THEY'RE LIKE ANIMALS

 As with many statements in Star Wars, it all depends from your point of view, and the title was Anakin's after the death of his mother, but recent series like the Mandolorian, and the book of Boba Fett has shown a very different side to the Tusken Raiders, or Sand People. 

Sarah recently got me this set of 3D prints, which included four raiders, and two Mastiffs, which will certainly help bolster, my Tusken group.

Above is an individual shot of each model, the quality of the prints was excellent, and the diversity of poses adds a lot of character to the models.

Here is a group shot of them all, I've kept with the traditional colour scheme, as it ties in with the models I've already painted, would still like to add some more to the group, so will keep my eye out for more prints, or sculpt some myself.

That's all for this post, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

LOVING THE ALIEN

 The diversity that Fantasy Flight Games has included in the rebel box sets has been great, with not only female models but aliens as well, which adds to the interest in each box for me.

The first model comes from the Imperial Assault box Return to Hoth, and is a Mon Calamari sniper, I've gone with a colour scheme that replicates the artwork, the only bit I've really changed is the face colouring, and gone with one from a episode of the Mandolorian.

Next is a Ithorian, I've done his skin similar to the mayor seen in the book of Boba Fett recently, rather than the normal browns you see.

This next one is a Ishi Tib, you may have briefly seen these creatures in Jabba's Palace, but they have appeared in other films and series.

This one is a Gran, now the first one you will have seen was also in Jabba's Palace, but have been used in multiple films and series since.

The last alien I have today, is a Duro's these were first seen in the cantina on Tatooine, but have appeared in many places since.

Last up today, are 4 human rebel's that came from the various sets that the alien models did. I've gone for similar colours to the Pathfinder models I've already done, which will tie them in well, as I didn't think the normal green camo, would look very good on the deserts of Tatooine that you usually see the models painted in.

That's all for this post, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE

 Thankfully not this week, just a couple of medical droids, the first one came in the Imperial Assault set Return to Hoth, I found the models in this set to be on the smaller side of the scale from Fantasy Flight Games, but I'm sure I'll end up using the models anyrate. The character is listed as MHD-19 and I went with the FFG colour scheme for it.

The next one came in the Legion scale box of Rebel Specialists, and I went with the classic colour scheme of 21-B  as seen in Empire Strikes Back, he also appeared in Return of the Jedi, working a console in the rebel briefing.

I've also managed to finish a box of Rebel Fleet Troopers, I've gone with the classic colour scheme from A New Hope, and done all the helmets with the dark green plate at the front, even though as you'll see in the reference picture below, I found one with a white one.

One of the cool things I found with the Rebel sets, is that they have been including female models into the units, which personally I think is a great addition, and adds to the diversity in the units.

That's all for this post, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

SHOP TILL YOU DROP

 One of the cool presents I got for Christmas, was a 3D printed shop building, which is perfect for Tatooine, from my eldest daughter. The print was of good quality, but the ridges were very pronounced in areas, this wasn't a problem as I wanted to add texture anyway. I tried wall filler, which worked well and easily stuck to the building. I also tried painting on liquid greenstuff, this stuck well, and is a technique that I will explore more on other 3D prints as I get them.

While my depth perception has been off, this seemed like the perfect project to paint, due to it's larger size.

Above you may have noticed some wanted posters on the back of the building, these were found off the internet, and then printed in a relevant scale, I have some others which I will add to other buildings at a later stage. I did add some staining and damage to the posters, to add to the effect, and once dry I painted a layer of PVA glue over the top, to help protect them.

Hopefully next time I can move onto something a bit more detailed, so until then stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

HEAVY METAL

 No I'm not claiming to be painting to the standard of White Dwarf but a squad of Robot Bikers completed. Some of these are from my range of Robot Bikers I sell, and 3 are from Mongoose's Kickstarter, that I have modified to fit the jetbikes from my range.

This first one is from Mongoose, when painting Robots I like to think of it's role first before choosing a colour scheme, this one I decided was a house robot, so gave it a mixed colour scheme that the householder may have chosen.

This next one I couldn't think of a role, but it did remind me of Maximillian form the film " The Black Hole" hence I gave him the name Max on his chest plate.

This is the last one from Mongoose, and I thought it was a garbage droid, so went with green like Ro-Jaws and then dirtied up the paint scheme, with washes.

This is the first of my set, and when I built it, I had the idea of a construction droid, with the flat area at the top for carrying materials around the site.

The next one is a Rescue droid, so went with a medical colour scheme, red and white.

This is my recycle droid, being environmentally conscious I thought recycling would be the better way to go.

This last one is a waiter droid, so went with a very simple colour scheme, almost like a waiter in a shirt and waistcoat. It's taken a long time for me to actually paint this model, as the original one for my display cabinet was painted by Lee Hebb, a very accomplished competition painter, and after seeing his excellent painting of this model, really didn't want to attempt it myself.

Above we have a group shot of all 7 models together. All these were finished on Friday and photographed, which was just as well, as my wife had to rush me to A&E on Saturday with fears I was having a stroke. This was not the case luckily, but I am suffering with Bell's Palsy, which is non life threatening, just means that half my face has gone on strike and doesn't move at all. The one drawback is it has thrown off my depth perception, so painting details is very hard at the moment, not to let it stop me, I've been working on a lot of basecoating and washes, to keep me busy, and started work on a piece of scenery as well. Hopefully I will be able to finish something soon, so until then Stay Safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave 

LOOK SIR DROIDS !

 No I haven't finished more robots, but rather a unit of Tatooine Stormtroopers, I got these at Christmas, and wanted to push the painting of them further than my early ones I did, this means at some stage I will probably revisit all the Stormtroopers I've already painted, but that will be a project for another time.

As you can see above I've painted the shoulder markings in black which is the designation for trooper, and one in white to designate a sergeant, in the movie " A New Hope" there was a lot with orange which is meant for Captain's, with such an important mission of finding the stolen plans of the Death Star, they may have felt compelled to play an active role in finding them.

Next up is General Veers, who was the officer responsible for blowing up the shield generator on Hoth, as you can see from the reference picture above I've tried to match his colour scheme.

Last up today is an Imperial Comms technician, I've based his colour scheme from the above reference picture.

Next time I should finally have the robot bikers finished to show you, as I've just got a couple of details left to do, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave

DROP YOUR WEAPONS AND PREPARE TO BE JUDGED !

 At the beginning of the challenge I said I wanted to complete some models based on characters from 2000 ad including some Judge Dredd models, now I'm still working on the robot bikers (really struggling on these at the moment !) I have got 6 Judge models finished, they all models from Mongoose Judge Dredd line, and the first 3 were a gift from my friends at Miniaturemen.

First is an SJS Judge, for anyone who doesn't know who they are, they are the Judges of the Judges, a futuristic version of Internal Affairs in the police.

 

Next we have Chief Judge Cal, also known as a bit of a madman and twisted the law to his own purposes, until finally killed by Fergie.

Next we have a Sov Block Judge, they reside in what used to be Russia.

The next 3 models came from Bryan Scott (Vampifan) when I went up to visit him, as he thought they would be great additions to my collection. The first one is a Med Judge, personally I think the pose on this model is a bit weird, like he's drunk or got the worst case of IBS on record ! LOL

Next we have a Jimp, now for anyone who has not read the comics, this is a Judge impersonator, some do it for gain, others because they feel justice is lacking in their area, whatever the reason, they don't seem to last long.

This last one is apparently a rare model according to Bryan, and to be honest I've not seen it listed anywhere, is a Space Judge. Finding a reference picture was impossible, so I went with a colour scheme that I thought was fitting/

Now I really need to get the bikers finished, unless I get distracted again ! LOL

That's all for this post, so until next time stay safe and have fun !

Cheers Dave