While I don't think I've actually posted any of the miniatures on here, I've gotten into
Warlord Games 's Exterminate! game. It's a fun game, and has the advantage of an excellent range of miniatures to support it. Warlord has had, over the summer, a
painting contest- the existence of which I was unaware of until recently. Thankfully, I still had time to put together an Dalek-themed entry (the contest closed last night), and, now that it's finished, detail it here.
While the Daleks are Time War Daleks from the new show, I based the city on the original Dalek City seen in 1963's The Daleks with a few touches from other episodes. Also, like the original show, the set is very low budget. I constructed it from thin, cereal-box cardboard to replicate the plywood used on the original set, adding details using common items- Davros rests upon a small jar lid, while the display screen behind him is an old electrical outlet.
To add some depth to this control room, I added a pair of halls running off of it. Probably the most memorable part of the original Dalek city were these long, low halls. The distinctive geometry of the inner doorways were a little difficult to replicate, but I'm happy with how they turned out. You can also see wire inside the vent above the doors- for some reason, this fails to show up in any of the other pictures, but it is there!
This is a good shot of one of the standard Daleks- we'll see how long I can keep this up, but so far all of the Daleks have unique name tags under the eyestalks.
I really like this shot of Davros- he looks ready to command his pepperpot creations. Like the Daleks around him, he is from the new show- the control panel is much different from that on the original chair. The stellar chart behind him is from the Seventh Doctor adventure Remembrance of the Daleks, and shows the Skaroene system.
I'm very pleased with how this vignette turned out- it's a good homage to one of my favorite enemies of the Doctor, and displays my creations to good effect.
