"Vogons Are One Of The Most Unpleasant Races In The Galaxy."

"Not evil. But bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous."

These two 28mm scale Vulgorn Guards were created using "Elegoo" Water Washable Resin on a Mars 3 Pro 3D Printer and are available as an STL (Standard Triangle Language) file from "Lost Heresy Miniatures" on "MyMiniFactory". The corpulent extra-terrestrials are part of an eight-figure collection, whose sculpts have clearly been heavily-inspired by the Vogons as seen in Garth Jennings' 2005 movie "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

I've also enlarged (and mirrored) the same pose using "Chitubox" Basic, as I wanted to make Bill Thornhill's rotund sculpt match up well size-wise with the science fiction miniatures I've previously produced by "Papsikels Miniatures". This basically meant I upscaled the figure by 108.41% (something I repeatedly refer to as 'Arnie size') using the eye-level and dimensions of their Colonist Marine Cyborg Hero E-900 Exterminator STL as a guide.

"On no account should you allow a Vogon to read poetry to you."

The pair were undercoated using a mixture of "Vallejo" Surface Primer Black and "Warlord Games" Pitch Black before having their large bodysuits layered with "Vallejo" German Grey. They were then shaded using "Citadel" Nuln Oil and vigorously dry-brushed with (more) "Vallejo Grey." I next 'picked out' their zipper, eye holes, ear protectors and mouth guards in "Vallejo" Gunmetal and "Citadel" Nuln Oil.

Finally, I applied plenty of "Citadel" Abaddon Black to the bureaucrats gloves and tackled their bare noses with a smidgeon of "Vallejo" Heavy Skintone and dash of "Citadel" Biel-Tan Green. I did also momentarily consider pigmenting the duo's bases using my predominantly grey Moon/Mars basing (with 2mm tall Chilli Red flock) so they could be used to tackle my slowly growing "Lunar" collection of models by "Spectre Miniatures". However, in the end I just based them in the brown mud and green grass I usually use, so I could stick to my original plan of having them tackle Xenomorphs and Exterminators.

"The bears may be relatively realistic in appearance, with detailed masks or fully rounded headpieces."

Alongside my Vulgorn Guards I have also completed four more 28mm metal Strawbears by “Crooked Dice Game Design Studio”. This single model can be bought as SKU: MINI 466 from their Children of the Fields range, or be purchased as part of the Lincolnshire-based company's four-figure Mummer Procession deal, along with a Hobby Horse, Accordionist and Drummer. I picked up mine as part of an eight-miniature pre-order from their stall at "Warfare" 2024.

All of the miniatures were primed using a couple of coats of “Vallejo” Dark Yellow and drenched in “Citadel” Agrax Earthshade. Each figure was then heavily dry-brushed with (more) “Vallejo” Dark Yellow, and then Buff, using a large, soft-bristled make-up brush. I next decided to break up their palette a little bit more by sporadically applying splotches of “Citadel” Reikland Fleshshade and Biel-Tan Green to certain areas of each model, and subsequently blended all these colours together with a second dry-brush of (more) “Vallejo” Buff.