Every crew should have a militaristic heavy. You know, they might be the silent hard-as-nails mercenary with loads of gear from a crack commando unit, or the over-confident arrogant muscle-head with an over-fondness for loud ballistic weapons. Someone who can bring some decent firepower to the party if it all starts to get a bit tasty!
Paol Castillo, Human Mercenary
Five Parsecs from Home profile:
Crew type: human; Background: drifter; Motivation: revenge; Class: mercenary
I knew when I rolled up Castillo that I needed someone with some decent gear. A business-like weapon and some decent armour. I originally looked at some of the RT space pirates and mercenaries before selecting Ventolin from the adventurers range. He's got the right mix of gear without looking too much like a member of a military unit.
Stargrave type:
Trooper
I needed some more figures to round out my Five Parsecs crew into a 10-strong Stargrave crew, so I grabbed Old World Jack (RT mercenaries) and the Astronaut from Talisman as a second trooper and recruit respectively.
They got exactly the same treatment as Castillo:
Very pleased with how they came out - they look nicely coherent as crew members, as well as all being unique individuals.
Looking good! I do like that dirty white colour. I ought to paint some of the very old marines I've got lying around.
ReplyDeleteThanks Toby! I reckon dirty white would look great on old school marines 🙂
DeleteAbsolutely fantastic work. The blue accents against the white look great.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bill! I do like a nice strong and simple colour scheme.
Delete5 Parsecs has really got you digging through your old, unloved classics.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine a better result :)
My two favourite characters in the above pics are Old World Jack's eyebrows.
I suspect this means that I now need to name and roll up backgrounds for each eyebrow. Perhaps they are a sentient symbiotic species that provide an endless observation and commentary on Jack's inadequacies as a space mercenary?!
DeleteCatachan brain caterpillars, perhaps? They surely must have an entry in the Rogue Trader bestiary!
DeleteAh, the obscure ancillary Catachan Fauna table! Silly me to forget that one 😉
DeleteHah!
DeleteI am Old World Jack's quizzical eyebrow xenofauna...
Fantastic looking crew! Love that the colors really pull the varied models together! I really like how the teal pops from the rest of the model.
ReplyDeleteThanks Hobbs! It's been really refreshing to try a less-constrained project tied together by a single spot colour. Huge amount of fun!
DeleteOh, I do love them! It's just as you said, they look coherent, yet unique. Fantastic job on those whites and the colour combo.
ReplyDeleteThanks Suber! It was a lot of fun working out how these would work coherently, whilst also retaining their individuality. That's why Ventolin got a teal rebreather whilst the astronaut got the full team helmet. Similarities but not regimented!
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