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CATHIE SHIRRIFF as VALKRIS STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (1984)

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Valkris Concept Art by Robert Fletcher

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I'm TRYING to actually draw my boy Valkris. He'd like to pretend he was a hunter guardian xD

And yeah, that's a leather jacket that his wife/bond-mate made for him xD

Slowly but surely he is coming along. I spent... HOURS on his face, and I still don't love it. But this boy is special, so I'm actually gonna do right by him and try to finish him properly.... maybe even drop him into background when I'm done-I FUCKING KNOW THIS IS CRAZY BUT I LOVE HIM SO FUCKING MUCH AND NONE OF THE ARTISTS I LOVE ARE CURRENTLY TAKING COMMISSIONS SO I HAVE TO DO THIS SHIT MY SELF

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hello :) can i have a fortune please? hace a great day!

There's no future in time travel.

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“Men are natural Warriors, but a Woman in battle is truly Bloodthirsty.”

- Cate Tierman

“ Klingons are born, live as warriors, then die.“

-Klingon Proverb

“Revenge is a dish best served cold”

- Klingon Proverb

Independent and selective Klingon Women multimuse

Lore sung by Meag

Mun and Muses are 25+

Sideblog to kelpiencomplexities

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...”I tried to invent a design system for each one of the alien cultures,” [Robert] Fletcher explains. “I tried to make the Vulcans as far from Klingons as I could in the choice of fabrics and silhouette. They are very non-militaristic and have clothing closer to priestly robes.

“...One of the worst things about hiring two hundred movie extras is their hair. Trying to make them look unearthly, you must cover their heads. If you just wrap a cloth around them, they’re going to look [Middle Eastern]. If you go into very elaborate hats that have trim and a lot of doodads on them, you go into vast expense.” Fletcher compromised, using simple headpieces, a lot of monk-type hoods, and some long straight wigs that conveniently covered ears.

Star Trek Costumes: Five Decades of Fashion from the Final Frontier, Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann

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Nacelle Wave 1 - Valkris

It's fair to say that when Nacelle announced the line-up of deep cuts for their inaugural wave, few figures caused more eyebrows to rise than Valkris. After all, she was an extremely minor character in just one scene of a film that is somewhere in the middle of the pack according to most fans.

And yet, she was only the second ever female Klingon character seen in Star Trek. She played a crucial role in the movie, establishing Kruge's ruthlessness by executing his own lover, And she's got a great look.

To sweeten the deal still further, Nacelle shrewdly packed in the Genesis Device. Not just the data tapes, not just the control console, but the whole kit and caboodle. The result is, according to Brian Volk-Weiss, the first wave's biggest seller.

But enough preamble, how is the figure?

The packaging continues the standard theme, but it's double the size of the others. The Genesis Device is very nicely displayed alongside the figure.

Breaking her out of her plastic prison, this is another excellent figure. The face sculpt is very good, capturing her subtle cranial ridges, as well as her rather arch eyebrows and ornate headgear. I would maybe have liked to see her glammed up with more eyeshadow, but she would already not look out of place at Studio 54, so perhaps less is more. Her cleavage would send even Ricardo Montalbán back to the gym.

The rest of the costume looks great, with the long, soft plastic silver coat and the chainmail-effect outfit replete with large jewellery. No wonder she always stands in the film, there is no way she could sit down in all that.

Articulation is typical for Nacelle. Her stilettos make her a little tricky to stand up, but the long cloak does help add extra stability. I've found adopting a split stance with one leg forward is best, and gives her a more animated look. She's got the usual eight hands - fist, closed grip, open grip and trigger finger.

Accessories include a disruptor, tricorder, bat'leth and Genesis data tape. The tricorder is better than Archer's as the strap is somewhat flexible, but it still looks best hanging on her shoulder. The data tape is simply a tiny black rectangle, but it does the job. To be very pedantic, the disruptor is the TNG version rather than the Search For Spock edition - the emitter should be different. And of course, the bat'leth sword wouldn't appear until TNG's 'Reunion', six years after the film. But it's an essential Klingon weapon, so I won't complain.

So finally, onto the Genesis Device itself. The control console is a chunky piece of equipment, with the red "COMMIT" label at the top, the iconic aluminium rings below, and the eighties Modern Props-style blinky lights around it. Incredibly, and I wasn't aware of this until I opened it, the console has an action feature! A quarter turn of the control knob pushes the spring-loaded central column in and out. It's a lot of fun.

The Genesis Torpedo is huge! It looks a little like a novelty sex toy, but if you look past that it's a pretty great replica. The case closes around the torpedo, and whether it's by accident or design, the innards can be removed from the clear plexi sheath to allow further examination of the details.

With Carol and David Marcus coming up in future waves, fans and collectors will be sure to want to add this to their shelves. And it helps that Valkris is a very nice figure in her own right. As a fan for whom the TOS movies were really their introduction to the franchise, I am a huge fan of these characters being immortalised in plastic.

Next up... skipping forward about eighty years to the Next Generation.

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Valkris (Cathie Shirriff)