2 hours ago, chemnitz said:

I painted up Luke. It is not my best work, but I am realizing that human faces are really tough. I finally got it to look not terrible.

Looks good to me - a very intense expression.

I took a few weeks off for vacation, but now I'm back and ready for more painting. My 7-year old daughter and I spent a couple afternoons painting another Rebel Trooper squad. The color palette for this one was US uniform green, golden brown, chestnut, German camo beige, dark gray, and gray blue. Try to guess which three figures my daughter painted and which four I did (I did touch up all of the minis, but she did the base colors and shading by herself). She did a good job! I am pretty happy with how this unit turned out.

She did a really good job! My 7-year old boy will want to paint for about 10 minutes then says he's tired. My daughter (9) tries to use every color there is and she globs on too much paint. I'm sure it's just a matter of practice.

Anyway, they look great!

I am back after a looooong hiatus. Work got in the way of my painting, but now I should be back on track.

First of all, I now have a complete 800-point Rebel army that is fully painted! My Imperials are not as far along--just Vader, Veers, 2 squads of bikes, and an AT-ST are painted.

Here is my desert-themed squad. The main conversions here are the Bith trooper, a couple bandannas, and a ponytail on the ion trooper. I kinda stumbled upon using red for a flash of color, and I feel that it really pulled this squad together.

Here is my urban-themed squad. This one had fewer conversions, but I really like how the Quarren and the bearded leader turned out. The troopers came out darker than I intended, and so I added some Deck Tan details. It helped a bit.

Here are some zoomed-in shots of a few of my favorite pieces.

Finally, I painted Leia. I absolutely stink at women's faces. It took a long time to get her to look "not-terrible." I could do some more touch-ups, but I am worried that she will slide back into "terrible."

Next up: lots of Stormtroopers.

Your one squad leader looks like a member of ZZ-Top. Excellent work.

Very nice! The conversions add a lot of character.

I have to say, I really like the bandanna troops. I will have to copy that mod, especially since so many troops have mustache/goatee.

I am proud to announce that I finally have enough painted troops to form two complete 800-point armies. They are not ideal armies (and I have plenty of unpainted units still), but it is a cool milestone. It only took me a year.

I painted up General Veers. As you can see, I am not getting too creative with my Imperials, as I want them to be uniform and (reasonably) screen-accurate.

I also painted up four Stormtrooper squads. They still need some touch-ups, but they are good enough for the table now. I have not yet painted my HH-12s and extra troopers. Painting 20 troopers in white was already a challenge; painting 28 felt like a bridge too far. Besides, I rarely use anything other than the basic 68-point DLT Stormtrooper squad. I will go back and paint the rest after I have done some of my other units.

So, here are all my painted Imperials in their full glory:

Next up: either Fleet Troopers or some characters (Han, Chewie, Boba).

Here is my latest work: Han, Chewie, and Boba. I am very happy with how Chewbacca came out. Han is mostly a success. I need to do some facial highlighting, but I am little bit afraid that I will mess it up. Also, his coat ended up very green. I was working off of memory, and I guess that his coat was always greener in my mind. I'm going to leave it, at last for now. Finally, Boba had a bit of a mishap. When I primed him, the spray can clogged a little bit, giving him a gritty texture. I tried to paint over it, but he still has a gritty texture. I don't know if there is a way to fix him, but it's not too bad from table distance.

I also painted my Fleet Troopers. These might be my favorite models to paint yet. They just take paint so well. I still need to add some gloss to their helmets and boots.

Finally, here is a game that I played this week. It was my first time to play with two fully painted armies. I lost, but it came down to the last turn. Most importantly, it looked spectacular!

I have two new units ready to go. First of all, here are the Snowtroopers. I always see the color of the cloth of the Snowtroopers' armor as light grey rather than khaki or tan, so I went with that. The armor was painted with ivory, and the cloth with a 1:1 mix of ivory and deck tan. Then I shaded everything with highly diluted Nuln Oil, and I highlighted the armor with ivory and pure white. I am mostly happy with the results.

I also painted my Commandos. I decided to go with a camo scheme inspired by WWII autumn splinter camouflage. The cloaks have a base of deck tan with splotches of flat earth and a dark green (mixed from US uniform green and dark grey) and some dashes of dark grey. I think that they are quite striking.

They look great!

I got my Scout Troopers painted up. There's nothing too unusual here--maybe when I get a second unit, I will try an alternate paint scheme.

Also, on a side note, my 2nd grade daughter has been my constant helper throughout this process. She has probably had some contribution to about half of my figures. She is making a diorama about Ben Franklin for school, and so she decided that she wanted to put her miniature painting skills to use. I found a Ben Franklin look-a-like from Perry Miniatures, and she went to work. This is entirely her doing. I am so proud.

He's a little small, but maybe we could squeeze him in as a Rebel Commander.

Keep encouraging her to paint those minis! Give her some of the named figures to work on: Jyn, Chewbacca, Veers, etc.

I painted a pair of E-Webs. The gunners are the same colors as my previous Snowtroopers. I tried to add a green glow to the little dome on the generator.

Here are some updated photos of my complete painted armies:

My next project is the Specialists. I have been doing some conversions again, and so here is my Cerean Rebel officer.

Here is my 1.4 FD. I tried to add a few cool details--an orange glow from the generator and panels, some rocks made of left-over foam, and a single red wire running to the generator.

The uniform color scheme, which I plan to use for Rebel Veterans eventually, included the following colors (Vallejo paints): hat and gloves are 3:1 Iraqi Sand and Camo Medium Brown; jacket and goggle rims are 1:1 Andrea Blue and Dark Grey; pants, bandannas, and goggles are Blue Grey; boots, backpacks, and belts are Camo Mediuim Brown; washed with Agrax Earthshade.

I painted up the humanoid portion of my Specialist packs. Here are my Rebel Officers. As you can see, I modded one to be a Cerean. I shaved down the head and sculpted the features out of Green Stuff (see earlier post). I painted it up, but I didn't like how it turned out, so I added more Green Stuff. This made him look fat and jowly, so I shaved it down with a hobby knife and sanded it. Then I painted the face again, and this time it looked decent, in my opinion.

Here are my Rebel Comm Techs. I painted them to match my Rebel Veterans (when they come out), since I feel that there will be great synergy with those squads. I made one of them a Chiss to add some variety to my army.

The Imperial Officers were pretty fun to paint, except for their faces. Goodness, that is a weird sculpt! I finally just put their eyes in heavy shadow, since they are wearing a cap. I can't decide if I am satisfied, but I really don't want to spend any more time tinkering with it.

Finally, the Imperial Comm Techs were super easy to paint, and I think that they came out alright.

Next up: Palpatine and the Imperial Royal Guards.

Great work on all the mini's mate.

Thank you for the kind words.

As promised, here is Palpatine and the Imperial Royal Guards. As you can see, I went for a slightly alternate color scheme, making the Guards' body suits black instead of dark red/purple-ish. I think that it works well--makes the robes look bolder.

I really like how the Guards came out. I am not sure that I can exactly replicate my technique, because I did it is a round-about way with some improvising. In short, I primed in pure black. Then, I painted the robes in Vallejo Heavy Red with three thin coats. At this point, it was still pretty dark. Then, I washed it in Nuln Oil (which made it really dark). Then, I highlighted it with increasing mixtures of Heavy Red and pure white, for four total layers. This left the figures looking rather pink-ish. Then, I created a glaze out of the Heavy Red and Glaze Medium, which I painted thinly over the whole model. This was the vital step, because it made the red really pop, but you could still see highlights and shadows through the glaze. Then, I did some touch-ups with the base tone. I probably could simplify the process--I just kept trying things until it worked.

You're minis look great! Keep up the good work. Also, bonus points for involving your daughter in the process.

Here is a post-Father's Day update. I worked side-by-side with my 8-year-old daughter on these two. I painted Krennic, and she did Jyn (I did touch-ups and highlights for her). I am very proud of both of the results.

After taking a break for a couple of months, I have returned to painting my Legion armies. Today, I have the Rebel medical droids.

I think that these models are really pleasing to paint. They are textured in such a way that the details really pop with just a little bit of skill and effort.

Man those are some fine looking armies. Really like the conversions in particular, I know from experience green stuff is hard to work with.

The rest of my droids are finished. First, the imperial med droids:

My daughter did the green one while I did the orange one. Which is your favorite color scheme?

And the evil ones, too.

Now, we are working on painting my T-47, which I have owned since the game was first released but never painted. Part of it was that I wanted it to be really cool (and I wasn't confident in my skills), and part of it was that the T-47 was not very competitive (not that I play very competitively). But now the time has come, and I hope to have something to show off soon.

Everything looks good. I like the orange droid, but maybe that's because I'm a Denver Broncos fan.