The Samurai Gunslinger

From io9: Full i09 post

I just could not help posting these pics, if you have not been checking out i09 I have to reccomend them highly, lots of entertaining stuff to add to your feed!

Mojo, who does effects work on bots vs. human show Battlestar Galactica, has just posted a gorgeous set of photographs that designers used to create the look of the all-metal Centurion cylons for the new show. Here you can see a cool “smackdown” picture of an old-school cylon (featured in Razor flashbacks) going head-to-head with a new-school one. What’s interesting to me, looking at these real-life models for creatures who are pure CGI in the show, is how much they’re intended resemble Roman soldiers. They even have butt-covering chain mail!

Designed by Pierre Drolet, this cylon model looks pretty badass.