“Not so tight—around the neck, I mean!”
Box for the Neca Engineer Prometheus action figure in a pressurized suit, featuring a purple illustration and the title "Prometheus" The NECA brand has released reasonably priced, 180-mm articulated figures from Ridley Scott's film "Prometheus," which—once the joints have been secured and the paintwork improved—are a truly worthwhile option for modelers looking to create a diorama...

We'll start with the film's main Alien—"The Engineer." The first thing to do is to use Super Glue to secure all of the figure's joints once you've chosen a final pose. Then fill in the various seams and gaps with putty...

The problem was that the buttocks were too flat, so putty was applied in several layers, with each layer allowed to dry before the next. After the final sanding, the small missing details of the suit were added or engraved...

Painter/Engineer

A white-painted NECA Prometheus figurine next to a mixture of blue and red paint

Once the seams have been taken care of, apply an acrylic primer to the entire figurine; then, after it dries, begin painting the skin. Use Winsor & Newton artist's oil paints in tubes. We start with the shadows, always using photos from the movie as a guide, beginning with Alizarin Crimson and Phthalocyanine Blue. We outline the veins on the hands and a few on the neck...

White Prometheus Engineer figurine next to a palette of mixed paints

We finish highlighting the skin by blending in Naples yellow and white, allowing the shadows and veins to stand out. Keep in mind that the skin on the forearms blends into the biomechanical part higher up...

A close-up of the pale, veined hand and the biomechanical body of the Prometheus figurine Details of the finished painting...

Body painting.

Base coat: Humbrol 33 + 110 + silver—1/3 of each applied to the entire surface... Then gently remove the excess paint with a flat brush or a tissue... Dabs of oil paint mixed in green, blue, and brown on a white palette

Then we highlight the figurine with a brush using olive green, emerald green, umber, and Winsor & Newton white...

A mixture of umber, olive green, and black is applied to the entire piece...

The final step: Apply glazes as shown in the Alien tutorial, using gloss varnish, phthalocyanine blue, alizarin crimson, and olive green. Finish with a light coat of matte varnish on the unlit areas...