Count Dooku and Friends
I’ll be honest, I just saw this on eBay for cheap. Count Dooku was, like the Jedi, not too difficult to paint. The darker colors made his clothing a little harder to distinguish, but not much trouble. Compared to the Bad Batch, which I was still working on when I got this pack, he was quite simple.
Jango was difficult, especially the small details on his jetpack. However, I was so burnt out from the others that when I started him, I just powered straight through, happy to be working with colors besides grey and red.
The Magnaguards were actually harder than you might expect. Particularly, it was the markings on the cape that gave me trouble. Keeping them symmetrical through the folds while also creating that tiny arrow shape at their ends was a small nightmare.
The Mandalorian and Friends - Shatterpoint
The Mandalorian was not nearly as difficult as he might look. At this point, I already had trained a pretty steady hand, and all the small details of his model were raised enough that a light brush-over would usually do the trick. The hardest part was actually Grogu’s pram. The way the model is constructed to make it look like it’s floating is genius, but this has been the only model I’ve needed to paint before fully assembling it.
Greef Karga (right) and IG-11 (left) were each fairly simple. After doing the 104th troopers and Wolffe, they were a welcome break!
Cad Bane and Bounty Hunters - Shatterpoint
This is where I began to really have to refine my skills. More so than many of the core box characters, Cad Bane (middle left) had a lot of tiny details, and varying shades of the same color in his clothing. It took many tries on some of those details, but I am proud of the result.
Aurra Sing (middle right) was about as difficult, but perhaps less rewarding in the end. Both hers, and Ventress’ skin tones caused me a lot of issues when I got to the eyes.
The bounty hunter on the right was another use of dry-brushing. I used a light tan color to bring out the fur texture of the model, and I was pretty happy with how it turned out. The green guy on the left is a rare instance of me going off-script. He’s supposed to be red, but I guess I’m just a rebel.