Who's the Bossk?

This week we color spray Bossk, the Trandoshan bounty hunter from Star Wars: Imperial Assault!

Ah… Bossk… Whether you need someone to eat his fellow hatchlings, skin a renegade Wookiee, or chop a troublesome Jedi into bite sized pieces… Bossk is the reptile for the job! No matter how far they run, or where they hide, Bossk always devours his prey in the end…

Imperial Assault comes with four identical Trandoshans, however there is only one Bossk! As such, I am going to paint one of the minis in classic Bossk colors, and do an alternate color scheme for the other three. However, if you are less persnickety about such things, there is obviously nothing stopping you from painting all four in Bossk colors. Maybe the Kaminoans got a hold of him and ran wild with the cloning thing. Cloning Bossk. Seems like a bad idea.

Bossk has a lot of nice bright colors, so after cleaning I primed him white. I’ll also be using a higher percentage of paints from the Vallejo Game Color line, as they tend to be a tad brighter than the Model Color line.

I gave the mini a base coat with the following:

Scales	Vallejo Game Color Camouflage Green
Suit	Vallejo Game Color Moon Yellow
Neck & Legs Cuffs	Vallejo Game Color Scarlet Red
Backpack	Vallejo Game Color Cobra Leather
Chest	Vallejo Model Color Offwhite
Gun	Vallejo Model Color Green Grey
Buckles	Vallejo Model Color Natural Steel

First, I hit the gun with a dry brush of Natural Steel to give it a metallic effect. Next, I gave everything but the scales a wash with Vallejo Black Shade. The scales I hit with multiple coats of Vallejo Dark Green Shade.

With the model shaded by the wash, I started highlighting the raised sections of the packs, straps and belt with the Cobra Leather base coat color, taking care not to get paint in the recesses that should remain shaded.

Then I  highlighted the raised sections of his suit back up with some thinned out Moon Yellow. I also highlighted the scales with Camouflage Green and then did a second level of highlights around the eyes, ears and mouth with Vallejo Model Color Olive Green. The chest was highlighted with Offwhite, and I also hit his eyes with a couple dots of Phoenix Red

Next I picked out a few of the larger scales and gave them some thinned out Olive Green, and gave his toe claws a coat of Offwhite. Then I hit the suit, scales and claws with a glaze made out of thinned Vallejo Transparent Yellow. Finally I painted the base Neutral Grey and gave him a shot of the Testors Dull Coat.

Our bounty hunter is ready for the hunt! All is missing are some lackeys to do his bidding…