wine open, chess board on the go.

 

Have a great rest of the weekend all.

 

 Johnny

[Keeff]

8 minutes ago, The Spadgent said:

I put it down to having the right tools,

I have the right tools too .... just a lack of ability! 

 

Mr Alien really does look awesome! 

 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend .... and wine! 

 

Keith ☺️ 

[CedB]

I’m with Keith - it’s not the tools! Like those washes and shiny stuff. Art, that is  

[giemme]

Artistic indeed, Johnny!

 

But I thought I talked you out of using decals...

 

 

Seriously, you'de have no problem painting the eyes, especially at this scale... 

 

Ciao

 

 

[81-er]

Lovely stuff, Johnny, especially the Martian's head

 

James

[AdrianMF]

Fantastic stuff Johnny!

 

I love the way the prosaic and weatherbeaten (and very nicely done) street contrasts with the brightly-coloured mayhem.

 

Regards,

Adrian

[The Spadgent]

On 16/02/2025 at 18:06, Keeff said:

I have the right tools too .... just a lack of ability! 

 

Mr Alien really does look awesome! 

 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend .... and wine! 

 

Keith ☺️ 

Hmmmm I don't believe that for a second. 😇.  And thanks.

On 16/02/2025 at 19:30, CedB said:

I’m with Keith - it’s not the tools! Like those washes and shiny stuff. Art, that is  

Maybe.  I guess it helps. 😍

On 16/02/2025 at 21:59, giemme said:

Artistic indeed, Johnny!

 

But I thought I talked you out of using decals...

 

 

Seriously, you'de have no problem painting the eyes, especially at this scale... 

 

Ciao

 

 

Yes. It’s just I like to move em around. I’m still unsure I picked the right position even now.😬

On 18/02/2025 at 23:13, 81-er said:

Lovely stuff, Johnny, especially the Martian's head

 

James

Thanks my dude.

On 22/02/2025 at 01:48, AdrianMF said:

Fantastic stuff Johnny!

 

I love the way the prosaic and weatherbeaten (and very nicely done) street contrasts with the brightly-coloured mayhem.

 

Regards,

Adrian

Thanks Adrian. I’m still contemplating a few blood splats? 🤔

[The Spadgent]

Sorry it’s been a while. I’ve been tinkering with my other build. 
just to explain why I like to use decals for eyes. I can change the look of my build if I’m not happy with the ……. Well look. 

 

looking down

Up right.

Straight ahead

up left.

I quite like this last one. ❤️

So with a position chosen I matte coated the head.

Then used the wet effects to add wetness to the brain and eye baaaalls.

I also picked out the teeth.

Pretty cool.

Helmet added with gators grip.

And we’re almost there. Just a few spot effects, maybe some blood as mentioned. And the lamp needs some shading. 
Talking about the lamp I hit a bit of a snag.

Hmmmmm. I contemplated cutting down the post but it would look weird so I need to venture up into the loft to fish out my other display cabinet.  Which is no bad thing as I’ll have more space for more models. 🤩

 

Almost done. 🛸

 

 

 johnny

[Keeff]

Love it, love it, love it!  Mr Aliens expression changes with the eye position ...  but straight on is a bit scary!  

 

I bet once it's  in the cabinet, you'll get a feeling of those eyes following you .... 👀 

 

Plotting and planning...... 😬

 

Ack .....  Ack ....... Ack ..... 

 

 

 

Keith ☺️ 

 

 

[CedB]

Excellent finish Jont. It'll look marvellous in the cabinet.

[AdrianMF]

Fantastic! Time to put on some wailing country music before it's too late...

 

Regards,

Adrian

[81-er]

That looks great, mate, brilliant work

 

James

[giemme]

From your last pic eyes position looks just spot on to me! Top job overall!  

 

Ciao

[The Spadgent]

On 26/02/2025 at 22:07, Keeff said:

Love it, love it, love it!  Mr Aliens expression changes with the eye position ...  but straight on is a bit scary!  

 

I bet once it's  in the cabinet, you'll get a feeling of those eyes following you .... 👀 

 

Plotting and planning...... 😬

 

Ack .....  Ack ....... Ack ..... 

 

 

 

Keith ☺️ 

 

 

Thanks Keith. Glad you like him. He’s taken a bit of a back seat while I got the new cabinets constructed and the BE2c has kind of taken over my bench time. 

On 26/02/2025 at 22:18, CedB said:

Excellent finish Jont. It'll look marvellous in the cabinet.

Thanks Mr B. It does indeed. 🤩

On 27/02/2025 at 00:11, AdrianMF said:

Fantastic! Time to put on some wailing country music before it's too late...

 

Regards,

Adrian

Ha!!! You’re not wrong. 🎶

On 27/02/2025 at 09:53, 81-er said:

That looks great, mate, brilliant work

 

James

Thanks James. I really enjoyed this kit. 

On 27/02/2025 at 16:44, giemme said:

From your last pic eyes position looks just spot on to me! Top job overall!  

 

Ciao

That’s the one eye went with. 👀

 

🧥

[The Spadgent]

Good evening all. Hope you’re having a great weekend.  I managed to get my spare cabinet from the loft last weekend and now Mr Martian has a home. 

I just need to finish him off. 
List time.

 

1.Fix the dark flory errors that I’ve top coated.

 

2.Wire in the battery pack and make a bracket underneath.

 

3.paint the lamp light. 
 

4.Add some wetness around the drain.

 

5.possibly toy with the idea of the news paper or fun lamp post poster thing.

 

 

Ok so start at the start. I’d accidentally top coated the flory was before knocking it back in some areas . So I decided to go over with a hairy stick and add some smoothing coats and high lights.

The rear was the worst offender. This looks better now.

All the wiring got completed but that was boring so I didn’t take a pic. 
But here’s the mid wire work while I masked the lamp.

I wanted the lamp light to look comic style and a little bit like a pearl. So with subtle shades of yellow, purple and blue I got this.

looks like a Scooby doo crystal ball.

Here we are with masking off and touch ups done.

Almost there. I used the extreme mud sets water filter and added some wet areas around the drain. I really like that now. ❤️

and apart from a few tests at possibly adding a poster or what not I think we’re done.

I’m happy with the victim.

And his wet gootz.

Now excuse the thread drift but I couldn’t help but share that I’d bought another kit that I have been trying to find for an age. It is so hard to find even at silly prices. I had to resort to buying a built kit with a view to stripping back and starting again. 
so I have this. (If you know, you know.)

I asked a few choice Britmodellers about stripping paint and this seemed to be a popular answer for enamels.

So not wanting to destroy my rare beauty I just did a little bit. I present Mr scorpion.

here he is, in a bag with oven cleaner after about ten minutes.

A good go over with a tooth brush. Aaaand ping!!!

Fantastic!!!!  I’m totally confident I can strip this back now so all parts are stashed for the coming build.  (Exciting) 

As I’m almost done I’ll pop a few pics here before I get some RFI shots when the weather is better.  

And 

Close up. Ak ak.

From behind (ooh err)

and an action shot.

Thanks for tagging along. I hope you enjoyed the build as much as I did.  I’ll see if I can get an indoor RFI done if it doesn’t start to get warm soon. 
I still need to do my year book for 24 too. 🙄

 

Ill update here before posting the final thread. 

 

Take care y’all and have a great rest of your weekend.

 

Johnny.