Hi all!

Finally finished (more or less) my Interdictor. Here are some pictures. Enjoy!

I'm not completely, totally, 100% done yet - I want to touch up the engines a bit and I still need to paint the hangar bay. But you get the gist of it!

Now I have to sit down and finish it... Looks good. Ready to do some play tests with the available customs?

I wish I had money, that looks official.

Interested to see how, and which version, gets tested!

Now I have to sit down and finish it... Looks good. Ready to do some play tests with the available customs?

Yeah, I'd like to. I haven't actually been able to play much so far, but I'll try to start getting some more games in now that Wave 1 is out.

That looks stunning! Great job!

PM me the link to get it pleASE

That looks stunning! Great job!

Thanks! I'm anxious to see what you, Wes, and Mel are cooking up. Y'all need to hurry up and get yours painted, the Empire needs you!

Here's another pretty good pic that I somehow forgot to include in the OP.

You can hide, Rebel scum, but you can't run!

Try an Interdictir sortie with GSD?

I'm awaiting my Interdictor to ship with a customs corvette and gozanti. So eager! I'll be unveiling it as the base of operations for a main antagonist in my Edge of the Empire campaign.

I ordered Black, Strong, and Flexible. I'm looking for tips on removing the grain without affecting detail. I know you picked up Frosted Ultra Detail, but do you have any suggestions?

You also got the colour scheme bang on to match the FFG Imperial paint schemes. I read that you used an oil and a specific grey, would you be so kind as to list here the paints you used? I am new to painting and want to buy the right stuff.

I'm awaiting my Interdictor to ship with a customs corvette and gozanti. So eager! I'll be unveiling it as the base of operations for a main antagonist in my Edge of the Empire campaign.

I ordered Black, Strong, and Flexible. I'm looking for tips on removing the grain without affecting detail. I know you picked up Frosted Ultra Detail, but do you have any suggestions?

You also got the colour scheme bang on to match the FFG Imperial paint schemes. I read that you used an oil and a specific grey, would you be so kind as to list here the paints you used? I am new to painting and want to buy the right stuff.

I actually don't have any experience working with BSF or WSF but I know that with that or FUD it's important to wash the model with warm water and go over it with a toothbrush before you paint it to get the mold gunk off. I've heard of people sanding or filing the grain on WSF/BSF but I don't know much about that, I'm afraid!

I can tell you about how I painted mine, though. I started off with a black spray primer basecoat (brand was Army Painter, which is great), then did a basecoat of Citadel Celestra Gray. I like Citadel basecoat paints because you only have to do one coat to get a good solid base.

From there I did a complete wash of the model in Citadel Nuln Oil (which is the name of the color, but it's not oil, it's an ink wash). If you've never used ink washes before, they're AMAZING. I water my inks down to taste, but you can more or less use Citadel stuff right out of the bottle in my experience. The ink will naturally flow into all the recesses and give you great shades. Once you have a good ink wash on the whole model (which might take a couple of coats), all you have to do is pick out the raised areas with a lighter colored paint.

For mine, I did the darker panels with Citadel Dawnstone, a darker gray. Sometimes I would wash just that panel to get a slightly darker color. The lighter panels I did with Citadel Administratum Gray. I did some edge highlighting with Administratum mixed with a little bit of white paint.

Lastly, and this is really important - I brushed the whole model with Citadel 'ard Coat (a gloss varnish) and then sprayed it with Army Painter Anti-Shine Matte Varnish - which takes away the shinyness of the inks and the gloss varnish and gives it a nice flat finish like you see on the official FFG models.

I hope this model looks impressive, but I would be the first to tell you that I'm really NOT a great painter - I have a reasonably steady hand but that's it. The results you see here are VERY easy to achieve if you have the right materials!

Good luck!

Looks official, really nice work!

I'm awaiting my Interdictor to ship with a customs corvette and gozanti. So eager! I'll be unveiling it as the base of operations for a main antagonist in my Edge of the Empire campaign.

I ordered Black, Strong, and Flexible. I'm looking for tips on removing the grain without affecting detail. I know you picked up Frosted Ultra Detail, but do you have any suggestions?

You also got the colour scheme bang on to match the FFG Imperial paint schemes. I read that you used an oil and a specific grey, would you be so kind as to list here the paints you used? I am new to painting and want to buy the right stuff.

I actually don't have any experience working with BSF or WSF but I know that with that or FUD it's important to wash the model with warm water and go over it with a toothbrush before you paint it to get the mold gunk off. I've heard of people sanding or filing the grain on WSF/BSF but I don't know much about that, I'm afraid!

I can tell you about how I painted mine, though. I started off with a black spray primer basecoat (brand was Army Painter, which is great), then did a basecoat of Citadel Celestra Gray. I like Citadel basecoat paints because you only have to do one coat to get a good solid base.

From there I did a complete wash of the model in Citadel Nuln Oil (which is the name of the color, but it's not oil, it's an ink wash). If you've never used ink washes before, they're AMAZING. I water my inks down to taste, but you can more or less use Citadel stuff right out of the bottle in my experience. The ink will naturally flow into all the recesses and give you great shades. Once you have a good ink wash on the whole model (which might take a couple of coats), all you have to do is pick out the raised areas with a lighter colored paint.

For mine, I did the darker panels with Citadel Dawnstone, a darker gray. Sometimes I would wash just that panel to get a slightly darker color. The lighter panels I did with Citadel Administratum Gray. I did some edge highlighting with Administratum mixed with a little bit of white paint.

Lastly, and this is really important - I brushed the whole model with Citadel 'ard Coat (a gloss varnish) and then sprayed it with Army Painter Anti-Shine Matte Varnish - which takes away the shinyness of the inks and the gloss varnish and gives it a nice flat finish like you see on the official FFG models.

I hope this model looks impressive, but I would be the first to tell you that I'm really NOT a great painter - I have a reasonably steady hand but that's it. The results you see here are VERY easy to achieve if you have the right materials!

Good luck!

Thank you soOo much this is fantastic information. I shall go shopping for mats and give this a try once it comes in.

I was at my FLGS and a guy mentioned a few ways, including glue, of removing the grainy stuff but leaving the detail. I'll have to ask him about it again on Monday and pay closer attention, maybe take notes.

I thought the black rather than white of my ship would mean I don't need to spray it black beforehand. I hope that holds true.

If you have not yet, maybe post your painted Immobilizer on Mel's store page for the item. You have truly done a great job. It will incite others to purchase.

I would still base coat. Don't try to cut steps with a model you spent money on... It will come back and bite you with an inferior result:(

For the grain use paint on gloss sealer. You will sacrifice a little detail but ya just have to accept it. The price you pay for the cheaper material. My Vindicator showed up with a tower broken off the bridge and not in the package so I'm negotiating with Shapeways how they will fix that.

Mine was missing too. I think they are breaking even before shipping.

My FLGS suggested I pass on a base coat since the primer is meant to create a surface for the paint to adhere to - a role fulfilled by the strong/flexible material of the ship.

I had a chat about how to remove the grainy feel. PVA glue layers were discussed but a reduction in quality is somewhat dubious given the strong/flexible material is already less detail than FUD.

The other option that was suggested is not for the novice I am - using plastic type glue and the magick of timing to have the glue eat at the grainy model, leaving behind the detail.

Ultimately, he said just very gently sand the model after washing it

I'm so excited to try this project. Last weekend I had my toddler and I making asteroid obstacles out of sea sponge ^___^

My FLGS suggested I pass on a base coat since the primer is meant to create a surface for the paint to adhere to - a role fulfilled by the strong/flexible material of the ship.

I had a chat about how to remove the grainy feel. PVA glue layers were discussed but a reduction in quality is somewhat dubious given the strong/flexible material is already less detail than FUD.

The other option that was suggested is not for the novice I am - using plastic type glue and the magick of timing to have the glue eat at the grainy model, leaving behind the detail.

Ultimately, he said just very gently sand the model after washing it

I'm so excited to try this project. Last weekend I had my toddler and I making asteroid obstacles out of sea sponge ^___^

Yeah, I honestly moved to FUD because I felt it was lower maintenance than prepping WSF. It can be pretty involved from what I hear.

Hey horse, what colors did you use for the engine glow?

Vallejo Model Color has some leveling properties. Also, army painter primer applied properly will get you some smoothness at the cost of some detail.

Neither will fix really rough stuff though.

I have been watching YouTube videos and quite often they seem to use acetone vapour. I'm not sure whether that's something I want - I think sanding would likely be a safer better (less explosive as well) but the premise seems sound.

So my Shapeways order is 75% complete and the target ship date is today. The remaining 25% is the only reason I ordered in the first place - the Interdictor.

Has anyone else had delays in the completion of their order due to the Interdictor? I'm worried if it doesn't ship soon it won't arrive in time for its use.

When sanding I use 200 grit sandpaper. It has worked wonders on resin and soft plastic. I also have a brush set I picked up at Home Depot that included steel, brass and plastic bristle brushes. The brass and plastic are used a lot for smoothing out rough spots.

So my Shapeways order is 75% complete and the target ship date is today. The remaining 25% is the only reason I ordered in the first place - the Interdictor.

Has anyone else had delays in the completion of their order due to the Interdictor? I'm worried if it doesn't ship soon it won't arrive in time for its use.

The previous 3d design for the Interdictor had somewhat weak antennas; some of us have had issues because of that. Mel uploaded a strengthened version some time last week which should correct the problem, but if you placed your order before that, there are good chances your print will be affected.