"Experimenting with color schemes Imperial Stealth Troopers" Topic

A while back I began painting up several squads of the standard white-armored Imperial stormtroopers.

In finding a technique that worked best for my skill level and patience level, I discovered that a white base coat of spray primer followed by a heavy wash of black followed by a white drybrush was very useful in finally painting in all the bright white armor areas and have it actually look neat and finished.

However I had an additional squad of 7 troopers left over which I put aside because I ran out of gas from the marathon of painting over 60+ Star Wars Legion minis. plus associated vehicles and terrain.

The 7 troopers had gotten to the white drybrushing phase and were awaiting their final, laborious step of carefully painting in all the white armor for the models' final coat.

On the left-hand site of this pic. you can see several of the troopers at drybrush stage next to several more that have been painted to completion:

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So I went back and looked at the leftover troopers again, and I realized that I could use that drybrush phase as an actual color scheme for a kind of "stealth" armor or ghost armor. Maybe like an elite squad of troopers for carrying out secret missions behind enemy lines, etc?

So I took the idea and ran with it. I also decided to paint the weapons a medium gray as opposed to the usual black, to give them some variation.

The white drybrush over the black is really cool because you get INSTANT, perfect detailing of the entire trooper suit, right down to the finest crevice and minute detail.

Here's several pics. of the weapons painted in, as well as several troopers that I had to go back and wash again, still needing the drybrush phase to be done over again:

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I actually think this look is pretty cool. And some logic behind it could be that it's standard Imperial trooper armor but without the bright, white finish that it's usually given. In this case The Empire issues the armor with a dull, grayish finish that doesn't reflect light the way the glossy armor does.

I think once I have the bases and painted and textured with grass, this gray stealth armor will actually look great and will give the appearance of being a lot harder to do than it actually was!

Those look great. I can't believe in bright white armor for ground operations, at least. Surely the Empire issues, at the very least, camouflage paint for their troops to paint their armor appropriately before they drop into something.

For boarding actions, it might be OK. They'd be able to identify each other easily, and I'm not sure how helpful camouflage could be aboard ship.

Never did understand the bright white "armor" they wore. I guess for ceremonial or security work it would be OK but on a battlefield it just screams "here I am, shoot me". Kinda like the back banners on GW Space Marine officers.

You need bright white to reflect blaster shots. Rebels don't need it because Stormtroopers can't hit anything.

You need bright white to reflect blaster shots. Rebels don't need it because Stormtroopers can't hit anything.

Advocate for the win😁👍

The British wore red jackets and white hats for some time. Why not white?

White is better for outside in space.

Stormtrooper white was chosen simply because it was a visual reminder of the clone troops from those wars 2 decades earlier. People remembered them and how efficiently they acted (even if their leadership was less than effective).

Not for any other reason. "Faceless troops" who have one purpose. You weren't supposed to root for the troopers.
A stormtrooper was not supposed to remove their helmet for any reason when on duty to preserve that aspect.

They also worked well on any of the shiny white "republic" ship interiors.