Assaulting Imperial Assault
Episode 7 - 3D Kitbashing
I found that the Captain Terro villain pack actually comes with two optional torsos. You can either choose the dewback rider with the shock lance or there’s Captain Terro. I decided that if I painted both torsos but didn’t create a permanent assembly, I would either lose one or both of the torsos or (and?) the paint would gradually wear off the torsos due to increased handling brought about by constantly assembling/disassembling the model. So I assebled the kit as the Dewback rider as that’s likely to get more game time. However, being now in posession of a 3D printer, I had a look online and found a free dewback rider STL that had a Dewback model with Stormtrooper legs attached which I managed to scale down to fit (well, almost) the spare torso I had allowing me to make Captain Terro as well. I don’t think the scaling is perfect – the Stormtrooper legs are touch too small, but it’s not too noticable. Also, as a consequence of downsizing the STL, the detail has softened somewhat although I think the use of washes and contrast paints has mitigated that to a degree – you can at least see the scales. The rest of the storm trooper is basically the same as the all the rest – white primer, black wash and then the plates picked out with white. I have been using a really neat trick for all the Imperial Assault miniatures – painting guns using leadbelcher and then using Black Templar contrast over the top creates a really nice gunmetal look very quickly.
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