Caprica - U-87 Cylon Troop Commander

**rocketmantan** · #1 09-22-2013, 08:55 AM

I've always been obsessed with the original Cylons from the BSG prequel Caprica. Although the series did not live up to my expectations (playing out more like a drama than a scifi prequel to BSG), I thought the Cylon Origin arc was pretty frakking great. The climactic scene during the Atlas Arena attack was simply amazing, and one thing that stuck out at me was the Troop Commander U-87, which we can consider to be the first "real" Cylon Centurion.

Anyway, having bought the U-87 figurine, I felt no need to model the "naked" U-87. This model is actually not that new; I started it back in June and would have remained in the reject bin had I not decided to resurrect the project. I managed to get one testbuild done, but never decided to actually upload the model.

The first testbuild:

The original model was supposed to have a base modeled off the Graystone proving area, while the robot would be equipped with two HK G36K

**enigma** · #2 09-22-2013, 09:24 AM

thats awesome very nice will you plan on doing other variants of the cylons?

thanks for posting.

**rocketmantan** · #3 09-22-2013, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by enigma

thats awesome very nice will you plan on doing other variants of the cylons?

thanks for posting.

Not sure yet, but I'm not ruling out any possibilities

**rocketmantan** · #4 09-22-2013, 09:31 AM

Alright, I think I've gone as far as I can with the redesign. I planned to redo the PASGT-type helmet to be cylindrical as opposed to the boxy design, but I realized that the PASGT is a lot squarer in shape than it is cylindrical. Also, instead of the HK G36, I've included instead a couple of VERY simplified cylon pistols.

**rocketmantan** · #5 09-22-2013, 10:38 AM

torso:

**whulsey** · #6 09-22-2013, 11:34 AM

Looking forward to how this turns out. I really liked Caprica and thought it was just getting to the point were the story lines would start coming together when the plug was pulled. Really po'ed me at SyFy.

**rocketmantan** · #7 09-22-2013, 12:25 PM

REALLY messy build, but I'm just glad the damn thing's done. Whaddya think, should I put it up on my site?

**rocketmantan** · #8 09-22-2013, 01:41 PM

wellp, it's uploaded!
Caprica - U-87 Cylon Paper Model by ~RocketmanTan on deviantART

**whulsey** · #9 09-22-2013, 02:40 PM

Thanks! Don't know when (if) I'll get to it, but will throw it in the pile.