ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) And so it begins! Imperial 501st Legion Commander The First Three Finished Imperial 501st Legion Troops Went to an assembly line mentality, have just the black detailing done on these ten...once I get the remaining 29 stormies and 6 speeder troops detailed I'll move on to the gloss black helmet lenses, light grey, blue, and dark blue detailing to finish them all off! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand then I'll have all the rebel troopers to do... Edited April 1, 2019 by ZealuxMyr 9 GhengisharnIV, Force Majeure, ImhotepMagi and 6 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nihm 209 Posted April 6, 2018 Well done! 1 ZealuxMyr reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jabby 1,042 Posted April 6, 2018 What colour was the blue? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted April 6, 2018 Citadel's Caledor Sky. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted April 12, 2018 Darth Vader I needed a break from all the stormtroopers that I am still working on... I still have some highlighting and contrast to add, plus the all-important saber glow. But I've reenergized myself to get back to the horde of stormies... 11 1 Boomer_J, yoink101, ABXY and 9 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornwolf 28 Posted April 12, 2018 Nice one buddy, all looking good I like how clean the troopers are. 1 ZealuxMyr reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted May 4, 2018 I don't know if I'm being too meticulous in all the details I'm trying to paint or if I just don't have as much time to invest as everyone else...but I have more WIP photos, none of these are done yet... Imperial forces: 1 Vader, 3 "normal" stormie platoons (1 orange pauldron commander, 1 grey pauldron commander, and 1 black pauldron commander), two 501st-Vader's Fist platoons (grey pauldron commander w/teal stripe on left shoulder pad-rest of platoon has a matching stripe and the black pauldron commander), and 5/7ths of an Imperial Shock Trooper platoon (orange pauldron commander). For those that are going to notice these things: yes those are 3D printed concept-prototype Y-Wings for X-Wing Miniatures (2.0! OMG SO EXCITED), 3D printed ski-speeders, 3D printed container tokens, and there is a BB-9E cat toy on the floor. All the 3D printed stuff is from Shapeways - a mix of Mel's Miniatures and Alien Luxury Miniatures, both of which are better at taking my money than even A$MODEE games/FFG is... Close-up of the Imperial Shock Troopers, 501st in the background - as you can see (save the back 3, left 501st troops) no one has gotten Nuln Oil detailing/highlights yet... Specialty Commander Units The nails are from painting 1/270th scale 3D printed vulture droids - magnetized. Holy Hot & Steamy Jar Jar Erotica those things are tiny... The Normie Stormies - I think I will be doing a left shoulder stripe to distinguish each platoon, grey (matching grey pauldron commander) and darker grey (to go with the black pauldron commander). 3 BigBadAndy, Force Majeure and ImhotepMagi reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thevshi 127 Posted May 4, 2018 That is quite an impressive force of Stormtroopers/Shocktroopers. Well done! 1 ZealuxMyr reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr_mithrandir 137 Posted May 4, 2018 On 4/12/2018 at 5:47 AM, ZealuxMyr said: Darth Vader I needed a break from all the stormtroopers that I am still working on... I still have some highlighting and contrast to add, plus the all-important saber glow. But I've reenergized myself to get back to the horde of stormies... Awesome. What did you use to get the shine on the armor? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted May 4, 2018 14 minutes ago, mr_mithrandir said: Awesome. What did you use to get the shine on the armor? Tamiya X-1 Black model paint. It's a gloss paint that I typically use it for X-Wing Miniatures and Armada fighter squadrons cockpits. Been using it for my stormtrooper's helmet lenses and it also works well for certain parts of Lord Vader. His shins, boots, chest and arms have it too - just those got a dulling dry brushing of matte black paint. The helmet stayed glossy, cause that's how he supposed to look 1 mr_mithrandir reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigBadAndy 640 Posted May 5, 2018 The way you have used the glossy black is excellent and really makes him look like he does in the films. The stormtroopers look great as well. I’m in the same boat as you. I have two stormtrooper units done, along with Vader and Luke, the soeederbikes and one of the two rebel trooper units from my first core set. I picked up a second core set along with an airspeeder and an AT ST. So still a lot of painting to do and no time. It’s okay - we will get there eventually! 1 ZealuxMyr reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) Ouch, Necroing my own painting thread...all those fracking X-Wing repaints and Armada squadrons I've been painting... I did finish all 6 squads of Stormies finally, buy I have not lined them up for a photo yet. I've since moved on by starting to mod 1 squad of Rebel Troopers (into a squad of Mon Calamari) but got distracted by starting to paint both my squads of Rebel Fleet Troopers...I've since been distracted once more, so here's one finished Fleet Trooper Commander mini: I got distracted from my fleet troopers by X-Wing repaints and, when returning to Legion painting, I completely disregarded my Fleet Trooper progress and went headlong into painting Chewbacca and a full squad of Wookiee Warriors (by the force, Wookiees are awesomely fun to paint): I've started my second squad of Wookiee Warriors (painting Emperor Palpatine in between - did not take photos of him yet) and we'll see how that goes... Edited December 26, 2018 by ZealuxMyr 5 Lochlan, miridor, Qualitypunk and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted January 7, 2019 Second Squad of Wookiee Warriors 5 Lochlan, miridor, ImhotepMagi and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted January 7, 2019 Finally got around to lining up all of my completed Stormies, so happy they are done. It feels really good to see progress progressing progressively...but there is so, so much more to paint... 5 Force Majeure, yoink101, ImhotepMagi and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C3POFETT 833 Posted January 7, 2019 Your Vader looks awesome. Like the gloss effect you achieved. Your wookie squads are great. I too picked up 2 squads and every wookie is going to look unique. I did the same for my Royal Guards. I did 4 Red/Maroon (RotJ) 2 Black/Red (comic) 2 Blues (Clone Wars throwback) 1 ZealuxMyr reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted February 18, 2019 Imperial Officers I swear their skin is a real skin tone in person, for some reason they look yellow when photographed (these are not Simpsons Officers). 2 ImhotepMagi and Lochlan reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted February 25, 2019 Got distracted from painting my FFG models by a 3D Printed BB-8 unit from the Mel's Miniatures shop on Shapeways... (Why yes that is a WIP M9-G8, again Mel's) 3 melminiatures, Lochlan and Wes Janson reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melminiatures 2,664 Posted February 27, 2019 Aww.... He looks perfect 1 ZealuxMyr reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted March 4, 2019 Communication Technician - alternate blue color scheme M9-G8 (Mel's Miniatures) Boba Fett test assembly (bloody fantastic idea shamelessly stolen from here: And the parts I'm not using from Boba Fett, thanks to this mod, were used to fix this Fallout: New California game piece: 1 Lochlan reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted March 11, 2019 Imperial Scout - Ready for the Forrest Floor of Endor I still have the florescent-gloss-green visor lense to do...but I had to order the paint from Amazon so I'll get to that when it comes in... WIP Pics: Reference Photo (Episode III Kashyyyk Clones) Base coating: Tamiya XF-62 Olive Drab as base color and Citadel Nurgling Green for the armor plates. Base coats pretty much completed Detail straps, pouches, and guns Add camo pattern (random striping/dotting of 5 different colors: 3 shades of green and 2 complimentary shades of brown) Trim boot bottoms in black and darkwash ...final step with gloss-green visor coming soon... 4 Qualitypunk, yoink101, Lochlan and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) Imperial Scout with finished gloss-green visor General Steps to Completion: Olive Drab Base (Tamiya XF-62) Nurgling Green Armor Plates Mix (4:7) Olive Drab:Mournfang Brown Gloves Elysian Green straps Ogryn Camo Large Pouches Zandri Dust Small Pouches Mournfang Brown Buckles Ogryn Camo Camo Swatches Elysian Green Camo Swatches Loren Forest Camo Swatches Zandri Dust Camo Swatches XV-66 (Brown) Camo Swatches Abaddon Black boot bottoms 1:8 Nuln Oil:Windex dark wash Gloss Fluorescent Light Green Lens (Tamiya X-15 Light Green) Unless otherwise identified paint colors/names are all Citadel. Edited May 14 by ZealuxMyr 4 Jabby, Cusm, Lochlan and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted April 14, 2019 Kashyyyk, My Lord, is ready to fall... 4 yoink101, Contrapulator, Qualitypunk and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted April 24, 2019 Death Troopers These guys don't play well with lighting in photos...they either disappear into darkness or shimmer in glossy-reflection... Base coat: Citadel's Abaddon Black & Armor plates: Tamiya's X-1 Gloss Black 3 Lochlan, Qualitypunk and yoink101 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted April 29, 2019 Death Troopers (Squad 2) Again, these glossy boys are hard to get a good photo of... 1 Lochlan reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZealuxMyr 1,944 Posted August 10, 2019 TX-225 GAVw Occupier Combat Assault Tank 10 Lochlan, yoink101, RuusMarev and 7 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
