"Look At The Size Of The Giant."

 "Andre is seven foot five."

This 70mm tall model of André René Roussimoff was created using "Elegoo" Water Washable Resin on a Mars 3 Pro 3D Printer, and is almost certainly based upon the old WWF Andre The Giant action figure by "Hasbro". Indeed, I actually ended up rescaling the original STL (Standard Triangle Language) file to 55% using "Chitubox" Basic in order to make the miniature more manageable, as well as (semi-successfully) help reduce the sculpt's poorly defined details and roughness.

The "inaugural inductee into the newly created WWF Hall of Fame" consisted of four separate pieces, and once assembled was plonked onto a "Citadel" 50mm circular plastic base. He was then primed with a couple of layers of "Vallejo" Heavy Skintone, shaded using plenty of "Citadel" Reikland Fleshshade, and dry-brushed with (more) "Vallejo" Heavy Skintone. As a final step for Andre's flesh, I subsequently applied a heavily-watered down wash of "Citadel" Reikland Fleshshade over him, and later 'picked out' his fingers and face with (more) "Vallejo" Heavy Skintone.

"The USS Constellation (NCC-1017) was a 23rd century Federation Constitution-class starship."

The Eighth Wonder of the World's boots, wrestling attire, hair and eyebrows were treated to some "Citadel" Abaddon Black. I did consider applying some "Vallejo" Heavy Sienna to Andre's hair and perhaps a dash of "Citadel" Nuln Oil. But, all the photographs of him that I used showed him having very dark hair - so in the end I decided to stick with the colour scheme used for his action figure.

In addition to this highly nostalgic trip down memory lane, I have also finished painting a second Terran F-5A Frigate. The two-piece starship was created using some "Bambu Lab" Matt White PLA (Polylactic Acid) on an A1 Mini 3D Printer, and can be purchased as an STL (Standard Triangle Language) file by "Fat Dragon Games" as part of the company's "Battlefront Valkyrie" Starter Set.

"The ship completed three five-year missions."

The spacecraft was undercoated using "Vallejo" Heavy Bluegrey and shaded with "Citadel" Nuln Oil. I then patiently dry-brushed it with (more) "Vallejo" Heavy Bluegrey, before 'picking out' the warp nacelles on its two propulsion units with a combination of "Scale 75" White Alchemy and "Citadel" Talassar Blue.

Unfortunately, another (much smaller) piece on the hot-plate at the time of the model's printing dramatically failed, and caused some of the plastic filament meant for it to slightly 'interfere' with the spacecraft's right flank. This caused the areas to look a little rough, so I decided to make them look like battle damage by dry-brushing them with a little "Citadel" Abaddon Black - similar to that seen on the Commodore Matthew Decker's U.S.S. Constellation in the 1967 "Star Trek" televised episode "The Doomsday Machine"...