Yeti in the Underground

Yes, I'm back making monsters and this one's my latest, a Yeti from the Doctor Who story 'The Web of Fear', lurking in my also-new underground set. Oh, and the eyes glow in the dark (which doesn't quite come across here).

Pertwee Tardis

And a slight reworking of my Hartell Tardis control room sees the addition of a new console for Pertwee.

UNIT Lab!

I always wanted this - a set for my Doctor Who dollies - and what better set than the UNIT lab?

I'd originally wanted to do the lab as it appeared in season eight, but the spiral staircase put me off. That and pressure from my chums made me go for the later lab, as it appeared in season 11. I could have gone for the lab from 'The Three Doctors', but it had too many windows. So I adapted the printouts that my pal Phil had made for his ActionFigureTheatre site to make it look like it did for Pertwee's final year.

Also included in this set are my custom Sarah Jane, in her 'Monster of Peladon' outfit, and my custom Master, in his grey suit and gold tie. You might also be able to make out the welding device from 'Terror of the Autons'. Oh, and the Tardis is a customised moneybox, repainted. That'll be replaced once I get the forthcoming classic Tardis from Character.

More Monsters

I haven't done this for a while, but prompted by Paul Cornell's blog, here's a few more monsters I've made recently.

This one's a Blatherine from The Sarah Jane Adventures, which was a present for the author for the episode that they first appeared in. It's customised from a Slitheen figure, with shorter claws, a remolded face and a paint job.




Next up, a Mutt from the Doctor Who story 'The Mutants' (1972). It's pictured in the UNIT lab set that I made. Ooh, there's a thought - I haven't put any pics of that up. That'll be in the next entry then.




Inspired by the brilliant Babyjelly from OutpostWho / GallifreyBase fame, here's a muto from 'Genesis of the Daleks'.




I decided I wanted to make a Navarino from 'Delta and the Bannermen', and then realised it had to be a present for my pal Neil, who always wanted to write a story called 'The Guns of Navarino'. Next to it are two Haemovores from 'The Curse of Fenric'.





And finally, in my quest to make more and more figures that will probably never be made by Character Options for the official range, here's the Keller Machine from 'The Mind of Evil'. It lights up an' evreefink!

More Tardis

Think I've almost finished the model Tardis now, so here are a couple of pictures.




And in this one, you can see the fault locator wall.



[Updated 18 Aug 2009)
And now with the floor plate in place:

Lazy Bar Steward

Haven't blogged for two months. That's what happens when work lets me manage a twitter account.

Chasing a punch-line has become a full-time occupation. Still, I'm spending my spare time productively, making a model Tardis control room, as seen in the Hartnell era...



Still a work in progress - have to work out how to do the innards of the central column for one thing - but I'm also having a go at doing custom figures of Ian and Barbara. Trying hard not to lose a finger while using a scalpel to carve an existing figure down to size.

Monster Update!

Haven't posted one of my monsters for a while, so here's one I worked on this Sunday.

I've been thinking about monsters that are less likely to be materialising as Character action figures, and I reckon this one, which only has a screen time of less than two minutes, must be pretty way down the list.

Fans of 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth' won't need an introduction. It's the Black Dalek's favourite pet - the Slyther:





I had to cheat a bit, as the original really doesn't have enough detail to the main body, so I added extra detail, but I think it's fairly faithful to how it looked in episode five.

RAAAARGH-oooOOOOHHH!