Today’s Imperial models are 3D prints once again. These Death Trooper proxies are known as “Enhanced Troopers” from Anvilrage Studios. I picked up these models from Garfie’s Games on eBay. These
The Death Troopers wear really shiny armour that’s pretty much in all black. This presented an interesting proposition to paint. I mean, it would have been fair to get them all done in 30 minutes by slapchopping them and then hitting them with some contrastspeedpaintxpresscolourquickgen, but you all know I never take the sensibly quick option for these things!
I used Sonic Sledgehammer’s tutorial as a start and then diverged from there – though I’m sure the glossy armour panels really hide a lot of the work done. It is what it is on that point, I guess! I do have one more squad of these I need to paint in this same black scheme – one of the official FFG sets.
In both contrast and sync with the white-armoured Stormtroopers being led by Vader in black the other day, we here have the black-armoured Death Troopers being led by Krennic in white.
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
“You all know I never take the sensibly quick option for these things!”. Perhaps, but the extra effort shows!
These look great, though I’m still waiting for a battle report from some game or other. I really want to see how all your stuff looks “in context”.
Good job!!
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Yep. It’s definiately planned. Life just keeps throwing things in the way between the mess that the printer leaves on the desk, cold weather, slow cooperation from someone on getting the pile in front of the desk painted and then the other trials of life. At this rate, I’ll be very lucky to get a game to happen on the table by the end of September.
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Ah, the old “life gets in the way” gambit. Indeed, I have the same trouble, which is why I play so rarely these days.
However, I’ll keep hoping to see a battle report “some day”! 😉
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Yeah, it’s a combo of the table being covered with printing stuff most of the time and in this case, terrain to be painted has been sitting there for almost 2 months and actually piling up even more while life has really hit hard recently.
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Excellent work on the Death Troopers mate, they are so time consuming to do properly.
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Very true, Dave. Yet I still found them easier than the white Stormtroopers!
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Superb 🖤
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Thank you!
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All black for a squad is definitely a big job! I love the design of these troopers and your squad looks fantastic alongside one of my favorite Australians. Unlike regular stormtroopers, this is a group I’d be scared to bump into!
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Thanks Kuribo! It’s always a bit weird for me to see Ben Mendelsohn with grey hair, but he was certainly fantastic as Krennic!
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I really like these! 🙂 Your working your way through the stormtrooper colour palette!
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Thanks John. You’re not wrong there. Not by a long shot as you’ll eventually see…. 🙂
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