Rebel Rebel

A while back I had played around with a jedi themed team. While it eventually morphed into a Rebel Spy team, I did finish some of the miniatures (Obi Wan still sits partially painted, missing his lightsaber and has a drop of flesh on the top of his head. Making him look like Friar Tuck).

Stop! In the name of love...

I'm not 100% happy with how Diala and her bent (no matter how hard I tried to fix it using the usual methods, I could not get it to stay in position) lightsaber turned out. I need a little more practice with the lightsaber glow on clothing.

I've read a few articles on object source lighting, but haven't had time to put it much into practice. In terms of her character card/abilities/command card go, I like her. She can discard a command card to remove an opponents defense die, which can allow her to drop characters in one hit with the right roll. Coupled with Leia's ability to put cards back into your command deck and it's a lot of fun.

Davith made the cut (partially because he's a spy) and is on my current Rebel Spy team. He is also a lot of fun. He starts the game hidden (which makes him harder to hit) and can cause a lot of chaos. He has a good amount of health for his card cost and his command card prevents him from being hit until his next activation. I was able to use him and his command card strategically in a tournament a while back. Dropping him right into enemy territory and contesting control of precious object controlled victory points.

I changed his paint scheme from the card art. Mostly because I didn't want to paint a mostly dark figure so shortly after painting those ISB Agents. I also wanted to give him more of a Clone Wars vibe. Hence the clone trooper like colored armor plates.

I also cut off his lightsaber and drilled a pin in there (this is happening to the unfinished Obi-Wan as well). I'm much happier with this result. Although, I've learned to be a little more careful about it. I almost wrecked his tiny hand trying to pin his lightsaber. I'll have to make sure to check in the future that the pin and drill are both smaller than the hand before I cut off the weapon.

I think that I got the lightsaber glow better on him than Diala. Although, to be fair, there was less needed here. Looking at him now, like the Royal Guard Champion, I'll bet I could put him on some ice skates and he would look rad. Long strides get you that extra speed and distance...

I'ma shoot and shank ya!

Despite being a spy, Verena never made the cut to the big leagues. It's not that I didn't want her. She has good health, decent attack die, and some nasty abilities. Unfortunately, her cost is a little higher than I would like for just the one unit (or figure). I would have had to cut one to two units to get her on the team. I couldn't figure out who to drop for her. So she got dropped. She's got a wicked sculpt though.

I'm really happy with how Verena turned out. Especially her duster and the snow (I think I used white glue, white acyrlic paint, and baking soda). I'll have to put her in a team just so I can show her off.

Halt! Halt! Halt!

I had been toying with the idea of playing a Rebel Trooper list, but it didn't excite me. I did however paint up these Rebel Troopers.

They turned out alright. I did some damage to their helmets and bases. Similar to the Stormtroopers that I had painted way back. The two larger bases were actually made from a cast I took of other bases that I had. I had some Fimo and figured why no? I'm not to concerned if a group of lowly Rebel Troopers (sorry guys) have bases that are less than stellar. I'll save the good bases for the unique characters or at least units that I like and use my poorly replicated ones for units like this.

There wont be any Imperial Assault Skirmish events where I play for December. Which is good. Because I'm in the middle of painting a LOT of skeletons. I'll post them when I finish painting them. I'll also try to post the members of my Rebel Spy team that have been painted. But that's an entry for another day.