Down on the Farm

I've painted a fair few buildings over the last couple of years for my Hyam's Landing setting. These have pretty much all in the same style as the unreleased 40k habs I was lucky enough to pick up. The general vibe is space western / frontier town. The buildings are low-level, run-down & rusty! After painting the sheds/barns from the other week, I decided I wanted to pull together an out of town set. It will eventually comprise of the sheds/barns, fences, possibly some livestock and agricultural vehicles. Most importantly though, I needed a farmhouse centrepiece.

Fine Places to Store Things - New Sheds

I love making and painting terrain. You get a lot of bang for your buck, and it's generally quick and imprecise, meaning you don't really need to concentrate too hard! I especially like when you can add cheap toys into the terrain collection.

"It'll be like the old times. They'll never stop us." - Olley x Biggs Darklighter & Prune Face

Back to some incidental Star Wars characters and painting up Bob Olley sculpts where they just seem to fit! Here are Biggs Darklighter (deleted Tosche Station scene) and Orrimaarko AKA Prune Face.

Painting up Biggs gave me a good excuse to have some fun with scene recreation:

"You no-good swindler!" - Olley x Lando & Lobot

Lando was always my favourite character from the original Star Wars trilogy. I particularly liked his guard outfit from Jabba's palace. That said, I've gone with the Cloud City vibe for my Bob Olley version of Lando, as it also allowed me to make Lobot.

"Strong I am With the Force" - Olley x Yoda & Obi-Wan

This pair of Jedi have taken longer than I anticipated, but I'm happy to have completed my Bob Olley versions of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Like all of the other figures in this Olley Wars project, they are both based on sculpts by Bob Olley.

Heavy Blasters - Olley Stormtrooper Fire Support

With several WIP figures from the rebellion sitting unfinished on my desk, I decided to get this pair of Olley Stormtroopers done quickly. Once again they are Kryomek Nexus SWAT troopers with ultra-fast paintjobs using mainly contrast paints.They give me a couple of extra options when building Stargrave lists or similar.

"Laugh it up, fuzzball! - Olley x Han & Chewie

On to two of my favourite Star Wars characters: Han & Chewie (once again with a Bob Olley twist!).