Thanks! The base is some spare parts, including an official barrier with a corner cut out of it, an extra rodian gunner from a landspeeder set,a 3-d printed hound, and random extra tank bits left over from sprues of Team Yankee tanks. Based in solid black then a quick spritz of white zenithal style from an approximation of the point of the spotlight on the LAAT. Painted in color what was within the spotlight, exaggerated a few shadows, then dry brushed a silvery blue to make it look extra bright. The glass is on there though! Painted the pilots and interior before final assembly with black base, sprits of white, then layers of dry brushed reds and a light pink with a few console lights picked out in white. Washed the glass with Dawn soap so paint would stick and glued it to the cockpit using a thin line of the Gorilla glue equivalent of E6000-avoids messing up with accidental fingerprints or the chemical clouding that often happens with supeglue.
Bananakin Skytrotter11/11 at 23:03
Ok, thank you Dr. Z! Are you playing it for Empire or Republic?
Dr. Z11/12 at 0:36
Playing it as both, but I used the Imperial pilots so definitely an Empire build.
What paints are you using? I just got legion and I’m trying to get the right paint for my rebels and empire
Dr. Z4/8 at 17:27
Oh man, all sorts. What I have is from 5 years or more of painting. I prime white/light gray with krylon spray primers. Started with some of the cheap Americana/Apple Barrel/FolkArt acrylics at walmart and Michaels. I've transitioned over pretty quickly to Citadel's Contrast paints and recently Army Painter's Speed Paints, but I still use the cheaper stuff on terrain or certain details on figures.
Legionplayer1014/8 at 17:32
Ok, that makes sense
Legionplayer1014/8 at 17:32
So would it be worth it to get one of those giant paint sets from army painter?
Dr. Z4/8 at 17:40
Thats probably a safe investment. Play around with how the colors work on the rebel troops first. There's basically no way to paint them the is wrong or looks bad that isnt easy to cover up or fix. Very forgiving models for beginning with.
Maks4/9 at 13:27
It looks great! Is that admiral Ackbar in the window?
Dr. Z4/9 at 16:42
It is! I have some other 3D prints mixed in among the troops too.
A lot, and I need MOAR! Seriously, thats 6 squads of B1s with two upgrade kits, 6 droidekas, 2 spider droids, a magna guard unit, one unit of B2s and of course all the commanders and attachments. I have a unit of BX commandos and an AAT to assemble, I'd like more B2s and I don't have any STAPs yet