While the standard pre-painted finish is excellent, I decided to take my amateur painting skills and have some fun painting some ships as characters from Sonic the Hedgehog, a franchise that has been dear to me for nearly my entire life. I'm not much of a painter and these ships will look inherently silly but I'm hoping for any and all comments about ways I captured the character's aesthetic and such opportunities that I missed. Here we go!
First is an A-Wing inspired by Amy Rose. The miniature was washed with Games Workshop's Badab Black wash to dirty it up and then sealed with Testors Dullcote for durability and a matte finish. A note on the design, the red and white motif is mirrored on the bottom of the ship as well.
Second is another A-Wing (it is the fastest rebel dial after all) inspired by the titular character Sonic the Hedgehog. Like the Amy Rose ship, the miniature was washed with Games Workshop's Badab Black to darken and dirty it and then sealed with Testors Dullcote. To reflect the peach color only being on the character's chest I painted the underside completely blue rather than mirroring the design of the top of the ship.
As you can see, these are plenty silly but in an odd way I like the way they come together. I am currently doing a X-Wing and will be doing at least a Y-Wing and maybe even a YT-1300 if I find the right character to base it on; any ideas? I am trying to have the ships fit each character to a degree (Sonic with the fastest dial and Amy following suit to give chase) and I'm having trouble figuring out who fits the YT-1300. I also have plans for the HWK-290 and B-Wing when they release (anyone wanna guess who will be which ship?), after keeping one of each with the stock paintjob of course.
Also, here is a simple Star Wars EU 181st TIE Interceptor; so simple, so quick, yet it really makes it stand out!
What do you guys think?
