Wednesday 10 January 2018

From Barks: More Star Wars (60 points)

More of my Imperial Assault toys:

An All-Terrain Defense Pod. The AT-DP is the taller, even gawkier cousin of the AT-ST. I don't like painting vehicles, but this one was fairly easy to do.



Imperial Sentry Droids: these sculpts have a tendency to twist and lean at the waist. They were painted with a black wash over a medium grey, then the panels were re-done in light grey. Similar process to my stormtroopers, but I didn't take as much time over them. The eyes were just a splash of red, nothing special.

Finally, some Clawdite Shapeshifters. These are based on the forgettable bounty hunter Zam Wessell from the execrable Episode II. I didn't feel the love, so these were a basecoat and a wash. I did enjoy the alien face and big eyes with vertical pupils, which was easy to paint.

Zam Wessell- don't be fooled, she's a shapeshifter!

8x 28mm figures 40 points
1x 28mm walker 15 points

From Ray

OMG!

I just love that AT-DP Walker, it looks superb! It almost looks real the way you've painted it. Stupid question, I know its a 28mm figure but just how tall is the walker?
Love the colours used on Zam Wessell, I don't remember her from the films though? Bet shw didn't last long?
Superb brushwork all round my good man. I shall award thee 40 points for your 8 28mm figures and like you said 15 for the walker. But in a fit of extravagance I'll honour you with another 5 for that Walker! 

38 comments:

  1. Love the sentry droids, the grey works brilliantly

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    1. Cheers, Martin! I have a grudging like for them.

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  2. Niice! Love the AT-DP and the sentry droids are very cool. Zam Wessell is decidedly not cool (sadly, like many things from E I-III) but the paintjobs are great.

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    1. You’re too kind, Curt- to be honest, she won’t see the table very often...

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  3. Great work Barks - seeing all the nicely painted Star Wars figures in this challenge is helping to compensate for the nausea caused by the endless and stupid Star Wars-themed commercials that have drained my enjoyment of the setting...

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    1. This is why we refuse to have a TV in the house. They are an insult to free thought and turn brains into paste. In many respects the Luddites weren't that far off the mark.

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    2. I can see things getting a bit Peak-SW.

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  4. Nice work Barks. The walkers have to be about the dumbest thing ever designed, but yours is beautifully painted.

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  5. Great work, Barks!! Whatever the Clawdite Shapeshifters are, they look terrific, and the walkers look great as well. You've mastered that wonderful purple on the Shapeshifters (a really tricky colour).

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    1. Thank you, Sidney! She’s merely a few shades of brown and Vallejo Red-Purple with an Army Painter Purple Tone wash, no highlights.

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  6. Excellent work on that walker.

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  7. A nice bunch of Star Wars Goodies

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  8. Excellent painting star wars always looks so cool

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  9. Thanks for the bonus points, Ray- since you asked, the walker is a hair short of 6”.

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  10. That walker is awesome! Great paint work. Those shapeshifters look ace, but having wiped EpI-III from my mind I have no idea about her being on the big screen!

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    1. You’re not missing anything... I’m happy being amnesic

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  11. Great looking walker, I have no memory of the shapeshifters whatsoever but you've done a nice job on them, the sentries are ace!
    Best Iain

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  12. That’s some seriously cool stuff! Love the walker especially. Not so keen on the ‚clones‘ in Imperial Assault, but your painting is beyond doubt.

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  13. Love me all, Barks! Even the Zam Wessel entourage that might've made a better fight in episode 2. Honestly I just tuned out those movies till lights sabers were drawn and clone troopers charged! ;)

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    1. Thanks, Dave! I’m really not a fan, as you may be able to tell...

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  14. Really nice stuff. Great to see Star Wars stuff like this. Cheers

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