From KyleC - Rebel Alliance - [Casting Couch & Sarah's Limo] - (145pts)

So another squirrel project and one I got from my partner for Christmas. The Star Wars Legion starter boxset with the Empire Vs Rebel Alliance. And have started with the 'easier' side being the Rebels... But only because I am not sure how I want to tackle the white just yet for the Stormtroopers. 

Since it's just 2 sets of the same models I painted their headbands red and blue to differentiate them when on the board. Outside of that they are identical however. 

It was a bit of a trial and error here to get it to work with so much brown tones without looking terrible overall. I should have put more white/cream into them but we got there in the end. Especially the alien heads. 

And since we got the category, thought this chap would do well for it. 

Luke to be the star for the Casting Couch. I did try a bit of OSL on his head there as the lightsaber is a bit close and ready to give him a haircut. 

And for Sarah's Limit, there were 4 female rebels within the group to be used for it. 

Some of the braver and more foreward fighters as 2 are carrying ion blasters. Ready to get up close and personal to tougher opponents. 

I haven't tackled the walker for the set as yet but I want to look at some options before tackling it. 

So points here would be: 

15* 40mm figures - 105 PTS

Casting couch - 20 PTS 

Sarah's Limo - 20 PTS 

Total - 145 PTS

Next stop with be high adventure with some D&D models needed for a live game coming. And some more terrain because some of it has been waiting for paint for what seems as forever! 

Minion Miles: superb figures but 40mm seems a bit generous for scale on the oversized legion figures but with such a nice paint job who could quibble, 40mm it its.  And 2 stages to boot!  Nicely done

From KyleC: Prison Heist - [SciFi] - (122 pts)

First off.. hope all had a wonderful Christmas day and got many more goodies to add to their collection for this season. 

I was lucky enough to get a Star Wars Legion starter set.. so obviously that's what I worked on recently for assembly.. 

But I had also begun to paint something to get me into the feel of it and work for the SciFi studio also.. 

But first in order to get there one must take a limo. And that limo comes at a cost. 

So here is the fare for the Limo.. a Wizard/Druid Princess Peach. Printed a while back for a customer who never collected.. so figured now was as good of a time to paint it up then! 

But for the SciFi portion we have the Prison Heist crew Vs the Security Droids. 

I didn't realize that the Star Wars models are all 40mm figures.. once these printed off I thought that they were too big.. but seems they are the right fit. And gives one a lot of area to play around with details (and to paint eyes!!).. 

The heist crew were a fun bunch. Especially the Twi'leks. Trying to nail the purple was especially difficult and required a bit of playing around. Pulled out the Scale75 Artist ranges for this here. Seems I didn't have any other purples that weren't dried out aside from them. 

The security droids were also interesting to paint up. Easiest manner would just to cover them in Darkstar Metals and call it a day.. but I would play with them, inks and washes to get a bit more depth on them. 

But now I got a few models to start the Star Wars Universe for myself.. and to build on now! 

So points wise.. 

Limo fare - 20pts

11*40mm figures - 77pts

Sci-Fi Category - 20pts

Total - 117pts

Now to tackle a bit of terrain that Santa dropped off and maybe play a game or two! 

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Fabulous work on Princess Peach, the heist crew and security droids, Kyle. I think you nailed the Twi'leks skin tone, and I really like the depth you achieved with the various metallics - time well spent I think. I sympathize with you on your hunt for usable paint after discovering the litany of pots that have dried out (sooo aggravating). 

I look forward to seeing the terrain that Santa gifted you!

- Curt

PS: Remember to give yourself the base points for Sarah's Limo . I've added 5 for Princess Peach.