Hi All,
The Shocktroopers and bases are done and I changed my mind and decided to have two totally different bases instead of the 2 in 1 dio. I decicded to still have a simple Tatooine one and also went with a Endor base as well.
Recipe
Troopers - are from Bandai and have been built straight out of the box and then painted and weathered using Vallejo paints and Pastel Chalks. I have also given them an E-11 each with an extra hand glued to the weapon to save on having to pull apart the hand to add the next weapon.
The back packs have been made using plasticcard and left parts from the Bandai Sandtrooper back pack and the hose are left over parts from 1:20 scale S3FD mech suit kits.
Endor Base - is made using the Bandai stand that comes with the figures and have had balsa wood sides added. The ground work is a mix of static grass, dried moss, and potty mix, I mixed the lot together and then glued it to the base.
Once the ground work was dry I then gave it a good heavy wash of Vallejo Dark Brown and let it dry. Once dry I added the small plastic plants wich are from Joe Fixit Studios and the grass tufts are from miniNatur, the small ferns are laser cut from MIG and the large soft plastic fern I picked up from the local craft store and cut the ends off. Once all the plants were glued in place I gave all teh plastic plants a light wash of Vallejo Medium Green and then I gave them a 50/50 mix of Vallejo Medium Green/Medium Olive.
The small stone is made up using a mix of spakfilla and sand and once dry I used spafkilla to cover that. The moss on the stone is a mix of fine sand and spakfilla with Vallejo Medium Olive to give it depth.
Tatooine Base - has the Bandai figure base with balsa wood for the sides. I used a 60/40 mix of spakfilla/sand and then once added to the base and it was dry I used Vallejo Iraqui Sand to paint it. The small stone was done using the same mix as the sand and while it was hardening I used a small sandstone and lightly pressed in the mix to give it more realism.
The small stone was painted using Vallejo Dark Brown and then a was of Vallejo Dark Sand and once dry I used Patel Chalks to weather it.
Ron
