Topic: Darth More's Customs: Ugnaught Smith

[FialaFernbrugg]

Very impressive my friend.
It is astonishing how you can bring out even the smallest detail of the figure with the right paint colour and some weathering.
The weathering looks excellent by the way and I'm glad that the Revell weathering set is also useful for figure customs.
If you ask me I would say Tuskgor Fur fits better for Geonosis droids.
The black droid looks also very cool and I'm looking forward to see a standard (Naboo) colour repaint.

Excellent work!

[Darth More]

Thank you for your feedback, Christoph! I am happy you like the first series of my repainted Battle Droids! Your weathering set does definitely all the magic to them!
And I agree with you! Tuskgor Fur seems to be more screen accurate although I also like Bugman's Glow a lot! Still need to add pictures of V. #4.
And the next series of the skull white/tan verisons is just in the works...so stay tuned for a soon update I got some plans with the black B1, too!

- Philipp

[Darth More]

So here are some pics I shot just for fun after I painted the next bunch of droids with Citadel's "Imperial Primer". And since I also plan on doing some more customs based on Star Wars Battlefront II, this is a little preview If you know the Saga of the 607th Legion Mod you will know what's coming. Commander Vaks will be part of this series...

I thought I'd be nice to see all these black painted B1 units next to Omega Squad.

And if I could create graphic novels at least half as good as our forum members sharing their Graphic Fiction such as hangarbay94, Kualan, Jodo, CloneCrazy, CHEWIE and many more.
Follow this link to check them out! http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?board=115.0
I would definitely make a series out of "Missions of Omega Squad". But first I need to know more about how to make them...

Omega Squad storms into the secret laboratory and research facility under the surface of Geonosis.
The four Republic Commandos Niner (RC-1309), Atin (RC-3222), Darman (RC-1136) and Fi (RC-8015)  don't know, yet, what's expecting them down there...





Looking back at the pictures I should've moved the head of the Geonosian engineer as he doesn't show any reaction to the attack of the Republic Commandos...

Read the full article about Omega Squad on Wookiepedia:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Omega_Squad

- Philipp

[Kualan]

Wow, those battle droids turned out really good. Nice job preserving so much detail.

[Darth More]

@ Kualan: Thank you mate! It is a lot of fun working on them! I apply the colors very thin and evenly to maintain as much detail as possible.

Here are some more pictures:

Comparison of all red tan Infantry Battle Droids:







Battle on Geonosis:







Read the full article about the Separatist Droid Army on Wookiepedia.
Just follow this link: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Separatist_Droid_Army


Also please make sure to re-check Page 4 for a detailed look at the making-of these B1 Infantry Battle Droids! I added some new pictures as well!
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=10186.45

Coming next are the red tan B1 Security and Pilot Droids...

Cheers!

- Philipp

[Tamer]

Wow, another great update. Off to share this one too.

[talonreap]

Wow, those mini dioramas are amazing! Fantastic work again, Phillip. I love all the work you've done!

[Darth More]

Sorry for the late reply guys! Time keeps flying by...

@Kualan: Thank you Kualan. Preserving the detail is very important to me. With my latest progress I dry-brushed the Battle Droids completely and the result is great! The colors look very different compared to brush-painting them. Stay tuned for more details, soon!
 
@Tamer: Thanks again Tamer!

@talonreap: Thanks heaps buddy! I am glad you like them! Do you have a favourite one? I can't really decide which color to choose for the rest of the red tan B1 units...I am thankful for any suggestions! And do you have a favourite cusrtom figure or mini diorama?

Best regards from Germany!

- Philipp

[Darth More]

More consideration...or just more confusion...


When I was going through the Star Wars Fact File I found this image of C-3PO during the Battle of Geonosis.






This picture of 3PO's head attached to a B1 unit made me re-consider the painting, once again...
There are two colors which I had taken into consideration at the beginning, but hadn't used them, yet.

So here we are with two more versions of the red tan B1 Battle Droid:

This time I dry-brushed the droids completely instead of painting them with a soft brush. I think the result is a progress. That's why I started with these figures and not with the TVC Battle Droid right away. I can use my new experience of this project for my final TVC SA versions.

#5c (Repaint 5): Infantry Battle Droid:

I painted the figure in this order:

1. Applying the Primer Imperial Primer (Citadel) with a soft hair-brush
2. Dry-brush all parts with Skrag Brown (Layer) by Citadel
3. Correcting the torso with Citadel's Ironbreaker (Layer) and the antennas with Runefang Steel (Layer)
4. Dry-brush of all edges with Citadel's Leadbelcher (Base) to highlight them

(5.) Applying a shade (for example Nuln Oil (Citadel) - I haven't done that, yet.




#6c (Repaint 10): Infantry Battle Droid:

I painted the figure in this order:

1. Applying the Primer Imperial Primer (Citadel) with a soft hair-brush
2. Dry-brush all parts with Doombull Brown (Base) by Citadel
3. Correcting the torso with Citadel's Ironbreaker (Layer) and the antennas with Runefang Steel (Layer)
4. Dry-brush of all edges with Citadel's Leadbelcher (Base) to highlight them

(5.) Applying a shade (for example Nuln Oil (Citadel) - I haven't done that, yet.



Comparison:










Again, I am thankful for your feedback because I'm still not sure which color to choose for the red tan Security and Pilot Droids...which of the four colors do you think is most screenaccurate?


Best regards from Germany and have a good sunday!

- Philipp


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[Tamer]

You are taking this color thing to an entirely different level. Talk about level of accuracy. Awesome work.

[Starchaser]

These look great! I'm not sure how to answer you're question though. So much is dependent on the lighting in the pictures taken of the different droids (in the reference material) and I haven't looked that closely at them in a while.

[Darth More]

@ Tamer: Yes, it's crazy, but it's fun, too!

@ Starchaser: Thank you very much for your feedback! I think I am there, now - please, check out the pictures below...



OOM-series Battle Droid


The OOM-series battle droid was the predecessor of the B1 battle droid. Several variants were used during the Invasion of Naboo and throughout the Clone Wars, each one with different programming and with markings of a different colour:

- OOM command battle droids had yellow markings, and acted as commanders for the battle droid forces.

- OOM pilot battle droids had blue markings and were used to crew various kinds of vehicles.

- Security Battle Droids had red markings, and were used for security purposes.

Source: Wookieepeida
Read the full article by following this link:http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/OOM-series_battle_droid/Canon



I do not own this image. All rights reserved to starwars.com
Source: http://www.starwars.com/databank/battle-droid


Dry-brushing can make a huge difference!

Two weeks ago I talked to FialaFernbrugg on Skype. Once again we talked about colors for the red tan Battle Droids. Christoph's first choice out of Citadel's colors was still Tuskgor Fur, which I had already used for Version #3c. And after painting Versions #5 and #6 with the dry-brush technique a second try on #3 seemed to be promising.

After our conversation I was so eager to see how Tuskgor Fur looked dry-brushed on a Battle Droid so I started right away...and here is the result:














I am glad how the base color turned out and also the blue of the Pilot Droid comes very close to the original...I just haven't found the right red for the Security unit, yet...any suggestions?
Army Painter might help me out...otherwise I will have to mix colors.

And while painting the Pilot Droid I watched some great videos of TheBudgetJedi! His videos are just so great and his projects even more inspiring - what a fun evening...be sure to visit and subscribe to his channel on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBudgetJedi

#3p (Repaint 7): OOM-series Pilot Battle Droid:

I painted the figure in this order:

1. Apply Citadel's "Imperial Primer" with a soft hair-brush.
2. Applying Abaddon Black (Base) to the droid's  visors (to maintain the shiny effect)
3. Dry-brush the entire figure with Citadel's Tuskgor Fur (Layer)
4. Dry-brush the shoulder parts with Citadel's Alaitoc Blue (Layer)
5. Applying Citadel's Leadbealcher (Layer) to all joints and Runefang Steel (Layer)
to the antennas.
6. Dry-brush of all edges with Citadel's Runefang Steel (Layer) to highlight them
7. Seal the paint with a clear varnish (e.g. Citadel's spray paint "Munitorum Varnish")



Have a nice weekend and a good 1st Advent guys!

Cheers!

- Philipp

[(SID)]

Wow. These look really nice. Makes me wanna dig out the giant toys r us bag I have... Just full of droids (all types, parts too)... That I filled over time from  eBay lot binge's... And copy repaint a bunch of the battle droids.

Your work is inspiring. Cannot wait to check back and see more.

[Darth More]

@ (SID): Thank you very much for your feedback! Please go ahead and do so! This was exactly my intention - that's why I take pictures of every step and describe how I do things in that detail
I am happy that you find my projects inspiring! That makes the time I spend to share it on here worth the effort even more. And checking back on here is also worth it - I am actually taking more pics right now!
Please, feel free to share your Battle Droids on here once they're repainted! As I said in the post above, I recommend a complete dry-brush for Battle Droids! The tan versions are my next project...and you're right - Star Wars owns me, too...haha

[FialaFernbrugg]

Very impressive.
I think you have created the ultimate B1 Battledroid in 3 3/4 scale.
The weathering looks perfect even compared to the movie pictures.
The blue and red for the pilot and the security droid looks very accurate.
I can't wait to see a Commander.

Excellent work!