Category: workbench

Painting Rebel Troopers

Rebel troopers, also known as Rebel soldiers or Alliance troopers, were the front-line soldiers of both the early rebel movement and later, the Rebel Alliance against the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War. Initially formed from loosely connected resistance cells, the leadership of Mon Mothma saw them become an impressively armed and trained galaxy-spanning infantry.

In the Star Wars Legion starter box you get fourteen Rebel models, with two each of seven variations. There are two offices, four with heavy weapons and eight “regular” troopers.

Having started to revisit my Star Wars Legion Rebel Troopers, flocking their bases and giving them a white undercoat the next stage will be painting them.

I started planning the painting of my Star Wars Legion Rebel Troopers.

We first really see Rebel Troopers in The Empire Strikes Back on Hoth. These Rebel Troopers are equipped for fighting in the harsh freezing conditions of Hoth. There uniforms are light brown and white.

I didn’t want to go down that cold road, as my Imperial Stormtroopers are not equipped for cold weather.

In Return of the Jedi we see more Rebel Troopers on the forest moon of Endor.

These have uniforms ideal for the wooded environment they were going to be fighting in. The Empire troops on the other hand were still equipped with the white shiny armour!

There are plenty of options open for playing games in terms of terrain, from the snow of Hoth, to the forest moon of Endor. As I really like the Rogue One film, I decided that I wanted to go with the colour scheme that the troopers in Rogue One had on Scarif.

Challenge though was finding some decent images of the rebel troopers. So best go back to the source material and I watched the film.

I re-watched the battle scene, pausing as I went.

There was no consistency across the uniforms, there were many different colours used. Kind of what you would expect from a newly formed rebel army.

As there are duplicate models in my collection of Rebel Troopers, that gives me an excuse to use different colours across the force.

Seven will be mainly green and seven will be mainly light brown.

Initially I painted a couple of models, one with Militarum Green contrast paint and the other Snakebite Leather.

Next step will be adding details to the models. Oh and buying some Shoretroopers.

Undercoating the Thunderhawk Gunship

Designed to operate in both planetary atmosphere and the cold void of space, the Thunderhawk Gunship combines the roles of orbital troop lander, heavy gunship, and bomber into a single, brutally effective aircraft. Sturdy and well-armoured, Thunderhawks deliver their Adeptus Astartes passengers into the very heart of raging battle, and provide fire support with a truly fearsome array of weapons afterwards. These iconic vessels have come to be feared as the harbinger of doom by the enemies of the Imperium of Mankind.

I picked up an Aeronautica Imperialis Adeptus Astartes Thunderhawk Gunship from my local FLGS.

Construction was actually quite simple and I found the model was easily put together.

I will be painting my Adeptus Astartes Thunderhawk Gunship as a Grey Knights Thunderhawk as discussed in this blog post.

I gave the model a white undercoat.

Star Wars Rebel Officers

Rebel troopers, also known as Rebel soldiers or Alliance troopers, were the front-line soldiers of both the early rebel movement and later, the Rebel Alliance against the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War. Initially formed from loosely connected resistance cells, the leadership of Mon Mothma saw them become an impressively armed and trained galaxy-spanning infantry.

In the Star Wars Legion starter box you get fourteen Rebel models, with two each of seven variations. There are two offices, four with heavy weapons and eight “regular” troopers.

The officers come with a trench coat and a blaster rifle.

The models were easily put together.

I then gave the model a white undercoat using Corax White spray.

Star Wars Rebel Troopers

Rebel troopers, also known as Rebel soldiers or Alliance troopers, were the front-line soldiers of both the early rebel movement and later, the Rebel Alliance against the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War. Initially formed from loosely connected resistance cells, the leadership of Mon Mothma saw them become an impressively armed and trained galaxy-spanning infantry.

In the Star Wars Legion starter box you get fourteen Rebel models, with two each of seven variations. There are two offices, four with heavy weapons and eight “regular” troopers.

The models comprise two parts the body and the arms holding a weapon.

After constructing the Rebel Troopers I stuck them to their bases and added some Citadel Sand to landscape the bases.

I then gave the models a white undercoat using Corax White spray.

The next stage will be a basecoat.

Star Wars Rebel Troopers with Heavy Weapons

Rebel troopers, also known as Rebel soldiers or Alliance troopers, were the front-line soldiers of both the early rebel movement and later, the Rebel Alliance against the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War. Initially formed from loosely connected resistance cells, the leadership of Mon Mothma saw them become an impressively armed and trained galaxy-spanning infantry.

In the Star Wars Legion starter box you get fourteen Rebel models, with two each of seven variations. There are two offices, four with heavy weapons and eight “regular” troopers.

The two heavy weapons specialists carry a Z-6 rotary blaster cannon and an MPL-57 modified to fire ion torpedoes.

Having constructed the models, I based them and then using PVA glue used Citadel Sand to landscape the bases.

I then gave the models a white undercoat using Corax White spray.

The next step will be a basecoat.

Star Wars Rebel AT-RT

First introduced by the Republic during the Clone War, the All Terrain Reconnaissance Transport, or AT-RT, has since been co-opted by the Rebel Alliance to aid their war against the Empire.

In the Star Wars Legion starter box  as well as the fourteen Rebel models there is also a Rebel AT-RT.

The model comes with optional weapons and was easily constructed. I added Citadel Sand to the base.

I then gave the model a white undercoat using Corax White spray.

Another view.

Landscaping the Titan bases

I have been browsing the web, Instagram and Twitter looking at how people have been basing their Adeptus Titanicus titans. I was a little surprised by how many people were using Epic models and scenery. The new Adeptus Titanicus is a different scale to the original Adeptus Titanicus (and Epic) with a figure scale of roughly 8mm compared to the 6mm of Epic. In other words a third larger!

However I knew I had a box of old Epic 40000 ruins sprues somewhere in the garage and went to hunt them down. I was a little surprised by how many of them I had in the box. 

So I took some of the ruins and affixed them to the bases that came with the titans, focusing initially on the Warlord Titan and the Reaver Titan (as I had constructed their legs so had an idea of where I could put the scenic items. I also used some plasticard strip, as well as a few spare parts I had from one of my Ork Aeronautica Imperialis model kits.

Having done that I added some slate rubble from an old Warhammer 40 Urban Basing Kit. This I left to dry before then finishing off the base with some Citadel Sand.

This is the Warlord Titan base.

I then gave the base a white undercoat.

With some Warlord Battle  Titan legs.

I did a similar thing for the Reaver. Continue reading “Landscaping the Titan bases”

Luke Skywalker

Luke Skywalker was a Tatooine farmboy who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest Jedi the galaxy has ever known. Along with his friends Princess Leia and Han Solo, Luke battled the evil Empire, discovered the truth of his parentage, and ended the tyranny of the Sith.

A model of Luke Skywalker is included in the Star Wars Legion starter box.

The model comprises two parts.

One of the problems with the plastic material is that the light sabre bends…

I glued the model together and then affixed him to the base. I then used Citadel Sand to cover the base.

The model was then given a white undercoat.

Now onto the basecoat.

Basing the Titans

I have been browsing the web, Instagram and Twitter looking at how people have been basing their Adeptus Titanicus titans. I was a little surprised by how many people were using Epic models and scenery.

The new Adeptus Titanicus is a different scale to the original Adeptus Titanicus (and Epic) with a figure scale of roughly 8mm compared to the 6mm of Epic. In other words a third larger!

However I knew I had a box of old Epic 40000 ruins sprues somewhere in the garage and went to hunt them down. I was a little surprised by how many of them I had in the box. 

So I took some of the ruins and affixed them to the bases that came with the titans, focusing initially on the Warlord Titan and the Reaver Titan (as I had constructed their legs so had an idea of where I could put the scenic items.

I also used some plasticard strip, as well as a few spare parts I had from one of my Ork Aeronautica Imperialis model kits.

This is the Warlord Titan base.

This is the Reaver Titan base.

Overall I quite like the bases. The next step will be adding rubble and sand.