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Sunday, 31 July 2011

The Blake's 7 Mini Project...

Readers of a certain age and nationality will recall with much fondness the wonderful British SF series Blake's 7 which ran for four seasons from 1978. It may have suffered from a low budget but I always admired the fantastic work undertaken by Mat Irvine creating many of the amazing model spaceships used throughout the series (often from the most unexpected household junk).

Anyhow, you may have seen the wonderful Shapeways models on SteelonSandBlog and as previously commented I knew I would not be able to resist getting some as a mini-project. They arrived whilst I was on holiday and I've only managed to get around to having a proper look at them today, suffice to say I'm a happy bunny!!

I managed to grab a few minutes today to undercoat them and plan over the next month to paint them all up and post them on the blog in between some more WWI planes and the Greeks I made on holiday. In the meantime here is the Blake's 7 theme for you all to enjoy, possibly the best TV SF theme ever?

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6 comments:

  1. David31 July 2011 at 02:39

    Yay! Blake's 7 screamed Traveller to me, back in the day. Servalan was just the best villain with her henchman, Travis, and her crimoid minions.

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  2. Tony31 July 2011 at 08:33

    A great idea. I look forward to seeing how you proceed.

    Tony
    http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/

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  3. The Angry Lurker31 July 2011 at 09:39

    Was it wrong to like the bad guys more?

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  4. David Manley31 July 2011 at 12:11

    Yes, especially when the good guys included Avon, very probably the baddest good guy ever, and (sigh) Soolin :)

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  5. John Lambshead31 July 2011 at 15:22

    Aghhh, Blake 7. I still remember that when the dementia lifts and I have brief moments of lucidity.

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  6. Chad Thorson31 July 2011 at 21:01

    That's one of my favorites! There was a minis company that made Federation Troops look-alikes. Scroll 1/4 of the way down http://www.artwho9figurepainting.co.uk/CP%20MODELS%20GALLERY.htm

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