These four 28mm scale Sardaukar were sculpted by "Big Mr Tong" and can be downloaded for free as part of a ten-figure set of STL (Standard Triangle Language) files from his "Patreon" subscription service. Based upon David Lynch's vision of the Emperor's elite warriors as first seen in his 1984 American science-fiction film "Dune", the miniatures were produced using "Elegoo" Water Washable Resin on a Mars 3 Pro 3D Printer.
Each figure was undercoated in "Citadel" Abaddon Black, and heavily dry-brushed with "Vallejo" Heavy Charcoal. The super-human soldiers' belts were then 'picked out using a little "Vallejo" Steel Blue, and their firearms with Gunmetal. Finally, each model was entirely 'drowned' in "Citadel" Nuln Oil and the Sardaukar's distinctive green face-visor realised using a combination of "Scalecolor" White Alchemy and the "Citadel" Contrast paint Warp Lightning.
Alongside the last of my Sardaukar I have also pigmented four 32mm scale B2 Droids by "Nyverdale Tabletop". These can be downloaded for free as part of Duncan's fifteen-figure strong B2 Droids Collection (Fan Art) on "Cults" and are clearly based upon the Super Battle Droids from "Star Wars".
Produced using "Elegoo" Water Washable Resin on a Mars 3 Pro 3D Printer, their pre-supported versions are all quite bizarrely placed face down onto the build plate, so resultantly suffered quite horribly from the pimple/acne effect of their struts. Admittedly, the fact the miniatures are so low to the ground does result in a fast print-time, yet this is debatably off-set by their rafts' significant footprints only allowing five models per batch. In future, I may well simply stand them upright (at a 30-40% angle) and supply my own supports using "Chitubox" Basic.
Having based each model onto a 25mm round bases, they were all primed with a coat of "Citadel" Abaddon Black and subsequently treated to some "Vallejo" Gunmetal. I then heavily washed them with "Citadel" Nuln Oil before dry-brushing them with (more) Gunmetal. Disappointingly, this process really highlighted all the pits, dents and deformities of the printing process, so I eventually went back and gave the quartet a second shade of "Citadel" Nuln Oil to darken their overall tone.
In addition, I attempted to contrast some of the Baktoid Combat Automata-built robots' joints, softly-detailed heads and midriff with a further application of "Citadel" Nuln Oil. But this didn't really work, so eventually settled on carefully painting their waists with "Citadel" Abaddon Black, and 'spotting' a light-emitting diode on one of their chests using a combination of "Vallejo" Heavy Red and "Citadel" Carroburg Crimson.
Four x 28mm scale foot figure = 20 Points
Four x 32mm scale foot figure = 20 Points
Total = 40 Points
