Rebel trooper upgrade

stainsbury · February 4

Can’t seem to find anyone posting pics of their rebel trooper upgrade! Has anyone seen any?

Here’s my mediocre attempt:

Achinadav · February 4

I think they look great. I really like the aliens and their different skin colours.

stainsbury · February 5

4 hours ago, Achinadav said:

I think they look great. I really like the aliens and their different skin colours.

Thanks!

Sharkbelly · February 5

Agreed! And I love the face on the Gran. Is the trooper in orange wearing a little stormtrooper armor?

stainsbury · February 5

Yep! She looked to me like the type who might salvage some armour and paint it, like Sabine and co. keep doing in Star Wars: Rebels.

RedAnya · February 5

Very nice! What green colours did you use for the captain's head?

stainsbury · February 5

33 minutes ago, RedAnya said:

Very nice! What green colours did you use for the captain's head?

Ummm...you've got me there! I think I mixed it from a bright GW green and a Vallejo creamy-desert-brown colour, then put that skeleton horde contrast paint over it (or it might have been seraphim sepia wash), then highlighted with a light drybrush of Citadel Moot Green? I think. Not sure! I know people plan ahead and know what they're doing, but I'm not very good at mini-painting and so I just sort of...make it up as I go along. I never know enough about the materials to know how something will look before I do it, so I tentatively try a bit, try something else, paint over it with a third thing, throw a wash on, quickly regret it and sponge it off again...I sometimes stumble into the result I want without really knowing how I got there!

Sharkbelly · February 6

I'm not gonna lie; I might steal a bunch of these color schemes. 🙂

stainsbury · February 6

Would love to see pics of what you do with them. I still can’t find any online! I can’t be the only person who has painted them...why aren’t people posting online?

Krakus · February 6

Work is in progress on my side.

But since I have seen yours I got Shy to present mines.

Your color schemes are well choosed. Is the plan to use them playing legion or is it for roleplaying?

OuterPop · February 6

These are beautiful!

I'm torn on my color schemes at the moment - because I'm getting the feeling that I'm going to want 4 of these to field a full DLT list. If I break down and buy 4, then they're all going to be painted to match my existing 4 units.

AgentFulcrum · February 6

15 hours ago, Krakus said:

But since I have seen yours I got Shy to present mines.

Me to! Those minis are beautiful! Keep up the great work!👍

TauntaunScout · February 7

Never ceases to amaze me how Legion minis can look if you try. As opposed to the “slap n’ go” approach that I favor.

hemblecreations · February 8

Amazing details mate well done indeed.

stainsbury · February 8

On 2/6/2020 at 7:24 AM, Krakus said:

Work is in progress on my side.

But since I have seen yours I got Shy to present mines.

Your color schemes are well choosed. Is the plan to use them playing legion or is it for roleplaying?

Playing legion. I can’t stand unpainted minis on the table. The whole point (in my humble opinion) is to make the table realistic enough to feel immersive - I want to imagine the laser blasts, Chewie’s roar, Vader’s breathing. We often have John Williams playing in the background. Nothing brings me out of the moment quite as fast as boring grey plastic. I rushed these to get ‘em into battle ASAP. Contrast paints really speed things up; slap ‘em on, come back 20 min later, Chuck nuln oil over the silver bits, spot of highlighting and pick out a detail or two (rank badges, eyes etc) and job’s done. You’ve all been very kind (thanks, btw!), but my mini painting is very 6/10. I have a mate who spends all day on one figure - and it shows!