Category Archives: Star Wars Shatterpoint

Sci-Fi Cargo Sled (Curufin 3D Prints)

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Sci-Fi Cargo Sled - Curufin 3D Prints

Some more 3D printed models aimed at Star Wars Legion today. These models were digitally sculpted by Curufin, and can be found for free on Cults3D.

Sci-Fi Cargo Sled - Curufin 3D Prints

They’re pretty simple and straightforward, which thankfully led to them painting up pretty simply. I did the pair of these in one afternoon, though the grimy wash really changed the blue-grey tone towards brown pretty hard.

Sci-Fi Cargo Sled - Curufin 3D Prints

As you can see here, they turned out pretty decently in the end. I may have scaled these up a little more than recommended as the control panels appear a bit high compared to Luke here, but then the tray size looks pretty approriate. These will work well for games like Legion and even Shatterpoint – but also they’re generic enough I think to work in games like 40k or even Marvel Crisis Protocol.

(Not-Hoth) Sci-Fi Laser Turret by ImperialTerrain 3D Prints

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Echo Base Hoth Rebel Defence Turrets, Sci-Fi Laser Turret by ImperialTerrain 3D Prints

Sorry about the delay in posting. I’ve been flat out for various reasons and the table I need to use to photograph larger models has been covered in random shit, so it wasn’t until this afternoon that Marouda kindly did some metaphorical shit-shovelling which allowed me to take a bunch of photos. So expect to see daily posts as I get the end of February posted and hopefully even some of March’s models if I manage to take more photos tomorrow…

Echo Base Hoth Rebel Defence Turrets, Sci-Fi Laser Turret by ImperialTerrain 3D Prints

I found and printed this trio of Turrets – from Thingiverse by ImperialTerrain – late last year when I was first getting enthused about getting my Legion stuff up and running. I got them prepped and assembled and filler-primered and regular-primered and base sprayed with light grey pretty quickly, but then when it came to finish them – largely with oil washes we ran into a bit of a huge problem – that same table that’s constantly covered with stuff for 3D printing and related stuff is the same one we use for gaming and the same one I use for these photos.

Echo Base Hoth Rebel Defence Turrets, Sci-Fi Laser Turret by ImperialTerrain 3D Prints

Aside from the main cannons being blackened with panzer grey and picking out some of the greeblies to add some interest, most of the heavy lifting was done by a couple of successive oil wash sessions. The first adding black/grey, and then the second the following weekend adding the brown & red rust/dirt streaking and discolouration.

They are pretty big, but I’m not sure if they’re terribly oversized. If you look at the size of the turret and hatch it seems pretty reasonable for a wargame, and it’ll also work just fine for Shatterpoint. Obviously with something like this there’s space for sizing variation, particularly as they’re also fictional.

Echo Base Hoth Rebel Defence Turrets, Sci-Fi Laser Turret by ImperialTerrain 3D Prints

They’d also work pretty well in quite a lot of other games. Sure, they still look a lot like Star Wars pieces because obviously, but unless you’re a recent-40k purist who thinks everything needs to be covered in arches and skulls, just like they weren’t for the first decade or two of 40k – and something like Marvel is an even bigger hodge-podge of stolen references than Warhammer!

Despite my long delay in getting these posted up, they’re still a part of Dave Stone’s Paint What You Got Challenge 25-26!