Did an Xwing and TIE Fighter paint up to see how I wanted to paint the rest of the squadrons.

Cleaned the minis using just water and an old tooth brush. Let dry. Then used cheap craft acrylic paints and painted them up. When paint was dry, I used an exacto knife to scrape off the sloppier lines and clean up the look. I washed the Xwing in GW's Devlan Mud and then sealed with a matte sealer.

Nice!

Looks Great!

Did you have to HOT WATER your TIEs first. Mine are all bent.

Did an Xwing and TIE Fighter paint up to see how I wanted to paint the rest of the squadrons.

Cleaned the minis using just water and an old tooth brush. Let dry. Then used cheap craft acrylic paints and painted them up. When paint was dry, I used an exacto knife to scrape off the sloppier lines and clean up the look. I washed the Xwing in GW's Devlan Mud and then sealed with a matte sealer.

I love that you did the blaster cannons on the ties.

Tell me you put dots in for the ion engines! Pictures! Now!

These look great! I'm going to try the same paint setup and I am going to do the stand and peg in black for Rebel and Imp.

Thanks all! To answer a few questions, I didn't have to hot water my TIEs but I haven't checked all of them to see if I'll need to do that to some yet.

Painting the stands is pretty cool but I tend to prefer clear. I've seen some pretty cool painted stands in Xwing though.

To my shame I did not do the ion engines I've always been confused as to where they are and what color. Checking out this image shows basically nothing:

This blurry shot looks bluish-white:

Maybe I'll go with that.

Thanks all! To answer a few questions, I didn't have to hot water my TIEs but I haven't checked all of them to see if I'll need to do that to some yet.

Painting the stands is pretty cool but I tend to prefer clear. I've seen some pretty cool painted stands in Xwing though.

To my shame I did not do the ion engines I've always been confused as to where they are and what color. Checking out this image shows basically nothing:

This blurry shot looks bluish-white:

Maybe I'll go with that.

Try this:

Or watch this for various cannon examples.

you know, I've always wondered what the big crater between the engines was

you know, I've always wondered what the big crater between the engines was