I bought a face hugger kit and started the build today. I thought this was the perfect place to share some progress pics.

Here it is, trimmed, assembled and milliputted at the seams. I heated the tail area and created a few curves to add a bit of life to it, otherwise the straight tail looks like rigamortis has set in. I'm quite pleased with how it's shaping up so far:





Nest, primer then paint. I'll share some pics of the paint up when I'm finished.

Al

very nice

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Thanks. Here it is freshly primed, just done it. Dunno what old tosh is playing on the TV though...

Outstanding! The curve of the tail is a huge improvement.

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What glue did you use ?

I had bought an Alcyon one long ago but could never have it glued...

I use superglue with vinyl kits, it works really well if you gently heat the 2 parts up before gluing and apply a little bit of pressure as you join the parts.

Painting has begun this morning - here it is with a couple of coats of first warm flesh, then pale flesh acrylics. I'm going to build up lots of layers to try and achieve an organic, lifelike look to the skin:



Right, it's the wife's birthday so we're off out - can't be playing with face huggers all day or I'll find myself in a real horror story.

What are your plans for displaying the finished piece?

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Nice job mate I loved building my one he currently lives on a cut down 1:1 scale colony wall section in my front room

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Thats looking nice...tempted to get one myself of greedybay...

Looking forward to the finished item. Loads of shading potential.

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