The best laid plans & all that. I had intended on getting the lawn mowed today, however Mother Nature had other plans. The addition of Wildfire Smoke blanketing the area from the BC fires just added to the fact I was meant to be indoors today.
Here is the next Homokanis trooper I finished. Not sure if the images show it well, but this one sports an eye patch. Thus his Pack name will likely be Squint.
Another nice 3d printed model from Bob Naismith. So while painting this guy, I started thinking about Wolves & how they travel in packs. Then I thought perhaps I could make this crew a pack of Bounty Hunters. Thus I styled his 'bounty' ribbons hanging from his belt. So I will likely go back & repaint the other troopers 'ribbons' as well for consistency.
So while I've been working on the Homokanis, I spent the past week printing out some Space Scrap piles I had gotten on Thingeverse. These were made & posted there by ImperialTerrain.There are several, but for today's painting session I completed the smallest of them.
I was able to get 2 onto the print bed. Then it was off to painting & weathering them to look like the junk they now are. Of course I couldn't help but take the opportunity to throw a couple decals on them!
Here they are with a couple of figures for scale.
For the next week, I will be continuing to paint the Homokanis during my lunch breaks & likely reserve next Sunday to get another 1 or 2 of the Scrap piles done
The wolf pack is coming along nicely, and 'Squint' is a particularly good figure - great paintjpb too btw.
ReplyDeleteI do like the piles of junk, but was surprised by just how big they are by the pic with figures and they wouldn;t look out of place in a contemporary setting either.
Thanks Joe. I've been finding little twists & nuances that Bob has done for them to make each subtley different even while using the same base sculpt. The next figure seems to have something mounted over or beside his eyes. As to the jumk piles, note that these are the 'small' ones. I have several more to paint up printed out.
DeleteI like Squint, the patch was obvious from where I'm stood, so good job sir.
ReplyDeleteTerrain piece is likewise very nice. Being terrain, I'm not as "meh" over the print lines, so don't think they detract from it at all really.
Thanks Dai! As I continue to learn my 3d printers I hope to maybe revisit some & thats the luxury is that I can print out whenever I wish too. As the FDM does produce lines, I try to avoid using washes etc or even contrast paints, as they would likely make it more obvious. Also the photo, being zoomed in does make them stand out, than if you were standing & looking down on them during a game.
DeleteGreat stuff Terry! You've definitely done way better than I managed on those two terrain pieces 🙂
ReplyDeleteThanks Ivor! You've done them as well? Have you posted them on your blog?
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