Bounty Brothers Boba Fett & Bossk

Boba Fett & Bossk (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

I can't play any live games at the moment because of the global pandemic but when I can I really want to field an army with Boba Fett and Bossk in it. I think it will be so cool hunting down their bounties and using all their special abilities.

Painting these was a lot of fun. I love the look and pose of both of them and think they look good in any Imperial army. Bossk's yellow jumpsuit was a bit of a pain but I like how they both turned out.

Imperial AT-ST Painted

Imperial AT-ST (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

 If you like dirt and grime like me than you will also enjoy painting the Imperial AT-ST. I never paint my vehicles like they just left the factory, I like rust and scratches. It's my style I guess.

I started working on the AT-ST almost as soon as it was released but since I wanted to paint up my rebel army first so I would have a painted and playable army. However, Fantasy Flight games at the time were releasing models in a steady stream and I would never catch up since my painting is too slow. I am proud to say that now I have painted not only my complete rebel army (more pics will follow) and also my complete droid army (also more pics to follow, stay tuned) but also my Imperial army is now completely painted. I'm currently taking pictures so I can post them here and update the blog.

General Grievous Painted

It's been a while since my last update but I have been painting some more Legion models. One of them being General Grievous. I like the multi pose options that come with this model. Although I like the four lightsaber wielding Grievous I gave mine the DT-57 'Annihilator' pistol and cloak. 

Droidekas Painted

Star wars Legion Droidekas

They were very hard to put together but pretty easy to paint. A lot of metalics with a wash, than just the eyes and done. I painted the "shell" armour with a dark bronze and after I washed them with aggrax earthshade I also gave them a very light purple wash.

B1 Contrast Fun

Star Wars legion B1's painted

After I finally assembled 4 units of B1's and the upgrade expansion all I had to do was paint them. I read a lot of players used the recently available Games Workshop Contrast Paints. I tried it on 1 test model and I was blown away with the results and how easy and quick I could paint them up. I did tweak the recipe a little.

Sorry I''m late for the group shot

I mixed the Skeleton Horde with some Aggaros Dunes contrast paints in a 3:1 ratio. For the guns I used Black Templar contrast paint. When the models had dried I lightly drybrushed them with some Vallejo Iraqi Sands but any light bone colour will do. To finish them I added some weathering with the sponge technique. I sponge on some dark brown paint and late stipple some Runefang steel in the same place to make it look the B1's have some scratches.

Count Dooku Painted

Star Wars legion Count Dooku Painted

Count Dooku is the fearsome leader of my Separatists army. I liked this charachter in the movie and I love this model. I think the pose is great. Painting him up was pretty straight forward. I had a look online for the right colours and had him done in an hour. the only difficult bit is his face.  I painted the lightsaber to match the lightsagers I did before but I might go back and change them all one day. 

Looking very much forward to see how he plays.

Legion Count Dooku Face Close-up

Painted Jyn Erso

Painted Star wars Legion Jyn Erso (click to enlarge)

When I had just painted Jyn I took her to a tournament as my rebel commander. She has some nice tricks up her sleeve but at  the three games I played with Jyn that day she never really came through. I was looking forward using the infiltrate special rule but I think is rule good but also dangerous. I overplayed it and Jyn was stuck in the middle of the board and had to stay out of sight for the first three turns. I really have to learn how to play her best.

I love the Rogue One movie and have seen it plenty of times. The painted model goes nicely with the pathfinders. I'm currently painting up her lover Cassian Andor so when he is complete they will make a nice set in my display.

Painted AAT (CIS)

The Droid invasion on Corellia (click to enlarge)

After a year of silence I have resurrected this blog with a post about the mighty AAT (armoured assault tank).

I have always liked the sleek look of the AAT and the different aproach to a tank from other designs really made me want to paint this model. I now have a small droid army but the repulsor tank makes  a nice centerpiece. It's hulking size alone strikes fear in my opponents.

Painted Star Wars Legion  AAT (click to enlarge)

I picked up a new core set, I wanted two but couldn't find more than one. I got some additional units but because of the Corona crisis and FFG current shipping circumstances I can't get all the units I want. I'm still looking for some B2's.

CIS Droid AAT invasion (click to enlarge)

I painted the AAT as in the phantom menace when the Trade Fedaration invade Naboo. I always liked that colour scheme and it fit's in nicely with the rest of my army but more of that later.

Rebel Specialists Painted

Rebel Specialists
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It's been a while ago that I bought this expansion, they have been on the painting shelf for some time but other projects always got priority. I don't really believe in the generic commander and the comms specialist. I did use the command cards at my last tournament and I think they are pretty decent. better than the basic command cards from the core set. Since you can use them without taking the generic commander from this expansion I will probably use these more often when I make lists with only special commander.

The bots will probably get some more play as they have more use, they are a solid points investment and I have seen other players use them with good results. I will try to add both at my next game and see how they work for me.

The humans on the other hand will probably not be used unless I will play some narrative games. I really like using the special character commanders because of their abilities and command cards. They were fun to paint though and complete my Star Wars Legion Rebel collection so I had to have them anyway..

Pathfinders painted

Are we blind?? Deploy the garrison!
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The Pathfinders have landed on Scarif. When this expansion was released for Star Wars Legion I just finished watching Rogue One for the fourth time. I really like that movie so I wanted to paint this unit to match the original. The only change I made was with Corporal Maddel. She has blond hair in the movie but I gave her red hair. The contrast looks better in my opinion.

I have played a few games with the Pathfinders but I'm not a big fan. They have some nice abbilities but overall I'm not convinced. 

I rather play a unit of wookies that really do well for me but maybe it's just my play style. The Imperials had a unit of deathtroopers released as a mirror unit but they are a lot better. I guess they will look nice in my display cabinet...