Newbie lurker - My SW builds....

Attirex

Well-Known Member

• Jan 4, 2018

• #1

Hey, everyone:

I normally build 1/48 aircraft, but have taken a few detours into Star Wars kits. Kind of hard not to with all the great stuff from Bandai. I can't praise them enough. I'm spoiled for sure, and going back to limited-run subjects will be hard.

In any event, I like most my SW craft to be absolutely filthy. Instead of going for a studio/filming miniature look, I imagine what they would look like in "reality" after being abused and are approaching end-of-life. My heavy weathering is probably not everyone's cup of tea, but it's a fun way to practice painting and airbrushing techniques.

Have the Bandai PG Falcon to tackle next, just psyching myself up to build it.

Thanks for looking!

A.F.

Fine Molds X-Wing:







Bandai Y-Wing:









Fine Molds TIE:







Bandai Snowspeeder:











Bandai AT-AT:









Bandai AT-ST:

 

StevenBills

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Jan 4, 2018

• #2

Very nice work on those kits. Love the detailing and weathering on that snowspeeder.

SB

 

Poakwoods

Active Member

• Jan 4, 2018

• #3

Beautiful. Very realistic. The weathering is not so heavy, it's spot on. I like them very much.

 

Attirex

Well-Known Member

• Jan 4, 2018

• #4

Thanks, guys!

 

bwize

Sr Member

• Jan 4, 2018

• #5

Beautiful job on those models! Love that AT-AT. Your paint and weathering is top notch, well done.

 

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blakeh1

Sr Member

• Jan 4, 2018

• #6

Great job on all of them!

I think the AT-AT is my favorite. Looks perfect

 

Guns Akimbo

Sr Member

• Jan 4, 2018

• #7

Very nice builds and weathering techniques!

 

joberg

Legendary Member

• Jan 5, 2018

• #8

Yep, the models and the paint job on them is ACE:cool Great weathering techniques for sure!!

 

Keycube

Well-Known Member

• Jan 5, 2018

• #9

These could be outright movie props. Fantastic!

 

Attirex

Well-Known Member

• Jan 5, 2018

• #10

Wow, thank you, guys! I'm my own worst critic (like most us) so wasn't sure how this would go.

 

Conranc

Well-Known Member

• Jan 5, 2018

• #11

These look awesome, really dig the snowspeeder!


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newmagrathea

Sr Member

• Jan 5, 2018

• #12

Very good work. Love the subtle paneling and weathering.

 

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Automaton

Well-Known Member

• Jan 6, 2018

• #13

Brilliant! All fantastic but the in-scale weathering on the snowspeeder, AT AT and AT ST make those in particular look like much bigger models. Great work.

 

Miles Kendig

Active Member

• Jan 6, 2018

• #14

Automaton said:

Brilliant! All fantastic but the in-scale weathering on the snowspeeder, AT AT and AT ST make those in particular look like much bigger models. Great work.

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I was going to post the same thing.

I jrecently finished building the AT-AT and AT-ST, and in contemplating painting them I've been very conscious of how easy it will be to screw up the scale of the weathering.
I've been looking at a lot of peoples work for inspiration and guidance, and I gotta say that while a lot of people have the fancy techniques down, very few that I've seen have nailed how to properly scale it to these smaller kits.

Your work is in a very rarefied class,Attirex- Bravo!

 

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scifiguy67

Active Member

• Jan 6, 2018

• #15

Excellent work

 

Attirex

Well-Known Member

• Jan 6, 2018

• #16

Thanks, everyone!

Miles--I found the same thing....AT-AT and AT-ST were the hardest to weather because of the scale and shapes. The AT-AT even more so because it's 1/144, so you have to scale down the weathering to match. I had to keep reminding myself that it's a very big machine, and not a 1/48 spaceship. :eek