METAL MINIATURE FIGURES (West End Games , Archive , Heritage , Star Rovers)

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:That's a great new addition.

The first lot look more like Rebel Fleet Troopers.  The second bunch look like AT-ST Drivers.

Yeah the Death Star / Squad Troopers weren't the best sculpts that WEG did but they look a little better painted …

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I think there Rebel Fleet Troopers were a better sculpt …

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I don't think any of them were supposed to be Captain Antilles but I painted the one that I thought looked closest to look like him  

I love that there were 2 women included    and , as you can hopefully see , I like to include many skin colors to add the diversity that should have been represented more in the original films  

I have been working on painting all the sets but still don't have most of the sets complete loose .

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] wrote:That's awesome.  They do look much better painted.  But your eyes must be getting sore from working at that tiny scale.
Working with toothpicks for painting the eyes again?

Thanks brother

Yep , it's pretty tough on the eyes but I have found a couple things that help ...

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The magnifying thing helps a lot - got it for about $15 shipped on Ebay . [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

It has a light and lots of adjustment . I changed mine to the headband attachment rather then the glasses setup . I also took the nose bridge off so I can still wear my regular eyeglasses while using it .

I found a good paintbrush to use for the whites of the eyes and , instead of trying to paint the pupils , I use one of the metal pointy sculpting tools to do the dots for the pupils - just poke it in  

Here are the AT-ST Drivers from the Imperial troopers set after being painted …

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Now I have finally finished 1 complete set  

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