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Jeremy O (EmpireOfGhostsStudio)
US

Darth Vader (Operative)

Scale:
1:48
Status:
Completed
Started:
June 1, 2022
Completed:
July 1, 2022

(Note - I did notice and fix the improperly shaded red highlight on his codpiece after I took these pics!)

Really enjoyed working on this figure though, due to his consistently dark tones, it was technically challenging. Like the Deathtroopers, this was another figure I did using glazes, working my way up from a medium tone grey into straight black. His armor plates are done in Turbodork's Black Ice and the 'leather' portions of his suit are coated in Tamiya Clear to give them a semi-gloss finish. Armor details are done in Vallejo Gunship Gray, Vallejo Oily Steel, Tamiya Park Green, and AK Gunmetal.

The lightsaber was very tricky. A lot of painters so the highlights in a pinkish white, but I really wanted mine to have a more fiery tone, so I opted to highlight from yellow into red.

The red OSL is mostly Vallejo Red and Tamiya Red, heavily thinned to glazes and then I toned the transitions down by applying a wash of Secret Weapon Red Black (a wash I've grown to love and I'm unsure what I'll do when it runs out)

Project inventory

Full kits
SWL57
Darth Vader Star Wars Legion - Operative Expansion
Fantasy Flight Games 1:48
SWL57 2019 New tool
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1:48 Darth Vader (Fantasy Flight Games SWL57)

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23 November 2024, 07:46 -