The interior looked super clean just like the movies. Well done. The thing about bandai kits comes from people using enamel panel liners over unprimed or unpainted plastic. If you paint your kits though, the plastic should be fine.
Well, right at the time Mandalorian was released and I saw this AT-ST, I knew I need to build it and immediately bought the very same kit. Sadly it still lays in my stash untouched. But when it comes its time, I might copy from your model... Preview looks fantastic!
Sure I did! Now I really need to hold myself back not to fall into that Bandai box! Very inspiring video. I wouldn´t mind to see more Star Wars models from you. I think it is great relax from the "rules" of making regular AFVs/planes/ships.
@@mikulas979 I agree with Mikulás; Sci-Fi kit building allows me to unleash my creative (and moderately crazy) imagination far more than historical modeling because you don't (generally) run into many rivet counters.
I really enjoyed this, am subbing for more I realize this vid is a year old, and if you'd already done this, then great, but one thing I'd love is above the box where you show the pigments and such, you also showed what the pigment was being used for, like "highlight" or "grime wash" and such
@@lpjmodels more a matter of being a perfectionist and not being proficient with a lot of skill sets. Have to learn as I go and that includes a lot of video tutorials 🙂
Although not my subject, it's amazingly interesting to watch you go through the steps. I've learned a lot watching your technics with the chipping, washes and dealing with the ground effects. Thank you.
Un superbe montage et une mise en peinture magnifique. Superbe maquette que j'ai aussi et que je dois monter... Magnifique travail en tout cas. Bravo. ~~ A superb editing and a magnificent painting. Superb model that I also have and that I have to assemble ... Wonderful work in any case. Well done.
Love the modifications. You see too many “regular” AT-ST’s on the web. This one’s unique, for now till others start copying it! Really cool weathering as well. You did great!
Thanks Peter ! There are a few that have been done this way before me, but I loved how the raider looked and its nice to do something a bit different !
I'm in the middle of a custom build right now. I've added heavier guns to the chin, scratch built Gatling laser pods in place of the original weapons, and a commander's cupola from a 1:48 Panther tank w/ a heavy repeating blaster on the ring mount on top. I'm also adding some heavier armor around the cockpit. She's going to be painted in a camo of Ghost Grey overlaid by German Grey tiger stripes, with a snarling mouth & 4 eyes. I even have some Aurebesh (Star Wars alphabet) decals to spell out her name: "Bad Kitty". I plan to add an armored glass effect in each of the 2 cockpit windows. I still need to get a 1:48 Stormtrooper to stand in the commander's cupola.
Thanks Steven ! It made sense to use multiple layers, from the imperials using it, then it being borrowed and probably languishing somewhere for a bit, till its final stumble into the bog. Lots of room for chipping 😀
Great build and video a usual. I'm currently building this kit and it's also my first Bandai. I'm very impressed with the quality of the mouldings and the thought put into the sprue connection positions - very little clean up required. I'm building a 'what if' scene with the addition of a 1/48 WWII German Maintenance Crew. I've replaced the laser cannons with a 7.5cm gun and scribed additional panel lines with bolt heads added... I wish Bandai made military models. 😅
I’ll chime in with the positive comments! Very nicely done, with some great attention to detail with the add-ones. Love what you did with the groundwork and extra foliage jammed into the nooks and crannies. Happy New Year, James!!
This is an incredibly impressive work. The only thing I think could be done to improve it further would be to add a deep red led lighting inside of the cockpit to replicate the glowing eyes look from Mandalorian series.
Incredibly awesome job! Great camera work, editing, music, voice-overs, and explanations. Super interesting and fun to watch, while also being relaxing and paced nicely! Well done!
Super result, James....it's not surprising that you use your skills with any subject (even ones you haven't done before) and create amazing models. Great idea upgrading the base with extra bits and pieces and thought the 'lettering' on the home-made armour was a creative touch. Agreed.....let's hope that 2022 is a little brighter than last year and better for us all.
Thankyou Robbo ! I wanted to go into more detail with the lettering but I didn't want the video to end up too long.. tactical cuts. Happy new year my friend
The large locating pins are actually so you can build it without glue. Something they mastered with their gundam kits. Which are just as sturdy without glue as they are with.
I appreciate the no glue thing, but I'd rather use it when I can, especially when it comes to certain seam lines that oils could penetrate and perhaps mess with the Plastic
Fantastic chipping and weathering! Looks amazing! I’m building the same model from this scene in a buddy build and I wasn’t able to get good images of the details and paint scheme! Thank you for providing an accurate model of this! Truly amazing work! It’s a shame they didn’t show it in the light!
Thanks Ken ! If this link works, this was a very helpful image images.app.goo.gl/KCcwUAEd8ZPF1VDd8 Also as someone pointed out to me the right leg ( the semi painted one ) is supposed to be a brown colour.
@@lpjmodels thank you! I found a few other images from a cardboard cutout that’s available. I’d like to mention your channel and paint scheme in my UA-cam build video, is that ok with you? You’re an amazing artist!
Hi James !! Jajajajaja its incredible, just today i bought the same kit for my birthday ! awsome work, the thing that i like most are the legs, the brush painted laquers are impressibe, and the chipping on it is fantastic. Its amazing that you have done this model , now i can use'it as reference ! Thank you very very much, soon as possible im going to become a patreon! Thanks you !
Looks incredible mate, deffinately a credit to you! Honestly I think we m going to have to pick one of these up sooner or later, I've loved star wars ever since I was a kid and for some reason I've never picked up one of the bandai star wars kits
A different subject matter but treated with the same respect and attention to detail as always. Your final build always looks ultra realistic. I love this channel. Stay safe James and happy new year to you and yours,.
Thankyou Ferbie ! I always try to make whatever I'm building as authentic as I can, it doesn't always work but I'll give it a good go. Thanks for your continued support ! And happy new year 🎉
You probably know this by now but the reason every part has a ‘locator tab’ is because the kit is designed to be snap-fit. Those tabs are actually supposed to hold the kit together through friction. Anyways, awesome build. If you liked the level of detail Bandai put into this kit, then I recommend checking out their Gundam kits (Particularly the RG and MG Lines).
Thanks for the kind words JC885, 😀 I'm not really into gundam unfortunately. I see some great ones built but never had the urge to make one. There seems to be a lot more rules with bandai kits than my usual niche which is a bit surprising, the glue thing seems hotly contested. I'm still going to use glue on any future kits tho.
@@lpjmodels Ah, okay. You’re free to do whatever you want. Though I still hope you check it out one day. You know, in the Gunpla community, we have a saying: ‘Gunpla is freedom’ basically build what you want, the way you want to do it. If you want to use glue, then fine, no one’s going to stop you. Just be sure to keep it out of moving parts! (Which there are a lot of in Gundam kits btw).
I seriously love this artwork. The technical approach is well developed. Keep it up James, you always make us happy. By the way, would it be possible for you to make us a good tuto in 2022 on/for leather painting?
Amazing build! Does this mean you might be doing some more SF kits? Would love to see your take on the Ma.K genre! Once again it’s the details you have added that really make this an Epic build! Happy new year and look forward to seeing what you build in 2022.
Thankyou Andy ! Ma.K is something I'm quite interested in, just for the sheer scope of what you can do. At the moment I can't justify it but I'm thinking about it 🤔. Thanks again !
Thanks Timothy ! The AT-ST was freeing in that I wasn't bound by historical constraints so it made it extra fun! It was about 1.2-1.5 mm, it came unlabelled with a cheap amazon soldering iron.
Instead of that dental thing,use a toothbrush with cut short "brushes" and only like a small part of the toothbrush. This way you can apply more accurate scratching.
Don't forget to hit that like button and subscribe !
I stumbled across your channel by accident, thank goodness I did.
Thankyou Sean !
I absolutely love and admire your work and content on UA-cam
That green plate with the heavy chipping and rust effects is very convincing.
I'm glad to hear it @ekmad 😊
Just lovely work. I've got an old bandai at-st I've been thinking about stripping and repainting like this.
Thanks ! You totally should !
Awesome job - love to see this different take on the AT-ST. Great job on both the modifications and the paint job.
Thanks @Model Nerd !
The interior looked super clean just like the movies. Well done. The thing about bandai kits comes from people using enamel panel liners over unprimed or unpainted plastic. If you paint your kits though, the plastic should be fine.
MRP has been my go to paint for a while now it's absolutely lush.
Nice job there. Lovely
Thanks Mark, MRP are a delight to spray. When I have some spare pennies I'll be getting some more
Underrated channel, for sure.
Simply SPLENDID!
Thanks VMS ! 🍻
what a great build and one to be proud of .
Thanks Nigel ! I'm really pleased with it ☺
Great vid, very cool................ 👍👍👍
Thanks my freind!
That looks so amazing!
Cheers Freddy !
WOW! You're using techniques that I wouldn't have even thought of doing. Excellent job!
This one ended up AMAZING!!!
Thanks Jan ! One of my best so far definately
Amazing job, James 👌
Thanks @Sprue Fascination Channel !
Well, right at the time Mandalorian was released and I saw this AT-ST, I knew I need to build it and immediately bought the very same kit. Sadly it still lays in my stash untouched. But when it comes its time, I might copy from your model... Preview looks fantastic!
I hope you enjoy the video Mikuláš
Sure I did! Now I really need to hold myself back not to fall into that Bandai box! Very inspiring video. I wouldn´t mind to see more Star Wars models from you. I think it is great relax from the "rules" of making regular AFVs/planes/ships.
@@mikulas979 I agree with Mikulás; Sci-Fi kit building allows me to unleash my creative (and moderately crazy) imagination far more than historical modeling because you don't (generally) run into many rivet counters.
All in all… It looks really f***ing cool!👌
Thanks @modkits ! 🙏
I really enjoyed this, am subbing for more
I realize this vid is a year old, and if you'd already done this, then great, but one thing I'd love is above the box where you show the pigments and such, you also showed what the pigment was being used for, like "highlight" or "grime wash" and such
Very well done!
This scale model practically builds itself and is fantastic to use any scheme to paint. I did one WWII style for the US side. Really fun to work with.
A brilliant build beautifully filmed and explained, top work as aLways👍👍
Thanks mate!
Awesome build!! Making this same model, but with Hoth setting. Snow and ice.
Brilliant build James!!! It amazes me what you and others can do in a couple of weeks time. My builds D - R - A - G on forever.
Thanks Cliff ! It's nice to savour the build though? I have always been quick with things and it used to get me in all sorts of bother 🙃
@@lpjmodels more a matter of being a perfectionist and not being proficient with a lot of skill sets. Have to learn as I go and that includes a lot of video tutorials 🙂
Superlative modelling skills 👏👏👏
Cheers Zeroid 🍻
I was just gonna start this for a group build. Perfect timing!
Thank you for showing your process, Im definitely saving this for later.
Cheers Aaron ! 🍻
Wow! I wish I had your attention to detail. Looks stunning, excellent work!
Thanks Ste !
This looks excellent James. Great break from the norm.
Thanks Robert, I like doing different things now and again, makes things more interesting on the bench sometimes
Although not my subject, it's amazingly interesting to watch you go through the steps. I've learned a lot watching your technics with the chipping, washes and dealing with the ground effects. Thank you.
Looks great! Makes me want to tackle a bandi kit!
They are extremely good. I'll be getting another one when I have some spare pennies. Maybe a y wing.
Un superbe montage et une mise en peinture magnifique. Superbe maquette que j'ai aussi et que je dois monter... Magnifique travail en tout cas. Bravo.
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A superb editing and a magnificent painting. Superb model that I also have and that I have to assemble ... Wonderful work in any case. Well done.
Thankyou Christian, much appreciated 🙏
Bravo !!! un véritable travail d'artiste extrêmement bien expliqué !!! Bravo et Merci👌👍
Merci Lag, much appreciated
Love the modifications. You see too many “regular” AT-ST’s on the web. This one’s unique, for now till others start copying it! Really cool weathering as well. You did great!
Thanks Peter ! There are a few that have been done this way before me, but I loved how the raider looked and its nice to do something a bit different !
@@lpjmodels do it the way YOU want it to be! Model on!
*Astonishing build, the land, the AT-ST, the weathering ... WONDERFUL!*
Thankyou mate !
Who here prefers the Raider AT-ST to the standard Imperial ?
Hell yes, It makes for a much more visually impactful model
It is defo way more interesting, I am still planning to do one in WW2 German Ambush camo though :))
I'm in the middle of a custom build right now. I've added heavier guns to the chin, scratch built Gatling laser pods in place of the original weapons, and a commander's cupola from a 1:48 Panther tank w/ a heavy repeating blaster on the ring mount on top. I'm also adding some heavier armor around the cockpit. She's going to be painted in a camo of Ghost Grey overlaid by German Grey tiger stripes, with a snarling mouth & 4 eyes. I even have some Aurebesh (Star Wars alphabet) decals to spell out her name:
"Bad Kitty". I plan to add an armored glass effect in each of the 2 cockpit windows. I still need to get a 1:48 Stormtrooper to stand in the commander's cupola.
Arent the “eyes” supposed to glow?
@@kylesawkon4074 not if the lights are off
Great build 👍👍
Thankyou Dave
Cement's usually not required for Bandai kits. Makes disassembly easy for painting without masking.
Awesome build James. Something different this time.
Thanks Peter ! Nice to make a change now and again, keep things fresh
Excellent work as always. 😊
Thank you so much 😀
Looks beautiful, great work!
Thankyou !
Very happy to see you doing what I'd been thinking of building up multiple layers of chipped and sand worn paint. Great work!
Thanks Steven ! It made sense to use multiple layers, from the imperials using it, then it being borrowed and probably languishing somewhere for a bit, till its final stumble into the bog. Lots of room for chipping 😀
Looks amazing! Great job. Congrats!
Great build and video a usual.
I'm currently building this kit and it's also my first Bandai. I'm very impressed with the quality of the mouldings and the thought put into the sprue connection positions - very little clean up required.
I'm building a 'what if' scene with the addition of a 1/48 WWII German Maintenance Crew. I've replaced the laser cannons with a 7.5cm gun and scribed additional panel lines with bolt heads added...
I wish Bandai made military models. 😅
Thanks Bob ! I think a lot of folks wish Bandai did military stuff 😀 that sounds like a cool idea, that's almost moving into Ma.k territory too.
That is flat out incredible work and taught me a lot of methods within painting as well, can't wait to apply them!
Thanks Gustaf, best of luck my freind !
Hi James!
I would like one too! 🙂
It's one of the best looking machines from Star Wars.
Yours is cool on top of it! 😀
Thanks Radu ! Glad you like it
I think this will be my next model to build. Lovely result. I am bingewatching your videos currently and not one let me down :)
Thanks so much Ricky, I can highly reccomended this one
Beautiful
Awsome work mate! Well done. Greetings Ben from GER
Thanks Ben !
I’ll chime in with the positive comments! Very nicely done, with some great attention to detail with the add-ones. Love what you did with the groundwork and extra foliage jammed into the nooks and crannies. Happy New Year, James!!
Thanks Brendan, I tried to be logical with the foliage. Glad it worked 🤘
This is an incredibly impressive work. The only thing I think could be done to improve it further would be to add a deep red led lighting inside of the cockpit to replicate the glowing eyes look from Mandalorian series.
Terrific. Love it! happy New Year.
Happy new year !
Another excellent model and work. 👍 I’ve done the same but in the Rotj style. Now I need to build this one .
Thanks Mark !
Really good job🥳
Thanks Johnny, it means a lot !
That turned out great James. The chipping and weathering really worked well on this one. Keep those brushes wet m8!🍻
Thanks Scott, much appreciated.. maybe more SW in the future?
@@lpjmodels Yeah! I really would like to build this one now that I've seen yours.🍻
Another great build!
Happy New Year!
Thanks Pedro, Happy new year 🎉
superb work right here! you have made me want to build the one i have in my stash! :)
Thanks Fernando, go for it 😀
Looks brilliant mate!! 🤘
Thanks Jason !
Nice build like the paint work on your at.st I have this one to do one day soon 👍✌️
Thankyou John
The chipping is absolutely insane. Extremely well done 👍🏻
Fantastic job on this!
I like the background music better than some of your other vids . Nice build!!
Thanks Vivian, trying to get a good balance and finding more chilled tracks like this is hard !
Makes me want to do one now .
Go on, you know you want to
Great video! I really like the details you added like the wire and vegetation. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Jeff !
First of your videos I’ve seen. Great paint work and thanks for the detailed walkthrough. You did an excellent job, thanks!
Thanks for taking the time to check out a new channel !
Great work! Smartly done as always. Your channel is quite a gem.
Thanks a lot Brett !
Incredibly awesome job! Great camera work, editing, music, voice-overs, and explanations. Super interesting and fun to watch, while also being relaxing and paced nicely! Well done!
It's good to know I'm heading in the right direction ! Thanks CybeisRS for the kind words 😀
Love it, more please. Additional armour looks great. 😁
Thanks Sera ! 🍻
Nice job!
Thanks Simon 😀
mmm, that's such a good looking star trek model you built there! :D
Live long and prosper 🖖
@@lpjmodels winter is coming
Really amazing build with such attention to detail. Particularly like the music that draws you in. Beautiful finished result 👍🇦🇺
Thanks Oz ! Much appreciated
Super result, James....it's not surprising that you use your skills with any subject (even ones you haven't done before) and create amazing models. Great idea upgrading the base with extra bits and pieces and thought the 'lettering' on the home-made armour was a creative touch. Agreed.....let's hope that 2022 is a little brighter than last year and better for us all.
Thankyou Robbo ! I wanted to go into more detail with the lettering but I didn't want the video to end up too long.. tactical cuts.
Happy new year my friend
The large locating pins are actually so you can build it without glue. Something they mastered with their gundam kits. Which are just as sturdy without glue as they are with.
I appreciate the no glue thing, but I'd rather use it when I can, especially when it comes to certain seam lines that oils could penetrate and perhaps mess with the Plastic
Fantastic chipping and weathering! Looks amazing! I’m building the same model from this scene in a buddy build and I wasn’t able to get good images of the details and paint scheme! Thank you for providing an accurate model of this! Truly amazing work! It’s a shame they didn’t show it in the light!
Thanks Ken !
If this link works, this was a very helpful image
images.app.goo.gl/KCcwUAEd8ZPF1VDd8
Also as someone pointed out to me the right leg ( the semi painted one ) is supposed to be a brown colour.
@@lpjmodels thank you! I found a few other images from a cardboard cutout that’s available. I’d like to mention your channel and paint scheme in my UA-cam build video, is that ok with you? You’re an amazing artist!
love the finish on this. looks amazing
Thankyou Phillip ! Much appreciated 🙏
That is amazing and i didn't even see the Mandalorian.
Absolutely beautiful job! I just picked up this kit and want to do something similar with it. I will be using this as reference for sure!
Cheers Lawson, glad you found it useful
Ace mate 😉👌
Cheers Tim !
aww this is epic bro! may the force be with you! :)
Thanks mate, glad you like it !
@@lpjmodels hey no problem mate :)
FAAAAANTASTIC !!!! Happy new year !!!
Great job sir 🙏
Hi James !! Jajajajaja its incredible, just today i bought the same kit for my birthday ! awsome work, the thing that i like most are the legs, the brush painted laquers are impressibe, and the chipping on it is fantastic. Its amazing that you have done this model , now i can use'it as reference ! Thank you very very much, soon as possible im going to become a patreon! Thanks you !
I hope you had a great birthday Joaquim, thankyou for the very kind words ! 😊
Looks incredible mate, deffinately a credit to you! Honestly I think we m going to have to pick one of these up sooner or later, I've loved star wars ever since I was a kid and for some reason I've never picked up one of the bandai star wars kits
Thanks Simon! They are great kits you won't be dissapointed
Great video!
Good effort, James 👏
Great modifications, and really enjoyable vid.
I would like to see you tackle The Razorcrest, one day! 😉👌
Thanks man ! I thought this one might catch your eye , hope alls well 😀
@@lpjmodels ha ha! Yes, it did!
And I still have your Falcon hanging on my wall. Cheers man. ✌😎
A different subject matter but treated with the same respect and attention to detail as always. Your final build always looks ultra realistic. I love this channel. Stay safe James and happy new year to you and yours,.
Thankyou Ferbie ! I always try to make whatever I'm building as authentic as I can, it doesn't always work but I'll give it a good go. Thanks for your continued support ! And happy new year 🎉
You probably know this by now but the reason every part has a ‘locator tab’ is because the kit is designed to be snap-fit. Those tabs are actually supposed to hold the kit together through friction.
Anyways, awesome build. If you liked the level of detail Bandai put into this kit, then I recommend checking out their Gundam kits (Particularly the RG and MG Lines).
Thanks for the kind words JC885, 😀
I'm not really into gundam unfortunately. I see some great ones built but never had the urge to make one.
There seems to be a lot more rules with bandai kits than my usual niche which is a bit surprising, the glue thing seems hotly contested. I'm still going to use glue on any future kits tho.
@@lpjmodels Ah, okay. You’re free to do whatever you want. Though I still hope you check it out one day.
You know, in the Gunpla community, we have a saying: ‘Gunpla is freedom’ basically build what you want, the way you want to do it. If you want to use glue, then fine, no one’s going to stop you. Just be sure to keep it out of moving parts! (Which there are a lot of in Gundam kits btw).
Masterful!
Amazing mate! Im building the Razor Edge at the moment, looking to do a cliff face with it.
Thanks Derek ! That's a cool ship, the revell one or the Bandai one?
@@lpjmodels Revell
That looks amazing! I wonder if I'd have the patience
Only one way to find out !
@@lpjmodels Ordered one a few hours ago. Inexpensive enough for "practice makes perfect"
that is fantastic
Buen trabajo👌👍👏
Thankyou Francisco 😀
Amazing
Thanks Mark !
Hello mr. L!ohhh i love star wars.with sticky greetings. Your modellmate.christian
I seriously love this artwork. The technical approach is well developed. Keep it up James, you always make us happy.
By the way, would it be possible for you to make us a good tuto in 2022 on/for leather painting?
Thanks Thierry! I completely forgot about the leather tutorial, yes of course I'll make it one of the next ones.
@@lpjmodels No Stress James :-) héhé ...
The best part about bandai kits is that no glue is required
Not the subject matter, quality of moulding, quality of fit?
@@lpjmodels I was thinking this was like gunpla which when putting it together you don't need glue
@@andrewbrown9981 I don't care I wanted to use glue, I don't think it's important no, or are you gatekeeping?
@@lpjmodels no I'm not I was just stating my favorite part of bandai models
Amazing build! Does this mean you might be doing some more SF kits? Would love to see your take on the Ma.K genre! Once again it’s the details you have added that really make this an Epic build! Happy new year and look forward to seeing what you build in 2022.
Thankyou Andy !
Ma.K is something I'm quite interested in, just for the sheer scope of what you can do. At the moment I can't justify it but I'm thinking about it 🤔. Thanks again !
Love it! Where can I listen the guitar song at the end of this video?
Great job! Love the weathering especially since I'm a armor modeler....could you please tell me what size ga solder wire did you us?
Thanks Timothy ! The AT-ST was freeing in that I wasn't bound by historical constraints so it made it extra fun!
It was about 1.2-1.5 mm, it came unlabelled with a cheap amazon soldering iron.
@@lpjmodels Thank you. I am now subscribed to your channel 👍
Instead of that dental thing,use a toothbrush with cut short "brushes" and only like a small part of the toothbrush. This way you can apply more accurate scratching.