Fine Molds Slave 1

[2tall]

Hi all, I've had this kit since around 2015 or so and I recently finished it up. There are some greeblies added to the wing and strut undercarriage areas, as well as a Micro Machines Action Fleet Boba Fett figure, which looks to be a closer size than the small pilot figure included in the kit.

 

[JNordgren42]

Well done!

 

[Jun Austria]

Fantastic paint job. Good work.

 

[joberg]

Great job

 

[2tall]

Thanks everyone for the kind words! I have to shout out to John Mersea and Guy Cowen on the colors, they really have the colors down.

One last shot, below, I think captures how the ship looks in everyday life. It almost has a greyed out look to it due to grime and grey dust color over sprays that were applied.

 

[Analyzer]

Excellent!

The weathering and colors look perfect

 

[jake88]

The last shot is totally a Ralph Macquarie matt painting exact replica! Brilliant!

 

[The 48th Ronin]

The last shot is totally a Ralph Macquarie matt painting exact replica! Brilliant!

That was actually one of the few that McQuarrie didn't paint - it was done by Harrison Ellenshaw and actually incorporated a photograph of the model.

But that was exactly what I thought of as well, 2tall - nice fading/greying of the colors. Well done

 

[bwize]

Beautiful paint and weathering job. I am currently working on this model and a little nervous about the paint job, lol

 

[Jack2155]

Nice build!

 

[Analyzer]

That was actually one of the few that McQuarrie didn't paint - it was done by Harrison Ellenshaw and actually incorporated a photograph of the model.

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But that was exactly what I thought of as well, 2tall - nice fading/greying of the colors. Well done

They also flipped/mirror imaged that shot

that is actually the other side of the ship. This should have been the correct orientation for the shot

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Well that's weird - I've never noticed that before.

So it's flipped in the film...

I wonder why they did that.

 

[ProfKSergeev]

Excellent build, but thread title is misleading: this is Boba Fett's starship. I don't understand why we all can't just do what the Mouse wants.

 

[Jaitea]

Fantastic paint job 2Tall

Looks perfect

J

 

[joberg]

Well that's weird - I've never noticed that before.

So it's flipped in the film...

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I wonder why they did that.

Ask the D.P.

 

[Toadmeister]

I particularly like that green-grey color you used modeled on the sides of the ship, matches the ILM painting very well. It’s a tough color to get right.

Can you share what you used? Thanks

 

[2tall]

I particularly like that green-grey color you used modeled on the sides of the ship, matches the ILM painting very well. It’s a tough color to get right.

Can you share what you used? Thanks

I believe that was Vallejo flat green with a little blue violet added to cool it down.

 

[Wolfsburg]

Looks fantastic! I'd love to have a nice Slave I model to display one of these days! I also never realized the ship is actually hovering in that matte painting!