Friday 12 July 2019

Fellowship!

The final themed bonus round of this year's 'Annual Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge' was simply titled, Fellowship.  After much head scratching, I brought together a selection for miniatures and ships for Star Wars: Legion, loosely arranged to give a sense of the battle that raged on the frozen planet of Hoth during the Empire Strikes Back.  
The concept, such that it was, is the idea of never leaving someone behind, here transported to a galaxy far, far away.  As the stricken pilot fumbles with the emergency radio controls, his co-pilot bravely strides towards the towering behemoth that is threatening to crush everything in its path.  Then, and just in the nick of time, air support arrives to halt the advance.
The T-47 Airspeeder, will always be a Snowspeeder to me and even though I have a hankering for a Tatooine themed board, I was struggling to see past the ice fields of Hoth. I decided that there was only one thing for it and that was to create a second flight stand, so that I could deploy the ship in both climates. I sourced some acrylic rod and attached a rare earth magnet to the top and fixing another to the speeder; this will mean, I can simply swap out the ship and fix it to another base. I had tried to get it to tilt, but had to settle for just swivel at the moment.
The obliterated Probe Droid was sadly not an original idea, but one that I had seen on an Instagram account that I follow and was just too cool not to try and replicate. I couldn’t bring myself to cut up one of my original probe droids, but managed to cast the head of one using insta-mold and some Greenstuff. A few foam rocks and some pumice gel, completed the illusion.
The basing technique was repeated with the downed Snowspeeder. The craft itself is a Revell plastic kit, that I assembled, then broke! They are available at Amazon for a few pounds and although slightly smaller than the Fantasy Flight model it is not so small to prevent it being used as a terrain piece.
 Finally then to the miniatures and again these are 3D prints from Skull Forge Studios.  I don’t know how often young Skywalker will be used in battle given the incredibly delicate lightsabre, but again both were exquisitely designed and make really interesting additions to the collection.
When it came to the photography, some fake snow was used and eagled eyed viewers may have spotted the probe droid from an earlier post, lurking in the distance.  
The AT-AT leg, is actually just the leg, I haven’t yet completed the whole Revell 1:53 scale model.  That said it was enough to sell the illusion and I gave it a little shake when the shutter was open to create the effect of movement. 
Finally the special effects used for the blizzard, laser fire and lightsabre are all created using LenFX; thank you Barks for the heads up on such a fun app.

45 comments:

  1. Wow, Michael. Just wow.
    I think you just outdid yourself again.

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  2. I do like to see a great diorama Michael, this one however is fantastic ! So much thought and attention to detail that brings the whole piece to life and tells a story without words

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    1. Thank you Dave, really enjoyed putting this one together.

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  3. I’m very happy to have introduced you to the app, but you’ve taken it to new heights! I’m a big fan of the wrecked droid.

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    1. Thank you so much Barks, the app is great fun. On reflection I may have combined it wth picmonkey for the blizzard!

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  4. Excellent work ! Although I do have to say that the ATAT is my favourite....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4asZ6LILO4

    Zzzzz

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    1. Thank you and I roared with laughter at that youtube clip!

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  5. What a great little scene!!

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  6. "get along now young hobbits"..?..sorry, wrong Fellowship.
    Great vignette...and all the better as it´s re-usable

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    1. Thank you Paul, just need to the other base now.

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  7. Excellent work on all of these, Michael. The groundwork certainly conveys the Artic-like conditions.

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    1. Thank you Dean, really pleased with the snow effect.

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  8. Wonderful stuff Michael :)

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  9. Just absolutely amazing stuff Michael! One of those fancy miniatures magazines need to get in contact with you for some photo shoots 😃

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    1. Thank you Ivor, that really would be the icing on the cake!

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  10. When you start selling stock in your model diorama construction and painting Co., please let me know. I want some.

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    1. Thank you Jay, just the kindest comment, thank you.

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  11. That's a lot of work pu into a diorama.

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  12. An inspiring entry Michael! Lots of work that certainly paid off!

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    1. Thank you Terry, this was a particular highlight for me, everything just clicked.

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  13. Well you have been productive !!! Nice job on the casting.

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    1. Thank you Phil, so pleased with how the casting went.

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  14. Lovely work on your wonderful diorama!
    Best Iain

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  15. Looks good, depending on the weight of the model you can get countersunk ring magnets attached to either the stand or model and a ball bearing attached to the other, this gives a considerable amount of rotational angle, effectively a ball and socket joint.

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    1. I had no idea about countersunk magnets, but having looked them up that was exactly what I was hoping to achieve! Thank you!

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  16. A beautiful shot and a very insightful post. I've always loved to hear how things come together and getting sneak peaks behind the curtains.

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  17. A smashing piece of work Michael! All the pieces look superb on their own but brought together they really shine.

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  18. This is bloody brilliant Michael! Such a good piece with lots of emotion. Could be right out of a deleted scene from the film!

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