First-time Painter, Custom Fleet

[aadh 385]

Just started painting my minis a couple weeks ago. Some of you may cringe to hear this, but I'm just using a basic acrylics set (mostly primary colors, all matte) meant for paper or canvas. These obviously aren't re-paints, just touched up and tweaked. But this is my first attempt at painting, and I am pleased with the results. Someday I may strip them all and use real paints, but in the meantime...

 

Rebel fleet:

 

 

 

 

 

Imperial fleet:

 

Edited August 11, 2013 by aadh

[aadh 385]

Engine glow on all Rebel ships. Yellow patches on X-Wing foreward fuselage and engine cowling. R2 units various colors. Bronzed piping on Y-Wings.

 

 

Sector Security:

 

 

Red Squadron:

 

 

 

Gray Squadron:

 

 

Gray Leader—Horton Salm

 

Gold Squadron:

 

"Dutch" Vander and Gold Squadron:

Edited August 16, 2013 by aadh

[aadh 385]

Arvel Crynyd, Tycho Celchu, Green Squadron:

 

Green Squadron:

 

 

Tycho Celchu:

 

Millennium Falcon with engine glow:

 

 

[Boomer_J 483]

Love your work! I used acrylics on my cr-90 with an airbrush. I didn’t but you can always use a clear coat to seal the paint.

 

 I absolutely LOVE your grey squadron Y Wings!!!!  And the blue X wing to.

Edited August 11, 2013 by Boomer_J

[aadh 385]

Slave I saturated with extra green and red, dirtied and oily, flanked by Storm Squadron:

 

Engine glow:

 

TIE/ln with ion engine highlight:

 

181st—Fel's Wrath, Soontir Fel, Turr Phennir

 

Soontir Fel:

 

Soontir Fel with Rebel kill-count painted on hull:

[Kaxel Vofer 121]

Excellent job on the saber Squadron I like too much the red line in the ship, congratulations, greettings

Edited August 12, 2013 by Kaxel Vofer

[drylndsurf 65]

Nice job! Definitely way better than I could ever hope to do.

I especially love the red striped 181st Interceptors.

[aadh 385]

Love your work! I used acrylics on my cr-90 with an airbrush. I didn’t but you can always use a clear coat to seal the paint.

 

 I absolutely LOVE your grey squadron Y Wings!!!!  And the blue X wing to.

 

Thanks, and I appreciate the suggestion. Your CR-90 project has been inspiring to watch.

[PenguinBonaparte 516]

So is this all airbrush work? Is there any way to get the engine glow rather than a straight color on the Falcon's engine with a brush or two? I've been thinking about just doing the engines for my ships.

[aadh 385]

So is this all airbrush work? Is there any way to get the engine glow rather than a straight color on the Falcon's engine with a brush or two? I've been thinking about just doing the engines for my ships.

 

This is all paintbrush work. I have no idea how to airbrush. The Falcon's engine glow wasn't too difficult, but I did notice there's a print-out decal template on BGG. I don't have a printer, either, but I imagine that'd save some trouble.

 

These minis are great out of the box, but the default grey engine panel on the Falcon really bugged me.

[RedWilde 157]

Very nice work!

 

Either acrylics or enamels work quite well for just painting over the factory job.

[PenguinBonaparte 516]

So did you put down a white layer, then blue, and rub a little of the blue off to get the white central glow?

[kuffdaddy 29]

Which book are the tie interceptor pilots out of are they all the x-wing octology

[aadh 385]

So did you put down a white layer, then blue, and rub a little of the blue off to get the white central glow?

 

Blue first and then white drybrush.

[aadh 385]

Which book are the tie interceptor pilots out of are they all the x-wing octology

 

Baron Soontir Fel was introduced for the X-Wing Rogue Squadron comic series. It was an obvious analog to the Red Baron from WWI. Red stripes were painted on the side of the interceptors of the 181st for any ace with greater than 10 kills.

 

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Soontir_Fel

[Digitalkiller 76]

Love your work, the glows look very well, congrats.