Red Gorilla - Aliens Day Exclusive

 Red Gorilla!

Happy Aliens Day (or LV-426 Day). 

To celebrate and commemorate, I'd like to share with you the rare and elusive Red Gorilla Alien!

This is the only one of its kind! 

No, it's not a variant or an error or a Kenner Mail Away exclusive. It's a custom job. I thought it would be an interesting take on the legendary "Red Gorilla" myth (more on that here).  My approach was simply " what kind of red would he have been?" I choose to use the color palette of the Bull Alien. And I'll tell ya, he looks great! 

Naturally, I then thought " what about the Bull? Or the Scorpion?"

Behold! The first three Kenner Aliens in swapped colors!

I was worried the Bull would be the least interesting color swap, but he actually looks amazing. I was surprised. 

The scorpion just demonstrates how great the sculpt is, and that he can be any color and still look good. 

I'll tell you right now; the Bull was the hardest, with his veins and tubes and etc. on his head. Lots of passes and touch ups on that one. Easiest was Scorpion. One pass, and done!

This was a really fun project, and I'm very pleased with the outcome. Maybe I'll explore more color swaps in the future. 

Thanks for stopping by!