The Crew of the Betty - 28mm Sci-Fi

Models by Hasslefree, Heresy, and Moonraker. Vehicle Bay by Sarissa.

Work on assembling the bitz for a Five Parsecs from Home game continues; presented here is my crew representing the members of "The Betty" from Alien: Resurrection. Whatever one's thoughts on what the fourth film in the Alien franchise did, or failed to do, the crew of The Betty were an interesting and eclectic bunch.

The Crew of "The Betty" - Alien: Resurrection

Models by Hasslefree, Heresy, and Moonraker. Vehicle Bay by Sarissa.

When painting Sci-Fi miniatures, I find myself greatly slowed down by a lack of vision as to what I'm painting - especially civilians. What colour are the so-called uniforms? Weapons? Gear, etc.?  Re-creating a movie crew helps solve this issue - even if the miniature isn't exactly "spot-on", the paint scheme can be.

Models by Hasslefree, Heresy, and Moonraker. Vehicle Bay by Sarissa.

Frank Elgyn: On film, it looks to me that Elgyn is wearing a dark purple under-shirt/vest, with dark grey trousers. Miniature: Heresy 28mm sci fi Ships Crew - Discontinued.  Sorry lads, I bought this figgie about ten years syne. No longer in production. Take it up with Big Boris.

Johner: This Moonraker Miniature/Rebel is actually painted as Diaz from Santana's Crew in "Riddick" (more anon).  It's acting as a fill-in, as I had ordered two different "Grant" miniatures from Hasslefree, with the notion of a head-swap, and got two of the same with different labeling.  I'll need to order again and ask them to correct the error.








Christie: Watching the film, Christie wears a coat that's a blend of gray-green/brown. Also, he's a two-handed shooter. Most important to me, however, was getting his hair right. Moonraker Miniatures has a "Rasta" in their Future Skirmish/Rebels line. His coat has epaulets, which I debated removing, then decided against. The point isn't to model these chaps exactly, just use them as a guideline/theme. I painted the eps in the colours of the Légion Etrangère - if anyone is wearing epaulets in the far future, it will be Le Boudin.






Annalee Call: Another Hasslefree miniature: Kendra. It was surprisingly difficult to find a jumpsuit/coverall-clad female in 28mm scale, especially without heavy ordnance. Thissun was close enough.  In the film, Call is mostly a non-combatant, so the pistol isn't much of a stretch.








Hillard: Another Moonraker Miniature - this time, from the Troopers category. I suspect it's meant as a proxy for Ripley in Aliens.  This is the second Hillard-theme mini painted in as many months.










Vriess: Where's Engineer Vriess?  At the moment, back at the ship. I'm looking for a motorised chair for him, as well as a figure. I intend to paint him both seated and standing, since it's possible to go back in time to before he had his debilitating accident.

Also in the works, seeing that I've tipped it, are the merc crews from Riddick. And possibly some space-cowboys/rebels etc....Ω