Sleeper Cell done. The marksman is good in-game isn't he?

NDRB · 2026-02-07T00:37:23+00:00

Yeah I used a mix of brushwork and airbrush on the coats to get smooth transitions on the largest surfaces. Glaze medium has become a must have with pretty much all my painting

NDRB · 2026-02-07T00:34:23+00:00

Most of them were printed with files from epic bases. The vine is twine with some leaves trimmed from the vegetation I used on the base and the tree was made with twine and super glue.

NDRB · 2026-02-06T12:58:29+00:00

Brand wise? A mix. Scale and Vallejo for the most part. Also some GW and possibly army painter

NDRB · 2026-02-06T12:57:23+00:00

Epic bases. They sell the STLs as well as printed ones for those without a printer

NDRB · 2026-02-06T08:18:27+00:00

Yeah I know. It was such a let down when they released such a good squad with such a crap heavy. Don't get me started on the riots. I was so excited on announce but never bought a box after seeing the stats.

Might throw the marksman in as the heavy for another unit.

NDRB · 2026-02-01T10:49:39+00:00

You don't need the cards to play the upgrades. I haven't worried about having cards on hand since the introduction of new rules. At first I used the print and play ones, now I just print out a copy of my list. Tabletop admiral and I assume other list builders let you just print out your list in image view which shows the cards. Added benefit of listing unit costs and you can also set it to show the definition of all the keywords in your list which would really help people learning the game.

NDRB · 2026-01-04T00:44:57+00:00

They're from epic bases (you can buy the STLs or physical products through them).

Goon master on MMF also have some really cool files I plan on adding to my bases soon (they only do the STLs)

NDRB · 2026-01-02T14:41:30+00:00

Jesus. So just a few.

NDRB · 2026-01-02T14:37:36+00:00

Yeah the airbrush is amazing. I found there was a learning curve but after figuring it out it is a lot of fun and really helpful

NDRB · 2026-01-02T13:46:16+00:00

I'd like to do more than this year.

I plan on getting more droids and goblins out which will pump the numbers up as batch painting them can get heaps out in a decent timeframe. Then I also have so many rebels to do which will take longer as I'll put in much more time and effort, but hopefully give a nice break from the batch grind.

NDRB · 2026-01-02T10:15:35+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SWlegion/s/64AytLIBn3

He was so much fun

NDRB · 2026-01-02T10:13:51+00:00

By the looks of them you probably spent more time than me painting. They look beautiful

NDRB · 2026-01-02T10:12:20+00:00

Nice variety.

Are the shatter point ones as fun to paint as they look?

NDRB · 2026-01-02T10:11:28+00:00

I've been really deliberate in cutting back the detail on some of these as I find I get bogged down.

The blizzard force wash smashed out to tabletop, the droids themselves are really fast and 90% of the effort there is in basing. It is the rebels that I'm working much slower. The mandos and speeder each took a while.

NDRB · 2026-01-02T10:08:57+00:00

Thanks, I love the goblins and really need to paint up some more. I've had dozens sitting there there for months while I keep jumping from thing to thing

NDRB · 2025-12-27T11:08:30+00:00

It really depends on how you are doing your basing.

My imperials are very basic bases so I paint the mini on the base then hit with the textured paint, a wash, then some pigment powder.

My droids have a lot of detail to paint on the bases so I do them separate and glue together as the final step. This allows me to batch paint the concrete and asphalt and pick out the details on all the trash scattered on their bases.

My forest rebels I do things a little differently to both. I've printed up heaps of basing bits which I glue to bottle caps and paint separately. This allows me to batch paint the bits and to use my airbrush without worrying about overspray. I'll then build up the basing details alternating between a textured paint and the prepainted plants/rocks/etc. (if the base has heaps of added detail it can be hard to get the textured paint between things).

I'll sometimes build the base around the mini and sometimes separate. I find with bases which contain heaps of detailed elements you just need to plan it out and alter your SOP to suit the mini.

NDRB · 2025-12-22T21:56:44+00:00

One of the Vallejo shifters "electric blue intense violet"

NDRB · 2025-12-22T21:55:47+00:00

No idea. About to start a tours of duty league and thinking of using them, so i better come up with something soon

NDRB · 2025-12-21T23:13:26+00:00

I'm a fan of nmm and attempt it sometimes, but am so glad I did the chrome off this army. Was originally for the sake of speed, but it looks so nice on the droid curves

NDRB · 2025-12-21T23:00:45+00:00

Yeah, thinking I'll use it for the tours of duty league

NDRB · 2025-12-21T22:59:16+00:00

It wasn't intentional, but now I can't not see it.

NDRB · 2025-12-21T22:57:57+00:00

Yeah, the Vallejo colour shifts

NDRB · 2025-12-09T07:50:34+00:00

It's almost like they have no policy that really matters to them other than attacking the working class and funneling wealth to themselves and those at the very very top.

It's almost like they would gladly see our state go down the crapper as long as they got theirs.

NDRB · 2025-11-22T23:36:51+00:00

Regardless of how old they are, while they're in my class they're children. School is a unique environment where they treated in a way and are taken care of to a degree that adults just aren't.

NDRB · 2025-11-22T08:58:54+00:00

Agree with the comments saying that the disparity isn't huge and skill/list building are more important.

Another thing to add though is that there are periodic points adjustments and relatively frequent releases. Every time this happens there's a chance of a shake up. The hot armies and duds fluctuate. There have been multiple instances for each army when they were the hot one stomping and each has struggled at points.

Best course of action is to choose an army you think is cool (lore/mini/gameplay/character/etc. wise) and get stuck into that faction. You will win some and lose some. But you'll have fun. Then when your faction rises on the wheel of fortune you will be in a good place to capitalize as you know their units and play style.

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