I still remember when Star Wars was first released. I was just starting American Football practice and the internet and viral was school gossip and actual sickness. Summers were spent outdoors with swimming and movies being an escape from the heat and as a 9 year old boy in the summer of 1977, Star Wars left an impression.
I still love that galaxy from far away and a long time ago. I have no idea how many times I have seen the movie now. Luke, Han, and Leia with all the plot armor then future Christmas and birthdays where Star Wars toys topped my list. I never did get all the toys I wanted from that movie. I have a nice collection of action figures, but never did keep them locked away and my children were able to have adventures with them as they grew old enough to understand to be careful with them. Now they are back on the shelf or in boxes waiting for grandchildren to have new adventures with them.
I used to collect anything Star Wars related until I seen an article on a collector that has spent over 300,000 USD for Chewbacca only collectables....Since Vader inspired more fear and awe in a young boy, Darth Vader and Stormtroopers are where I decided I would focus. Honestly the best part of Rogue One was seeing just how terrifying Vader could be, and his Storm troopers were relentless.
I was very excited for Star Wars Legion as I could amass a force of Stormtroopers that would be very envious of my 9 year old self. I have purposefully avoided the clone wars as that would be too much and with 3rd party and official releases I can have that massive force of action figures I never did get as a child and now use dice to game with them
Annnnnnnnd boy is painting storm troopers very rough!
besides the shore troopers, the scouts are my favorite...and very ironic as I became a scout as an adult.
They were primed white then hit with apothecary white with Army painter white triad to tidy them up. I used black, blueblack and grey on the black undersuits.
I still want a real jetbike and as an adult I am horribly disappointed that we do not have them yet
However, since like the fellow aiming behind and as Return of the Jedi shown, traffic accidents and tree fires would rise!
Hopefully they will do better than the movie counterparts on the table.
The true pain of this post...16 stormtroopers is a lot of same same.
One Squad was primed black and the other primed white
They are hard to pick out except the black wash on the apothecary white made wider grins and the layers of white and grey paint was exhausting on the black primed models. they also seem to be a tad yellow, but not as yellow as the limbs on those old action figures. They just seem off white when compared to the squad that had apothecary white and the white triad paint.
Unless you look very close, they are hard to determine which is which, but the apothecary white over white primer was way faster as that squad only took a day.
the errant scout joins an officer and heavy weapon specialist from the stormtrooper expansion.
I had to add color to the backpacks to keep my sanity.
So I have twenty-three new troops and 2 biker scouts to add to Vader's 501 They will join the other two squads of stormtroopers and the two squads of shoretroopers. I have completed them just in time to determine if I will get the new addition and new sculpts of stormtroopers...but this time I will start with white primer...It is cheaper than buying more star wars collectables and more action figures, but I am still looking for the Ralph McQuarrie Samurai inspired stormtroopers and Vader.... If you can find it, besides the x-wing books there is one called the Band of the Hand in which some Stormtroopers quit the Empire to purge it of corrupt Empire officials, they encountered Mara Jade who was a little miffed about their name as she was the Emperor's Hand.Hopefully the new Star Wars boss will look at the good books for new scripts!
23 troopers for 115 points
2 bikers for 20
then 50 for the theme round -May the Force be with You
Both squads look the part. I agree with the priming white being the easier path.
ReplyDeleteNice work on these David, white is always a bugger and you nailed it
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