Finished painting up another batch of Stargrave models. Most of these are from CP-Models. I have found them full of character for my alien crew. I didn't like the weapons very much they came with, so I ended up doing a lot of arm/weapon swaps. Mostly using the plastic weapons from the Stargrave plastic kits.
The orange fella at the end is a Troll from Hordes/Warmachine with some weapons swap.
More builds for Stargrave crew.
Image one: CP-Models, mystery, Shadowrun Elf, Warmachine Cleanser
Image two: Northstar Medic, Northstar, Colony 87
Image three: All from CP-Models
Building out crew options. Miniatures are from NorthStar and CP-Models.
Hacker, Burner, and Robot Trooper. ROB the Robot has a head swap.
And last two are Chiselers. Did a head and hand swap on the first one.
Made up some tokens for Stargrave. These computer terminals are from misc GW bits put together.
Here are some pics before the paint went on.
I went all in on the Stargrave Nikstarter and got the rulebook, plus all three boxes of plastic kits; Crew, Mercenaries, and Troopers. They threw in the loot pack, d20 and a Magmite. I also picked up Rogue Star Old Rogues, Explorers, Soldiers of Fortune, and Frostgrave Nullmen.
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| Fresh Pile of Stargrave Loot |
For my first crew I decided to stick with with the official plastic kits and do some simple kitbashing to make mine unique. Went with Genestealer Cult heads for that humanoid yet still alien look. There are some GW Adeptus Mechanicus and Imperial Guard bits as well.
A shout out to Proxie Models for the amazing bases. They are a small independent outfit and worthy of your support. They have a great variety of base sizes and shapes made in styrene plastic. I really prefer the low profile edges of these over the taller GW bases. For my crew, I am using the 30mm round bases. To finish the bases, I applied some random bits along with Vallejo Earth Texture Lava and Games Workshop Agrellan Earth for the cracked effect. K&J Neodymium Magnets were added to the bottom of the bases for storage.
Stargrave is kind of the new kid on the block, but not really. It is really the sci-fi brother of Frostgrave that we have all been looking forward too. Modeled after Frostgrave 2.0 rules and adapted to science fiction.
Part of the fun is the idea of having a ship to shuttle your crew to the planet surface to do battle. I selected mine from Dragon's Rest. They offer a 3D printed Dragonfly drop ship model. I found mine through an Etsy reseller called RealityAtWork. The PLA print came disassembled and unpainted. It included clips to join the modules together.
I replaced the printed hoses on the legs with rolled green stuff hoses. Added plastic windows to the front. Pilot model added to the empty seat. I painted everything separately and then assembled. Most were glued into position, but the tail and smaller hull section I kept unglued. I used the clips to allow the ship to change to a smaller size by omitting the smaller hull section. The two roof panels were magnetized for easy access to the inside.
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| Test assembly |
Happy how it turned out. Used Vallejo Game Color Bronze Fleshtone for the ship base color. Stippled dark brown paint by sponge along the edges for battle damage. Then added gunmetal within the larger damaged sections.
The model is a PLA print, so the print lines are very visible on some surfaces. Being an industrial non-organic ship, some of the lines were fine. The print had more difficulty with gradual slopes. I did my best to sand the surface to even it out. I didn't try gap filler, but it could of helped even out some of the more offending areas.
