Jodain’s SW:L Hobby Weekend

So I was talking basing with a friend the other Friday Night so I’ve taken photographs of my basing technique for my Star Wars figures – yes more figure have arrived.

I promised some group photographs a long time ago and today was the first chance I really got.  Photographs taken outdoors.

So I don’t have all the figures for the rebels in Star Wars Legion, I have painted all the ones that I currently own.  There are others I want to get, and others that I hope to see produced, but for now I am putting this lot to rest.

The AT-RT is a mix of painting, the pilot it painted with contrast, whilst the walker itself is normal paints with washes, drybrushing and chipping in place.  Luke is painted with a Halfords grey undercoat on his trousers, shirt and belt and Citadel Wraithbone for the boots and gloves (yes I went with two black gloves).  Both of these were painted over with Contrast Black Templar, which has produced two different blacks.  The lightsaber is a mix of the primers and then a mix of AP Green Tone and GW Waywatcher Green.

The 1.4D Laser Cannon was the most fun, the cannon itself is Contrast Space Wolf Grey over an AP Chainmail spray primer.  The camo net is a piece of bandage from a dressing (I have lots of out  of date ones as I teach First Aid), it was sprayed with Model Mates (now Dirty Down) Moss Green, Oil Brown and Rusty Red.  It was glued in place and the uprights put in to hold it up at the back.  PVA was put into the netting to make it a bit more rigid.

At somepoint over the weekend I’ll take a group photo to post up and give the log a proper close for now.

So the last time I posted about the Eta-2 Jedi Interceptor sundancer suggested it needed some pigments to dirty it up even more.  Having agreed I reached out the two relevant pigments I have Vietnam Eath from Secret Weapon and Burnt Umber from Vallejo.  Having applied them I gave it a quick dusting with AP Anti-shine to hold the pigments in place.  It does look much dustier and dirtier now.

Last night during our Club Zoom Hobby Hangout I cracked on with the last 5 rebel troopers that I have to paint.  Contrast really speeds up the painting on them!

Whilst I was finishing them off I finished the last bit of Sabine Wren who I have started on last Friday and spent a few odd minutes here and there.  At some point in the future, I might be tempted to try painting here again – she’s good enough for the tabletop but I’m sure I could do better.  Contrast is good for the bulk troopers, but I think in future for the hero figures they should get a get painted with normal paints.

A few more troopers have been finished off and photographed today.  I haven’t really changed the painting pattern but have been experimenting with the undercoat.  Three grey ringed troopers complete the squad from Episode 18 and the others start a new squad, these guys have been undercoated in Halford Grey Primer and then painted with contrast paints in a similar pattern to one of the previous squads.  Only 5 more troopers to go, then an AT-RT, a 1.4FD Laser Cannon and finally Operative Luke – the rest of the rebels haven’t been purchased.  Oh and Sabine Wren is awaitng basing and varnishing.

I’m going to follow Sundancers advice on the Eta-2 and get out the weathering powders.  Still have one to go as well.

The next batch of Rebel Troopers have hit the painting table and been finished whilst chatting to friends on Friday Night – took me until today (Wednesday) to base and varnsih them though.