Michka's Star Wars project (Second vendor stall started 7/8/2017)

[kidterminal]

What big AT-AT you have grandma. Its a good size for the table I think. Loving your collection.

[rumacara]

I wouldnt call collection.
I would call complete armies.
Wonderfull.

[OSHIROmodels]

Great stuff 

Nothing wrong with the AT-AT, could just be based on a very damp world.

I'm a stickler for scale though and it's too small for my tastes but that's just me and I'm sure it'll be fine 

cheers

James

[Michka]

Thank You Mason. Grandma?

Thank You einarolafson. Glad you like it.

Thank You kidterminal. Like I said, this size works for 25mm on a table. I'll be using something else for my newer stuff, including the AT-ST from the Imperial Assault box set. I mean, I already own the thing. Grandma again? Are you guys trying to tell me something? 46 isn't that old, is it?

Thank You rumacara. I suffer from the 'Make an Army' disease. It comes from my WH40K days.

Thank You jimbibbly. Yeah, I know it's not the right scale. But for practicality sake, I needed something smaller. I tend to skew my vehicles to the smaller size when compared with the figures. That's what I like about science fiction settings. Unless you know the fluff well, the eye can be fooled by something close enough. Modern stuff is another story. Nothing bothers me more then seeing a modern city set with nicely painted people being dwarfed by huge SUVs and Minivans. Especially if the cars are unpainted.

[Oldben1]

We're the mold lines hard to fix on Obi-wan.  I had two of them at one point.  The entire head was misaligned on both.

[Michka]

Obi-Wan wasn't great, but the mold lines weren't too bad. I got lucky with two decent figures.

Collecting WEG Star Wars is kind of a crap-shoot when it comes to quality. The later runs of figures have a reputation for poor casting. It doesn't help that a number of bad re-casters on E-Bay will never let you know they're selling re-casts.

[Chico]

Wonderful stuff as always

As for bad castings nothing beats the WEG's Rebels solders for mould lines, holes and general thinness and I know mind weren't recast as I opened the blister(s) myself. Heh alot of the Stormies arn't much better for flash and mouldlines.

[Michka]

Thank you Chico. I remember opening packs of Stormtroopers near the end of WEG, and they looked awful. I wonder just how many little lead stormtroopers were made from those molds.

Update time. I'd planned to make an update sooner, but a nasty cold got in the way. No WEG stuff this time though. Instead it's all stuff I've painted recently. I'll start with the AT-ST from the Imperial Assault box.



This turned out much better then my old weathering efforts. I'd hardly call it subtle, but it's an improvement other the older ones. Here's another shot for scale.



Next we have a resin piece I picked up at a convention a while ago. I think it's from Anstiy originally. This piece always reminded my of the Detention Block terminal from A New Hope.



The level of detail on this kit is rather disappointing. There's no switches and knobs on this piece, save a couple on the computer screens. Still, it's a nice piece for the collection. 



and finally a W.I.P. shot of a column I made for a statue. More to come.



Let me know what you think.

[D@rth J@ymZ]

Love it and great work so far.
I have a couple AT-ST from the Imperial Assault set that I'm looking to paint up hopefully soon.
You got a great collection here.   

Impressive, most impressive.

[kidterminal]

The consul looks pretty good. The weathering on the new At-ST is much improved though I liked the old weathering too so 80s.

[Rhoderic]

Good use of cavalry slottabases

[Constable Bertrand]

Sweet at-st!!

[Michka]

Thank You D@rth J@ymZ. I still have another AT-ST from a second IA box, and the General Weiss AT-ST, so my AT-ST fleet is coming along. Now if I can just get them all painted.

Thank You kidterminal. I still like the old AT-STs too. There are some things I just refuse to re-paint. My 25mm Star Wars collection is one of them.

Thank You Rhoderic . I've been trying to find a use for those things for years. Little did I know I could just slap them on the sides of terrain.

Thank You Constable Bertrand . I'm pretty happy with it too.

I should point out that the painting techniques for the AT-ST come from the Sorastro's Painting tutorial video on YouTube. Same guy I reference for my Stormtroopers. (Don't think I've written AT-ST that often in my life.) 

[Oldben1]

I really like the weathering on the vehicles.  Grimy is the way Star wars is supposed to look, kind of lived in.

I like the terminal as well.  "we're all fine here, how are you?"

[Michka]

Thank You Oldben1. The hand painting on the terminal screens turned out much better the I expected.

Update time again. Two posts in one week. I'm on fire. First up, some Rebel Troopers from Imperial Assault.



And the painted column, or plinth as I've learned it's supposed to be called.



Here's the plinth with the statue of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.



I'm really happy with how the bronze effects turned out. I might even remember how I did it this time.

Let me know what you think.