Continuing on with the Imperial starter set I've finished the first squad of Stormtroopers using the same painting method I recently showed, the construction of this squad is straight from the instruction sheet. The first three are the squad leader, missile launcher, and heavy blaster. I painted the Squad leader as a commander, as the only one I have painted so far was the Imperial Assault one.
The troopers come in sets of two of the same pose, this is disappointing compared to the old box, as the whole squad was different.
I can probably mix them around with the old squads to get some variation between them all. To get half way I needed to paint half of Darth Vader, so went further and actually finished him, have to say the thinness of the cloak was really nice, and the details were nice and crisp.
Now as promised pictures of the Northern Lights, the first one was taken on the strongest light show in 26 years unfortunately we had a lot of cloud that night so couldn't see much, the glow in the centre is where it is trying to break through.
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This next one looked like a cloud to the naked eye but with a slow exposure on the camera showed it was actually the lights.
This last one was actually visible to the naked eye, in blue and green and danced and moved across the sky, it was so strong that it showed through even in a well light area !
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That's all for today, so until next time, stay safe, and have fun !
Cheers Dave
Another excellent looking stuff Dave!
ReplyDeleteThank you Michal, slowly clearing some space on the desk ! LOL
DeleteMust be nice to be half way through, and great looking Vader, that last pic of the Northern lights is spectacular!
ReplyDeleteCheers Roger.
Thank you Roger, getting a bit bored of white might need a break and finish something else, before it drives me insane ! LOL Watching it in the sky was amazing, it was a truly memorable experience.
DeleteVader and his Stormies look spot on Dave! Even with the doubling of the poses, I'm sure once on the tabletop and mixed up they'll look just fine.
ReplyDeleteThose pics of the Northern Lights were lovely mate. Very happy you got to see that show and rather envious too!
Thank you Dai, I have a large number of squads from the previous sets, so should be able to mix them up, plus I swapped the arms around on some of them as well ! LOL
DeleteThe lights were amazing, and if you get the chance to see them, would heartily recommend, but it is very much luck of the draw on seeing them.
DeleteI relate to what you say about the identical Stormtroopers, that kind of stuff always bugs me and try to repose what I can. But wow, the Northern Lights are awesome, what a set of incredible pics!
ReplyDeleteThank you Suber, I normally do the same but these new kits really don't convert easily, as you'll see on the next squad ! LOL
DeleteWe were thinking we wouldn't get to see them at all, as the first 3 days the cloud was so heavy, then we did they were amazing.
You're doing an awful lot of white currently, Dave. I can't do more than 2-3 Napoleonic Austrians without needing to take a break, so my hat is well and truly off to you, LOL!!! Splendid stuff on Darth & his cronies. I still have plenty of the original Stormtroopers to paint, so I doubt I'll get the new set. But it is disappointing to hear they're duplicating poses in them.
ReplyDeleteThank you Simon, currently finishing something else off that doesn't involve so much white, before ploughing in to the next half ! LOL At one point I had so many Stormtroopers to paint it was very daunting, so I try not to let them build up now ! LOL The poses was annoying, but they should mix in with the older squads well to add variation.
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