shortCummins Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Having just completed the Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars Legion AT-RT, and enjoyed the build immensely, I’ve decided to build the other kit my daughter gave me, a couple of 74-Z speeder bikes. My version of the kit gives you two speeder bikes, each with a slightly different posed rider… …there is another, older?, version of the kit that has one of the riders looking backwards shooting a pistol, I’d quite like to find one of them. Once agin there’s minimal building involved, its another “painting exercise”, here are the instructions, could be better… Apparently its not very clear where to fit the blaster canon, foot pedals and power cell?, nothing a little bit of dry-fitting won’t solve? However FFG do provide, for download, a very nice painting guild. Next I’ll be preparing the bikes and riders for primer. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrés S. Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 ARRRGGGGG ... !!!! What envy !!! As I am enjoying the AT-RT I also looked at this kit but did not buy it. Maybe later. The boxes do not indicate the scale. In my AT-RT I have put that the scale is 1/48 although it may be 1/45. I don't know for sure- Do the soldiers look the same size as the AT-RT driver? I hope progress !! Andrés S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 32 minutes ago, Andrés S. said: ARRRGGGGG ... !!!! What envy !!! As I am enjoying the AT-RT I also looked at this kit but did not buy it. Maybe later. The boxes do not indicate the scale. In my AT-RT I have put that the scale is 1/48 although it may be 1/45. I don't know for sure- Do the soldiers look the same size as the AT-RT driver? I hope progress !! Andrés S. thanks Andrés I read somewhere that the scale is 1/47, so 1/48 would be close enough, the figures are roughly the same size so I would say their the same scale, makes sense as their both part of the same game? rgds John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrés S. Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, shortCummins said: thanks Andrés I read somewhere that the scale is 1/47, so 1/48 would be close enough, the figures are roughly the same size so I would say their the same scale, makes sense as their both part of the same game? rgds John Thanks John. Andrés S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watto64 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, shortCummins said: Having just completed the Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars Legion AT-RT, and enjoyed the build immensely, I’ve decided to build the other kit my daughter gave me, a couple of 74-Z speeder bikes. My version of the kit gives you two speeder bikes, each with a slightly different posed rider… …there is another, older?, version of the kit that has one of the riders looking backwards shooting a pistol, I’d quite like to find one of them. Once agin there’s minimal building involved, its another “painting exercise”, here are the instructions, could be better… Apparently its not very clear where to fit the blaster canon, foot pedals and power cell?, nothing a little bit of dry-fitting won’t solve? However FFG do provide, for download, a very nice painting guild. Next I’ll be preparing the bikes and riders for primer. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) Love the painting guide - not just for beginners! Looking forward to seeing the finished speeders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Will be watching, they look great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Lucky you, John. They look like fun and should give you something to do as the cold weather hits! Now, if only we could have a couple in a larger scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Pulling up a pew for this one as well John, looking forward to seeing these go together James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 As you get two bikes in the kit I’m going to paint each of them differently, one in the brown “Endor” scheme and the other white as seen in the Mandalorian. Some of the parts needed some very small seams scraping, there was a little gap underneath that I used some sprue-goo to fill. The sprue-goo didn’t adhere properly so I used some CA to fill the gap, before i can add any primer both bikes need to have some/most of the parts added using CA, firstly the rear section of the bikes… To help position the foot pedals both riders were had their arms dry-fitted and sat on each bike. The riders were removed and the power cell? was attached, apparently the position of this part has caused some issues… …and the front fins positioned. I’m not going to attach either the canon or bed-roll until later in the build, just for ease of painting, however I did drill out the canon barrels. Pretending to be a wookie, I ripped the arms off each rider and attached them to a coffee stirrer with a cut-up 3M double sided pad, along with the canon and bed-rolls… Next I’ll be painting the riders. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Whoever designed these sky-bikes for Star Wars must be a Café-Bike enthusiast! (Mind you, Darth Maul's bike in SW I looks like an easy rider chopper...) They are all so cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Alan R said: Whoever designed these sky-bikes for Star Wars must be a Café-Bike enthusiast! (Mind you, Darth Maul's bike in SW I looks like an easy rider chopper...) They are all so cool! they are cool aren't they 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 I’ve used Sorastro’s YouTube video as both a guide and reference to help with the painting of the figures, to do so I bought some Citadel paints, I’ve never used them before so I’m interested to see what their like. Being primarily black and white, both figures were given a grey Stynylrez primer and then a white zenithal highlight was applied. vallejo 305 light rubber and 70.950 black was mixed in roughly 1 part grey to 4 parts black, was applied to all the black fabric, goggles and mouthpiece. Citadel nuln oil was used to shade these areas. The armour was then given some graduated highlights with a mix of Citadel ulthuan grey and increasing amounts of vallejo 70.918 ivory. XV-88 was used for the soles of the boots, the pistol and buckles were painted with the magnesium/black mix I used for the AT-RT and finally some of the “black” areas were highlighted with 70.995 German grey. Next I’ll be painting the bikes. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 As you get two bikes in the kit I’m going to paint each of them differently, one in the brown “Endor” scheme and the other white, as recently seen in the Mandalorian. First up will be the brown scheme. The brown base colour is a roughly 50/50 mix of Citadel mournfang brown and rhinox hide. This photo makes it look as if the paint is really rough, it doesn’t appear like that “in real life”, very strange? A mix, 3 parts zandri dust to 1 parts elysian green, was used to dry brush these brown parts. A mix of Citadel leadbelcher and vallejo 70.950 black was used for the engine, rear end of the bike and outrigger booms. This mix was also used for the handlebars. 70.995 German grey and black was used for the saddle. Next I’ll be painting the white speeder. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Paints looking really good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, Hunter Rose said: Paints looking really good! thanks Hunter Rose to be honest I'm not sure about the Citadel paints, its probably because its the first time I've used them but there's something "different" with them? They defiantly need thinning as they are quite thick, and with the underside of the lid being where to take the paint from you have to use some sort of pallet, not a problem really, in itself, but just a little awkward. I'm sure the more I use them they'll be easier to get the consistency I want rgds John(shortCummins) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 For the white I used a base colour mix of 4 parts vallejo 70.907 pale grey blue to 1 part Citadel ulthuan grey. To build up the “white” look vallejo 70.918 ivory was progressively added to the base mix and applied to the uppermost surfaces. This base colour was then given a dry brush of pure ivory. Once again the leadbelcher/black mix was used on the engine, rear end and booms. The saddle was also painted with the German grey/black mix. Next I’ll be adding some weathering to both speeders. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 2 hours ago, shortCummins said: thanks Hunter Rose to be honest I'm not sure about the Citadel paints, its probably because its the first time I've used them but there's something "different" with them? They defiantly need thinning as they are quite thick, and with the underside of the lid being where to take the paint from you have to use some sort of pallet, not a problem really, in itself, but just a little awkward. I'm sure the more I use them they'll be easier to get the consistency I want rgds John(shortCummins) Yeah I've tried a couple of times with acrylic paint and others over the years and I always end up coming back to humbrol enamel paints, think it's just I'm used to get used to so fair play to you for trying something new. And it seems like your getting good results already so the only way is up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Nice progress John James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan R Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) I use a number of Citadel colours, Abbadon Black being one of my favourites. I usually brush paint them on having diluted them a bit (70% paint, 30% thinners ish...) with Tamiya thinners (Mr Color Levelling thinners does something weird with the Citadel paints (Ask me how I know...)) When diluted, they self-level quite well. Cheers, Alan. Edited January 10, 2022 by Alan R typo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 40 minutes ago, Alan R said: I use a number of Citadel colours, Abbadon Black being one of my favourites. I usually brush paint them on having diluted them a bit (70% paint, 30% thinners ish...) with Tamiya thinners (Mr Color Levelling thinners does something weird with the Citadel paints (Ask me how I know...)) When diluted, they self-level quite well. Cheers, Alan. thanks for the tip Alan I've just been using water so I'll give the Tamiya thinners a go rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 Now that both of the “base” colours have been completed a mix of Citadel agrax earthshade and nuln oil was then used as a wash for both of the speeders “black” areas and the brown bodywork. The bodywork of the white speeder was dry brushed with vallejo 70.907 pale grey blue. To add some highlights to the black areas I mixed stormhost silver and German grey Some wear, scuffs and scratches were also applied using the same mix. Both of the blaster canons were painted with the magnesium/black mix. The bedrolls were painted with a base of Citadel stormvermin fur… …and then given a wash of the agrax earthshade. Citadel karak stone was added to the base stormvermin fur colour to apply some highlights for the bedrolls. Next I’ll be adding some detail painting. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrés S. Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Good job, John !!!!! Andrés S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 The dial on the control panel were painted red, and the other switches grey. I noticed that I’d painted part of uniform black that should have been white for the “Endor” scheme so I rectified this. The bedrolls were CA glued to the back of the speeders. Both riders and speeders were then given a flat coat of Alclad klear kote flat. The riders body armour was given a coat of satin varnish, as was the body for the white speeder. Next I’ll be doing something, not sure what yet, with the bases. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 The kit provides a couple of bases, as I don’t play the game I’m not sure what the shape or marks indicate, I think their “firing marks” whatever they are? There are solid bases and transparent stands I could just glue the stands to the bases and then place the speeders on the stands and call them done however, it would be nice to make them look more like terrain? Having never done anything like this before so it’s time for some experimentation. For the white speeder I want to make a desert type base, to start this process the stand was glued to the base and then masked to help keep it “clear” during the next process’. Both bases were given a coat of MRP-159 chocolate. MRP-167 was then used for a marble layer. I want to try and make some “cracked earth”, I know that you can buy “crackle paint” however I haven’t got any so I thought I’d try to make my own, time for a couple of experiments. First one I spread some PVA glue quite thickly on a scrap of wood. After 5 minutes or so I sprayed some Tamiya XF-57 over the PVA and left it for an hour or so, then I applied some more PVA to the opposite end… …this was left for approximately 25 minutes until it had gone “tacky”, then I brush painted some Citadel air XV-88. These were left overnight, the idea is that the “paint” will dry before the PVA glue and cause cracks as the PVA dries? As you can see the “Tamiya” has cracked most, the “Citadel” version for some reason didn’t crack at all?, so I’ll be using the Tamiya method for a “desert” base for the white “Mando” speeder. Next I’ll be attempting the “Mando” base. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Nice to see your terrain experiments there, bases are something I've not attempted before James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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