Go trooper, go trooper, go!

Finally! Thanks to my good friend James, his picture taking rig and camera, we (he) were finally able to get some pictures for me to display. I think that the pictures turned out great, despite exposing all of my painting flaws! I think maybe in the future I would like to experiment with different backdrops.

I also realized that the straight ahead picture shots, while empowering, result in you not being able to see the miniature's base. Most of these Stormtrooper bases are pretty plain, but there are a few that I put onto nicer bases and it would be a shame if you couldn't see them. Personally, I feel that bases really add to a finished miniature and recommend that if you like it, you should put a base on it. Or under it, I suppose.

Anyways, so before this past January, I had only painted a handful of miniatures over the previous year. So I thought that starting with some white Stormtroopers would be a good place to start. It ended up being a lot more work than I had thought. So much white, so many layers and the game came with so MANY of them! In Imperial Assault, a Stormtroopers deployment card contains three units. I was in Star Wars RPG mode, where the Stormtrooper minion groups usually travel in groups of four (much to the dismay of my players). So that was how I had painted them. I couldn't figure out why I had one extra figure, so I painted him black (I was so sick of seeing white).

This black Stormtrooper knows where it's at. You can't even see where s/he's been shot.

Remember: Shoot around, not through. That is the Stormtrooper way.

I think around six or so months after the base game of Imperial Assault was released, an expansion box that contained some Sandtroopers came out. It took me a while to get these guys painted. Mostly because I was sick of painting white miniatures.

All right everyone, lets keep our eyes peeled for some droids...

Finally, the creme of the crop. These bad boys came out of a blister pack (with some handy command cards and a skirmish map that is currently in tournament rotation.) and sat on my painting station for quite some time. I was so sick of painting white, that I let them sit there for a few weeks. I had plans of painting them like Palpatine's Shocktroopers. But I was ready to be done with Stormtroopers, so that didn't happen. They did however score some fancy bases. I took a shot just before writing this with my phone's camera. The photo isn't nearly as nice as the one that James had taken. But I wanted to show off the bases that they were standing on.

Nobody move, nobody get hurt.

If you like it, you should put a base on it.

One day I'll paint up my Snowtroopers and Kayn Somos. But it won't be white away. Ha. Do you see what I did there? Improper use of grammar? Shut up. Puns are like buns that are exploding with fun. 

My thanks once again go out to my buddy James, who took time out of his busy day to help me take pictures of poorly painted miniatures to post on this poorly chronicled blog.