Hello all! After weeks (well, months actually) of work I finally completed most of my 2-cores worth of clones. Second BARC, Obi-wan and Rex are still in progress.

This is the first time I painted so much miniatures in one go, and it unfortunately shows a little. I still need to get used to making compromises between speed and quality... In the end, I decided to go with a white scheme for the sake of speed, but then I just HAD to freehand some markings of course The worst thing about the process was that mi Tamyia varnish betrayed me in the end, making wrinkles on the BARC and on my face aswell. Thankfully, it doesn't show much in the photos!

Anyway, enjoy!

Awesome looking paints apps mate.

Awesome work man, nearing the end of 2 cores myself!

A five stars army!

😍

Those look amazing. How did you do the visor tint? I always wanted to do mine like that similar to the Republic Commandos

Excellent work.

Can't wait to see them up close.

Real. Close.

6 hours ago, BlueSquadronPilot said:

Those look amazing. How did you do the visor tint? I always wanted to do mine like that similar to the Republic Commandos

Visors are painted with a light blue/turquoise and then just shaded with Drakenhof nightshade, no special process

"You're clones are very impressive, you must be very proud."

Seriously, they are an inspiration. I was happy with mine until I saw yours. That painting chipping is perfect. Also, how did you make the kamas for the captain's? I'd love to learn how and copy you if I can!

On 2/8/2020 at 9:40 PM, CaptMook said:

"You're clones are very impressive, you must be very proud."

Seriously, they are an inspiration. I was happy with mine until I saw yours. That painting chipping is perfect. Also, how did you make the kamas for the captain's? I'd love to learn how and copy you if I can!

Thanks! Kamas are from green stuff. I have no experience with sculpting, so it took a lot of trial and error to make them look ok. I was just rolling green stuff to a thin layer, cutting an approximate shape and then shaping it around minis. Many times.

I was actually going for a cloth look (wawing in the wind to give them some dynamic), only to learn later that kamas were rather leathery At least they won't be confused with the upcoming trooper expansions equipped with kamas I guess.

Here's how they looked before priming:

(Hey noob question here, that I always forgot to ask so I'll do it now, and you're my victim ^^ ! What do you use to stick the bases or the minis to the plastic board ? It seems very very very handy for a lot of things... Thanks in advance !)

I would have made at least a few kamas coming back the other side (to the left, to make it clearer). So that it adds a bit of diversity. But they look fine. You make me want to do the same !

I think the paintjob of the kama is really what will make the difference. You need something so they stand out a little bit. On my side, I'm thinking about a tartan scheme for my kamas. With different tartans for different units... it will mix Star Wars with my deep respect for the Scot culture and my admiration for the beauty of the tartan tissues !

1 hour ago, Katsutoshi said:

(Hey noob question here, that I always forgot to ask so I'll do it now, and you're my victim ^^ ! What do you use to stick the bases to the plastic board ? It seems very very very handy for a lot of things... Thanks in advance !)

It's a sticky stuff for putting up room posters - it sticks enough, but not too much to damage the walls. It is practical for miniatures, because it doesn't leave any glue on the surface when removed and it can be reused a lot of times. You can google "poster tack" or something similar.

1 hour ago, Katsutoshi said:

I would have made at least a few kamas coming back the other side (to the left, to make it clearer). So that it adds a bit of diversity. But they look fine. You make me want to do the same !

I think the paintjob of the kama is really what will make the difference. You need something so they stand out a little bit. On my side, I'm thinking about a tartan scheme for my kamas. With different tartans for different units... it will mix Star Wars with my deep respect for the Scot culture and my admiration for the beauty of the tartan tissues !

As for the shape, I originally thought about doing more different variations, but decided to use the best one for all so it doesn't look strange when put next to each other. As for the paintjob, I was trying to save time. I planned on doing some freehand in squad color on the kamas, but decided they look good enough as it is. The horrors of painting an entire army...

Some more pics of the BARC speeder.

The Jedi General himself finally joins the GAR (he actually joined a while ago, but I just finished taking nice photos...)

Great job.

Another five stars mini!

nope, don't like any of them

way too pretty. 😋

Saw these on IG. Great work all round

Fantastic work. Do have plans to add to them?

On 4/2/2020 at 5:47 AM, folnjir said:

Fantastic work. Do have plans to add to them?

Sure! Currently I'm working on phase II squad, Rex, the tank and two phase I specialist boxes... simultaneously 😱

It's finally here!

Also, I finally got a decent camera, so the pictures will be slightly better from now on

I almost forgot. Here's Rex, and guess what... he's also orange! Sorry, couldn't help myself

I love the orange color scheme on everything, especially the tank.

The battle damage on Rex's shoulder and chest and the dirt on his feet and legs really makes that model stand out.

i sent you some love in my new video series that just started.

On 3/31/2020 at 2:13 PM, TV0R said:

The Jedi General himself finally joins the GAR (he actually joined a while ago, but I just finished taking nice photos...)

I still can't believe he's basically doing this:

Here are two squads of Phase II clones.

I know the markings and colors are not correct for Wolfpack and 332nd. But the colors must fit together! I'm particularly happy with how the mortar turned out, I think I'm slowly figuring out how to do this NMM thing.

When assembling the minis, I realized I have enough spare heads (2 from that box and 1 from Saber-class tank because I used Phase I gunner) to make two squads. I modified the two captains from Phase I specialist boxes (seriously, what should I do with them? they look nice, but my Phase I squads already have leaders) and head-swapped one Phase I clone (his unit won't need that extra mini anyway) and ended up with two Phase II squads from a single box. Gotta be resourceful with the prices for hard plastic.

Now I have Padme, ARC trooper unit and two AT-RTs primed and ready to paint. I guess some of them are going to be orange 🤭 . But definitely not ARCs, I plan on going purple for those. Wish me luck.

Wow. Just... wow. Your Phase I clones are excellent, but these guys are phenomenal!