Rogue One Blue Squadron

Dobber

Well-Known Member

• Dec 23, 2016

• #61

Forgot to post pictures of the X-wing from the book. Here it is along with the Blue Squadron pilots.
If you notice, Red leader has the same panel colors on the wings as can be seen on Blue Leader. It does appear that the nose stripes are different, though, and both have the yellow/tan panel on the top front of the nose.

Pilots...notice the U-Wing crews have different helmets.

Chris

 

Jaitea

Master Member

• Dec 23, 2016

• #62

....and here's the next double page of the call signs:

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thorst

Well-Known Member

• Dec 23, 2016

• #63

Saw the book today at a lokal store. Was my impression right that the digital model of the X-Wing printed in the double page has the straight transition behind the cockpit, different to the life-sized set piece's curved transition? Is the rendering perhaps of a non-R1 CGI model?

 

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darth_daniel

Sr Member

• Dec 24, 2016

• #64

I know this is an X-Wing thread but I don´t know where else to ask, did anyone else notice a Red Jammer Y-Wing parked outside the Yavin hangar or did my eyes trick me becaue I wanted to see it? I think I saw it parked outside the hangar door in a scene which took place inside the hangar or when someone walked out of the hangar, maybe towards the U-Wing.

 

Galactican

Sr Member

• Dec 24, 2016

• #65

Victor3 said:

Even more confusing: when you say the name Ewing, it sounds like "U-wing!"

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When I noticed that I thought I'd nickname it "J.R.". Ya know, like "J.R. Ewing" from "Dallas". :lol

 

Ozzman78

Active Member

• Feb 15, 2017

• #66

I too am on the hunt for RO Blue Leader reference. I think Dobber is on the right track overall, the Bandai RO Red Leader seems to have very similar markings with just minor differences. Has anyone come across any decent screen caps yet? Are we going to have to wait for the blueray?

I got the visual guide with hopes of seeing the Blue squadron birds, sad face. Also, did anyone notice in the visual guide the Green squadron pilots? They all look like standard x-wing pilots, makes me wonder if their T65's have green markings. Stands to reason that they would.

 

Ozzman78

Active Member

• Feb 15, 2017

• #67

Few caps I pulled, tried to sharpen and brighten a bit. Again I see very similar marks to RO Red Leader.







I will try to pull what I can find from the Scarif battle.

 

Ozzman78

Active Member

• Feb 15, 2017

• #68

The breaks in the blue bands are different but I'm seeing similar details on the wings and engines.

Couple more:

 

Ozzman78

Active Member

• Feb 15, 2017

• #69

Can't make out if the engine rings are blue or red, maybe blue.

https://flic.kr/p/S9Qvrg

 

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Scavenger

New Member

• Feb 16, 2017

• #70

Dobber said:

IMO, if you want to make an accurate Blue Leader, just follow the new Bandai Red squadron kit but swap the Red strips with Blue. And then paint the pilot accordingly.

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Kinda like this?

I made the landing gear removable so the X-Wing can be posed in-flight on the included stand.

Bandai kit built over 4 days, for a friend and so is sadly no longer in my collection. On the upside, I can just go ahead and build one for myself

 

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Dobber

Well-Known Member

• Feb 16, 2017

• #71

Scavenger, pretty close. The main fuselage needs some adjustments. The left side nose stripe need 2 breaks in it...One light gray towards the front and a darker gray one towards the rear under the canopy. Also that same color grey above the stripe but under the canopy and reaching the rear of the blue Stripe. The right side Blue Stripe has one large break in it towards the front. Beautiful build, though, I really like it. If could just get off my Lazy Ass I would build a Blue Leader too. :lol

Chris

 

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Ozzman78

Active Member

• Feb 16, 2017

• #72

Wow that looks good! I agree it needs some very minor adjustments. Most of the yellow should be more of a tan, there are breaks in the blue bands on both sides, the gray behind the nose on the bottom should be half as long and wrap up to the blue side bands.

All in all with the limited reference its a good build.

 

monsterpartyhat

Sr Member

• Feb 17, 2017

• #73

ILM released a little short on creating the space battle on YouTube today - it's a wealth of clear views of blue squadron.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUjhNSDmb9I

Here's a few quick captures from it.

 

Ozzman78

Active Member

• Feb 22, 2017

• #74

I just noticed that video yesterday, going to pull some high res caps soon!

 

Ozzman78

Active Member

• Feb 22, 2017

• #75

The blue bird in the front of the third cap above is Blue 2. Shots from the oscar ILM vid of Blue Leader below.

You can clearly make out teal blue and orange marks in addition to the gray and tan.




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[url=https://flic.kr/p/SmZmTK]https://flic.kr/p/SmZmTK

 

Jaitea

Master Member

• Feb 25, 2017

• #76

....& some more breakdowns of that shot:



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Ozzman78

Active Member

• Apr 26, 2017

• #77

Couple great ref shots of his R2 unit there!

 

StevenBills

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Jun 26, 2019

• #78

Man I love all of the space combat in R1. When they first announced that the filmed would be called 'Rogue One', I thought it was going to be a film about Rogue Squadron, with a lot of cool X-Wing combat.

Still waiting for that film.

SB

 

Analyzer

Master Member

• Jun 26, 2019

• #79

StevenBills said:

Man I love all of the space combat in R1. When they first announced that the filmed would be called 'Rogue One', I thought it was going to be a film about Rogue Squadron, with a lot of cool X-Wing combat.

Still waiting for that film.

SB

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Here it is!

distilled down to only 9 minutes of all space battle

Space & Aerial Battle of Scarif Supercut HD

 

thegnome

Sr Member

• Jun 26, 2019

• #80

Awesome references