Clone Platoon

Another platoon of 501st join the Grand Army of the Republic. A nice tip that I discovered on this batch was to wash their visor with Nuln oil ink, It fills in the small nasal slits and looks much better. I need to go back and do the other two units now.

Flesh wash used around the sides of the helmet looks good for built up grime. Another the lead pencil is good for highlighting the visor and armour edges.

I dropped this base and all three figures snapped clean off at the ankles. The great thing about these prints is that super glue fixes them so well, it's stronger than the original. This is very reassuring for the future with lots of tank turrets etc on the to do list 

 Very quick to do and very rewarding, with each unit that gets done, new lessons are learnt and the process gets easier.

Update: jedi masters join the fight.

I tried to do a bit of sabre glow on the armour etc. This was done by using Windsor and Newton ink.

They have been mounted on 40mm bases, this will help identify them as masters amongst the other Jedi. These masters will have a high 'forcefield' trait in Xenos Rampant. This will be the masters using their sabres to deflect the laser fire.

A slight wash of green ink works quite well on some of these. Giving the blade a coat of gloss varnish helps with the light effect. The shine from the gloss produces a thin line of light in the middle of the blade, this looks very effective for a light sabre 

What's going on, this isn't right. Who's side are you on?

The ink is terribly easy to wash away with varnishing, so you have to be careful.