Well, I've been lurking for a while, so I figured it was time to start posting some pics of my stuff. So, here we go:
This was my first attempt at repainting a head. I've learned more since I did this one. I'm not disappointed with it, but I just picked up another Dooku so I can have a second try at it. I have been painting gaming minis for about 20 years now, so I figured moving UP in scale wouldn't be too hard. A lot of the same principles still apply, but I had to learn a few new tricks in the process
Here's my Han and Chewie (Han soon to be replaced by a Medicom version). The Chewie is the Hasbro OTC version that I did a little drybrushing to here and there and gave him a good coat of matte varnish so he wasn't so shiny, then glossed the eyes, mouth, and teeth. Did a little work on the bowcaster as well.
The TIE pilot is a Marmit I lucked into at my local comic shop several years ago. The battle droid on the right is a Hasbro repaint I did. I want to get around to doing the ball jointed arms and hips sometime, but I'm not in a hurry. The Garindan is a Hasbro head on a new body (I don't remember what kind). I did some drybrush color to his snout and added some pastel dust to the cloak, boots, and pants. It's kinda hard to see in the pic. I also darkened the lenses on the goggles a little and painted the rims around them. Not quite canon, but the GG bust did it, and I thought it looked good.
Here's some of my Rebels. The middle is an unmodified Sideshow Pello Scrambas flanked by two more guys with Sideshow outfits. The right is an unmodified Sideshow Captain Antilles. The left is my Rebel Honor Guard. I made him with a uniform and dress shoes from TA, a new body, and a Captain Antilles helmet (thanks to jwig for that). The visor is a piece of plastic I cut from a Glad storage bowl (already curved ) and hit it with a coat of gloss black paint. Secured it to the helmet with a little green stuff so as to not mess up the paint.
Here's some of my Imps. The Imperial crewman on the left is a Hasbro AT-ST driver uniform with a Hasbro Imperial officer hat on a body I got from Monkeydepot. The middle is a Hasbro uniform on a Sideshow body with Piett's head (again, thanks to jwig). The officer on the right is just a Hasbro uniform on a new body. The rank badges are custom-made on my 3D printer...something I'm planning to use more often for customs .
Finally, here's more Imps. The stormie is a standard Sideshow version. The trooper on the right is a Hasbro uniform and helmet on a Dragon body with gloves from the Hasbro AT-ST driver. On the helmet, I cut the chin cup off, made some holes for a strap to go through, and made a strap with elastic. Now, on to Tarkin...this isn't a good pic of him, so here's a better one:
This was my second repaint. I'm MUCH happier with this one, and hence why I'm going to redo my Dooku as well. Thanks to Greggo for the great tutorial on his web page about painting. I learned a lot from it. The eyes are decals I printed on my laser printer.
So, there they are, for now. I'm working on a Clone Wars Obi-Wan and Plo-Koon as well as a General Veers at the moment. Once I get some helmets, I'm going to do Wedge and Biggs as well.
Thanks for looking!!
This was my first attempt at repainting a head. I've learned more since I did this one. I'm not disappointed with it, but I just picked up another Dooku so I can have a second try at it. I have been painting gaming minis for about 20 years now, so I figured moving UP in scale wouldn't be too hard. A lot of the same principles still apply, but I had to learn a few new tricks in the process
Here's my Han and Chewie (Han soon to be replaced by a Medicom version). The Chewie is the Hasbro OTC version that I did a little drybrushing to here and there and gave him a good coat of matte varnish so he wasn't so shiny, then glossed the eyes, mouth, and teeth. Did a little work on the bowcaster as well.
The TIE pilot is a Marmit I lucked into at my local comic shop several years ago. The battle droid on the right is a Hasbro repaint I did. I want to get around to doing the ball jointed arms and hips sometime, but I'm not in a hurry. The Garindan is a Hasbro head on a new body (I don't remember what kind). I did some drybrush color to his snout and added some pastel dust to the cloak, boots, and pants. It's kinda hard to see in the pic. I also darkened the lenses on the goggles a little and painted the rims around them. Not quite canon, but the GG bust did it, and I thought it looked good.
Here's some of my Rebels. The middle is an unmodified Sideshow Pello Scrambas flanked by two more guys with Sideshow outfits. The right is an unmodified Sideshow Captain Antilles. The left is my Rebel Honor Guard. I made him with a uniform and dress shoes from TA, a new body, and a Captain Antilles helmet (thanks to jwig for that). The visor is a piece of plastic I cut from a Glad storage bowl (already curved ) and hit it with a coat of gloss black paint. Secured it to the helmet with a little green stuff so as to not mess up the paint.
Here's some of my Imps. The Imperial crewman on the left is a Hasbro AT-ST driver uniform with a Hasbro Imperial officer hat on a body I got from Monkeydepot. The middle is a Hasbro uniform on a Sideshow body with Piett's head (again, thanks to jwig). The officer on the right is just a Hasbro uniform on a new body. The rank badges are custom-made on my 3D printer...something I'm planning to use more often for customs .
Finally, here's more Imps. The stormie is a standard Sideshow version. The trooper on the right is a Hasbro uniform and helmet on a Dragon body with gloves from the Hasbro AT-ST driver. On the helmet, I cut the chin cup off, made some holes for a strap to go through, and made a strap with elastic. Now, on to Tarkin...this isn't a good pic of him, so here's a better one:
This was my second repaint. I'm MUCH happier with this one, and hence why I'm going to redo my Dooku as well. Thanks to Greggo for the great tutorial on his web page about painting. I learned a lot from it. The eyes are decals I printed on my laser printer.
So, there they are, for now. I'm working on a Clone Wars Obi-Wan and Plo-Koon as well as a General Veers at the moment. Once I get some helmets, I'm going to do Wedge and Biggs as well.
Thanks for looking!!