The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Creative Engineering => Custom Figures => Topic started by: PadawanPainter on April 26, 2015, 02:45:38 AM
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This is the first of 32 pieces that I will be making for a custom 'Imperial vs Rebel' chess set. This is the first finished piece.
Imperial Pawn #1: Jungle planet.
The figure is repainted, mainly due to my concern that the soft plastic would age differently (yellowing) than the hard plastic. Each Imperial Pawn will portray a different planet with different terrain. This will contrast and tie in to the Rebel Pawns, who will all have the same terrain groundwork.
The story behind the Rebel and Imperial Pawns: The Imperial pawn all have different terrain that is to represent the missions/planets that the 8-man special forces Rebel unit operates on (the Rebel pawns represent a squad of elite commandos). So, as the Rebel pawns go on missions (face up against Imperial pawns), the team is slowly getting killed off on these highly dangerous hit-and-run operations on planets controlled by the Empire.
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Neat idea. Off to share to the front page.
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I for one think this is an Excellent start and I can't wait to see more.
Ron
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That looks great! Looking forward to more.
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Here's a piece I did over a year ago. I'm just getting around to taking pictures of it now that I'm dedicating more time to producing work.
It's supposed to be a battle-hardened veteran of Geonosis near the end of the battle.
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Begun the clones wars have...
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Here's a little production sneak peak...
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I like where your work is heading already. Keep posting I for one would like to see more.
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Very cool. I await the next finished version! I can't wait to see what you do with the chess board too.
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Haven't updated this thread in a while!!
Here is my WWI inspired trooper I made during summer. This is one of the Imperial Pawns for the chess board.
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Very cool. I've been wanting to do a chess set, as well. Can't wait to see what you do.
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Thanks! I'm all done with my Stormtrooper pawns. I'm ALMOST done with the 8 Rebel commando pawns, and the back row of the Imperial pieces (Vader, Palpatine, Royal Guards, and Imperial military flag and junior officers).
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Propaganda stormtrooper.
"If our propaganda does not work, Fear will keep the local population in line!"
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This is a really creative project. The troopers are looking great and the detail on them and on their bases is amazing.
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Just a cool idea, off to share the latest.
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Mountain winter Stormtrooper.
"Why didn't they issue me any snow gear?!?"
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Farmland patrol Stormtrooper.
This is oppressive occupation. The stormtrooper doesn't feel like walking around the field, so he goes right through it, trampling the farmer's crops and livelihood.
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Forest Stormtrooper.
"I shouldn't have eaten that mushroom!"
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Texas Spring-time Bluebonnets.
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Texas "hill country" Summer.
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Love that winter scene. Off to share the latest. I cannot wait to see this on the full chess board.
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I like the chess idea. The ground work is awesome. What scale are they?
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They are 1:18!
It would be too big at 1:12. Each square on the board will already be 5 inches due to Vader and Palpatine's bases being 3.5 inch diameter.
Eventually I'm going to do a Republic and Separatist chess board as well. And Greivous, Droidekas, Senate Guards, and Magna Guards have 3.5 inch bases as well.
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that will be one HUGE board. Looking forward to seeing it.
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Rebel Alliance pawns complete!
Rebel pawns have the same groundwork since they are a single commando team. They will face Imperial pawns, each with different groundwork representing different missions/planets.
EDIT: Tried uploading pics, but it kept giving me an error.
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Rebel Pawn - Human Marksman
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Outstanding work on all the pieces so far and I for one can't wait to see all the pieces together on the board.
Ron
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Outstanding work on all the pieces so far and I for one can't wait to see all the pieces together on the board.
Ron
You said it Ron. I want to see all these together on the Chess Board! Off to share the latest. This is one great project.
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Fantastic work.
I'm looking forward to see the completed board.
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Thanks gentlemen! ()rr
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Rebel pawn. Iktotchi commando.
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Back on the front pages with you.
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Another awesome looking piece well done mate.
Ron
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I really like this idea. I can't wait to see the completed set.
Are these 3.75 customs?
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I really like this idea. I can't wait to see the completed set.
Are these 3.75 customs?
Yeah. 3.75 or else the board would be too big.
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Rebel pawn - Defected Stormtrooper.
He ditched "the white" and picked up more comfortable cloth fatigues. He also kept his standard-issue Imperial blaster, just in case the team needs heavier suppressing fire.
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Cool deal, I just put a Facebook Page update on the front page. Which one is the Imperial Queen? Vader? Just an awesome project.
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Cool deal, I just put a Facebook Page update on the front page. Which one is the Imperial Queen? Vader? Just an awesome project.
Yes! Vader is the Queen because he is always running around doing the Emperor's work while the Emperor is just sitting and chilling and brainstorming all day.
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Rebel pawn - Bothan commando team leader
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Awesome work yet again mate and I can't wait to see these all on the board.
Ron
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Very nice. I can't wait to see this all together on the chess board.
Who is gonna be your first oppenent?
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Wow, these just continue to be stunning pieces! The mini-dioramas that form the base of each piece is really amazing.
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Got that Bothan on the front page.
Bring this one home!
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Coming along greatly. I really like the individuality of the pawns.
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Thanks guys!
I've finally beaten my eternal enemy, Procrastination, who pinned me down over the holidays, and started on the home stretch with the last 8 Rebel pieces. I'm going to try to work on them every day without excuse. Hopefully done with pieces by month end.
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Rebel Pawn - Human communications specialist.
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He sure looks good on the front page! So stoked you are almost there. Any word on who gets to play you first on this?
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He sure looks good on the front page! So stoked you are almost there. Any word on who gets to play you first on this?
I don't know! If anyone is in Houston, we can play a round somewhere! Then my next problem to solve is finding a safe way to transport them all! Maybe I can get sheets of magnets that are used for refrigerator magnets, cut them to circles, attach them to the bottoms of each base, then build a traveling case with internal magnetic surface. What do you think? Is there a better way for transportation?
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That sounds like great thinking to me.
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Still looking for someone to make the chessboard (maybe I'll just have to try making it myself).
But, in the mean time, I'm going to start finishing some individual figurines and dioramas.
Here is a USMC-themed trooper.
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Cool deal, I got that one on our pages the other day. I like the rugged look of this.
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This color scheme is from Games Workshop, Space Marine Faction, Ultramarine chapter of the space marines.
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Forest trooper.
Flecktarn camouflage.
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Wow that is one of the best camo paint jobs I have seen! Off to share.
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Thanks!
I'll have another piece done in a few days.
Still figuring out where to source my chessboard... >:(
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Man the chess piece figures are looking awesome and love the troopers especially the Ultramarines Scheme. But I have to say being an old WW2 German modeller from way back your pea dot pattern is just spectacular and fits right in with the SW Universe.
Ron
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Man the chess piece figures are looking awesome and love the troopers especially the Ultramarines Scheme. But I have to say being an old WW2 German modeller from way back your pea dot pattern is just spectacular and fits right in with the SW Universe.
Ron
Thanks Ron!!
As a big fan of your dioramas, that's quite a compliment. I'm a student of World War II history. It's always fascinated and horrified me, kept my interest.
This trooper idea was first inspired by the mod called "Awakening of the Rebellion" for the game Star Wars:Empire At War on PC. The modder put in special camouflaged troopers for one of the hero ATAT units.
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Here is a Work in Progress.
Boba Fett. Western theme, so I switched his rifle to Cad Bane's Winchester. I patched the dents in helmet and cod piece with putty in order to more accurately paint an earlier Boba, with less battle-worn armor. Groundwork needs more more work.
I was taking a break from Star Wars Battlefront PC.
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Wow, that looks great. Off to share.
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That looks excellent.
Ron
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Love the "Rifleman" Boba Fett! He looks great. I look forward to seeing the final dio.
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Still working on Boba Fett diorama. To be honest, I haven't touched it since last update.
But here's my Houston, TX Astros baseball clonetrooper.
Next up, I'll finish up the Boba Fett diorama, and a stormtrooper officer that I'm pretty excited about since I think he looks really cool.
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I also finally went and found some wood for the chess board.
Birdseye Maple and Peruvian Walnut!
Found a simple technique to build it. Now I just need to find something to used as a jig for a circular saw I'll have to use.
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Looks good. I Just put this on the front pages.
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This is 8 kinds of awesome. As a huge Red's fan may custom paint a few stormies in their colors.
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Pretty nice way to honor a favorite sports team! The woods are really nice, the board is going to be great.
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Thanks!
But unfortunately I'm now outsourcing the board to a master furniture maker down the road. My more logical side won out over my idealist side that wanted to build the entire thing. I just don't have the tools necessary to make a high-quality board. It would require planer, table saw, router, random pattern sander, etc. Way too much investment into a skillset and art form that I'm not ready to get into. Some day though, I'm going to get into wood-working, but not now.
But I'm really excited about this craftsmen I found. Looked at his portfolio, and he finds really awesome rustic wood to use, even cooler looking than the wood I found.
I might have him also make me some cool custom wood bases for figurines and dioramas.
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The clone dio and figure look excellent and can't wait to see how the chess set is coming along.
Ron
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I started a few more projects.
This one is inspired by pictures I've seen from Afghanistan, with US and NATO units, on patrol, walking through and around the poppy fields of Kandahar Province.
I'm going to try replicate the poppy plants, with the poppy pods ready to be picked. I won't be able to produce exact replications of the plant, as that would take an inordinate amount of time. But I do believe I've come up with a decent substitute that will look similar enough.
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This one is gonna be good. I can't wait to see it completed.
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Ok!
Got my kitbashed Afghan farmer parts! I'll probably put this project on the back burner until I complete these 9 figures I have WIP.
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Looks like a lot of fun headed your way.
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I'll have a couple stormtroopers finished in a couple days!!
Then I'll have a couple clones done sometime next week!
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Sounds good.
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Can't wait to see this when it completed.
Ron
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Alright! Finally got my slow butt to get some pictures done.
Here's a new piece: ARC clone commander, operating in a blue forest.
Color theme is actually inspired by a toy I still have from childhood; German Luftwaffe BF-109 in early-war camouflage
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Excellent work mate and the blue armour blends in well with the plants.
Ron
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Thanks!
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Looks great to me. Off to share.
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Thanks!
I got two more guys ready to share. And I'm starting another 4 today. Hope to get 1 done by week's end, then the other 3 next week.
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Last pictures.
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Nice, this last Trooper Mini-Dio turned out fantastic.
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Chess board update:
Only need a base board, side trim, then finish painting the Rebel figures!
I was too ambitious with the maple and walnut I first picked, as I didn't have any real way of preparing the boards for working into a board. And, since I didn't want anyone else's hand in the creation of the board, I though of using hardwoods. This way I could work within the parameters of the woodworking tools I have, in this case a simple table saw. I picked out a cool rustic used-looking mesquite and hickory. They seemed like light wood, which is good because I think this board is going to be moderately heavy!
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Looking Great! Been wanting to do the same. What is the dimension you're using or the squares? 4"x4"?
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Way to bring it home. That chessboard is perfect. Off to share.
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Bloody sensational mate.
Ron
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Thanks! I'll be working on it this weekend and deciding on some construction-related plans. Hopefully, I'll have the whole project finished in a couple weeks.
The squares are 5"x5". I built the board around the figures. In other words, thanks to Darth Vader and Palpatine being wider than their bases, the entire board needed squares wide enough to accommodate their poses (lightsaber and lightning)!
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You are gonna have a one of a kind item. Just a really cool centerpiece for your collection room or main living room, etc.
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Yeah!
I need to figure out how to display it! I don't want it to get dusty and what not. I might need to buy or build a clear plastic casing to put over it, like professional dioramas have in museums! I probably won't even use it. It was just an idea I wanted to bring to life!
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Getting an acrylic case to put over it would be a great idea. I really like this a lot.
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Here's my Stormtrooper commander.
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Looks pretty tough to me. Off to share.
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Your chessboard turned out great! The whole ensemble is really quite amazing. Excellent work.
I like the helmet choice for your Stormtrooper commander as well, is makes him stand out. Really nice job!
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Thanks! I'm still working on it. Need to do more sanding, sawing, staining, varnishing, etc.
Next year, I'm going to do the Republic vs Separatist chess set.
After this, I have to finish Boba Fett dio, Clone patrol dio, Kuat weapons expo dio, Endor guerrilla war dio.
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Awesome Scout and dio mate.
Ron
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Here's my Scout Commander.
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Looks great to me. Off to share.
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Here's my Scout Commander.
super awesome work!! congratz!
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very nicely done !
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Update: Chessboard should be done by week's end.
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I am really looking forward to seeing it completed !
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Chessboard was finished a couple days ago. Just got started taking pictures of the last 8 pieces. I had to rebuild my old photo setup with the marble chess board and black backdrop (been using bright white backdrop for my non-chess pieces).
I'll start posting pictures this evening.
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Rebel Rook.
Rebel Alliance High Command Security Trooper.
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He looks great. You are really getting close to finishing this off ain't you? Off to share the latest.
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It's pretty much done! Just time to roll out pictures of the last pieces.
I'm still trying to figure out how to take decent pictures of the board with the pieces on it. 40" is difficult to take professional-looking pictures without an actual photo studio!
Probably going to get some black drapes and hang them up as a backdrop.
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Both the Rebel Alliance High Command Security Trooper and the Scout Commander are awesome mate.
Ron
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Well I can sure see why you would want the final reveal to look professional with all that work. Each piece is just an astounding work of art.
I would think this would look great in a panoramic shot too.
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Here's the Rebel Fleet Trooper. It's the other chess rook!!
For the High Command Security Trooper, the idea was the base was stone from one of the Rebel hidden bases, pulling security for Rebel High Command.
For this guy, I wanted to pull from the movies, so I designed the base to be as though he's on a rebel cruiser, stepping out from a side room with dirty unpolished flooring onto the polished white panels.
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Awesome work mate.
Ron
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Thanks, mate!
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Wow, very nice. Time to share the second Rook!
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These Rebel rooks are really wonderful. Excellent paint work.
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Back in town. Time to figure out how to take decent looking photos of the whole board. In the mean time, let me finish off the pieces....
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Rebel bishop 1: General Crix Madine
"I formed the storm commandos and led them in their early missions. It was those successes that put us in a position to unleash a biological weapon, the Candorian plague, on Dentaal. We were just following orders. That was the last order I took from the Empire. I defected to the Alliance, but I'll be paying my debt to Dentaal until the day I die."
--Crix Madine, Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
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Rebel bishop 2: Admiral Gial Ackbar
Gial Ackbar was a veteran male Mon Calamari soldier and revolutionary leader during the Clone Wars, the Galactic Civil War, and the conflict between the Resistance and the First Order. Throughout his sixty years of service, Ackbar was regarded as a brilliant tactician.
Ackbar was captain of the Mon Calamari Guard during the Clone Wars and fought in the Battle of Mon Cala, in which he helped to secure Prince Lee-Char's ascent as King of Mon Cala and repel the Confederacy of Independent Systems. After the rise of the Galactic Empire, Ackbar became the foremost military commander in the Alliance to Restore the Republic, emerging as a symbol of defiance against the Empire's subjugation of non-humans. His presence attracted Mon Calamari support for the Alliance, thus supplying the Mon Calamari star cruisers that made up a bulk of the Alliance Fleet.
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Outstanding both are perfect choices for the bishops.
Ron
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Thanks!
As always, I've glued, puttied over articulation points, and repainted the entire figure.
I decided to change Ackbar's pants to pure white, instead of having the stripes down each leg. I didn't feel like free-handing stripes, or getting decals printed. And, I also wanted to slightly changed his uniform from the striped-pants that appear in Return of the Jedi. It's sort of like, those were his "about to destroy the Death Star or die trying" striped victory-or-death pants.
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Needless to say, I think these look great. I figured one of the characters right for the Rebel Bishops. This is in the home stretches. You will be playing Star Wars Chess soon. Who gets to play you first on it?
Off to share the latest.
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Haha! Yeah! Probably a friend and his wife and buddies. We play Battlefield 4 and Star Wars Battlefront together.
In two weekends, I think I'm going to go bring the board, and my PC, over to his house and have a pizza/bbq/Battlefront night over there.
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In two weekends, I think I'm going to go bring the board, and my PC, over to his house and have a pizza/bbq/Battlefront night over there.
Sounds like my kind of party. If anyone wants to video a small portion of that (especially some footage of the Chess Set), I would love to share it.
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That's probably a good idea. People like videos. I'm probably going to whip out my 1990s Micromachines Star Wars Action Fleet, as well....
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Here are the King and Queen: Senators Mon Mothma and Bail Organa.
Mon Mothma was a human female politician and revolutionary leader who served in the Galactic Senate and Imperial Senate as the representative of Chandrila, the leader of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, and the first chancellor of the New Republic. She came to political prominence during the Separatist Crisis and the Clone Wars as a member of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's Loyalist Committee. Along with such allies as Bail Organa of Alderaan and Padmé Amidala of Naboo, Mothma became an outspoken proponent of pursuing peace between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. She also spoke out against the increase in executive wartime power given to Chancellor Palpatine. At the end of the war, as Palpatine continued to amass power and ultimately transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire, Mothma worked with Senator Organa to begin planting the seeds of rebellion against the Imperial regime. Though she remained in the Imperial Senate as a proponent of democracy, these seeds ultimately led to the formation of the Rebel Alliance to militarily combat the might of the Empire.
Bail Prestor Organa (formally styled as His Serene Highness, Prince Bail Organa, First Chairman and Viceroy of Alderaan) was a Human male who served as the First Chairman and Viceroy of Alderaan, and served in the Galactic Senate as the Senator of the Alderaan sector from 32 BBY to 19 BBY. Subsequently, he was Senator of the Alderaan sector of the Imperial Senate from 19 BBY to 1 BBY. He was Princess Leia Organa's adoptive father and a friend of Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Rahm Kota. He was married to Queen Breha Organa of Alderaan and was, as Prince Consort, head of the royal house and ruler of Alderaan. One of the main founders of the Rebel Alliance, he was killed when the Death Star obliterated Alderaan. In the Alliance and its successor states, the New Republic and Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, he was respected as a martyr who died for his cause.
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Mon Mothma
"We are not Separatists trying to leave the Republic, we are Loyalists trying to preserve democracy in the Republic." - Mon Mothma
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Bail Organa.
"We will never betray the legacy of the Jedi. I will never surrender the Republic to the Sith." - Bail Organa
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Star Wars Death of Liberty
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Mate you are really knocking these out of the park and your choices for the pieces is awesome.
Ron
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Such a cool project. Nice choices for the king and queen. Off to share the latest!
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Really nice job on the figures/chess pieces, they look really good. I think that your character choices for bishop and king and queen were really excellent. Keep it up!
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Really nice job on the figures/chess pieces, they look really good. I think that your character choices for bishop and king and queen were really excellent. Keep it up!
Thanks!!
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Chess board knight: Jedi master, survivor of Executive Order 66.
This is the Rahm Kota figure, but I don't know if he's canon anymore. I've seen talk that Kanan from Star Wars Rebels is modeled off of Rahm Kota, but I don't know. So, he's either Rahm, or and elderly Kanan with some bionic eyes since at thie point in the show he appears to be blind (I haven't watched the show fully). Or that'll be my story I give him.
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Honestly who cares if he's canon or not he looks awesome. You are really kicking goals on all the chess pieces mate.
Ron
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Thanks!
Also, I should have been posting reference photos to the original figures. I've enjoyed comparing the differences.
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Here's Mothma and Organa originals.
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Last Jedi master pic....
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You can find my comments on the front pages.
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Oops. Two more that got lost in my picture gallery!
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Nice. Nice. Nice.
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Chess board Rebel rook. Jedi Knight.
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The idea behind these two was duality.
White and light colours VS Black and darker colours.
Stonework designed like a sun, with growing sprouting vegetation in the spring VS grey rocks like the moon, with dying vegetation in fall/winter.
Young Jedi knight VS old Jedi master.
Like with other pieces, I also specifically wanted to avoid the main characters in the movies as much as possible. Obviously, this wasn't possible, or desired, when it came to Palpatine or Vader, since they are at the pinnacle of the Imperial power structure. But, it was possible with the Rebel queen and king, since they are minor characters in the movie, but major players in terms of political power and influence for the Rebellion.
That being said, for the Jedi master (Rahm Kota and/or Kanan), the duality aspect also gave me the added feeling and connection to how Luke Skywalker began dressing once reaching Knighthood after Yoda dies and his lightsaber construction in the Tatooine cave (ie - black/dark clothes).
Also, another connection I forgot to mention was the Imperial rooks and knights to the Rebel rooks. My decisions for those pieces' characters stemmed from choosing first the Rebel Fleet Trooper as the basis for the Rebel Rook. I then took artistic license in creating a Rebel High Command Trooper with the green/khaki colour. Then, I decided to use ROTJ's Death Star Trooper for Junior-grade Imperial Officer uniforms in Navy-black and Army-brown, just so I could match the Rebel rook helmets with an Imperial helmet that was visually similar (ie big and goofy). After that, it was easy to decide to have Field-grade Imperial Officers with Army-green and Navy-grey uniforms as Knights, replacing the Jedi Order, while the Rebel side still has Jedi Knights as chess knights.
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Wow, this new rook looks fantastic. I also love the contrast with Rahm. Look to see this get to the front page tomorrow. I have used up my Sat. internet time, but wanted to post real quick before I got back to real life. So cool!
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So awesome. I did finally get your Rebel Rook Update on the front pages. I really enjoy this!
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Another awesome looking piece and great choice.
Ron
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Haven't been on here in a bit.
Here's an update for my Boba Fett western diorama.
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Looks good to me. Off to share.
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The dio looks awesome mate well done indeed.
Ron
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Thanks!
I also got a little progress done on my post-Order 66 Imperial Forest Trooper. Still deciding on how I want to develop the groundwork though.
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More comments on the front pages!
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nice paint apps , I like it !
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Haven't posted in awhile! Life gets complicated some times....
Here's one of my new ones!
212th Attack Battalion veteran. Idea for the base was that this was the unit's first battle, and it occurred on a planet with substantial amounts of orange bushes which became the inspiration for the unit's color markings.
I'll post more pictures later!
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Awesome work on the Imperial Forest Trooper mate, the pea dot pattern looks awesome. The 212th Attack Battalion veteran also looks awesome well done mate.
Ron
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Thanks! I did a little more weathering on that forest trooper. So, I'll get some HD pictures taken of him soon.
Awesome work on the Imperial Forest Trooper mate, the pea dot pattern looks awesome. The 212th Attack Battalion veteran also looks awesome well done mate.
Ron
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Looks good to me. Nice to see you back around. Off to share.
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I like your background story for the 212th AB.
The base for the figure and the weathering is very well made.
excellent work
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Well, I haven't post on these forums in a long time! Got busy with life. Anyway, along with posting on my Instagram, and possibly allowing my wife to start selling off pieces to make room on my shelf, I'm going to try posting here again.
This is one I finished probably a month ago? Anyway, sometimes I create a backstory for pieces. This is what I came up with:
"Galactic Marine of the 21st Nova Corps, several months Order 66. This particular Marine previously received airborne training at Republic military facilities on Corulag. He has upgraded his helmet with advanced optics and comms for scouting operations."
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Very pretty! I love that base!
Welcome back
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Nice! I really like the addition of the hardware on the helmet. It looks really good.
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He looks excellent mate.
Ron
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So great to see you back!
Awesome Clonetrooper. Love the helmet additions. Great lille mini-dio too. I just love your wood bases, I think it kicks it up a notch.
Off to the front pages. And welcome back!
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Took the occasion to look back at all your past projects - man, that chess board! Really like this Marine, the colors you Chose and the one on your profile pic. Your custom figures and bases are always jaw dropping! Are you a member of the Marine Corps yourself? Your customs a truly elite ones, too!
So good to see you back!
Add: By the way PadawanPainter is one of the BEST understatements I've ever come across.
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Thanks gentlemen!
So, I with a could take nice professional looking pictures of the board, but the thing is literally the size of a coffee table, so this is the best I can do for now. I need to go back and hit some of the pieces with a matt varnish, as they're still shiny for my taste. Just haven't done it because that matte varnish always alters the boldness of the colors. And I can't remember how to get a matte effect without affecting the color boldness. Maybe manual brush on instead of airbrushing. I just airbrushed matte varnish on my MAC-V SOG inspired clone, and to me he looks all faded.
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See how it seems a little "faded" from the matte coating.
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I think it looks cool, like a weathered and worn look. It makes the camo pattern stand out. The camo pattern is awesome BTW.
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I agree with JDeck - the camo on this guy is great! I don't think the vibrance of the color is a problem with the matte finish - it feels a bit more realistic to me. You have a better perspective, both on what you want to achieve and on the actual color (doesn't always translate perfectly in pictures). I really appreciate seeing the whole chessboard set up, that looks most amazing!
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Wow, that chess board! Off to share!
How many games have you played on it so far? One of the neatest projects I can remember. I really don't think the figures look that shiny. Of course I also don't think you one Camo Troopers looks too faded either. I think you would be fine either way. Wow, just neat work.
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I'm loving your chessboard project. Do you play games on it, or is it mainly for display?
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WOW mate they chess board and pieces are bloody awesome and the clone camo is perfect mate, the matt spray has done it's work perfectly as the camo paint apps will fade a over time.
Ron
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That chess board is fantastic!
I do like your camo pattern. Reminded me of tiger stripe camo. It looks good
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Fantastic. What an amazing project. And the detail on the individual pieces is insane.
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Thanks everyone! Yes, I've probably played a handful of games. But after putting so much time thought and energy into it, I started using my little wooden foldout table if I ever wanted to play! Mainly just display it every so often. I'm working on cutting some foam with a hot wire to put the pieces in a plastic bin when not on display. Didn't know foam cutting was as complicated as it is.
I supposed I will just leave the camo alone. I think I also need better lighting. Instead of single light source at night, I'll take some new pics in the daylight, with multiple light sources.
I've got like 10 more projects I'm working on, but I want to share my late-Clone Wars diorama that includes, I think 2 MicroMachine scale ATAPs, 1 AAT, and the concept ATAT that came with the Action Fleet Hoth ATAT. It's my early-Empire diorama pretty much showing early prototype walkers on an assault, moving past an old Separatist AAT that they just knocked out. I'll grab some pics later.
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Sounds like and awesome dio.
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Keep getting error message when attempting upload.
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Keep getting error message when attempting upload.
upload of what?
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Upload a picture of pre-painted diorama.
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Upload a picture of pre-painted diorama.
Are you trying to use the attachment system or a bbc embed code? Pictures seem to be working fine both ways for me. We can get this figured out.
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Error.
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So, I just did a screen clip of the error message. And, as you can see, it let me upload it. But I can't upload these two pictures of my WIP walker assault diorama. So weird! I'm going to screen capture the diorama photo and see about uploading that.
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Here is a diorama, in the beginning idea/concept phase. It's inspired by a scene in Enemy At The Gates, and a historical statue in Volograd/Stalingrad.
It shows an Imperial officer and his unit, invading a city during winter, and he's looking up at an old statue of a clonetrooper.
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Here is my walker assault diorama WIP. It depicts an early-Empire walker assault group moving past an old CIS AAT they just knocked out. I'll probably add smoke plumes from the two main hatches on the AAT.
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I am sure glad to see you posting images again. Crazy. Looks great though on both projects.
Off to the front pages.
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I like that Walker mini-dio - really cool with the spires. I think smoke plumes would be an excellent addition. The idea for the trooper diorama (a la Stalingrad) is really cool. I think that's going to be an excellent finished product.
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I'm really looking forward to seeing the 3-3/4" dio mate and the small Walker dio is awesome, I love everything about it.
Ron
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So, with this year, I've forgotten to update this. I am going to try my hardest to post pictures of all these projects I've finished, but just haven't found the time to take the pictures or upload.
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ARC trooper inspired by the Rohirrim from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Rohan's colors, at least in the movie, were green and gold. Combined with their ancestral lands, roving hills with golden grass and rocky outcroppings.
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Went back to my Instagram post where I first uploaded and found the backstory I created for him:
ARF Clone Commander Theo, 19th Light Mechanized Battalion, 54th Mustang Corps, planet Nahor, system Mearas. Commander Theo dismounted his AT-RT to scout the high ground overlooking the rolling hills ahead. Nahor was a planet strategically located on a hyperlane route running from the neighboring Corellia system to the Deep Core. Rumors of a secret Separatist stay-behind army brought Commander Theo's unit to the lightly inhabited planet. Republic intelligence was receiving increased chatter about similar caches of weapons and supplies being hidden on other planets outside the Core, possibly for use in future Separatist campaigns targeting Core worlds.
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I like the idea of an ARC Trooper Brigade like this. Very nice.
Off to the front pages.
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I’m liking it, this reminds me so much of the little dioramas I used to create but with more aggressive landscape. Good stuff
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Your Rohirrim ARC Trooper vignette looks phenomenal.
The combination of LOTR and Star Wars works great.
Are you still working on the Star Wars Stalingrad dio?
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Couldn't you just see this guy as Eomer leading a squd of AT-RTs onto the plains to slay some evil orks (insert appropriate evil enemy here).
LOTR has to be my second favorite after Star Wars.
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That is an amazing figure - I love the Rohirrim concept (and allusions). I really like this one.
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Your Rohirrim ARC Trooper vignette looks phenomenal.
The combination of LOTR and Star Wars works great.
Are you still working on the Star Wars Stalingrad dio?
Yes, I am! Hahah! I honestly haven't made much progress on it. I haven't been at the bench nearly as much as other people seem to have been this year. And so, when I did paint and construct, I decided to focus on those single figure pieces I started back in late March.
Honestly, it's really a discipline and motivation question. This year was rough; a combination of escaping/transitioning from miserable Army servitude to the wonderful free life of a regular citizen with a nice regular job, AND the sci-fi dystopia the entire world is in. And so, much of my nightly escapism veered towards PC games instead of painting. It was really fun playing 'Star Wars: Empire At War - Awakening of the Rebellion mod', and machine-gun action in WWII-era FPS 'Hell Let Loose'.
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Couldn't you just see this guy as Eomer leading a squd of AT-RTs onto the plains to slay some evil orks (insert appropriate evil enemy here).
LOTR has to be my second favorite after Star Wars.
Exactly! Elite AT-RT element scouting out Rohan's rolling hills. I think Lord of the Rings and Star Wars are the only complete Blu-ray sets I ever bought.
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That is an amazing figure - I love the Rohirrim concept (and allusions). I really like this one.
Thanks!
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Walker Assault 1/3
I might come back later and touch up some things like making the blacked out siding more smooth and flat, but I'm done with this thing for now.
Early empire walker assault, maybe on Geonosis or a moon near Geonosis (if there is one?). AT-AT moves past a knocked out AAT, along with it's AT-DP anti-infantry security.
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Walker Assault 2/3
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Walker Assault 3/3
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Your groundwork on these looks amazing. I love it! I like how the ground color is weathered up the walkers’ legs.
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This looks really outstanding. The landscape is wonderful. The smoke plume looks really good too.
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I too like that smoke effect. Looks real. I agree with Clint on the weathering too, just top notch. All the way around just excellent work.
Off to the front pages.
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Very nice! I love dynamic scene like this one you made.
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Thanks gentlemen!
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Here's a Droideka piece I started. I really have to stop starting new projects and not finishing others. Lol.
Also, I don't remember if I've shared these before, but here's two other WIPs: Viking and Samurai Jedi.
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Holy Schnitzel! You got some seriously epic projects on the workbench there! I'm especially looking forward to seeing the Droideka diorama finished...seeing things like these are sights that I had never expected to see in my life. Pure beauty
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Wow, great projects all.
Off to share them on the front pages.
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The dios are amazing! I really eager to see more.
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These last two are really cool! I especially like the two "historic" Jedi.