Table of contents for the thread...

• My first Victory
• My first Neb and Corvette
• My first squadrons - X-Wings
• Rebel Fleet - Before the arrival of AFII and more Squadrons
• My first Tie-Fighter test run
• Battle report pictures
• Various Tie Squadrons completed along with a third Neb and Corvette
• Imperial Fleet so far including Gladiator
• More Tie Squadrons
• Rebel Fleet so far, including new Squadrons and AFII2
• Gladiator, Rebel Squadrons and AFII close ups
• Quick painting guide
• Re-Painted squadron markings on one VSD, re-visited the Neblons and Rebel Squadrons
• Another Rebel Fleet picture
• Testing out 'Dazzle Camouflage' on a third VSD
• AFII is weathered and given battle damage
• Second AFII is completed
• Third AFII joins the fleet

I've been out of miniature painting for a few years but with the advent of Armada have jumped back in.

First ship ready to go under the brush is my Victory II Star Destroyer.

The original plan was to start with white and progressively add shades to add depth and shadow.

This is how things started...

I the decided to cover the ship in Nuln Oil and then thought I'd ruined it. The wash changed the hue from a blue grey to a black grey and darkens the model massively.

So I took a far more traditional approach and did some edge highlighting to bring out the panel work and then used black lining to add spot definition.

I realised too late that I don't have any blue paint so for now the engines are turned off...

The final details will be using a black market to colour the edges of the card components.

Ultimately a grey star destroyer looks like all the other grey star destroyers but after what felt like a disaster with the Nuln Oil (so many peoples saviour paint) I'm very happy with how this ended up.

Gah that's a lot of edges.....but I have to say it looks quite sharp!

Yup, I much prefer sharp edge/line highlights over dry brushing. Especially when there are such large flat areas as well.

Rebels join the fight.

X-Wing squadrons checking in...

High contrast highlights to look good on the table. My eyes can't handle the detail like Ica's work.

Those look really good!

Those look really good!

Thank you! ☺️

The entire rebel fleet is assembled.

And a Tie Fighter test run. Purposefully chose to ignore the struts on the inside of the wings. Too much hassle and barely noticeable on the tabletop. Only 6 more squadrons to go for the game on Tuesday.

great job man (bow)

Nice unique take on those capital ships! For some reason that color scheme is giving me a steampunk vibe.

Great job on the squadrons. Your highlighting and shading job adds really good depth.

WOW ive been minis painting for 15 years and my stuff isn't this good. Well done. Ive been waiting for Wave 1 to paint my stuff. That's actually an excuse to keep playing video games.

Great Job and keep it up

Thanks for the kind words chaps.

Nice unique take on those capital ships! For some reason that color scheme is giving me a steampunk vibe.

I get what you mean, there is a very silver/brass/ivory feel to them. I think I'm going to make another pass over them with panel highlights in pure white to try and pull it back a bit from the brass/ivory spectrum.

Some shots from a recent game.

The Tie Fighters were all missing their final highlight (bar the one test stand).

Meanwhile Tarkin's struggles to bring his ship into the fight...

Amazing stuff, man. The fighters and VSDs especially. Top notch.

Thank you.

Something is bothering me about the rebel ships, the colour scheme just removes the Star Wars feel from them for me. I might re-paint them with various shades of grey and revert to the red stripes.

Ah just use those as pirate ships and grab more for the rebels

I love your stuff. I do agree with you a different scheme might work better on the Rebs, but fantastic work man. Something to aspire to for sure

I really like the look of the pre-nulned Victory, could you give a more detailed breakdown of how you achieved the look in the first picture?

I really like the look of the pre-nulned Victory, could you give a more detailed breakdown of how you achieved the look in the first picture?

I undercoated the ship white and painted on a layer of GW Ulthuan grey (very pale grey) and then I watered down Russ Grey (I think) and pained that into the recesses and lower sections of the hull using layers of watered down paint to build up the colour. Blending through transparency.

I'm painting some Wave 1 stuff tomorrow so will take a picture to illustrate this a bit better.

woooo, absolutely beautiful work.

I will put all my energy into admiring, and a little bit more into convincing myself mine are OK as is.......

Very inspiring. Like the rebel palette.

Malev

Those look really nice. If I may ask, the bases of the ships look really great. What did you do there?

those star destroyers look nasty bro.

wow...serious...great work on the fighters!