Imperial Assault – Dusting Off a Forgotten Project

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About the Project

I'm trying to make myself work on the mountain of projects in my collection. As I was looking for what to work on for the 2022 Spring Cleaning Challenge I saw my collection of Imperial Assault figures in various states of progress. At this point it's going to require a lot of cleaning as well as painting, not to mention trying to complete the collection before it's too late.

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Setting Goals

Apr 2 2022

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Skill 4

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So I’ve come up with five total goals for this project. Three primary, and two optional. I think if I have a specific targe for what I want to accomplish it will help me to do so.

Primary Goals

1) Clean the figures and display
– The models have sat exposed to regular household dirt and elements, so the first step of the project will be to just get it cleaned and dust removed

2) Finish painting figures
– Some figures are already painted, I want to get them finished or at least clean up the bases as I have just left the painting mess on the base which detracts from the figures

3) Paint unpainted figures
– There are quite a few figures unpainted, and I’d like to get them finished

Optional Goals

4) Redesign Display Stand
– I had designed this six years ago but have since changed over to Kallax shelves from IKEA. I’m considering making a display that will fit in a Kallax cube, but I might just make an extra level so that I can fit the rest of the figures when I finish the collection.

5) Rebase figures to clear acrylic
– I’m not sure if I will actually do this. For now I’m just going to paint the bases black as it’s neutral and will work ok on any of the map tiles. If I get farther along that I was expecting, I will consider rebasing them to clear acrylic for all of the figures.

Setting the Baseline

Apr 2 2022

Tutoring 3

Skill 5

Idea 5

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Imperial Assault Figures on Custom Display Tray

So this is where I’m starting from. As you can see, there are figures that are painted, figures that are unpainted, and everything in between. This project isn’t just about painting the figures, but cleaning them so that I can actually use them.

I also want to upgrade or redesign the display tray so that I can fit all of the figures for the game and it’s expansions together. Overall I like the display, but it will definitely need some work in order to fit the rest of the collection.