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  1. Lizards of Renown
    Slann

    Lizards of Renown Herald of Creation

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    The entire army is awesome. Did you enter it into any kind of competition?
     
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    Explodingzeb Well-Known Member

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    Thank you. I haven't entered it no, I haven't heard of any army competitions nearby me.
     
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  3. Lizards of Renown
    Slann

    Lizards of Renown Herald of Creation

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    Find an online competition and enter yours in it.

    Thanks an order soldier.

    ;)
     
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    Bastiladon

    Explodingzeb Well-Known Member

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    This past week I've been painting up this AAT for my Separatist force for Star Wars Legion. Here's the finished tank:

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  5. Explodingzeb
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    Explodingzeb Well-Known Member

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    Here's some pics of the various tank commanders available for the AAT.

    First is the OOM-Series Droid that comes with the kit:
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    Next is a T-Series Tactical Droid which is 3D printed:
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    And lastly there is the named character Lok Durd, also 3D printed:
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    I've also got some shots of the base too:
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  6. Imrahil
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Amazing work, mate. As always a very high standard and realistic weathering :artist::artist:

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
  7. Explodingzeb
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    Thank you :)
     
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    Slann

    Lizards of Renown Herald of Creation

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    Totally totally awesome dude.

    If you don't do this professionally for commissions then you totally should.
     
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    Thank you! I appreciate that :)
    I think I paint far too slowly for commission painting. I'd also be worried about it making me resent painting if it was work instead of a hobby. Maybe one day I'll try it out though.
     
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    Here's my latest finished models. A set of battlefield objectives for Star Wars Legion.
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    Supply crates:
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    Comms stations:
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    And lastly, moisture vaporators:
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  11. Lord Agragax of Lunaxoatl
    Slann

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    Excellent Star Wars Prequel content as always! I particularly like the additions of a couple of 3D-Printed characters to command your AAT, are there official FFG rules for those or have you written your own?
     
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    Bastiladon

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    Thank you :)
    The kit comes with rules for the Tactical Droid and Lok Durd but no minis unfortunately. Thank heavens for 3D printing haha. I've got a Clone tank to paint up too that has rules for being commanded by Aayka Secura and Plo Koon but no minis for those either, so I have 3D prints for them too.
     
  13. Warden
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    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    That tank is gorgeous! Love how it looks in green, I will totally consider getting one of these were I to ever go down the Legion route.

    Great looking 3D printed characters to ride the rank too; and nice objective markers!
     
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    Thank you! The AAT model is one of the reasons I got into the game to begin with, its so cool.
     
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  15. Explodingzeb
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    I've finally managed to clear these 12 ARC Troopers off my painting desk. I like how they turned out in the end but I didn't really enjoy the process of painting them. Hopefully I'll have more fun on my next project.

    I painted different designs on each ARC Trooper's armour and kama to give them some individuality and personality. I also decided to go with green glowing visors to look like night vision and sell the special forces aspect of the units.

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    These are split into 3 units. Firstly, a small sniper strike team:
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    And here's the other 2 full units:
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    Pics of the individual troopers will be in the next post.
     
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    Bastiladon

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    Here's the individual troopers from one unit:

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    And the troopers from the last unit:

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  18. Lizards of Renown
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    Lizards of Renown Herald of Creation

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    Awesome.

    I love what you've done with the visor. What paint did you use for that? Fluorescent?
     
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  19. Tyranitar
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    Excellent work! Super clean as always, I like your paint scheme on these troops and the green visors works really well. Nice weathering effects too
     
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  20. Imrahil
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Amazing work. I love the texturing of the fabric and the weathering, it makes them look realistic.
    The green visors are a great highlight in between the colorscheme.

    Keep up the great work

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
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