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Provided by the compucert You may or may not be familiar with the creature called the babel fish, but I'm sure everyone has heard of where it came from: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. This little guy's role was that of a universal translator when placed in the ear. In the original British Television version they simply used a candy Swedish Fish, but for the movie they pumped up the effect a notch. This kit, wonderfully rendered in perfectly cast resin by Pinkerton FX, comes cast in one part, base and Lucite rod packed carefully in a box with the words DON'T PANIC emblazoned on it. Nice touch!
It took me only a short while in front of the television to clean up what few mold marks there were. The wife requested a pretty little yellow fish with dark stripes or dots. So I thought that this was a good excuse for me to get some metallic blue on the fish. I started by brushing on a complete coating of flat white and worked my way through washes of progressively darker shades of yellow, so it looked white at the belly, and a nice rich yellow on the back. The eyes are white with light blue washes. I used all acrylic craft store paints.
It took me only a short while in front of the television to clean up what few mold marks there were. The wife requested a pretty little yellow fish with dark stripes or dots. So I thought that this was a good excuse for me to get some metallic blue on the fish. I started by brushing on a complete coating of flat white and worked my way through washes of progressively darker shades of yellow, so it looked white at the belly, and a nice rich yellow on the back. The eyes are white with light blue washes. I used all acrylic craft store paints.
I'd say 3 hours of work, tops, went into this little guy. Photos by G-Mo / Gordon C.
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