Aggressor Class Star Destroyer

By Thrindal, in Star Wars: Armada Painting and Modification

I usually don't post in progress images but I got my Aggressor Class Star Destroyer from Mel Miniatures primed and realized how much I enjoy the priming process. It just makes all the details pop and, at least for me, its the first time you really get a feel for what the potential for the ship is.

So here it is in all its primed glory...

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Not sure yet if I will continue posting progress pictures because I will film the whole process anyway. All those grebblie mechanical bits are going to be interesting to paint, they obviously can't just be painted the same as the body color. Gonna be fun.

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Wow thats a big model. Can't wait to see it finished. Are you doing a standard aggressor or the Merciless?

4 hours ago, E-Man720 said:

Wow thats a big model. Can't wait to see it finished. Are you doing a standard aggressor or the Merciless?

Well I could never paint the logo on the Merciless, I have considered getting a Black Sun stencil and doing that. I also am not a big fan of painting models with a primary color of Black which is the Merciless. I am probably going to go with a slightly modified Standard color scheme, Mel included some great details in this model I would like to highlight. I may get started on it tomorrow so we will see how it goes.

You got Halo in my Star Wars... Looks great, dude.

22 hours ago, Thrindal said:

Well I could never paint the logo on the Merciless, I have considered getting a Black Sun stencil and doing that. I also am not a big fan of painting models with a primary color of Black which is the Merciless. I am probably going to go with a slightly modified Standard color scheme, Mel included some great details in this model I would like to highlight. I may get started on it tomorrow so we will see how it goes.

I just googled The Merciless. I forgot what it looked like. And yeah, nah. A Krayt Dragon skull might be a bit difficult.

I like black ships, they make a great canvas for more elaborate details

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1 hour ago, CenterPoint said:

I like black ships, they make a great canvas for more elaborate details

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Yes, but the rest of us are mere mortals remember....

That looks epic.

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Sorry for the image quality, just wanted to share the progress so far, Still needs a wash, some details and highlights.

That is... easily the ugliest Star Destroyer I've ever seen.

Nothing to do with your painting skills, or Mel's modelling skills - it's just that the design... makes my eyes bleed.

I have a serious hate for this ship because of Empire at War. Anything Zann Consortium related makes me want to delete planets with the death star. One ugly *** ship, but I am looking forward to your completed work Thrindal! Really been enjoying your videos and posts on here. :)

2 hours ago, BlueSquadronPilot said:

I have a serious hate for this ship because of Empire at War. Anything Zann Consortium related makes me want to delete planets with the death star. One ugly *** ship, but I am looking forward to your completed work Thrindal! Really been enjoying your videos and posts on here. :)

It is kinda ugly isn't it but it is one of my favorite EaW ships and in my opinion the best option for a Large Base "Scum" capitol ship. The larger the ship size the harder it is to find a good fit for a Scum Fleet.

My Aggressor SD arrived for my Mercenaries fleet today, along with a Recusant, a Dreadnaught, and a pack of IRD-A fighters to round out my CSA Picket fleet, and a space slug & a few squadrons of mynocks for some more aggressive scenarios.

12 hours ago, Thrindal said:

It is kinda ugly isn't it but it is one of my favorite EaW ships and in my opinion the best option for a Large Base "Scum" capitol ship. The larger the ship size the harder it is to find a good fit for a Scum Fleet.

It's the bridge that ruins the aesthetic I think. It looks good, but the bridge is out of place.

On 3/7/2018 at 10:01 PM, CenterPoint said:

I like black ships, they make a great canvas for more elaborate details

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I see you found the seven dragon balls, I guess that explains the Raddus' ability now. :P

I finished up on the Aggressor. I posted a heavily edited and trimed video of the steps I took to paint it.

Here are some Pictures...

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6 hours ago, Thrindal said:

I finished up on the Aggressor. I posted a heavily edited and trimed video of the steps I took to paint it.

Here are some Pictures...

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nbRQoOd.jpg

dpAOKbs.jpg

FOJNtwR.jpg

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4coYNES.jpg

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Wow that looks epic.

in my opinion you should put some very much thinned bolt gun or chainmail where you had your mechanicus grey, to get a "metallic" finish

good video anyhow, hope I get my own aggressor one day, or three