Custom Painted X-Wings

By aadh, in Star Wars: Armada

I really wasn't in love with the fighters in this game [aesthetically] but my perspective changed after painting the X-Wings.

All four flights:

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Engine color looks better in person, but you get the idea:

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Bunch of straight-shooters with various astromech colors:

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Ragtag rebels:

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L-R, Biggs, Luke, and Wedge. Was careful to match each's specific paint scheme from the film:

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Painting TIE fighters next! Thanks for looking.

what are you using for brushes and paint?

what are you using for brushes and paint?

Blick Royal Langnickel Majestic brushes and Citadel paints.

size brushes? 4-0?

3/0, actually. I don't own any smaller brushes yet.

I really admire your work! I have been thinking about painting my own armada model but I haven't found any tutorial that covers the best way to do this. I think I found the right brushes through Hobby Lobby, but would you mind explaining your process to an amateur like myself?