Assault Sandtrooper 3-3/4"

[hemble]

Hi All

I had a customer wanting 30 sandtroopers painted but he wanted a paint scheme that suited the a sandy rocky terrian of a desert planet like Tatooine. So after thinking about it a remembered I did an Imperial Assault Trooper years ago and decided to use the same helmet for the commander.

As for the paint scheme I wanted to go for a darker brown colour instead of a sand colour, so I went with the colour you see in the pics. He also wanted all the figures to be articulated which is not the norm for me as I like my 3-3/4" figures to be static but it did save time as I didn't have to sculpt the joints at all.

After I did the first figure I wanted to make a base to show the figure in it's enviroment, after he saw the Sandy he gave the ok to continue with the other 29 figures. As always I used Vallejo and GW paints and pastels to paint and weather the figure and base.

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Figure - The figure is the 2010 vintage Sandy that came with the Dewback and the helmet I had in my parts box. I just added a holster from a VOTC Stormtrooper.

Base - The base I got from the craft store for 10 cents and the moisture evaporator is from hasbro which was pulled apart to give it a different look. The collector panels are 1/72 scale plastic metal roof panels.

The base was built up with plaster and woodglue/PVA and sand was added while it was drying, once dry the whole thing was painted and weathered.

Ron

 

[the dude person]

That's really cool! Great job on the weathering and the base, as always. I like how he's articulated, that makes him even cooler!

It might be fun to write a story about those guys...

 

[Hewer]

Awesome work mate. Very cool idea and sounds like you are going to be a bit busy with 29 to go.

 

[TheGent]

Wow I love it, it has that late 70s OT look AND the appealing of Phase II armour! I wonder how much time will pass before someone puts this on 1/6 ...

 

[Artoo]

So are the other 29 regular Sandtroopers then and this is the only Commander? Loving the blend of armors and paint scheme.

 

[hemble]

Hi All

Thanks for the feedback and glad you enjoyed him.

the dude person - Yeah I think that these smaller dio's I'll keep the figures articulated but the big dio's. And I might have to think of a back story for this guy.

Hewer Just finished the last one late late last night after we talked and posted them away today thank god.

TheGent - I would love to do a 1/6 version of this guy eventually.

rfr5671 - There were other ranks and the paint schemes were about the same except for a few minor changes.

Ron

 

[TheGent]

Not referring to the accurate SW timeline (I have no knowledge on that), but I imagine he could be some sort of trooper on tattooine when Luke is 3 or 4 years old ...

 

[darksith72]

Congratulations, you've done very good work, Bravo !!

 

[Crimsonbob]

Awesome as always

 

[Chakaman]

Very cool. A 1/6th would be cool. He is like a cross between Bacara and a Sandtrooper, good stuff.

 

[hemble]

Hi All

Cheers guys and I'll be keeping a lookout for parts so I can do a 1/6 version.

Ron