My MR Y-Wing Repaint

[EchoLeader]

Here's my repaint of an MR Y-Wing. Its not of any particular version though I tried to do a yellow jammer. Hope you like.

 

[ralphee]

Great one Rolando, looks better than the MR paint :thumbsup Ill get to finishing mine someday, gotta get back to that sucker lol. Id have maybe toned down some of the colors, im not baggin as i love it.

lee

 

[imaginager]

Very nice work. Weathering doesn't get any better than that.

Did you start fresh with new base coat, then build it back up?

 

[EchoLeader]

I painted the entire thing flat white and worked from there. The build up of washes gave it a dirty greyish look.

 

[moffeaton]

Simply gorgeous..

 

[GATORBAIT9696]

WOW, awesome

 

[propcollector]

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Looks Nice rolando

Excellent job

 

[streetjudge79]

Rolando, that came out awesome. Wanna paint mine now?

Steve

 

[PHArchivist]

Now THAT's the way it should look.

 

[del fargazer]

OMG :eek ... that is the best Y-Wing paint job I've seen.
You've done a marvelous job.
Fantastic work .. :thumbsup :thumbsup

 

[Zenwalker]

Looks Beautiful, much better than the MR paint job. Just wondering what type of paint you used, oil or acrylic, and also which brand ?

 

[EchoLeader]

I gave the entire piece a coat of regular Rustolium Flat White first beleive it or not. Straight out of the can. Once dried, I used Liqutex Acrylic Artist paints. I custom mix these to the initial base colors I require. This is what I used for the stripes and canopy. The rest was done using Winsor & Newton oil paints for the washes and dry brushing. I didn't use an airbrush at all.

There you have a Y-Wing repaint.

 

[Gold Leader]

Beautifull, just beautifull.
Those colours look spot-on and the weathering really gives it that "rode hard, put away wet" look.
Fantastic job :thumbsup .

 

[Boba Flint]

Ehh....it stinks, just like all your work.












Seriously, Great Job..

 

[RickDTM]

Excellent work Rolando.. Looks fantastic.

 

[rmschneider104]

Very nice. Lots of pics. Love them.

 

[Lynn TXP 0369]

Looks really good...

Lynn

 

[Clerval]

Very nice re-paint... I didn't get a look at this much before it came out, checking it out now, it looks as if the details kinda borrow from a few of the Ys... so, it's not meant to be a specific model, but a really solid representation of 'Y-Wing', maybe one that was uh... just off-screen?

Also, when you did the paint work, and this may be a time issue, did you ever consider taking it from a darker base, through a light primer, off white base, and then washes? You then could have knocked some of your chips into it, etc...

 

[DARKSIDE72]

Looks really great Rolando.

 

[EchoLeader]

Thanks for the compliments to all, it's very much appreciated. As I mentioned before, though this repaint doesn't represent any one particular Y-Wing, I feel that it does serve in the spirit of what was created originally.

As for the chipped paint on my version, I actually used a masking rubber compound with a brush and used this on the engine noses and cockpit nose. Since the original paint job that MR used was dark, I left it this way and just brushed on the compound onto this before spraying everything white. Once dried, I just remove the masking to reveal a chipped paint pattern. I also used an exacto and scraped other areas. The reason I went with pure white on my base coat is that I knew that when I applied the washes, this would darken the model. What's great about this method is you have control as to how dark you'd like to take it in small steps.

I know there are other methods that achieve different results but this is what has worked for me for years and is relatively easy to do once you know the method.