Star Wars Legion - Stormtroopers Part 3

Working on some shading. This may take a while!

Star Wars Legion - Stormtroopers Part 2

Well, the motivation for starting off Star Wars Legion with the Stormtroopers was because I thought it would be a 3 colour job. Hell, this is taking forever! It doesn't help I'm taking on 2 squads though.

Base colours are now complete... they look pretty good... I think they will look amazing when done. I'm following Sorastro's YouTube video for inspiration.

My only complaint is that Vallejo's Heavy Orange is turning out to be Heavy Creamsicle. I don't know how I can possibly shake it any more... I might have gotten a bum bottle maybe. I had to depend on FW Daler-Rowney Orange Ink... we'll see how that change turns out.

Star Wars Legion - Stormtroopers

I started these models over a year ago - Blackstone Fortress got in the way - and it's time to go back to them. Now I remember why I stopped... such monotony. And why am I doing two squads at a time? Because I'm a sucker for painting burnout! Thank goodness for Netflix while I paint!

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Core Box Complete!

Wow! It almost took me a full year, but it's done! All the core models have been painted!

Here's a summary of my favourite to least favourites to paint.

I still have some Escalation models to paint, but I'm going to reserve that for when I finish the game and move on.

For my next project, I need to complete some stormtroopers for Star Wars Legion that I started last year!

1. Pious Vorne (sorry for the over-exposure)... loved doing the flames with the airbrush!

2. Janus Draik... his details are amazing

3. Amallyn Shadowguide... Just because I'm an eldar fanatic

4. Taddeus the Purifier... I was happy with the details and the whites turned out pretty good!

5. Rein and Raus... I think because they went super quick and they were the first heroes I did.

6. Beastmen... the drybrushing turned out awesome!

7. Ur-ghuls... the first baddies I did and I enjoyed the easiness of painting this plus the purple hands.

8. UR-025... I just love his orange hand... great complimentary colour scheme.

9. The two squads of Traitor Guardsmen... Took the longest, but lots of dark washes to make them look really drab!

10. Espern Locarno... I thought the purples would turn out better but I think it was just my beef and my edge highlighting was a bit too chunky for my liking.

11. Rogue Psykers... Just two models so it wasn't that bad.

12. Obsidious Mallex... Not a Chaos fan... but my blacks turned out okay I guess.

13. Chaos Space Marines... same as Mallex

14. Spindle Drones... too spindly

15. Dahyak Grekh... it was a pretty boring model and I made it too orky

16. Negavolt Cultists... the. absolute. worst. And I screwed up a great skin tone by using the totally wrong wash. I hated painting them so much that I just didn't care. They're boss in the game though.

And... here's the whole hero gang together:

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Janus Draik

I started this guy last night but my phone died just as I was taking an in-progress photo.

I put it off until the end because I dreaded painting him but he ended up being one of my favourites to paint!

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Pious Vorne

It's been a while. Got sucked into the TV.

Finally got around to starting Pious Vorne. I'm still working on getting black done. I do great with the highlights, but I haven't figured out the filter part. I tried using Contrast Black Templar but I have to get the right mix still I guess. It's good practise, as I have a Ulthwe Eldar army and a decent-sized Deathwatch army to do still.

I did the black, her head, and started the fire. I got too fancy and screwed it up, so really I did it twice tonight. I will update this with more when I get around to it.

April 30 update:

May 1 update:

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Dahyak Grekh

Well, back to BSF!

I've been putting off painting the remaining 3 figs, as I have already painted the ones I'm playing the game with. This one seems really easy to paint so far. It's a start anyway.

A couple of days later... I think he's done. The finished product doesn't look as great in pictures as in real life... 'tis okay I suppose.

Assembling Marvel: Crisis Protocol

A new game!

Marvel: Crisis Protocol! Horrible name!

I'm really styked (stoked + psyched) because I was huge into Marvel comics in my younger years.

I have to say that these are some of the worst models and instructions I have ever come across! There are tiny multi-parts that are so unnecessary. For example, almost every model has a tiny little feature that you glue on (like the fur on Baron Zemo's coat)... why not just have it part of the main body? Once put together, they are nice models, but still....

I'm probably not going to paint these for a bit. I'm still painting Blackstone Fortress figs (3 to go). Then I am probably going to finish off the Stormtrooper units (Star Wars Legion) and then the Blitz Bowl models. Then I might give this a go.

Goodies

Baddies

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Amallyn Shadowguide

Got a bit of painting in tonight. I got her to base colours and washes down. I can just do up the highlights tomorrow night hopefully!

I really enjoyed painting this one so far.

Next evening: Just got a bit of time to highlight. Edges could be cleaner but not bad.

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Taddeus the Purifier

Wasn't excited about painting white but I think it went well and I think this guy was the quickest to paint so far which is a shocker!

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Espern Locarno

I was pretty excited to do this guy because I do like painting with purple.

I don't know, I think I've forgotten most of the skills I learned in the CK Studios 101 class. I'll have to really study my notes again.

It turned out okay - my only complaint is my thick highlights on his legs, but from a tabletop distance, you'd never notice it. I'm my own worst critic I guess!

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - UR-025

I had a really good thing going with this one... I love my new Krome brush too.

However, I effed it up with the filter. It was too saturated and rather than go over it all again, I decided to use a thin line of nuln oil everywhere. It turned out pretty good in the end.

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Rein and Raus

These guys are so small - and easy! Not really much more to say...