To hell with your fluff, tell me a story with your
miniatures.
Let’s face it, fluff is huge part of the draw to a game and
should not be underestimated; when it comes time to play a game, what is more
important the fluff or the visually striking miniatures that grace the gaming
table.
There is only so much you can do with a base box set of
miniatures before they start looking homogeneous. I love making special characters,
miniatures that represent a scene or action, miniatures that tell a story
through their pose or actions.
With this in mind I created the Stormtrooper accessory set. This
kit contains a massive number of parts, packs, pouches, accessories, heads,
arms, hands and equipment so that you can tell your personal story and unlock
your creative genius.
Here are just a few examples of what can be done. Granted I
will not win any modeling or hobby awards with what is featured here, my lack
of cleanup and exuberant use of glue keep these from being show pieces, but
this shows what can be achieved in just a few hours with only a moderate level
of care.
Each of these custom figures used the arms, and hands from
the accessory set to create unique figures and poses that simply could not be achieved
with the normal ten and twenty man Stormtrooper sets.
We start with a Rifleman, equipped with binoculars; he holds
his rifle as her surveys his surroundings for enemy action. Standing next to
him is the ‘Old man’ a veteran officer, pistol at the ready and pointing at his
objective, as all officers do ;)
Next we have a Grenadier, his SMG with grenade launcher
slung over his shoulder as he leans back to throw a stick grenade into the
enemy ranks, while a rifleman behind him provides covering fire.
We finish up this line up with a platoon sergeant, running
into action, two SMG’s blazing away ‘Neo style’. At his side a support specialist,
carrying his Panzerfaust in a more traditional method rather than the RPG
configuration, his SMG/grenade launcher tethered to his hip.
A couple more shots of the ‘Old man’ in action.
The Rifleman scans for targets.
The Grenadier in all his glory.
My homage to the Matrix, this sergeant displays the Hollywood
run and gun Neo style.
Hate painting eyes? I do ;) The accessory set contains
enough goggled heads to equip 10 troopers and four officers.
Don’t care for the RPG grip style of the anti-tank weapons? This
conversion brings us a more old school configuration.
I really enjoyed building these, some of the parts were
small and I had to take care with removing them from the sprue so they did not
go scuttling across the table but all in all it was a simple job, everything
fit as it should and even the little fiddly parts went together with no issues.
I used a standard hobby clipper to remove the parts and a swipe from a sharp
hobby knife to clean off the remnants of the sprue. Everything went together
fast and easy with the use of Testors model cement (Stay away from superglue…
the standard orange Testors cement works like a charm and will make a much
better bond).
Enjoy!
Mark
