Star Wars Death (nee Dearth) Trooper (cup topper)
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Star Wars Death (nee Dearth) Trooper (cup topper)
You may have see kids with these on a large plastic cup at the cinema as part of the Rogue One promotions. We took our daughter to so Moana (excellent BTW) a couple of days ago and I pocketed this before she could claim it. There are 5 character to collect IIRC the heroine being the only non-baddie. This was the coolest by far and I thought I could improve on the minimalist painting (green dots on the helmet) even though it's all black.
It's cast in vinyl similar to Airfix's small soldiers. Detail is pretty good though the pose is rather stiff. I pulled it apart to make it easier to clean up and paint.
I then when around carefully trimming sanding and polishing away the prevalent seam line. I accidentally removed a strip of detail from the arm and replace with stretched sprue which I basically melted on with Mr Cement S.
Both the base and the figure coat a coat of Alclad Gloss Black primer, this would also form the final finish for the armour. the base got a sprayed Vallejo Metal Color Burnt Iron.
It was then basically a job of painting the under shirt, straps, and should pad various shade of very dark grey. Blue was added for the under shirt, grey for strapping and pads, brown for leather pouches. Shading and highlighting was keep to a minimum. Some touches of silver finished him off.
Here are a couple of shots under different lighting.
A fun couple of hours of work. Off to see the film tonight at last too!
It's cast in vinyl similar to Airfix's small soldiers. Detail is pretty good though the pose is rather stiff. I pulled it apart to make it easier to clean up and paint.
I then when around carefully trimming sanding and polishing away the prevalent seam line. I accidentally removed a strip of detail from the arm and replace with stretched sprue which I basically melted on with Mr Cement S.
Both the base and the figure coat a coat of Alclad Gloss Black primer, this would also form the final finish for the armour. the base got a sprayed Vallejo Metal Color Burnt Iron.
It was then basically a job of painting the under shirt, straps, and should pad various shade of very dark grey. Blue was added for the under shirt, grey for strapping and pads, brown for leather pouches. Shading and highlighting was keep to a minimum. Some touches of silver finished him off.
Here are a couple of shots under different lighting.
A fun couple of hours of work. Off to see the film tonight at last too!
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Great stuff! It really lifts the detail
Enjoy the film, it's great
Enjoy the film, it's great
Best wishes
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Our theater didn't have those, bummer, guess I'll need to go see it again.
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Nice idea to spruce up this figure James. So, were you sitting in the cinema painting while everybody else watched the movie?
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Yeah, but people got annoyed when I kept pausing the film to make reference notes.Dazzled wrote:Nice idea to spruce up this figure James. So, were you sitting in the cinema painting while everybody else watched the movie?
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Nice!
But to the question - what exactly does a Dearth Trooper do?
But to the question - what exactly does a Dearth Trooper do?
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Get sent back to typing classPaulBradley wrote:Nice!
But to the question - what exactly does a Dearth Trooper do?
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He removes things until there aren't enough.......PaulBradley wrote:Nice!
But to the question - what exactly does a Dearth Trooper do?
Best wishes
Jim
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I blame my failing eyesight.
Enjoyed the film immensely btw , didn't quite sweep you along as Force Awakens but visually beautifully captured the period of New Hope.
Enjoyed the film immensely btw , didn't quite sweep you along as Force Awakens but visually beautifully captured the period of New Hope.
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JamesPerrin wrote:Yeah, but people got annoyed when I kept pausing the film to make reference notes.Dazzled wrote:Nice idea to spruce up this figure James. So, were you sitting in the cinema painting while everybody else watched the movie?
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Didn't Sarah Brightman sing about one of them years ago ... I lost my heart to a death ship trooper ..PaulBradley wrote:Nice!
But to the question - what exactly does a Dearth Trooper do?
(I've got me coat .... )
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And then she married the Dark Lord of the Galexy, Andrew Lloyd-Webber.chrism wrote:Didn't Sarah Brightman sing about one of them years ago ... I lost my heart to a death ship trooper ..PaulBradley wrote:Nice!
But to the question - what exactly does a Dearth Trooper do?
(I've got me coat .... )
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