hohesC Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 Since this is my first post, let me introduce myself: My name is Claas, I'm a 33 year old german, and two years ago I turned out to be an AFOL. I started building Lego when I was about 8 years, and I've kept all the sets from back then, which where castle mostly. I got back to Lego when I was on a rather rainy vacation in Denmark and I decided to buy an on-sale 7676 gunship to kill some time. Well as you can see, I got stuck to the theme. Now to my post: I wasn't sure where to post it. It fits in the StarWars Forum, but certainly into the minifig customization or even into the home-display topic as well. So please mods, if you think that this has to go somewhere else, feel free to move it. But lets get to the diorama/moc/display/whatever: As you can see, I mixed classic Lego elements with Arealight helmets, Brickforge equipment: Vambraces, Kamas, Pauldrons, TheLittleArmsShop Rifles and, last but not least, some paint. The Idea for StarCorps Airborne troops had, in the beginning, some pure practical reasons: plain Phase II Torsos were hard to come by, I yet did not try to work with decals, and the printed Cody helmet was sold out at Arealight's, making 212th airborne troops somewhat incomplete. So I went for Bly and the StarCorps, which I Didn't regret, because the decision leaves a lot of room for my own imagination when it comes to helmet design. But enough explaining, lets get back to the pics: The simple troopers feature a plain handpainted Arealight beehive, BF pauldron and LAS rifle. Bly and Deviss (see top pic on the far right) feature the printed Arealight helmets equipped with that scope thing attached. To Blys left and right are two Troopers, to which I added some yellow colour. Since I couldn't decide which I Like more I stopped at that point and left the other troopers plain and simple. If anyone wonders why I'didn't add any diagonal slashes, as seen on the "classic" airborne troopers: these are very hard to paint decently with a fine brush, and they wouldn't look half as good as decals would, so I left them out. As you can see, I added BF printed pauldrons and kamas to those three, to somewhat highlight them further. Oh, and Bly has BF Vambraces attached. The trooper on blys right also features a silk-flat (this would be the direct translation from the german term, I'm not sure about the correct english term) protective coating, which makes the helmet somewhat less shiny. I'm not sure if I like it though. Finally, there is a trooper with a painted AT-RT Driver helmet, which was actually just a try on a boring evening, and I'm not as happy with the result, as the lines on the helmets cheeks will never be as straight as printed or decaled one would be. Thats about it for now, I hope you like it! C+C very welcome, cheers C* Quote
XimenaPaulina Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 Welcome to EB Claas! That's a nice custom StarCorps platoon you have there, good job on combining the custom pieces with the standard ones, as well as making your own handprints on the pieces (very cleanly done I must say). I wasn't sure where to post it. It fits in the StarWars Forum, but certainly into the minifig customization or even into the home-display topic as well. So please mods, if you think that this has to go somewhere else, feel free to move it. Even if this focused mainly on the custom figs, I'm going to give it some exposure here so more LSW fans can see it. Quote
Masked Builder Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 Wow, nice collection of guys! This is something I would love to do with Cody's legion, but I just don't have the money. All of the customs here look amazing, and very professional, not like those Sharpied clones that are so popular. Quote
Mr Man Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 The trooper on blys right also features a silk-flat (this would be the direct translation from the German term, I'm not sure about the correct English term) protective coating, which makes the helmet somewhat less shiny. Would it be varnish or more specifically matt varnish? Very nice customs hohesC and very clean , I love the painting on the paratroopers helmets, it's very smooth. Oh and welcome to EB's . Quote
hohesC Posted July 1, 2011 Author Posted July 1, 2011 Thank you guys for your kind comments and the warm welcome! @ Mr Man: I think I've just found the correct term on one of my paint-pots. Looks like one calls it semi-gloss in English, opposit to the semi-flat in German. Quote
Hollander Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) Those are some nice custom minifigures you have there hohesC. I've seen alot of clones/stormies which were painted, but yours are one of the first which are painted really well, good job on this! Edited July 1, 2011 by Hollander Quote
Brickdoctor Posted July 1, 2011 Posted July 1, 2011 Very nice customs, hohesC! The various combos of different manufacturer's parts look great together. And welcome to EB! Quote
Parrothead Rasmus Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 Incredible! They look like authentic minifigures. Great job! Quote
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