Thanks, it's great to be back
I love these challenges, and it's good that this one's a smaller one, I wouldn't have the time to complete a full scene, but one model placed into an environment nicely is doable 
So I started with the head yesterday, it's not much, but it's a start, roughly 1-2 hour of work with some massive research, plus the modeling. These cylons have interesting headshapes... Anyway I'm really getting back into the Battlestar Galactica mood. With this cylon I'll definately go in a torn down, damaged direction, so I'm planning on making some nice textures.
I hope I can do some improvements and finish up the sketching of the head and torso this week.