Star Wars Storm Trooper Rescue Vignette

Jon

Being a big Star Wars fan myself, I think your little project here is pretty darn cool.  You are right about the 'perception' of the storm troops that we get from the movies (although their 'humanity' does seem to come to light in some of the books).  They seem to be a intergalactic Napoleonic Square in their tactics - just throw enough crap against the wall and you are bound to hit something.  Stand, fire, reload, repeat...

Anyways, I dig it.  The blood... nothing in poor taste about that.  I think it is very artfully done. 

What's next? 

I think it looks great. Very realistic. I don't think the blood is in poor taste either. It's not like you went overboard with it, it looks pretty mild and adds to the piece rather than detracting from it.

Great Job.

Nicely done Jon .

Regards,  Rick

Boyd, thanks glad you like it! I always pulled for the storm troopers and could never understand how they were beaten in Return of the Jedi. As far as books go, I only read the X-Wing series and some of the other more popular reads by Stackpole, and Zahn like I, Jedi and Heir to the Empire.
What's next? Good question. I really need to finish up the Revell Ju-87 my father built that he gave me to paint. After that is another project from my father, Testors 1/48 A-6. He is a modeler only in the extent that he builds but won't give them a finish. He leaves that to me, which I don't mind as painting is my favorite thing to do. After that, well, I have some GB's running out of time that I have yet to start so I need to fulfill my requirements there.

How about you? Whats on your plate? Gonna be at Mosquito Con in April?

Thanks Griffin and Rick. Glad you don't mind the blood. Thought I'd be taking a risk but I'm happy I didn't over do it.

Hey Jon,

I've got three armor projects all in various stages of completion - my Marder 1A2 Schutzenpanzer is all buttoned up and ready for some exterior work, my Marder III H for 'Marder Madness' is getting some final details in the interior before I button that up.  I've also got a 3.7 cm flak that needs paint.  Then I hope to build a plane.  I need a break from armor...

I won't be at Mosquito Con.  My next show will likely be VallyCon in Massachusetts in March.

Sounds like you have a full plate as well! Not sure if I've ever seen you do a plane before, that will certainly be a change of pace.

I saw ValleyCon listed on the NJIPMS site but that is a bit out of reach for me down in southern Jersey. AMPS East (or a 3 hour drive) is about as far as I'll go. Fortunately, Jersey Con is in October in Mt. Laurel, NJ so I should make it to that one too. Just not sure if I'll have entries or not. I don't have any armor in the stash and my airplanes aren't quite up to standard yet me thinks, but we'll see.

Great dio! I really liked the in action aspect of this build. I think it's cool that you show helping a wounded buddy.

That's sweet man!

Looks great,my son loved it.But he told me" Not to touch any of his Star Wars men or else" LOL

I guess you've been warned. Disobey at risk of personal injury!

Yeah I don't blame him, I wouldn't touch my personal collection of figures either. These ones I bought from Kohls while Christmas shopping for my daughter. Believe me, there was a little part inside me that detested having to cut them up and dirty them a great deal but I got over it real quick.

great "dio". im not sure, but i think those are clones not stormtroopers.

One thing that could really add to the dynamics of the scene would be to try to replicate the wounded trooper firing his weapon as he is being dragged...you could do this with some stretched clear sprue tinted red or some other "laser" color attached to the end of the gun...also, a few blood marks/streaks on the ground where he is being dragged would give some sense of movement...

Greatest, thanks for the comment! I suppose you could split hairs if you wanted to and say they are "clone troopers" and not "storm troopers". I prefer the second designation as it sounds better and is more iconic in reference to the Star Wars universe. They are the same entity really.

Manny, thanks for weighing in again and I like your idea about blood marks to imply movement. I'll also try some experiments with stretched sprue and see if I can't come up with something I like.

Love it!

Well done.

I agree with Manny, though, it needs a sense of motion.

It looks muddy, and they trooper is pulling hard to drag his man to safety.  yet there are no footprints!

There ought to be a few deep foot prints with slips and scuffs as he tries to gain purchase on the ground.