Luke Skywalker - Star Wars Miniatures: Legacy of the Force Packaging Art

Hey, I'm excited! I can finally talk about this!

Check out the brand new set of packaging illustrations for the Star Wars miniatures line "Legacy of the Force". These are slated for release on April 1st. I really enjoyed painting these! They've got all of my favorite components; single figure, portraits, tall vertical format, circular motif, a suggestive but not super detailed background and eye catching color.

This expansion set features characters from the wildly popular Star Wars: Legacy comic book series from Dark Horse Comics, Del Rey's Legacy of the Force novels, and other favorite personalities from the Star Wars saga. I  was asked to illustrate Luke in battle armor, Boba Fett and Darth Talon... all very cool characters.

Paul, the art director for this project is an absolute delight to work with which can make a huge difference in how much fun it is to work on a piece as well as how good the finished product turns out. I think he does an amazing job with the packaging.

The description he gave me for the Luke piece was pretty minimal which in most cases is nice and lets the artist really do what they're trained to do.

So, I had two comic book references of Luke in his stealth armor as a guide, and then went on a search for some decent face reference.  Here's what I found.

ART DESCRIPTION FROM THE ART DIRECTOR:

This is Luke in battle armor (from the Legacy comic series) he has light saber in hand. No helmet. Aggressive stance. Eye contact with viewer.

 

After the reference was gathered I worked up the sketch to go through the approval channels, and then I started slinging paint for the final. Actually, I did all three sketches at once and submitted those.  I made any needed adjustments and then went on to the painted versions.

These illustrations are always created in sets of three and I've been working on several sets of these lately, so stay tuned for more in the future! I'll post my process for Boba Fett next.


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Comments

[Frank-Joseph]

Incredible work, as always, Terese!

I love reading about your projects: the Art Director's initial request, your sketches, research, and finished project! Thanks so much!

I read your blog often!

Frank

[Ira Owens]

Hi Terese,

Nicely done! I actually just saw this piece on a box at my local comic store and was commenting on how cool it was that you nailed Lukes likeness. I work with Kilian Plunkett (another talented Star Wars artist) and he pointed me towards your blog.

I look forward to more cool posts!

...i

[Belinda Morris]

Hey Terese love your work, I've seen your stuff for ages but didn't know if was yours! Do you know if your company will distribute your product to Western Australia? Would love to buy some :)

[Terese Nielsen]

Hi Belinda,
I'm not at all involved with distribution of the product, so unfortunately I have no intelligent answer related to your question.
Thanks for stopping by!