Author Topic: Battle of Jakku (Read 4310 times)

Tesla knight · « **on:** September 26, 2018, 02:05:33 PM »

Being a weak-willed wargaming collector type person it came as no great surprise to find my wallet had conspired with Ebay to empty itself in the direction of Star Wars Legions (SWL).

A two starter box bargain found me sporting Imperials and a friend having the rebels. Of course getting the figures is just the top of the slippery slope. Next up comes scenery and so I began looking at all the wonderful scenery that people have put together for SWL and it quickly became apparent that there was loads of great stuff available to purchase.

So I went with option B: Start from scratch a large and long winded project for making my own scenery.

Cos I haven't got nearly enough unfinished things on the go already.

So what to make? I was liking the desert setting but feeling a bit meh about Mos Eisley as so many people had already done so many nice versions.

However I was quite partial to the crashed ship debris on Jakku featured in The Forces Awakens.

So with this in mind I set about designing and do the CAD work to send to my friends over at Blotz who had been helping me with my VSF project http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=104743.0

Over the last few months the range of kits that make up the crashed space has slowly grown and is now complete!

A couple of barricade type things made from crashed hull pieces.

I've tried to make the pieces in such a way that figures can interact with them.

Evac deck with an un-launched pod that is available as a separate kit.

There is also a pod that launched successfully.......I wonder if there are any plans hidden in there?

Big ol' engine nozzles!

A radar dome......yes.... the angles were interesting.

And a bridge superstructure!

There are more kits but I'm sure you get what I was trying to do with them

Bigger piccies:
http://agogonline.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-crashed-ship.html

Link to Blotz:
https://blotz.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=23_29_248

Now to finish off my stormtroopers and get these painted!

TTFN!

gamer Mac · « **Reply #1 on:** September 26, 2018, 02:42:11 PM »

Nice bits

Looking forward to seeing this progress

Marine0846 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 26, 2018, 04:23:45 PM »

Love all the different parts of the ship.
Would be great to play a battle around.

War Monkey · « **Reply #3 on:** September 26, 2018, 04:58:09 PM »

Wow those are looking great! I was just thinking those are remaining debris are of a Star Destroyer, so one could use them with 15mm and they would look just fine. As soon as the wallet feels better I will look into this!

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #4 on:** September 27, 2018, 07:10:27 PM »

Nice, they looked interesting on the Blotz stand at Colours.
[Edit] damn you autocorrect...

Tesla knight · « **Reply #5 on:** November 23, 2018, 12:59:27 PM »

So I finally got a chance to progress this scenery. I still need to do a nose section and finish the crashed escape pod but the rest are done now.

More Piccies
http://agogonline.blogspot.com/2018/11/crashed-ship-part-2.html

I've also managed to get some actual figures painted for the game as well! A minor miracle!

More piccies
http://agogonline.blogspot.com/2018/11/what-next.html

Might get a game in soon!

TTFN

gamer Mac · « **Reply #6 on:** November 23, 2018, 02:01:33 PM »

Great painting

The AT - ST is stunning

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #7 on:** November 23, 2018, 05:51:50 PM »

Nice scenery. Nice colour scheme.

Elbows · « **Reply #8 on:** November 24, 2018, 12:11:38 AM »

Would be a very cool table to play on. Excellent.

Easy E · « **Reply #9 on:** November 24, 2018, 01:39:14 AM »

Makes me want to get involved too!

Oh no!

Onebigriver · « **Reply #10 on:** November 24, 2018, 02:33:26 PM »

Must admit I expected a space battle report based on the 3rd Aftermath book, but this scenery looks great. Loved the Jakku scenes in The Force Awakens!

Muzfish4 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 24, 2018, 11:11:06 PM »

Nice looking terrain - will be watching this one with interest to see how your board develops.

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #12 on:** November 25, 2018, 09:29:03 AM »

Just re-read this thread, I had not realised you designed them. Excellent.

Any tips on how you painted them?

Andym · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2018, 09:48:46 AM »

Cracking wee project! I cantcwait to see you do a battle report on a fully populated desert board!

Tesla knight · « **Reply #14 on:** December 13, 2018, 12:52:40 PM »

Thanks Folks!

Quote from: Ultravanillasmurf on November 25, 2018, 09:29:03 AM

Any tips on how you painted them?

They are painted pretty simply really. I don't get on with airbrushes so I tend to use layered dry brushing to build up mottled colour layers. I use make up brushes as they are so fine that after a bit of practice you can get some nice subtle effects.

I put down base colours heavily all over the model and then progressively lighten the colours used. I also use masking tape as this works pretty well with dry brushing to get the finish seen on the hull pieces.

I've got the last piece of the set to paint still so I'll try and do a step by step posting.

TTFN

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