Here is my first try at making some models for "Destiny of the Force".
My intent is to make modifications that do the least amount of damage to the original sculpts and if possible make the modifications reversable or transferable to different sculpts in different boosters.
My first installment is the Imperial Scout Trooper Officer Conversion.
Things you will need:
- A scout trooper (Rebel Storm or Imperial Entanglements)
- 3mm hexagonal beads (6)
- 3mm bugle bead (shortest in packet)
- light-gauge stainless steel wire (I scavenged some from my bin of computer wires)
- Crazy Glue
- Cidadel Colour, Chaos Black paint (61-51)
I wired up the hexagonal beads so they were tightly bound along their side edges and wove a shoulder strap. I twisted, the two ends of the strap together, aplied some crazy glue, and then slid a 3mm hex bead over the end to provide a weight to hold the strap down against the model.
The "grenade bandoleer" is removable and can also be used on any figures who receives grenades from Commanders or from the Rodian Trader.
Next I took the bugle bead and pressed it onto the barrel of the Scout's pistol to simulate a silencer. I then painted the silencer and bandoleer chaos black.
DONE - Have a look...
Rebel Storm sculpts with and without officer modifications.
Imperial Entanglements sculpts with and without officer modifications.
This took all of an hour to do and now that I figured out how to weave the grenade bandoleers, I can pump them out much faster for my Rodian Traders and Black Sun pieces.
