OH DEAR. I hate to make a thread about this, it seems SO horribly egotistical but... AAAAHHHHH HERE GOES NOTHING!

So you guys have outstanding paintjobs! I cannot hope to compare, but here's mine, and what I wanted to do...

So, the idea was to have WWII inspired paintjobs. The Corsair, Zero, and Lightning all seemed very appropriate, and I did just that!

Eeeh. It could have come out better.

Sorry for the cruddy quality. I don't have a nice camera, gotta' use my 3DS... Which, I could have used those finances for a camera buuuuuuut starfox, and stuff.

I'm most proud of the X-wing however.

I think its my best. I thank Johann Sebastian Bach's Air on G-string for the concentration being at all possible during this nigh insurmountable task. I repainted basically everything on the X-wing, aside from a couple of missed spots inside of the wings and on the very, very side of them. The colors work well enough, mixed them from six basic colors.

What disappointed me was my lack of ability to get that awesome rebel roundel I designed onto the fighter. On both the A-wing and X-wing. I just can't work on that scale with stuff I bought from Wal-Mart.

These were my very first time ever painting something so small, however. So I'm relatively proud of them! Also not pictured here, are little bits of engine glow in the X-wing! Suitably pink, too.

So, what do you think? And please, go ahead and share yours too! I'd love to see as many custom paintjobs as possible. To me, that's half the fun with this game..!

Nice job I'm all new to this game and not sure if I'm ever gonna devote the time and money to begin making my own paint jobs BUT I absolutely love to see how others do theirs. Now as a non pro non experienced miniature gamer overall I'd say they look just awesome care to share the process of how you did it in a PM?

No need for PMs. I just got some paint from my local miniature store, a couple of tiny brush kits from Wal-Mart, and a lot of patience. No need to keep secrets of a trade here- everyone should have the chance to get better from advice and shared techniques.

I actually really like the X-Wing. How much for it?

Ninja'd

I actually really like the X-Wing. How much for it?

NOOOONE! I TAKE NONE FOR IT! 'TIS MY PR- okay that'll be about tree fiddy.

No really though I would never sell my X-wing stuff lol. I love it too much. Gives me somethin' to do. Glad you like the X-wing! It's my favorite out of the bunch too..!

Lol, dude, I'm actually building a Corsair in 1:32 scale at the moment.

Seriously, I'm planning on doing some repaints myself eventually.

One thing I highly recommend doing though is a wash. Get some India ink and alcohol from Walmart (the ink is with the fountain pens) and dilute it to about 1:3 ink/alcohol. Then slather it on the ship and wipe off the excess. The ink will flow into the crevices and make it look like it did when you took it out of the box.

Great schemes! What you could probably do to enhance the looks a bit more:

-on the A-wing I would wash the whole structure with a diluted wash of GW Ogryn flesh.

-The Y-wing could profit from a last layer of light grey highlight. Probably mixing a bit of white with the lightest grey you've used on the model would do the bit

-I would then finish all of them of by drybrushing small amounts of metal paint on some spots of the models.

hope this helps...

lazy gammer here.

im not painting any xwing stuff i buy.

why you ask?

cause its already painted!

between my orks, space marines, chaos marines, and nids, i have over 12,000 points and maybe 6 units painted.
i play for the strategy and not the painting.

also not very good at it so they look better as codex grey.

Myeah, if it wasn't for the fact you need to first rinse it for the old paint I might give it a try once I have an x-wing to spare.

Captain: Thanks for sharing. So you just painted on top of the old paint? Didn't think it would turn out good doing that.

outstanding. the x-wing is my favourite. very cool.

Thanks for the tips guys!

Lol, dude, I'm actually building a Corsair in 1:32 scale at the moment.

Seriously, I'm planning on doing some repaints myself eventually.

One thing I highly recommend doing though is a wash. Get some India ink and alcohol from Walmart (the ink is with the fountain pens) and dilute it to about 1:3 ink/alcohol. Then slather it on the ship and wipe off the excess. The ink will flow into the crevices and make it look like it did when you took it out of the box.

I gotta' try that. That's really smart.

Great schemes! What you could probably do to enhance the looks a bit more:

-on the A-wing I would wash the whole structure with a diluted wash of GW Ogryn flesh.

-The Y-wing could profit from a last layer of light grey highlight. Probably mixing a bit of white with the lightest grey you've used on the model would do the bit

-I would then finish all of them of by drybrushing small amounts of metal paint on some spots of the models.

hope this helps...

Will give that a go when I can. What IS drybrushing, though?

Myeah, if it wasn't for the fact you need to first rinse it for the old paint I might give it a try once I have an x-wing to spare.
Captain: Thanks for sharing. So you just painted on top of the old paint? Didn't think it would turn out good doing that.

Yep! Just painted right on top of it. No real issues seen here.

outstanding. the x-wing is my favourite. very cool.

Thank you very, very much. So far, the X-wing seems to be the most popular, heh.

I uh. I actually plan to take an HWK-290 and do some major reworking on it that MIGHT not just be paint, too...

Drybrushing is when you get a little paint on the paintbrush, then rub it against a paper towel or sponge until there's just barely enough to color with. Then rub the paintbrush on the areas you want highlighted with the color.

My only concern with that is drybrushing often looks exactly like what it is . . .

Nice I am digging those choices.

Great idea, and well done!

I dig the A-Wing. Then again, you can see why by my avatar photo...

Awesome, Awesome and Awesome!!!!!! I to love the X wing but I love them all!!! The Corsair is my favorite WWII airplane next the P-51 and the Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the….

No but seriously a Fire Spray done in the yellow Messerschmitt Bf 109 colors would be so cool.

I think I might have to do one myself!

Awesome, Awesome and Awesome!!!!!! I to love the X wing but I love them all!!! The Corsair is my favorite WWII airplane next the P-51 and the Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the….

No but seriously a Fire Spray done in the yellow Messerschmitt Bf 109 colors would be so cool.

I think I might have to do one myself!

Yeah that would look fairly awesome That yellow just pops, and the 2 tone grey and biege would suit one no end.

For the rebel logo, two suggestions;

1) Get a finer brush from a craft store. Probably finer than anything you will get from Walmart, but you should get a decent one for a couple of dollars. Your life will become much easier with it. But save it for when you are painting tricky things like logos, window "frames" etc, use your thicker brushes for bigger stuff like panels and ink washes.

2) Keep it simple. At very small scales, you can give the "impression" of the shape without replicating it. For example,if you do a neat red circle, then take two notches out from the base colour, you have a clear Rebel symbol.

Also, I'd endorse the ink/washing idea. Very simple, for very effective results. Just make sure the ink/paint is very runny (thin with drops of water if you need to, you can always add more coats.

Drybrushing takes a bit of practice, so I'd suggest starting on something other than your ships. It also ruins brushes, so use an older one. Less is more, so keep taking paint off on a piece of cloth or tissue until it is barely coming off. Then you are ready to apply it to the model.

You can trim one of the finer brushes from Walmart and it'll work if you're on a budget and need a fine-tip brush. Just use a razor blade and make sure you don't trim away too much.

I would also have to repeat what Patriarch said about less being more with drybrushing. It's way too easy to add too much with it. A modeler's trick that works the same way is to paint the model black first, then the model's base color and details, then after the paint sets (note: not dries, sets) go over it with a small bit of steel wool. It'll give a nice scale worn look better than drybrushing, though it does take extra preparation and you can't do it if the ship is already painted.

And never, EVER drybrush silver. Just . . . don't. No metal vehicle has shiny bits poking through scratched paint, even if it's freshly scratched. Use gray instead. It'll look more like scraped metal.

Adding a small bit of rust doesn't hurt on Rebel ships. Don't go overboard with it, but adding small splashes of reddish orange or even some bright orange in really "hot" spots of rust adds depth and texture.