Got my new Marmit Alien back from my fellow Hive member, Helldresser (Riotboy on the CH). All I can say is...FOOKIN' WOW!
He took a beautiful kit and just laid the paint smackdown on it.
For those of you who don't know, this is probably the most accurate Alien sculpt right now. Based on the actual suit that sits in the Giger museum, this beauty clocks in at an impressive
2 feet tall!
When Helldresser and I first starting talking about putting this together, we decided to make it as accurate as possible. While the sculpt is very close, it is missing a few key pieces to make it perfect.
HD and I went through a list of what we felt was missing and need to be changed to bring it to complete suit accuracy.
-He removed the sculpted neck pipes and put in custom ones and brought those around to the back of the neck
-Sculpted the wrist cuffs and reposed the fingers
-Added the ox jaw detail to the heel spikes (Giger used actual ox jaws when sculpting the heel spikes on the suit...teeth and all)
-Improved all of the detailing to the entire skull area under the dome
-Fixed the VERY pronounced forward lean these kits seem to have suffered from out of the package
I've included pics of the custom areas for you to check out.
Top that off with a killer custom base and THE BEST paint job I've seen and I've got my absolute FAVORITE Alien piece in my collection.
HUGE thanks to HD for taking this one on and to Dan, at The Hive, for helping me get one of these beauties.
LOTS o' pics...
