There is no sign of the Daleks I ordered on 13 Oct, but as the order that arrived today (which I placed on 28 Oct) included Davros, I feel I can raise my self-imposed moratorium on this post.
Now, I knew that the colour of Daleks indicates a heirarchy, and although I'm not a rivet-counter, I wanted to get it right. Do you think that there might be information on t'Internet about Dalek colour schemes? Boy, is there!*
An evening's pottering about told me the BTD's Dalek is suitable for models between 'Evil of the Daleks' and 'Remembrance of the Daleks' (ie, 1967-1988). Also, the hierarchy isn't as marked as I remember it (the more colourful ones - including "legendary 'red-top'" - are from the Peter Cushing movies).
So, if and when I get around to painting them, I shall go for one of the following schemes for the drones**:-
'The Chase' (1967) |
'Death to the Daleks' (1974) |
'Genesis of the Daleks' (1975) |
However, rather than just going for a 'Black Top' as a leader, I couldn't resist this guy...
As is no doubt obvious, this is the Dalek Supreme from 'Planet of the Daleks' (1973).
* And if you want rivet-counting...
** Pictures by The Mind Robber - a great site for those into Dr Who.
***Fortunately for the Supreme Dalek Race BTD's Doctors are fairly crap so unless I get the Not-Jon Pertwee from Crooked Dice, their plans will go unthwarted.
Now how did I miss the fact that they were coloured according to rank? Probably too busy hiding behind the settee!
ReplyDeleteI'm a Dr Who fan,but not to the rubber sheet and baby oil level. Strikes me that, as it's all pretend anyway, does it really matter? As long as you've got the colour schemes broadly 'right' then you're OK.
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Death and Genesis are my original Daleks too and to my mind they are the Daleks.
ReplyDeleteI painted up some Dalaks once for a pal, they were a surprisingly difficult paint!! Good luck Edwin!
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