Quarantine 37 - Stargrave

The Gaunch is described as a bulging-eyed, flesh eaters with pigment changing skin. I chose to kitbash a couple of Gaunch from Mantic Games Ghoul bodies and the big eyed crewman head on a Stargrave Crew Box sprue. I needed to snip off the metal nails sticking out on the original ghoul body and limbs, but otherwise it was a simple head swap solution.

The model was primed Black and zenithed in Halfords Grey primer. I did struggle to convey the pigment changing skin. I figured that how he is creeping across the Vallejo Grey Green bulkhead there would need to be a touch of green on the legs, but transitioning quickly from metal Vallejo Gunmetal Grey flooring to my Sci-Fi grid basing that there would be a dark metallic sheen to the legs too. I used a watered down coat of Vallejo Military Green for the clothing. I used Vallejo Light Grey for the highlights on the head and fingers. I figured that if he is making that lunge from the dark, that his upper body would suddenly become quite lightly coloured to fit in with the well lit corridor walls, to create even more delay in his prey’s reactions as they try to focus on what is moving towards them. I used Nulin Oil to help draw it all together as a paint job and then highlighted the clothing with a Military Green and Light Grey mix and back over the head with Light Grey. I dappled down occasional dots of Gun Metal on the skin to try and show some skin-like imperfections and think it has helped improve the final look.