'Dark Star' crew
Sergeant Boiler
Boiler is often seen trimming his immaculate mustache in the film, but he’s also clearly a nihilist. In the crew’s quarters he keeps himself amused by playing the game where you lay your hand on a table then stab at the gaps in turn with a knife. What’s that called anyway? (‘The knife game’ according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife_game )
During the long run to the next star, while Pinback relaxes by sunbathing, Boiler decides to do some target practice with a laser rifle and the lid of the heating unit. This also foreshadows his solution to the main problem in the film: shoot out the connection pins.
So, I simply gave the model a suitable sci-fi gun from my bits box and it became ‘Boiler’
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