Collins Does Star Wars Legion
This princess doesn’t need protection
The latest models the have been painted are Leia and the fleet troopers.
I’m quite happy with Leia and not so happy with the fleet troopers. I’m not so unhappy to actually want to do anything about it yet though but that niggle will get to me in the end I’m sure.
Leia’s outfit is missing the camouflage smock so she stands out quite a lot.
I started by trying to figure out what colours I wanted to use for the two blues in her outfit. I decided the lighter paler blue of her trousers was similar to hoeth blue and for her jacket which is darker I went with thunderhawk blue.
Once that was decided I primed Leia in white and but down the base colours. In addition to the above I used mechanicus standard grey for the boots, belt and pistol. The pistol was then dry brushed necron silver as usual. For her shirt I decided tallarn sand was a close enough match.
during the wash stage agrax was used on the brown areas, nuln oil on the grey area and then I used a heavily watered down drankenhof nightshade wash on the blue areas. In the end I put two or three layers of this on the blue areas to get the level of shade I wanted, better this way than put it on neat and have to start over again.
Once the washes were done each area was highlighted back up. Again this is a simple scheme to meet the tabletop standard I’ve chosen to meet. Not top work but works for me for this game!
Now, having decided I was happy with Leia I have to say I’m a bit meh with the job I did on these guys. Didn’t help that when I varnished them some of the guns and feet misted up, urgh!
The trousers I think are also a disappointment, I went with karak stone with a sepia wash and it hasn’t come out grey enough. Perhaps a diluted nuln oil would have been a better choice.
The blue I went with is hoeth and the same diluted wash used on Leia.
i won’t go into anymore detail about these guys until I either redo them or come to terms with my muck up.
i will however prempt the ‘where’s Captain Antilles?’ Questions. I decided not to single out the squad leader for such a lofty position as corvette captain. This guy is more ‘Dave from D rota’ as he is only leading a few people rather than the whole crew of the Tantive IV
I like your scheme for Leia – I’m actually using a space-wolf type blue as a spot colour through my rebels so I could have used (stolen!)this scheme but I ended up going for more of a white. Anything to avoid that Endor look! I also was a bit meh with how my fleet troopers came out. I painted them similarly to everything else, objectively the paint job is technically fine, it just doesn’t come together as well as the standard troopers. Interesting you’ve had a similar experience – maybe something in the sculpts, maybe if I had my time… Read more »
Really great work on the face, can always be a real challenge but Leia is looking great here.