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  giorgis 2:38 pm on May 3, 2025 Permalink | Reply
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  Miniatures pt136 – Force Users 

  Jedi and Sith in 15mm? Yeah not likely to find any suitable miniatures. 3d printing is also not so much of an option as the Star Wars stls are true scale, which doesn’t scale down nicely in 15mm, and the few epic scale sculpts aren’t FDM-friendly. So… kitbashing is the way.

  I had put this project on hold for far too long as I wanted to use LED lighting for the lightsabers using acrylic transparent rods. A couple years later I realised if I waited until I was ready for such a kitbash, I’d never get it done, so I decided to go ahead with a regular painted straight wire instead.

  I did two Jedi and a Sith, using different models as a base, some green stuff and some pewter heads.

  

  

  

  I like how they turned out. On hindsight I realised I could do some mix of sci modular digital kitbash with some greenstuff, pewter heads and clip wires for more options, but I have a basis to build on. I can attempt more options.

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    sopantooth 6:59 pm on May 3, 2025 Permalink | Reply

    Note to self, write a new children’s book – The Littlest Sith Lord

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      giorgis 8:47 pm on May 3, 2025 Permalink | Reply

      Haha! Will make a nice addition to the Very Hungry Tyranid https://www.reddit.com/r/Grimdank/comments/1jwyurq/the_hive_mind_is_still_hungry/

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  giorgis 12:01 pm on March 6, 2024 Permalink | Reply
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  Miniatures pt113 – War Bot 

  Here’s a Warbot from Alternative Armies HOF range.

  It’s the first time I’ve tried chipping and weathering. After my priming, I did some silver & tin drybrushing for metallics, followed by orange and brown for rust. Then I dipped the mini in water to dampen it, and sprinkled salt and baking soda at spots. I followed it up with the base coat of reds and beige, and then I removed the salt by brushing it off and followed up with washes.

  I should have used some water when removing the salt masking, as it wasn’t removed well and I had some flaking odd afterwards during the varnish stage. I also wasn’t very happy with my Army Painter washes – they dirtied it up a lot more than I’d like. Overall though I think it looks good to me.

  

  

  

  
   
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  giorgis 10:18 am on March 3, 2024 Permalink | Reply
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  Miniatures pt112 – Wingless Drakes 

  I’ve had these lizards in my lead pile of shame for a while now. A Dragon Newt from Alternative Armies and a Hunting Dragon from Ral Partha Europe. I wanted to get some proper bases for them in oval or rounded rectangular shape, but since I never got to doing so, I decided to use their own bases as is and base them in a future date if I so desire.

  

  

  

  

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    DaveB 9:47 pm on March 4, 2024 Permalink | Reply

    It’s nice to see old lead finally getting tabletop ready.

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      giorgis 12:02 pm on March 6, 2024 Permalink | Reply

      Thanks! ☺️

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  giorgis 10:55 am on February 17, 2024 Permalink | Reply
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  Miniatures pt110 – Assorted Sci-fi 

  A few more sci-fi miniatures from the Alternative Armies Ion Age range.

  Four of spaceport crew that I painted in the same rebel pilot color scheme as my Hammer Slammers , two diplomats, a scientist and a trader, an adventurer and a warrior.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   
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  giorgis 3:59 pm on February 12, 2024 Permalink | Reply
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  Miniatures pt109 – Spaceport Crew 

  Here’s a bunch of Spaceport crew from Alternative Armies Ion Age range. I painted in the same colours I painted the rebel pilots.

  

  

  

  

   
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  giorgis 2:27 pm on January 31, 2024 Permalink | Reply
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  Miniatures pt103 – More monsters 

  I had painted these two beasties from the HOT range of Alternative Armies some time ago, but had forgotten about them and didn’t post it.

  They’re a dragonet and a cadaver monster.

  

  

   
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  giorgis 11:41 pm on June 1, 2023 Permalink | Reply
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  Miniatures pt102 – Droids 

  Here are a few Droids (and a Cyborg) from the Hordes of the Future range by Alternative Armies. Simple paint jobs, easy colour schemes.

  

  

  

  

   
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  giorgis 7:20 am on May 21, 2023 Permalink | Reply
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  Miniatures pt101 – Aliens 

  A collection of Hordes of the Future Aliens from Alternative Armies. 3 Aquafins, a Calamite, a Felite and a Corpulati.

  

  

  

  

  

  

   
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  giorgis 7:51 pm on May 19, 2023 Permalink | Reply
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  Miniatures pt100 – Ikwen Militia 

  Here is a pack of Ikwen Militia from the Loud Ninja Games range of Alternative Armies. They scale nicely with the rest of my 15mm minis, as they’re on the larger end of the scale.

  For the skin tone I used turquoise blue undercoat glazed with lemon yellow and ultramarine blue for the spikes.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   
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  giorgis 9:18 pm on February 23, 2023 Permalink | Reply
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  Miniatures pt93 – Orc Horde Expanded 

  A while ago I had gotten the Orc Horde from the Hordes of Things range of Alternative Armies. I loved these miniatures, which I had painted in a different scheme than my usual deep green orcs. Later on Alternative Armies released some more orcs, in resin sprue sets, further expanding the range. I had my eyes on them and their archers, and eventually got them and, after a (long) paint queue, I eventually painted them. Tried to remember the paint scheme I had used back then, and thankfully I had some notes in my previous blog post. I love how they turned out, and as you can see in the group shot, they fit with the metal miniatures perfectly.