I'm into the TV-21 Dalek comics in a big way. So much that getting a nice little collection of comic-deco Daleks is one of my biggest priorities when it comes to customs. I've already got a Zeg, and another project in the works (which you'll see in the pictures further down) thanks to a garage kit I managed to find online. The only problem is that these require 1964 Daleks as the base, and these aren't particularly cheap to procure anymore. While a talking version is out in the near future to make life a little easier, I managed to pick an original one up from a convention and started work on my next project - the Black Dalek!
Notice how I said "Black Dalek" rather than "Dalek Supreme"? This is how the Dalek is referred to by the Emperor in the comic and to me the name connotates a little more than simply leadership. When Zeg challenges for leadership of the Daleks and proclaims his invincibility, he is demanded to test his worth against the Black Dalek. Though the Black Dalek's firepower proves completely ineffective against Zeg, the challenge suggests that this is perhaps the strongest Dalek in the empire. Not just a leader, but a black knight of sorts. The Emperor's champion.
Though other black Daleks would appear in the comics with different decos (including the Dalek Supreme of the 1965 Dr. Who and the Daleks movie), this one is based off the black/silver design that first appeared in the strip. As mentioned the base body is a 1964 Dalek, with Citadel's "Chaos Black" and "Mythril Silver" paints used.
Next on my "to do" list is a couple of standard drones in various different colourschemes!
