Alien Warrior (Xenomorph)
Source: Alien
Brand: Halcyon
Scale: 1/9
Medium: Injection-molded styrene
Release Date: 1994
Pieces: 17 (I think)
Life Lost: 60 hours
Enhanced: No
TSF Rating: * * * *
If you are a modeller and an Alien fan, then Halcyon has to be one of your biggest heroes! They have brought a great range of kits to the mainstream modelling community and made a whole lot of us very happy.
This kit is the first of a few Halcyon models I have in my collection, and the only one I have completed to date. As with most figure kits this one didn't have many parts to contend with, so went together fairly easily. There were no major issues with bits fitting together and even the huge seam created by the two halves of the body (including the legs) required very little work with putty. As I recall, just plenty of glue, and squeezing the two halves together to make the dissolving plastic ooze a little from the seam, was all it took to create a good bond. Then a bit of filing and sanding to finish, to make the seam relatively invisible. The head however, which also came in two halves, required more effort to conceal the seam, especially through the mouth area and "forehead", which needed to be a perfectly smooth surface.
It is worth noting here that the thoughtful team at Halcyon gave us two heads to choose from, - one with mouth closed, and the other, here, with mouth and mini-me mouth open!
Originally painted in one shade of black, I revisited this kit about four years ago and applied soft washes of metallic copper, bronze, gun metal, silver and gold, over all the different features and "layers", - to more emulate the newer AvP aliens.
Overall, a great kit, my only gripe being the usual issue I have with size. Surely such a fearsome and menacing critter deserves the dignity of a larger scale. Say... 1/4?
This kit is the first of a few Halcyon models I have in my collection, and the only one I have completed to date. As with most figure kits this one didn't have many parts to contend with, so went together fairly easily. There were no major issues with bits fitting together and even the huge seam created by the two halves of the body (including the legs) required very little work with putty. As I recall, just plenty of glue, and squeezing the two halves together to make the dissolving plastic ooze a little from the seam, was all it took to create a good bond. Then a bit of filing and sanding to finish, to make the seam relatively invisible. The head however, which also came in two halves, required more effort to conceal the seam, especially through the mouth area and "forehead", which needed to be a perfectly smooth surface.
It is worth noting here that the thoughtful team at Halcyon gave us two heads to choose from, - one with mouth closed, and the other, here, with mouth and mini-me mouth open!
Originally painted in one shade of black, I revisited this kit about four years ago and applied soft washes of metallic copper, bronze, gun metal, silver and gold, over all the different features and "layers", - to more emulate the newer AvP aliens.
Overall, a great kit, my only gripe being the usual issue I have with size. Surely such a fearsome and menacing critter deserves the dignity of a larger scale. Say... 1/4?
Like any great architect or artist, Giger has created a timeless masterpiece in his alien design. Unlike most other aliens and creatures we have seen, especially those from the Star Trek universe, this one will never date. It is a true classic.
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