The Thin Beige Line
Rapid Reinforcements
At this point in the project I received a delivery in the post…
As I already had droids on my painting table it made sense to get the two B1 pilots painted along with their foot slogging counterparts. I built the STAP chassis first as I would need them to position the pilots.
With no small amount of patience (not to mention a pair of tweezers and a blob of blue tack), I managed to assemble the droids in the desired position, without permanently attaching them to the chassis.
I also kept the bases separate. This made priming easy as I only had to cover the acrylic flight stand with some cling film.
With a coat of Wraithbone and a lick of Skeleton Hoard, the pilots were swiftly brought up to the level of the other B1’s. As I had gone to the trouble of priming the bases, I textured and painted them as well.
Edit: Don’t stick your flight stands to your bases before priming! As they are clear acrylic, you will end up seeing the uncoloured base where the stand touches down. I had to crack mine off, paint in the uncoloured section and re glue them! Total waste of time as I could’ve just sprayed them before glueing!
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