I like the Han fluff because it leaves me a lot of artistic liberty. And an alpine scheme with character touches would be pretty cool right down to a "Solo" name plate under the cockpit. Also I would have to add a bumper sticker style decal somewhere on the back reading: "My other ride is the Millennium Falcon" (will not be re-produced on mini due to the bounds of physics and having fat hands).

The Han fluff also gives you a good "feel" for the ship, as you get to see it in combat, which showcases its capabilities and its limitations. Plus, you get to see Han flying a snub, which is amazing!

As it stands so far Jedhead is in the lead, try and knock him off folks.

Just a bump of sorts to refresh this contest, looking to see if anyone knows where to attain Twi'lek Pin-up decals? Nose art anyone?

no, not a serious suggestion,

just put off doing some research,

and getting to it now.

I actually like that yellow/white of gotthard's there. A little WW crossover

So I went through a ridiculous number of paint schemes
and cut it down to two that stood out to me as cool.
The red and yellow stripes, and the Greed squadron:









I can't say why as I had a lot of trouble tracking down any fluff on these,
but I lean towards the green squadron one.
I was also quite surprised at the large number of variants that there are:

I always liked Rial Pernon's z-95 from the rogue squadron comics... the strip as a serpent, and large dragonesque wings painted over the wings...

Well as it stands Jedhead will be receiving the Han flavoured Z-95 mini. I will officially close this contest at midnight on Sunday. Any last minute entries, this is your chance.

Does that mean I've held on for the win? I am actually pretty excited about it, kept checking the thread to see other ideas but hoping I would win all the while!