{"id":10501,"date":"2019-10-11T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=10501"},"modified":"2019-10-03T14:19:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T13:19:07","slug":"astronauts-and-heretics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/10\/astronauts-and-heretics\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronauts and Heretics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/10\/astronauts-and-heretics\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>New this week are these rather lovely, tiny astronauts. Sculpted by Martin Baker, these wee spacemen are the perfect occupants of our 6mm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/6mmSF\/Moonbase.html\">Moonbase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10511\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/10\/astronauts-and-heretics\/astronauts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Astronauts.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,418\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix SL280&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325378086&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0028571428571429&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Astronauts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Astronauts.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Astronauts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Astronauts.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Astronauts-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had a bit of fun painting up some samples in various styles. Left to right, we have conventional NASA spacesuits in plain white with a tiny dot of red on the sleeve representing the US flag; then we have some bright orange suits with yellow helmets, as seen in <em>Space 1999<\/em>; and finally, white with orange and black flashes and gold visors, \u00e0 la <em>The Martian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/10\/astronauts-and-heretics\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10501 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/10\/astronauts-and-heretics\/nasa\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NASA-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"10513\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/10\/astronauts-and-heretics\/nasa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NASA.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,539\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NASA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NASA.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/10\/astronauts-and-heretics\/space1999\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Space1999-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"10514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/10\/astronauts-and-heretics\/space1999\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Space1999.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,541\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Space1999\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Space1999.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/10\/astronauts-and-heretics\/martian\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Martian-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"10512\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/10\/astronauts-and-heretics\/martian\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Martian.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Martian\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Martian.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The pack contains six identical sprues, each with four different figures, all cast in lead-free pewter. We&#8217;ll have stock of these at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selwg.org\/selwg-show\/\">SELWG<\/a> next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/6mmSF\/Moonbase\/SF300-005.html\">SF300-005<\/a> &#8211; Astronauts (x24) &#8211; \u00a32.75<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New this week are these rather lovely, tiny astronauts. Sculpted by Martin Baker, these wee spacemen are the perfect occupants of our 6mm Moonbase. I had a bit of fun painting up some samples in various styles. Left to right, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/10\/astronauts-and-heretics\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6mm-sf","category-new-releases"],"views":4238,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Astronauts.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-2Jn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5157,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/03\/tiny-mercenaries\/","url_meta":{"origin":10501,"position":0},"title":"Tiny Mercenaries","author":"Tony","date":"March 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Our 6mm range is pretty big - something like 250 product codes. That said, we haven't added much to it other than buildings and scenery for a little while, concentrating on the 15mm range, and I think maybe some of the smaller scale gamers have been feeling a little left\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;6mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"6mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/6mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dsc_1232.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dsc_1232.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dsc_1232.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dsc_1232.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10656,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/11\/looking-ahead-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":10501,"position":1},"title":"Looking Ahead #4","author":"Tony","date":"November 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Some 6mm vehicles this time. These are tiny versions of the Guardforce O'Higgins Fragarach light tank, already out in 15mm. already seen You've the 6mm versions of the Kopis, but here it is again with the Astrapi.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;6mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"6mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/6mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GFOH-6-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GFOH-6-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GFOH-6-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GFOH-6-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6141,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/01\/tiny-soldiers\/","url_meta":{"origin":10501,"position":2},"title":"Tiny Soldiers","author":"Tony","date":"January 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I know I'm supposed to be slaving away at the workshop again today, and I will be soon, after I've dropped off the latest batch of orders at the post office. 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Recent expansion has required the building of additional living space, and a new type of accommodation. 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