"Silence. Later You Will Be Questioned, Tortured, And Killed."

"Welcome to Skonnos, my friends."

These five 28mm metal models of the Nimon are manufactured by “Black Tree Design” and can be bought as code DW428 from their "Doctor Who" range. Large, black-skinned humanoids with bull-like heads, "similar to the minotaurs of Earth's myths", this parasitic species first appeared in the December 1979 BBC Television science fiction serial "The Horns Of Nimon", and quickly demonstrated their desire to enslave the citizens and soldiers of the Skonnan Empire.

"Welcome to the new home of the Nimon race - the next step in The Great Journey of Life."

As all five of the single-pose miniatures were cast with their hands at their sides, I tried to mix their poses up a little bit by slowly prising their arms out to various degrees with a modelling knife. The figures were then primed with "Citadel" Chaos Black, dry-brushed with "Vallejo" Charred Brown and washed with "The Army Painter" Strong Tone Quickshade.

"Doctor Who" Scale Chart: "Crooked Dice" Sarah Jane Smith, "Warlord Games" Zygon, "Black Tree Design" Nimon, "Warlord Games" Wilfred Mott and "Crooked Dice" Eleventh Doctor

Having finished the basic layers, I then applied a double coat of "Vallejo" Gold to the Nimons' loincloths and had their clothing subsequently washed with Strong Tone Quickshade. The  extra-terrestrial energy-drainers' eyes were 'picked out' with a combination of "Vallejo" Heavy Red and "Citadel" Carroburg Crimson. Whilst their horns, capable of shooting deadly beams, were painted with "Vallejo" Heavy Ochre, shaded with "The Army Painter" Strong Tone Quickshade, and finally dry-brushed with more "Vallejo" Heavy Ochre.

The Silence WIPs - These aliens have been dry-brushed and had their shoes painted

Sticking with "Doctor Who", but shifting my focus onto the "range of finely-sculpted scale pewter and plastic miniatures" produced by "Warlord Games", and which are "officially approved by the BBC", I have started making some 'inroads' on my three Silents. However, whilst I do plan to predominantly stick to the colour scheme described on the "Into The Time Vortex" website, I have painted their shoes dark brown as opposed to matt black, in order to just slightly break up the all-black monotony of the models.

Terminator Robots WIPs - Having been dry-brushed these T-800 models have had their automatic rifles picked out

In addition I am already close to finishing the five fearsome Terminator Robots manufactured by "Copplestone Castings", which I plan to use as part of my 'Mad Max' project. Like the Silence, though, I thought their all-silver palette was a little too monotone for my tastes, so I have begun painting their weapons black and dry-brushing them with a little "Vallejo" Heavy Charcoal". These 'Sydney Skynet survivors' will hopefully be finished in time for this week's Seventh Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge submission deadline.