Army on parade

What feels a life time ago I got the SW:L bunker when my FLGS shut down… and now it’s finally finished.

The bunker comes apart in 3 pieces and all are magnetized so that transportation is easier.

The computer terminals inside got some feet and are magnetized as well so you can set them up however you want. Enjoy!

Just a quick update on new minis in the collection. Enjoy!

Here it is. Current state of finished models.

As sad as the closure of my FLGS is the clearance sale really gave me a deal on both the speeder bikes sets and the imperial bunker.

Soon after unpacking I found that one small piece (number 8 or 9) was missing (Nooooooooooooooooo!) and everything else was fine and straight. No bends or broken things.

Huge chunks of plastic that needed to be assembled.

And from here on I went a bit of the road whilst listening to @warzan doing his radio show… Magnets everywhere! The back and top got magnets and even the little terminals got magnets. The straight ones could hide the magnets inside but the angled ones needed holes drilled. I hope I can hide them later with filler and paint.

It all snaps together beautifully.

…and wuuuush. That was a quick and “dirty” paintjob on two sets of speeder bikes. These are the first units I bought since release of SW:L without me buying the same amount and type of the complementing rebel troops. So this officially now tips the scale to the Empire.

As it should be.

Still have more then enough units for a game of 800 points for each side 😉

First step is priming the scouts white and the bikes black. That’s 50% of the work done. After that all metal parts on the bike (and the handlebars on the scouts) get a coat of a 50/50 mix boltgun metal and black.

Leave to dry over night.

Next: paint the bikes brown, the sleeping bags grey and the black parts on the scouts black. Let dry again.

Everything ready to be varnished.

And done. For some odd reason this is the first time the varnish has had a bit of a frosted effect but only on the edges making it look like intentional weathering. I’ll leave it at that. maybe touch up the black gloves on the scouts but currently I call them done. 🙂

No I haven’t forgotten SW:L but with all the “human malware” running around there wasn’t much miniature painting done. So here is the latest thing: R2 and Golden Boy.

Building was really easy.

The little droid were done rather quickly with simple colours and a silver leg. (Can be seen better in the later pictures)

Of course we can’t forget the pod and its crater. Oh and on the inside of the pod and the underside of the crater there are magnets. So the crater can be used a simple terrain as well.

And here is the final result