My best stormtroopers so far

[BigBadAndy 640]

My WIP thread was pretty cluttered so I thought I would post this separately.

These guys still aren’t perfect but I put a lot more time and effort into these than my previous stormtroopers.

I started with a light gray Vallejo airbrush primer (equivalent to Corax white).  Then I used nuln oil on the whole model.  Then I used some Vallejo blank ink to do the eyes and some of the Black joints and the eyebrow.  Then I started bringing it back up to white with Vallejo ivory.  I thought it might be a bit more gentle than white and I thought about switching to white for the final highlights but didn’t.  So it looks a bit creamy in some places but I kind of like it.

Anyway, as someone who is just going for table too adequate I’m really happy with how these came out. Still lots of flaws but like I said - I’m happy with how they came out.

[manoftomorrow010 1,119]

Dang these look great. I love the HH12 Trooper, really good shading on the body. Also, the ground technique on the base is good. What product creates that effect?

[KalEl814 1,510]

Those troopers look really great! Nice job.

8 minutes ago, manoftomorrow010 said:

Dang these look great. I love the HH12 Trooper, really good shading on the body. Also, the ground technique on the base is good. What product creates that effect?

Looks like Citadel’s Agrellan Earth.

[BigBadAndy 640]

20 minutes ago, manoftomorrow010 said:

Dang these look great. I love the HH12 Trooper, really good shading on the body. Also, the ground technique on the base is good. What product creates that effect?

Yeah @KalEl814 is right.  It’s Agrellan Earth but like an idiot I put it straight on top of white primed bases.  So I painted over it, filling in the cracks with Zandri dust.  Then added some Mordor style bushes.  It turned out pretty well I think.

[manoftomorrow010 1,119]

2 minutes ago, BigBadAndy said:

Yeah @KalEl814 is right.  It’s Agrellan Earth but like an idiot I put it straight on top of white primed bases.  So I painted over it, filling in the cracks with Zandri dust.  Then added some Mordor style bushes.  It turned out pretty well I think.

Yeah, still looks like a good effect!

[wintermoonwolf 146]

....REALLY nice werk!....very much approve!....I look forward to seeing your next imperial unit!...

[BigBadAndy 640]

A few more Imperials:

Veers is easier to paint than to photograph.  I chose to do gray rather than olive and he’s basically Batman. Different shades of gray.  All very forgiving of mistakes.  I hand painted satin varnish on the helmet and armor and matte varnish on the cloth and boots.  Not so obvious here but okay in real life.

I used the same basic technique in the biker scouts as my previous stormtroopers.  I’m not sure if it works as well or is as necessary.  The bikes I did the opposite of my previous set by priming them black and painting the brown parts.  I love these models.  Very satisfying to paint and come out looking nice.  For some reason I really prefer a clean, new look for them instead of the beat up look of the films. I’m not feeling super inspired for the bases so I might just leave them.  Maybe I will dry brush a sandy color over the top...

And finally just a cool shot of my imperial forces so far - including a primed but unpainted stormtrooper squad which is the last thing remaining from my core sets.  I randomly noticed the overhead light was dramatic and took a quick pic. Pay no attention to the creepy @ss doll head in the background, lol.

[Jabby 1,042]

I prefer a grey and black veers over the green olive ones. My Veers, which I have already painted and will upload on my thread eventually (when i stop procrastinating) is a grey tunic with black gloves, just like yours, but also with a bit of blue in the hard parts.

[BigBadAndy 640]

Okay, finally got around to finishing my fourth and final set of stormtroopers from my two core sets.  I didn’t put quite as much TLC into them as the last set so they aren’t as polished.  To make up for it, I stuck them in a pleasant grassy meadow.

I admit, it’s nice to have these done.  I will probably hit the snowtroopers next. I’m so behind...

[PapaVader79 13]

Nice and crisp ?

[BigBadAndy 640]

Got my first set of Snowtroopers done.  Pretty basic tabletop painting.  I primed in a combination of light gray and white (has some trouble with the airbrush but I’ve sorted it out).  Then used seraphim sepia to do the cloth bits. Used army painter dark time for the eyes. Put a few dots of red and blue here and there. The guns are Vallejo German gray. Used white to highlight mostly the shiny armor bits. Brushed on 3-4 layers of satin varnish.

the pictures aren’t great. I will try for some better ones later.

This is unfinished, obviously but I wanted to include a shot of the back and I didn’t take any of the finished ones yet.  I feel like the simple few blue and red elements adds a lot here.  I didn’t have a reference so I don’t know what this is “supposed” to look like.

I have set number two primed and ready to go.  I want to make them differently but I really like the way these cake out so I’m not sure what I will change.

[XiliX 89]

Very nice!

[PapaVader79 13]

I like the work you have done with the snowtroopers

They look good!

Do you use the citadel blizzard for the snow on the base?

I work also on them at the moment

I do a wood/jungle camo on them alot of work?‍♂️

and truly stupid because of the white Armor

greets

 

[BigBadAndy 640]

1 hour ago, PapaVader79 said:

Do you use the citadel blizzard for the snow on the base?

Yes, it’s citadel’s valhalen blizzard on the bases.  I quite like it although it takes like half a bottle to do one set.

Here’s a few more careful staged photos that probably only look better to me.

For the next set I’m going to try painting the cloth in a cream color and the armor in a white. Hopefully it will have enough contrast.

[Sharkbelly 742]

Those look great! Nice work. And thanks for sharing your methods.

[BigBadAndy 640]

Got the next set of snowtroopers done.  Not really happy.  I thought the cream color was a little too subtle so I added back the sepia wash.  Then tried to highlight it up.  Just overall lots of sloppy painting on these guys.  The bases turned out pretty well though.

Edited October 14, 2018 by BigBadAndy

[Thevshi 127]

Nice work!

[C3POFETT 833]

Great job all around. I really like your basing on everything. I look forward to more posts.