Original Cylon Schematics
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 5:34 pm
In the prologue scene of the rare "Experiment in Terra" telemovie, Galactica fandom was shown never-before seen imagery of what an "Original Cylon" looked like before they were destroyed by their robot creations. I never saw this movie growing up and, needless to say, when this lost footage started popping up on YouTube, I was quite intrigued. I always knew the story, particularly as elaborately conveyed in the extended scene in the TOS pilot episode between Apollo and Boxey, but I never thought I would actually "see" what one of these creatures looked like. And then, there it was, in all its low-def glory:
The one thing that find somewhat amusing is that, conventional BSG wisdom states that the Imperious Leader is the only remaining Cylon that is supposed to maintain the original visage of the race that created him and his robot minions, and yet he looks absolutely nothing like them. Oh, well...
Around that time, comic publisher Realm Press had an arc within its regular run of Battlestar Galactica books which featured this same enigmatic being, with some pretty bad-@$$ looking artwork:
During the course of making my other Colonial Warrior and Cylon Centurion schematics back in 2010, I decided to try my hand at a similar treatment to the Original Cylons. It was difficult to draw, as the source material was highly stylized and artistic, and there really wasn't a well-defined consistency to their design. The result is a composite amalgam of the different versions that have appeared over the years.The one thing that find somewhat amusing is that, conventional BSG wisdom states that the Imperious Leader is the only remaining Cylon that is supposed to maintain the original visage of the race that created him and his robot minions, and yet he looks absolutely nothing like them. Oh, well...