Hi all

I've been painting for a long time, but never anything as small scale as Armada. I have a commission painting studio here in my area (OK) but have mainly been painting endless streams of Warmachine or Infinity and 40k. With the release of CC my FLGS is having a big multi-campaign event starting in January so I wanted to get all my fighters painted up before then. I've got a pic of that below. But today I realized something: painting those tiny snub fighters is a pain! Nor do I care to do a bunch of fancy brushwork and advanced techniques on these. But what triggered this realization was painting the Shadow Caster this afternoon. These larger 'rogue' ships are a LOT more enjoyable to paint! So here is Ketsu's Shadow Caster.

And all the other fighters

Nicely done, love the colours.

Thanks! Tried my best to copy the colors from the show.

Also: please ignore the horrible texturing. This stuff is TINY lol >.<

Hi all

I've been painting for a long time, but never anything as small scale as Armada. I have a commission painting studio here in my area (OK) but have mainly been painting endless streams of Warmachine or Infinity and 40k. With the release of CC my FLGS is having a big multi-campaign event starting in January so I wanted to get all my fighters painted up before then. I've got a pic of that below. But today I realized something: painting those tiny snub fighters is a pain! Nor do I care to do a bunch of fancy brushwork and advanced techniques on these. But what triggered this realization was painting the Shadow Caster this afternoon. These larger 'rogue' ships are a LOT more enjoyable to paint! So here is Ketsu's Shadow Caster.

And all the other fighters

These are gorgeous. Maybe after I've had enough practice painting a.k.a. ruining my X-wing ships I'll work on all the smaller Armada fighters. I'll be okay with 15-20% this quality.

Thanks! Tried my best to copy the colors from the show.

Also: please ignore the horrible texturing. This stuff is TINY lol >.<

No idea what show we're talking about, but I tend to just sit in the corner and hum at that point . Texturing can indeed be a bit unpleasant at that scale.

Thanks benskywalker!

@Darthain

oops my bad. Rebels! Ketsu and her Shadow Caster are in Rebels. So I just googled a screencap of that.

Yeah I have never worked on anything smaller than 28mm, until now. Im not a fan lol

Great detailing, but crying out for a wash

Great detailing, but crying out for a wash

Nah, I prefer this look. The bright overhead light does wash out some of the detail, but I DID actually start with a wash: then went back and highlighted the raised parts. Here's a pic of the Ghost...maybe that will show it better. I don't like the 'grungy and stained' look...IMO, washes should be used to add depth and detail, but not left as-is

What colors did you use for the Rebel original squadrons? Also, love the work on that Ghost.

Great detail! Awesome work.

Really straight looking lines, Colour me jealous as I cannot make lines to save my life.

What colors did you use for the Rebel original squadrons? Also, love the work on that Ghost.

Glad you like it!

So I primed them all with Vallejo's Grey Primer using an airbrush. Then a basecoat of Deck Tan (Vallejo Model Color), then a wash of Agrax Earthshade (Citadel), re-did the lines/panels in Deck Tan again, Dark Grey for the engines and cockpits (VMC), a wash of Armor Wash on the grey parts (P3 Paints), highlight again with Dark Grey. The red squadron colors were also VMC, Cavalry Brown. On the B-wings it was Field Blue (VMC) and on the Y-wings, Sun Yellow (Vallejo Game Color). These are all paints I have for painting minis...if I'd had to buy them I probably would have gone with Citadel colors because they're easier to get at my FLGS although I hate the high prices.

Hope that helps

@Darthain, glad you like the lines haha. It's just a matter of washing to shade the outlines, and then to get the straight panel edges, put paint on the brush and then pull it side-ways across the surface. In other words, you're using the flattened 'side' of the brush bristles, instead of the tip.

Also: use magnifying glasses. Helps a ton

May I ask for a closeup on the A and the X-Wings?

May I ask for a closeup on the A and the X-Wings?

Sure thing!

I didn't do close-ups before because I dont think these are as good. More for the 'swarm' effect

You're kidding? I think those A-Wing are superb! Xs are very nice too of course, I just prefer them to look slightly less "regular"

Really clean style, love it.

Agree, those As are magnificient.

Thanks guys The A wings are actually my least favorite because of how simple they look lol. But I guess thats why I generally prefer Rebels to Imperials