by Eric Tetangco

Remember the Ovion race from the original Battlestar Galactica? The Ovion action-figure was one of the few Battlestar Galactica figures I could get as a kid, and he served admirably as the requisite "alien" in my various playtime scenarios. Sometimes a good guy, sometimes a bad guy, and often misunderstood, my Ovion action-figure was truly an exotic alien to my kiddie sensibilities.

This Ovion model was going to be my entry into the Mars contest as a re-imagined Tars Tarkas, but I didn't quite get it done. It's sat unpainted for yarens. I pieced together the model from a couple of X-Files Alien statues, a bust bought from Casey Love, and a couple of small metal letter openers. A few hours of epoxy puttying and Dremelling and I had my Tars Tarkas, I mean, Ovion Warrior!

The Ovion Warrior was airbrushed with craft-store acrylics thinned with with Future Floor Polish, Windex and hydrogen dioxide.

Image: Closer look

Image: Left side

Image: Front again

Image: Side