hoppin' on the bandai-wagon......x-wing style (finished!)

[astroboy]

Re: hoppin' on the bandai-wagon......x-wing style



A couple more

 

[Robiwon]

Re: hoppin' on the bandai-wagon......x-wing style

Looks fantastic. Paint job is absolutely beautiful. It's amazing how much detail there is in such a small model.

 

[astroboy]

Re: hoppin' on the bandai-wagon......x-wing style

Thanks. I still don't know what I'm doing. Some x-wing I see are so rough and weathered. Others look so controlled and thought out. And unfortunately the photos of red five are spotty at best. (Apparently it was destroyed)

 

[astroboy]

Re: hoppin' on the bandai-wagon......x-wing style

Finished!

 

[astroboy]

Re: hoppin' on the bandai-wagon......x-wing style

Two more.


I hate putting decals on 1/72 astromechs!

 

[Hope4Sun]

Re: hoppin' on the bandai-wagon......x-wing style

Loving the look of the paint job, I'm now attacking my 1/72 finemolds x-wing, first time with an airbrush in anger etc and so far the pre shading is ok, nice work on the spatter, I've dug out my fine line pens and will practice the same :thumbsup

 

[astroboy]

Re: hoppin' on the bandai-wagon......x-wing style

Loving the look of the paint job, I'm now attacking my 1/72 finemolds x-wing, first time with an airbrush in anger etc and so far the pre shading is ok, nice work on the spatter, I've dug out my fine line pens and will practice the same :thumbsup

There's not a ton of airbrushing that needs to be done on these smaller star wars models. Mostly just for taped off panels. All the other weathering is with oils and pigments.

Interestingly, there was some spatter that appeared unintentionally. I believe it was from loose pigment that I was blowing away. Anyway, it kinda looked good

 

[Hope4Sun]

Thanks for the info hopefully this weekend I can start the masking and hoping I don't fubar it up. I'll certainly be using some of your pics as reference.

 

[astroboy]

Be sure to spend a lot of time looking at the original ilm model. I often fall in to the trap of following someone else's build because I like it....forgetting to check in with the real resource


And I did use the decals for the red. I couldn't be bothered to tape off the wing markings.

 

[Hagoth]

What techniques are people using to make the Blue spirals on the laser cannon barrels? What did you do there?

 

[astroboy]

I used the decals that came with it.


If you don't already, you should use Mr. Softer on your decals. It helps them form to the model as if they're painted on

 

[Hagoth]

I have used model Masters Decal Set which would melt the decal into the panel lines and over rivets when you brushed it on over the top of the decal. I just looked it up and it looks like Mr. Mark Softer does something similar. Is there any real difference between the two? I also noticed that there is a product called Mr. Mark Setter for sticking the decal to the model. Have you ever used that product?

 

[astroboy]

They're probably the same product. I've never used the mark setter. I don't seem to have a problem with water so I don't bother with anything else