Star Wars: Wave 1 Completed

Well that's the first batch of Star Wars miniatures finished and I've really enjoying painting these up, for PVC miniatures they hold a decent amount of detail and paint up rather well.  Next time I put a brush to a Star Wars miniature will be on the Tyrant of Lothal expansion and packs which will see the rest of Phoenix Squad, Thrawn, Deathtroopers and more being added to the collection.

On to the pictures now where I've used my new camera, I'm still playing around with it but I think I've managed to improve picture quality a little and hopefully they'll be room for improvement (still need to get the hang of the light box I bought).

Star Wars: Imperial Forces and Maul Complete

After a weeks holiday (where I did get some painting done but was mainly enjoying the fine weather we're experiencing at the moment) I've hit the painting table and rocked on with the Imperial forces for my Star Wars Rebels gaming along with finishing off Maul.

A tricky miniature to paint due to the amount of black but thanks to the Rebels concept art which can be found online I managed to stick pretty closely to his appearance from there (and again if you are a Star Wars fan but haven't watched this yet go pick it up now, well worth sticking with for some excellent story lines).

Next up we have the classic Stormtroopers and then Riot Troopers from the Heart Of The Empire expansion for Imperial Assault.

I followed Sorastro's guide for painting these over on YouTube which was very helpful and I think they've turned out very well.

I first saw the Sentry Droids on Rebels on loved their design and were one of the reason I ended up buying the Imperial Assault miniatures over the Legions range (the fact that within a couple of months you'll be able to pick up most of the major characters from Rebels as well also helped).

A simple paint job for these and again I followed the concept art from Rebels, they look great next to the Stormtroopers as they tower over them.

Lastly we have some heavy support in the form of an AT-DP, I really enjoyed painting this and got to use Typhus Corrosion (with a touch of Ryza Rust) properly for the first time for the weathering which really makes this pop.

With the Imperial forces completed I've now moved on to the Rebel scum, as usual progress pictures over on my Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/crucium.giger/

Star Wars: Imperial Update

Just a quick update to show my progress so far on the Imperial Assault miniatures.

The Stormtroopers are done now, Sorastro's guide on YouTube was a great help with these and really made them come out the best they could.  It's also the first time I used Vallejo's Dark Earth texture paint, I gave it a dry brush with some Vallejo Brown Sand and it looks good enough with just that (a very neutral look which is what I was looking for).

Next up we have the Sentry Droids which just need the basing finishing off (loved these in Star Wars Rebels) and the AT-DP is well under way (weathering this morning, Typhus Corrosion is a god send).

Star Wars: A New Project

I realised in my last post I hadn't mentioned what I would be moving on to after the Sedition Wars miniatures so here's a quick work in progress post to show where I'm at.  Of course you've guessed from the title it will be Star Wars however it will be played using the Starfall rules www.starfalltt.com with the Imperial Assault miniatures and set during the Rebels timeline.

What has spurred me on to this new project was a trinity of events, the ending of the excellent Star Wars Rebels (if you haven't seen it and you are a Star Wars fan you owe it to yourself to check it out, the show starts off decently enough but by the end the show's arc has developed considerably and includes some of my favourite moments in the Star Wars franchise), the release of the Starfall rules which will be perfect for this scale of game and finally Fantasy Flight announcing the Lothal expansion for Imperial Assault which will give me all the miniatures I need.

To start with I'm working on the Stormtroopers as they'll be the hardest thing to work on with all that white however I ordered some Arctic White from Instar Paint https://shop.instarpaint.com/ after hearing some goods things about them and it looks very promising as the white is nearly covering the charcoal in one layer.

As usual my work in progress photos will be up on Instagram instagram.com/crucium.giger/ with finished photos going up here (I'll be trying out the black background in my photo box next to see how that looks).