1980’s Citadel Doctor Who U.N.I.T squad

 Next on the list is a mix of 80s Citadel/FASA  U.N.I.T Troops with a Land Rover from Twisted Pinnacle 3d. Some of the troops have had head tweaks & the U.N.I.T symbol on the Landy is drawn in AutoCAD & printed on paper.

Sci-Fi Base Run Through

 I thought I would do a quick run through of how I've being tackling the bases for the Doctor Who collection.

I use a mixture of Green stuff & Milliput, depending what I grab first, sometimes on its own or mixed.

I roll it out using a bit of copper pipe & some strips of plastic to get the height i want, then 2 thinner strips for the texture roller to try to keep the putty imprint level. I spray the putty with a mist of water to try to stop the rollers sticking. I had been using a thin silicone mat to roll everthing out on, but it was too thin & I got a lot of wonky bases so have stopped using it.

I Found a Copper Pipe Reducer that is the right diameter to fit inside the lipped bases & i use this to cut the discs out with.

All the gubbins: Texture rollers, Copper pipe 'rolling pin', Plastic Strip Height Guides, 

Pipe Reducer & Putty

Pile of base toppers good & Bad (Hopefully the bad ones can be used for the Ice Warriors)

I start painting them with a base of Vallejo Green Grey then Sponge Deck Tan on top & Follow this with a wash of Blue Grey that I've mixed up from Grey & Blue Inks,

The next process is a light sponging of Deck tan. I picked up a fantastic weathering sponge tool, from Notts Hobbies & just use some blister pack sponge for this. 

This is followed by some weathering by sponging on Black Brown & Dark Rust & finally just tidy up the base edges with black.

Vallejo Paint Selection: Blue Grey Ink Wash, Green Grey, Deck Tan, Black brown & Dark Rust

Bits of Blister Pack Sponge & Weathering Sponge Tool from Notts Hobbies

Green Grey Base Coat & Sponged on Deck Tan

Blue Grey wash & light Deck Tan sponging

Black Brown & Dark Rust Weathering Sponged on

I hope that someone find this useful.

More 1980’s Citadel Miniatures Doctor Who, Painted Plastic Cybermen & Crooked Dice Cybermats

Did some more plastic Cybermen & Crooked Dice Cybermats.

The bases take longer to do than the figures 🤣

 

1980’s Citadel Miniatures Doctor Who, Painted Metal & Plastic Cybermen

 Well, after painting all the Doctors & Companions, I thought it was about time I got back to some bad guys. I had a few of The Cybermen cleaned up & undercoated so I got them painted.

Just a quick job of Basecoat Warpaints Gun metal, Vallejo Oily Steel dry brush highlight then another of Oily Steel/Miniature paints Silver mix followed by a wash of P3 Armour Wash then a final dry brush of Silver & some Red on the weapons.

A metal Cyberman flanked by two plastic Cybermen

1980’s Citadel Miniatures Doctor Who, Painted Companions Adric & Turlough

 Well the final two companions are completed, so that's all of the Citadel Doctors & Companions finished & the set is complete.

I hope you've enjoyed seeing them progress as much as I have painting them.

I think it will be Cybermen & UNIT next. 

Wish I could find a Captain Yates for the UNIT squad, I've never seen one available anywhere!

 

1980’s Citadel Miniatures Doctor Who, Painted Companions Leela & Romana

 Thats Two more of the Doctors Companions done, Leela & Romana. Leela isn't the best likeness & Romana I think definitely has the right sort of feel for her 😕

Anyway here's the picture

Only (in my personal opinion) two of the most annoying companions left, Adric & Turlough. 

1980’s Citadel Miniatures Doctor Who, Painted 4th & 5th Doctors

 Well I’ve got the 80s Citadel 4th & 5th Doctor's finished, so that's all of them completed.

There's four of the companions to complete, then some UNIT troops for the good guys.

And a picture of all Five Doctor's

1980’s Citadel Miniatures, The Master painted

 Finished The Master from the 80's Doctor Who Range

I'm quite pleased with how he turned out

1980’s Citadel Miniatures Doctor Who - Painted Plastic Daleks

 Finally got round to painting some of the plastic Daleks that I'd managed to pick up way back in 2024 & had built! The Aircav Saga: Reinforcements Have Arrived

Just did a quick dark grey paint job on them & painted the bases more like the ones that I'm doing for the Doctors & Companions.

I also tweaked the bases of the existing Daleks to blend in better. I did notice that the plastic ones are a bit taller than the metal ones

1980’s Citadel Miniatures Doctor Who, Painted versions of The First & Second Doctors

 I thought that I would paint some more of the old Citadel Doctor Who line, as I was on a bit of a roll & the 1st & 2nd Doctors were already cleaned up & undercoated. 

I’ve actually tried to paint them in screen accurate colours, but it seems a little vague on the clothing colours, anywhere from yellow to grey for the trousers of the 1st Doctor, so I sort of went in between, still not sure if I should’ve painted the 2nd Doctors shirt pale blue! Anyway here’s the figures

And here's a picture with the 3rd Doctor

1980’s Citadel Miniatures Doctor Who, Daleks

 I picked up some of the Old Citadel Daleks & Davros a couple of years ago at Fiasco in Leeds & have finally decided to tackle them, as there was one with a missing head dome & Arm Plunger as well as broken & missing Eye Stalks.

I though that i would try to sort out the one with the missing dome & plunger first.

So  I made a press mold of a dome from a complete Dalek & used milliput to mold a new dome, then put a bit of plastic rod in the dremel & used this like a lathe & turned some a new Eye pieces & the funny ringed bit, then i made a claw for the arm.

Some WIPS & the completed figures can be seen below

I will have to create a Pulp Alley League

I've had a flying saucer for years (since Beatties Model Shop in Leeds closed down!) & put some ping pong balls on the underside, sprayed it silver & dirtied it up a bit, now the Dalek invasion can begin 😂

1980’s Citadel Miniatures Doctor Who, Intergalactic Busybody & Companion

 I have finally got up the courage to paint the 80’s Citadel Third Doctor miniature & Jo Grant companion. 

I had these figures for quite some time & have always been really worried about messing them up when I fling some paint at them, but I finally thought what the hell you’re not getting any better at painting so just go for it & I’m really pleased with how they’ve come out.

I have tried to paint Jo Grant in a representation of the costume she wore in Carnival of Monsters, which is what I think that the sculpted had in mind when he created her, as she is basically wearing most of that costume. The Third Doctor is I what I class as his classic costume, as it’s what I personally always think of him wearing. They are both on Black Cat Bases base inserts, & still need varnishing. 

If anyone is still out there I hope you like them too.

Cheers 

Daleks & UNIT for sale on Ebay

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Dalek Patrol

 



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Brigadier & UNIT Troopers

 



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Sgt Benton & UNIT Troopers

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