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Author Topic: AKULA’s Star Wars thread - pg 35 - Land speeder  (Read 53577 times)

Offline AKULA

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AKULA’s Star Wars thread - pg 35 - Land speeder
« on: April 11, 2023, 04:28:10 PM »


Having binge-watched a cocktail of The Mandalorian, Book of Boba, Andor and Kenobi it’s time for a new Star Wars project  :)


Thread Index
Page 1  -  Project Outline, Shoretroopers, Stormtroopers & Salvage Droids
Page 2  -  Battle Droids, Scrapper & a Protocol Droid
Page 3  -  Biker Scouts, Jawas, more Imperials & an R5 Astromech
Page 4  -  GONKs, more Jawas, and more droids
Page 5  -  Sandcrawler, Nautolan, Besalisk, Dowutin, Bothan, Gran Durosian
Page 6  -  Even more Jawas, a KX Security Droid & a Landspeeder
Page 7  -  Shields Droids, Skiff, Landing Pad, Razor Crest & Fang Fighter
Page 8  -  Test building & Imperial Officers
Page 9  -  Death Troopers, Moff Gideon, Mandalorians & Imperial Officers
Page 10 -  Imperial Intelligence Officer, Scout Walker, more Mando's & aliens
Page 11 -  Wrecked AT-AT & a Mining Guild Modified Tie Fighter
Page 12 -  Corporate Security Tactical Blueberries
Page 13 - "The Prisoner" Heist Gang plus New Republic Security Droids
Page 14 -  Pyke Syndicate & Mining Guild
Page 15 -  More Mining Guild, Tie Fighter Pilot & a Rancor
Page 16 -  Group Shot ... everything so far
Page 17 -  YV-666 "Houndstooth", "Slave 3", Cargo Skiffs & speeder
Page 18 -  Protocol Droids, Imperial Astromech & Workers Droids
Page 19 -  "Slave 1", Lambda Shuttle & a second Scout Walker
Page 20 -  Settlement (Part 1)
Page 22 -  More droids & an AT-AP Artillery Walker
Page 23 -  Dark Jedi & Padawan, plus Settlement (Part 2)
Page 24 -  Two more Scout Walkers
Page 25 -  Nightsisters, New Republic Security Forces & HK Assassin Droids
Page 26 -  A lot more Stormtroopers
Page 27 -  Settlement (Part 3)
Page 28 -  Alien Lowlifes, Night Troopers, Civilians ...and a Jedi
Page 29 -  More alien lowlifes & some smugglers
Page 30 -  Stormtroopers…dozens of them
Page 31 -  Settlement (Part 4)
page 32 -  Settlement ( Part 5 ) Ubrikkian Trade Tower
page 33 -  Settlement ( Part 6 ) Cantina
page 34 -  Blurrg, corellian hounds, Dewback & civvies
page 35 -  Land speeder

For now a quick paint job on a Shoretrooper … according to the Visual Reference Guide from Rogue One, the light blue paint on the chest plate denotes an officer.



Setting
My project will be set post-Return of the Jedi … so basically around the time of the Mandalorian. I like the look/feel of the TV series spin-offs (plus Rogue One which is obviously set earlier) so everything will look a bit grubby/worn out rather than shiny new. Basing it on a backwater desert planet … if nothing else because my other two “current” projects (Game of Thrones & 1980s After The Bomb) are both covered in snow.

Figures
My project will be centred around the Star Wars Legion range … they may be pretty much incompatible with every previous range of SW minis … or indeed 99% of other existing sci-fi ranges, but they are bloody lovely … plus the possibilities now offered by 3D prints are huge.

Rules
When I get around to playing … will start off with FFOL Galactic Heroes until I need something that can handle a lot more figures.
« Last Edit: March 23, 2024, 11:27:46 AM by AKULA »

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Re: AKULA’s Star Wars thread - pg1 - Shoretrooper Officer
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2023, 04:56:55 PM »
This will be awesome!

When will the first star destroyer pop up? 

lol
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Re: AKULA’s Star Wars thread - pg1 - Shoretrooper Officer
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2023, 05:08:52 PM »
Aaaaaand he's off!

Nicely done, looking forward to seeing the project take shape :)
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Re: AKULA’s Star Wars thread - pg1 - Shoretrooper Officer
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2023, 05:26:32 PM »
Nice! I’m a fan of the post empire / remnant stuff, looks a bit more beat up and worn! Nice job on the shore trooper

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Re: AKULA’s Star Wars thread - pg1 - Shoretrooper Officer
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2023, 01:44:38 PM »
Ilove Stormies, but I absolutely adore the Shore troopers, great place to start and get the juices flowing.

Looking forward to seeing lots more.

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Re: AKULA’s Star Wars thread - pg1 - Shoretrooper Officer
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2023, 06:47:58 PM »
Thanks everyone  :)

A few regular stormtroopers … picked these up from fleabay painted, just a bit of minor touching up, rebased them and added a light dusting of grime

« Last Edit: April 13, 2023, 07:39:00 PM by AKULA »

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They look good. :)

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Thanks Nick.

Finished another shoretrooper this morning over coffee … really enjoying painting these.

Group shot so far



Have ordered a corellian freighter’s worth of extra figures…

 :)

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I’m not even going to pretend that this will be a small project for me.
Good luck.

Nice work.

When will the first star destroyer pop up? 
Not a Death Star?
« Last Edit: April 15, 2023, 07:16:57 PM by Ultravanillasmurf »

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And so it begins…

(Wrong franchise, I know  :D)
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Nice job on those.

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Great work, as usual mate. The Force is with you.
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I am on my own Star Wars journey with a hypothesized desert planet that also has bits of forest and swamp.

As to rules, when you need bigger games you can stay in the Fistful of Lead family and just use Bigger Battles.  That is my plan.

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Cheers all.

Managed to get some droids painted today.

These are all non-Legion metal minis that I’ve repurposed … the hover one is from Hydra …the large one is from Judge Dredd, and IIRC the wheeled ones are from Crooked Dice?

Have already decided that I’m going to have some sort of salvage/scrap dealer in the game, plus some big bits of debris … sort of Jakku- esque.



« Last Edit: April 16, 2023, 05:03:29 PM by AKULA »

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Re: AKULA’s Star Wars thread - pg1 - Salvage Droids
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2023, 05:03:54 PM »
Have also recieved some sample 3D printed figures in the post, which I’ll base up and add to the paint queue - the quality is excellent  8)

I am on my own Star Wars journey with a hypothesized desert planet that also has bits of forest and swamp.

As to rules, when you need bigger games you can stay in the Fistful of Lead family and just use Bigger Battles.  That is my plan.

Yup, I expect I’ll migrate to the FFOL Bigger Battles in time.  :)
« Last Edit: April 16, 2023, 10:46:35 PM by AKULA »

 

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