It's amazing what a little bit of character can do to liven up a squad of 15mm Sci Fi figures. Of course being Sci Fi, you can quite literally add your own colour too.
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GZG FSE Legionnaire with a headswop from SG15-XH2. I didn't quite spend as much time on this guy's fatigues, as I felt the orange shoulder pad and 'Rogue Trooper' blue skin caught the eye.
I've deliberately gone for a 'grungy', far too long in the desert feel. The 'blue' trooper is a veteran NCO, showing the tell-tale signs of addiction to the potent 'Spice' crystals.
BTW, the bases are painted to merge with my now OOP Citadel 'Sulphur' Desert battlemat and add some colour of their own to the miniatures.
Cheers
Mark
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Very impressed.
ReplyDeletei take it the russian blues are spice addicts then?
Good paint scheme on the figs, but I'm more impressed by the excellent desert basing. I'm going to try for a similar effect on my ex-MJ Orks.
ReplyDeleteCool !
ReplyDeleteExcellent work Mark.
ReplyDeleteI like the Rogue Trader stories from my dim and distant youth.
Thanks guys!
ReplyDeleteThe bases have a layer of Polyfilla on which I sparsely smeared Vallejo Stone Effect Black Lava for the 'grainy' effect.
Once dry I splodged a rough and ready basecoat of Royal Langnickel's Yellow Ochre PNTA-146. This was then heavily drybrushed with Fawn PNTA-135 from the same range. Finally I watered down Mars Orange PNTA-142 and used it as a splodged wash.
These Acrylics are £1 for 59ml as opposed to GW's £2.20 for 12ml. The Fawn is a deadringer for Kommando Khaki and Yellow Ochre is same as Vallejo Golden Brown.
Cheers
Mark
The spice is the worm!
ReplyDeleteThat's a big bottle of Tequila!
ReplyDeleteMark
Hurrah for your Harkonnens! Dig the blue guy too, very rogue Trooper:)
ReplyDeleteThese guys look great - is there a Dune "system" you are using? I would love to hear more about that.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Greg
Hi Greg
ReplyDeleteA Fistful of Sardaukar by Ty Beard, free on the Interweb.
Cheers
Mark