Imperial Department of Artistic Misadventures [CWC]

By The Jabbawookie, in Star Wars: Armada Painting and Modification

Hello and welcome to IDAM. Advice, critiques, praise and mockery are all welcome as I stumble my way through trying to paint. ☺️

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The MC75 Savior.

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Gold Squadron.

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Prototype B6.

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The VSD Gallant .

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The Pelta-class medical frigate Respite .

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Assorted shady characters.

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Red Squadron.

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Rancor and Hammer Squadron Y-wings.

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The Ghost and friends.

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Blue Squadron survivors.

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The Liberator .

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Asteroids.

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Debris fields.

Your x-wings look amazing!

I really like the details on the medical frigate, very nice. Keep up your work, everything gets better with a little practice

Ilove the Y-WIngs, and the Pelta too. Looks like GAR-ready :)

What colour(s) do you use for the basic bodywork of rebel fighters?

If you could express in Games Workshop colours that would be helpful as that’s my closest store

Many thanks & great work!

3 hours ago, ISD Avenger said:

What  colour(s) do you use for the basic bodywork of rebel fighters?

 If you could express in Games Workshop colours that would be helpful as that’s my closest store

For all of them I apply 1-2 coats of Ceramite White (thinning slightly with water because the texture seems to be otherwise pretty poor for this particular color.) Nuln Oil once everything’s done. Gold Squadron didn’t take any gray; the oil was instead left off in certain places like the cockpit. Darker-hulled Y-wings used Administratum Gray as a base coat instead of white.

How did you do up the asteroids and debris? Been wanting to get some 3d obstacles but they're hard to find/expensive so this DIY with spare stands and ships/squads looks neat :)

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2 hours ago, Muelmuel said:

How did you do up the asteroids and debris? Been    wanting to get some 3d obstacles but they're hard to find/expensive so this DIY with spare stands and ships/squads looks neat :) 

Thanks! It takes about two stands per obstacle, 5/3 if you optimize: one for the base, one to be cut up. The cut up lengths of squadron stand are superglued as connectors to keep everything together. The asteroids are rocks covered in astrogranite; the debris fields use pieces from Metal Earth steel model kits, bent and painted. The actual sacrificial ships are slashed with a hot knife for laser fire or a poked with a soldering iron for torpedo hits, both highlighted in orange.

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Left to right: Jester Squadron, Backblast , Vaapad Squadron, Hellbat .

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Noble Squadron, Maramere Dart .

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Buyer's Remorse , Dune Adder .

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Fool's Errand .

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Fortitude .

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The Arquitens is amazing!

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An experiment with a spare TIE Advanced and a staple (the cannons.) The paint job needs work, but I think the modifications have potential.

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Agreed, you may consider cutting down the wings a little .

The Lady Misfortune .

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Clarity .

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Clone Wars Squadron contest entries!

Swarm entry: Pursuit Group Zero

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More squads.

CWC bomber entry: Hyena-class droid bomber.

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CWC wild ace entry: Nax Cirvan.

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CWC legendary squadron: DFS-311.

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Calli Trilm (not an entry.)

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Excellent work

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"You know that pristine, bone-white paint job?"

"Yeah."

"Let's go with the opposite of that."

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Squad Seven.

More Belbullabs and Jedi to put off painting a billion Vultures and Torrents:

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Anakin Skywalker.

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Plo Koon.

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Ahsoka Tano.

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Tol Skorr.

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Darts D'nar.

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N'won Raines.

On 1/16/2021 at 9:23 PM, The Jabbawookie said:

More Belbullabs and Jedi to put off painting a billion Vultures and Torrents:

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Anakin Skywalker.

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Plo Koon.

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Ahsoka Tano.

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Tol Skorr.

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Darts D'nar.

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N'won Raines.

Beautiful brush work as always! When it comes to your attempt to put off the inevitable...

Brave but foolish tactics my friend. You are secretly betting that the next wave will come out before you are forced to paint all those Vultures and Torrents. I sympathize, but it is the road to madness. Accept that those monotonous little pain-in-the-arses just need to be boxed up and shipped to @Drasnighta for a quality paint job.

;)

Sorry Dras.

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35 minutes ago, cynanbloodbane said:

Accept that those monotonous little pain-in-the-arses just need to be boxed up and shipped to @Drasnighta for a quality paint job.

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B-but- 7 stands are done! There's only... 33... more! They can be done by 8AM!

I can quit any time I want!

Oh hey, this isn't coffee. It's balsamic vinegar. How'd that happen?

9 hours ago, The Jabbawookie said:

Oh hey, this isn't coffee. It's balsamic vinegar. How'd that happen?

Have you ever accidentally drunk your Paint Water instead of your Coffee?

Sure, everyone has.

Bet I'm one of the few who has, at that point in time, shrugged and just kept drinking.

14 hours ago, Drasnighta said:

Have you ever accidentally drunk your Paint Water instead of your Coffee?

Sure, everyone has.

Bet I'm one of the few who has, at that point in time, shrugged and just kept drinking.

Kinda. I had apparently been rinsing my brushes in my coffee without realizing for half an hour. Yes I finished the cup! I don't let good coffee go to waste!

1 minute ago, cynanbloodbane said:

Kinda. I had apparently been rinsing my brushes in my coffee without realizing for half an hour. Yes I finished the cup! I don't let good coffee go to waste!

I, too have indulged in the occasional paint latte.

Can’t let a project dry half-complete.

Can’t paint with a withdrawal headache.

What’s one to do? All great art requires sacrifice.