February 2026 Monthly Round-Up

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February round-up is here! it seems that I’m perpetually about three weeks behind on these things. It’s mostly because I just don’t have enough time to spend writing these things and I’m forever backlogged by the need to take piles of photos, then edit them, then write these things up!

Obviously the main things I got painted in February were Star Wars models – a couple from Imperial Assault, a few from Legion, a bunch of 3D printed Ewoks for Legion and then some Speeders for terrain.

The kind of ..”second wave” of things I finished was a result of the Oil Wash sessions that Marouda helped out with – a bunch of 3D printed terrain pieces. Three Hoth-style turrets – again with Legion (and Shatterpoint) in mind, the scale-agnostic Tech Cult Storage Tanks and then the Pyramid building from Shiaic3D for Epic and Battletech scale use.

I’m kinda wondering at this point – should I print and paint another set of these Tech Cult Storage Tanks? I’d mirror the damaged & destroyed versions so they’re not exactly the same. I’ve been thinking about it since finishing them and posting them up here, but not 100% sure yet on whether to or not… Thoughts?

So to work out the total of what I managed to complete in February – 3 Turrets, 6 Storage tanks in vearious states, 2 Speeders, 1 “pyramid” building, 18 Ewoks, 2 Lukes & 1 Thrawn, 4 Emperor’s Guards, 6 Droids, aaaannd… that’s Numberwang!

With 43 more models painted in February added to the 64 models from January, I’m up to 107 completed 2 months into the new year.

March isn’t shaping oput to be nearly as productive as January or February so far, though I’ve got more “start to finish” stuff completed than usual so that’s something that does take a bit more time typically. With 2 weekends left in the month (though this one looks busy) I may manage to get a decent number of modles done in March. We’ll have to see – but back to February – Literally everything here also counts towards Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got Challenge 25-26 due to being completed between Dec 26th and Feb 28th.

Star Wars Imperial Assault: Luke Skywalker: Hero of the Rebellion (Core Set)

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Star Wars Imperial Assault: Luke Skywalker: Hero of the Rebellion (Core Set)

Another Imperial Assault model today. This is the miniature of Luke Skywalker from the Imperial Assault Core Set – depicting “Farm Boy” Luke running around on the Death Star after the trash compactor with a Stormtrooper Belt and an E-11 blaster.

Star Wars Imperial Assault: Luke Skywalker: Hero of the Rebellion (Core Set)

There’s a lot of white on this version of Luke. I’m happy enough with the boots, legwraps, pants and belt, though his robe/tunic seems like I may have gone a bit too tan/brown with it – though to be fair it does look a little different in different lighting situations.

Star Wars Imperial Assault: Luke Skywalker: Hero of the Rebellion (Core Set)

These images I’m looking at are blown up SO much in the editor that the model looks really average here, but it’s actually a really small model. The early IA models were smaller than the ones that came along later, and of course Luke is supposed to be “a little short for a Stormtrooper”. I’ve added a disc to his base that I created to raise IA base sizes to the same as the ones from Legion.

Star Wars Imperial Assault: Luke Skywalker: Hero of the Rebellion (Core Set), Grand Amiral Thrawn, Star Wars Legion Rebel Commander Luke Skywalker Bespin

And here hs is alongside the Legion models of Bespin Luke and the recent IA model I painted of Thrawn, who I’ve also mounted on a lift-disc – which completely turns Thrawn into a giant compared to both the Imperial Assault Luke as well as the large-scaled Luke from the original Legion Core box.

This version of Luke is the last model that goes towards both Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got Challenge 25-26, and also count towards Anne’s 2026 Miniature Assembly Challenge as he was a mold line cleanup situation done in January.

Next: February’s Round-Up!