Bit of a time slip by the BBC

At the end of last night’s epsiode of Dr Who, fans were left with a series of cliffhangers which had them on the edge of their seats (not least in my house!).

However, we were all excited to be told that at 1pm today there would be a special trailer for the series finale – so I expect that there were a lot of fans like me waiting patiently for the end of the Politics Show to get a glimpse of what is coming.

Nothing. Not even a faint sound of drums. Nada.

Seems like the folks at the Beeb had a little senior moment and the trailer never aired.

Clever marketing tool to boost viewing figures for Sunday afternoons or just a bit of a cock-up? You decide.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/080628_news_01

Created quite a few unhappy fans I would guess …

*UPDATE* Looks like the BBC are revisionist, as they’ve taken down the apology for not showing the trailer and just say “if you missed it”! Anyway, the trailer is now online, enjoy.

1/20 Heavy Use Worker Suit

I put this together during the Bay 37 build so took the odd ten minute slot to finish it off.

This is a prototype of the AFS used by the Mercenary Forces in the Maschinen Kreiger universe, it existed only as a sketch in one of the books until Jason Eaton created the kit master for the IHYC and sold a limited number during the Japanese Wonderfestival earlier this year.

Anyway, I choose to finish it off in the civilian colours, as it reminded me of the powerloader from Aliens, so I used a mix of yellow and ochre acrylics for the base colour and simply weathered and washed it.

Need to do more work on my face painting, but I reckon it’s done … for now …

It’s not up to Jason’s standards, but here’s my HUWS:

More pics can be found here: http://flickr.com/photos/26399668@N03/2613726207/in/photostream/

Thanks!

Need more practice on my face painting methinks …

The Long Walk – Vintage Polaroid

Playing around with Photoshop tonight using directions from www.myinkblog.com.

A very nice effect that I think I’ll use again on some of my other model photos when they’re done.