REPAINTS, CONVERSIONS & SCRATCH BUILD THREAD

By Gadge, in X-Wing

Bump to keep those fantastic paint jobs in view!

My elite Imperial squadron. I started painting bloodstripes whenever an individual ship reached 10 kills:

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very nice.

i've yet to have a TIE survive long enough to get ten kills :)

Expat, you do some nice work.. I like all the stripping, I may do some more myself..

Thank you oneway! Here's my Kath Scarlet:

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Very nice. I'm torn, I don't know if I wanna do a repaint of Kath, or a genaric.. lol.. or Krassis... just pulled one apart for possible lighting on the engines, bu that is looking like a nightmare to do.. mad respect for those who have lit the engines on those..

Finished!

As you can see, sealing with acrylic makes a huge difference in color tones:

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Added some engine glow:

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Side by side w/ stock YT-1300:

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The conversion ended up being only 1/8" or so longer than the stock model, mostly due to the sensor dish.

Corran's CorSec E-Wing:

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Nice, interesting to see a few people doing core sec repaints.

Finished!

As you can see, sealing with acrylic makes a huge difference in color tones:

Before: 591073_sm-YT-1300%20Conversion%201.jpg

After: 591381_sm-Millenium%20Falcon%2C%20X-Wing

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Added some engine glow:

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Side by side w/ stock YT-1300:

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The conversion ended up being only 1/8" or so longer than the stock model, mostly due to the sensor dish.

what did you build the hull extension on the red one out of, its very well done.

Oh a thread where we can legally brag about everything we've done? Sounds good to me! :D

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Those are cracking paint jobs and builds!

Agree with Gadge.. dont know which Kath I like better, they each have their merits... I just may have to do my own.. lol

what did you build the hull extension on the red one out of, its very well done.

Thanks! It's all styrene sheet / tubing / rod.

I was wanting to mod my Y-Wings to have actual, noticable turrets on them. Does anyone have a good source for turrets that are the right scale/look?

My attempt at a Firespray re-paint. Though I do enjoy painting these more than my Eldar.

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(Sorry for the blurriness...my camera sucks)

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Thank you oneway! Here's my Kath Scarlet: wbp9vn.jpg igcfvt.jpg

I really like the matt look on the dome canopy.

Most go for the glossy look but I think that looks better

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Lovely stuff Rob, considering doing the 'centre mount' cockpit on a YT myself.

I love the thruster glow on that transport. I'm vacillating between doing that and carving it up to wire in LED's.

airbrushing the glow seemed less work

Just the two I did up on my morning off:

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Rob Jedi - great work man, love the engine glow on the GR-75!

Start putting more modded ships on eBay. There's some nice $$$ to be had.