Misc: Bandai T-65 Star Wars X-Wing Part 1

Thanks to the Bandai and the recent release of the Force Awakens, I picked up some models to add to my collection last Christmas. I had planned to get these models fully painted and with the recent arrival of my T-70 and Millennium Falcon, I decided to start some work on them.

I did most of the major assemblies some time ago while parts, such as the interior, were left unassembled for easy access while painting. The first to be painted is the T-65 X-Wing from the original trilogy. My personal favourite craft from the Rebel alliance.

X-Wing fully assembled and glued after cockpit and pilot is fully painted.

A close up of the pilot

I thought the wings would look great with Ushabti Bone/Screaming Skull. I immediately disliked the scheme once it was fully painted. The entire part was painted over using Pallid Wynch flesh to bring the color back close to white. I will probably go with a greyish white for this model on the rest of the body. The red pieces were previously painted with a layer of Mephiston Red. I will probably basecoat it again with Khorne Red to have them a little more darker.

The pilot itself was a challenge due to its small size. The biggest problem was actually the decals as the decals provided to were of stiffer materials. Even soaking it in water was not able to seperate the decal from the paper. Hopefully the work done would have it stick well enough to last.

More reasons to paint the model instead.

Misc: Kong Xi Fa Chai to all and a short update.

Happy Chinese New Year to all who are celebrating. The last months since Christmas was a pain, no thanks to the gomen's GST implementation. My personal advice, do not get involve.

Anyhow, I did not get much opportunity to work on them since I had to use the study as the secondary paint station, which does not provide proper ambient lighting for me to work on. At least I managed to get most of the assault marines done.

5th Company 7th Assault Squad

5th Company 8th Assault Squad

Partially done, these will take up a lot of hours

I will be taking a break from the Dark Angels Chapter once these are completed to get some of my other minis done, namely the Space Hulk Termies and my Descent models. Hopefully, my Kickstarter RDF armada should arrived by then.

On the other note, the same buddy was happy with the Christmas gift I got for him. It was Bandai's 1/7 scale Darth Vader which was released recently. I could have just left it unpainted, but it just did not feel right with me. Although the entire model was black, I painted it with Abbadon Black with a small mix of Eschin Grey.

Thanks to Lahmian Medium, the glossy part stays glossy.

I also recently got myself a Storm Trooper and TIE Advanced from the same line. The TIE Advanced is still unassemble as I intend to paint it. The Storm Trooper, however, is a different story. The ceramic trooper armour will be hell for me to paint as such to maintain the same glossyness, which I decided to just left it as it is.

 

 

This guy will certainly pair up well with my buddy's Darth Vader. Some of the minor details, although decals were provided, I will be painting later instead.

Once again, a Happy Chinese New Year to all and Paint More Minis!