ALIEN Space jockey

Nice job!
I've always been intrigued by that "character." Always hoped that race of aliens would turn up in a sequal...

Nice job! Alien / Aliens subjects have always been some of my favorites. How did the contest go? Or has it yet to take place?

I've always been a huge fan of the series and of Gieger's work. Great job! Hope the contest goes / went well!

demono69

Thanks Guys!

The Contest went GREAT.....good turn out! ( almost too good )

I took 3rd for the SPACE JOCKEY.

Here are some more pics of from that contest! VERY COOL STUFF!

http://localhost:1094/Homesteads/_1750433801/evenmoremodels3.html

Congrats on third!
And thanks for the link, but I don't seem to be able to see it!
More than likely my PC's problem...

Brian, I don't think it's your computer. All I get is a "page can not be displayed".

Oh, and Congrats on third.

I get the same thing. I always wondered about that space jockey, seems like one of the characters might have noticed and said something like "Hey, there's a huge mummified guy there!" but, nothing. It was always very intriguing to me. That first movie had such a feel of suspense to it. Great film.


madda

I think I remember Capt. Dallas taking a close look at the "Jockey" and remarking that the bones in the chest looked like they had exploded from inside. If I had been there I would have been a space-suited blur running back to the Nostromo! I have a sense of adventure but a much more developed sense of self-preservation...

Still, it would have been cool to see the set during the filming of that scene. Huge!!

Can someone PLEASE try again......then e-mail and let me know?

It is working now...or at least I can see it.

Ridley Scott said something in an interview later on about that Jockey being the sole pilot of this "Drop Ship" dropping off these 'engineered' life forms when something whent wrong....OOOPS!....I would say so!

I just tried again, no dice. Did you copy and paste the link, or try to type it all? I prefer copy and paste, fewer chances for me to screw up.

I wonder what undiscovered race of aliens that huge enormouse gigantic pilot would belong to. Hmmm. Reminds me of anime.

madda

Congrats on your win! Having built this puppy twice (once for a customer) I can tell you how to get a great, cheep, base. Go look at Walmart in the storage and cake pan area. They sell a styrofoam "bowl" with a lid that is used for heating fajitas. It has a "stepped" down look and is smaller at the bottom than the top. It's about 2.00. Turn it over and the bottom has an indention that fits the space jockey base exactly! When you get it home, you'll find a flat area on one side like a nameplate. Write the letters "alien' with a marker in this space and then using a hot soldering iron or knife LIGHTLY trace the letters- melting them into the base. Use some ribbed wiring hose from Autozone( like they use for stereo wires) to add piping up the sides from the bottom. (use superglue to hold) Paint everything with rusty-looking acrylic paint. You'll have a custom looking base that's very impressive. I'll find a photo and post if you're intriqued.

Great job on your win. The first pics were great, but I can't access anything on the other link you provided.

I will try to 're-publish it' to the web.

Here it is again,,,does it work now?

http://troysmodels.homestead.com/jockey.html

The race of aliens to which the Space Jockey belonged showed up again in the old Dark Horse comics Aliens series. I think the storyline was "Earth War". I don't remember specifically how the story went, but they showed up after the Aliens infested Earth and nearly destroyed the Human race. Those comics were really good. I think I'll go back and read them again...

I read a couple of those, but somehow missed the big guy, but I was never able to get the whole series. I reemmber it being pretty neat though. Talk about a total apocalypse, xenomorphs making it to earth, yuck.


madda

QUOTE: Originally posted by demono69 I've always been a huge fan of the series and of Gieger's work. Great job! Hope the contest goes / went well! demono69

Not that big. ;) It's Giger. H. R. Giger. Sounds like Eager. H. R. stands for Hans Rudi too. ;)

Did anyone ever make a kit of the Sulaco? Always wanted to do that one.

The same company HALCYON did a styrene kit of the Sulaco BUT! its only about 11 inches long..... but its not a bad kit....look for it on ebay it shouldn't go for 100.00 like the 1/72 scale dropship is these days!

QUOTE: Originally posted by sahickerson Did anyone ever make a kit of the Sulaco? Always wanted to do that one.

HOLY COW! look at this Sulaco kit!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3150047132&category=1193

the dropships going for how much WOW i had/have them all but cant find them i think i lost them when i moved house i can only find my Dogbuster but i was looking for the APC

DUDE!

I would be very depressed! I can't believe a 1/72 DROP SHIP just went on ebay for 140.00 something! DANG!