Welcome back to the challenge everyone and good luck in reaching your goals! I missed last year due to other commitments, so this year is the year to try and catch up with the ever growing pile of shame.
This year's opening entry is inspired by re-watching the Clone Wars recently and remembering how entertaining the droid army could be when not part of Episodes 1-3. These are from the Legion starter box, so sadly clock in at quite a bit taller than 28mm, or even 32mm figures. The kits seem unduly complex, with 2 teeeeeeny tiny bits to make up the head so I'm not sure I'll be venturing further into Legion after this. Still... the droids will be good for 7TV!
To go with the droids, we have General Grievous to round out the figure count to 19.
Given that various people have asked for the recipe, here we go:
- Undercoat with GW's Wraithbone spray
- Cover with the Skeleton Horde contrast paint
- Drybrush with bleached bone
- Touch up the weapons with some white and then cover in the black contrast paint
- for the officer, paint the top of the head and the front panel in white, then paint with Nadreg yellow contrast
- Sponge on some light chipping using the darkest brown you own
Great work Paul, love the shading on these. An evil droid has many uses.....
ReplyDeleteCool looking droids. The general looks quite menacing.
ReplyDeleteNice Work!
ReplyDeleteLovely looking droids, they might not be the droids we were looking for but they are excellent!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Those look terrific Paul! What recipe did you use for basic droids?
ReplyDeleteThanks, I've updated the post to include the recipe
DeleteCheers Paul!
DeleteNice first post here! Boom! Also rewatching the clone wars.. though no models to paint for it, so will live vicariously through yours!
ReplyDeleteExcellent. Very nice indeed.
ReplyDelete"Roger, Roger!" What a wonderful job you've done here! Those lightsabres on Grievous definitely give me chills as I grew up on the middle trilogy of films. Can't wait to see more.
ReplyDeleteGreat work! Echoing Curt, I would also love to know the basic droid "recipe"...um, I'm asking for a friend...
ReplyDeleteI've updated the post to include the recipe... for your Friend ;)
DeleteNot the droids we were looking for, but certainly the droids we needed! Lovely work!
ReplyDeleteThese look great! I am a bit taken aback by the fact that you succeeded in painting about a third of my (admittedly modest) points total for the entire Challenge in the wink of an eye. :-) Good show, I also love the contrast paints!
ReplyDeleteNice work, Paul! They look really sharp especially on the clear bases. General Grievous looks wonderfully wicked in his black Cape cape too!
ReplyDeleteThey've come out nicely!
ReplyDeleteHello there...
Beautifully painted!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat work Paul! A nice force especially considering how fast you've managed to paint them up! Contrast paints sure seem to do the trick with stuff like this.
ReplyDeleteFor things like these, or smaller details, contrast seems to be perfect as the base; then it is just adding on some other details. I do tend to find that contrast can come out looking a bit grainy though... so it's still not perfect
DeleteExcellent 1st none Curt post of the Challenge, I thought I was a quick painter 😁
ReplyDeleteLovely stuff
ReplyDeleteWow! That was FAST! Good quality too. Lovely cream tone on the droids.
ReplyDeleteHave you looked at the Star Wars variant for Chain of Command? Might be just the ticket.