(Not-Hoth) Sci-Fi Laser Turret by ImperialTerrain 3D Prints

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Echo Base Hoth Rebel Defence Turrets, Sci-Fi Laser Turret by ImperialTerrain 3D Prints

Sorry about the delay in posting. I’ve been flat out for various reasons and the table I need to use to photograph larger models has been covered in random shit, so it wasn’t until this afternoon that Marouda kindly did some metaphorical shit-shovelling which allowed me to take a bunch of photos. So expect to see daily posts as I get the end of February posted and hopefully even some of March’s models if I manage to take more photos tomorrow…

Echo Base Hoth Rebel Defence Turrets, Sci-Fi Laser Turret by ImperialTerrain 3D Prints

I found and printed this trio of Turrets – from Thingiverse by ImperialTerrain – late last year when I was first getting enthused about getting my Legion stuff up and running. I got them prepped and assembled and filler-primered and regular-primered and base sprayed with light grey pretty quickly, but then when it came to finish them – largely with oil washes we ran into a bit of a huge problem – that same table that’s constantly covered with stuff for 3D printing and related stuff is the same one we use for gaming and the same one I use for these photos.

Echo Base Hoth Rebel Defence Turrets, Sci-Fi Laser Turret by ImperialTerrain 3D Prints

Aside from the main cannons being blackened with panzer grey and picking out some of the greeblies to add some interest, most of the heavy lifting was done by a couple of successive oil wash sessions. The first adding black/grey, and then the second the following weekend adding the brown & red rust/dirt streaking and discolouration.

They are pretty big, but I’m not sure if they’re terribly oversized. If you look at the size of the turret and hatch it seems pretty reasonable for a wargame, and it’ll also work just fine for Shatterpoint. Obviously with something like this there’s space for sizing variation, particularly as they’re also fictional.

Echo Base Hoth Rebel Defence Turrets, Sci-Fi Laser Turret by ImperialTerrain 3D Prints

They’d also work pretty well in quite a lot of other games. Sure, they still look a lot like Star Wars pieces because obviously, but unless you’re a recent-40k purist who thinks everything needs to be covered in arches and skulls, just like they weren’t for the first decade or two of 40k – and something like Marvel is an even bigger hodge-podge of stolen references than Warhammer!

Despite my long delay in getting these posted up, they’re still a part of Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got Challenge 25-26!

2-1B (x2) Star Wars Legion: Rebel Specialists Medical Droids

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2-1B, Two Onebee, Star Wars Legion: Rebel Specialists Medical Droids

Today we have two copies of the Medical Droid segment of the Rebel Specialists expansion for Star Wars Legion. The first one I painted I went with the colour scheme seen on 2-1B/Two Onebee, one of the Medical Droids we saw working on Luke in Hoth’s Echo Base early on in The Empire Strikes back. The somewhat battered Blue-Turquoise scheme turned out pretty decently.

2-1B, Two Onebee, Star Wars Legion: Rebel Specialists Medical Droids

For the second droid, I wanted to paint it in a different colour, and felt that a beaten copper would work well, since Star Wars – and particularly the Rebels – really have a lot of brown in their palette (along with blue, actually).

2-1B, Two Onebee, Star Wars Legion: Rebel Specialists Medical Droids

Both of these models had their arms slightly realigned. As push-fit PVC models, they only come with one “proper” way to go together, so a little bit of carving on the arm and head tabs allowed me to vary their poses just slightly to help both look a little less identical.

These were both cleaned up in January and the arm and head nubs were modified, though the final gluing-together assembly was done alongside the painting process, so I’m not sure if these work for Anne’s 2026 Miniature Assembly Challenge. Regardless, they do qualify for Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got Challenge 25-26 as they wre painted before the end of February.