A Pair of Bandai First Order TIE Fighters

[Quaralane]

For a quick little weekend project, I decided to do a 'side by side' build of both of Bandai's "First Order" TIE Fighter kits from "The Force Awakens"

Start with a quick look at the sprues from the regular TIE






Then, a look at the contents for the "Special Forces" version





Started with the cockpits.
I painted the interiors with Vallejo light grey primer, followed by a black wash.
The pilots were drybrushed with gunmetal



With the cockpits built, the main sections were buttoned up.
The only exterior painting was done on the Special Forces version, where I painted in the thrusters with gunmetal





Built up the panels kit stock, then gave the black parts of the entire model a drubrush of gunmetal to bring out detail since my normal wash wouldn't show on the black plastic.

Finished build pics-First Order TIE Fighter






Finished build pics-First Order Special Forces TIE Fighter






The two together

The two with an Imperial TIE Fighter

The two with the TIE X-1

Youtube link:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSPzM4H5Yu8[/youtube]

 

[Hagoth]

Those turned out pretty nice. Always like your heritage shots.

 

[The Chaos]

Nice Models.

 

[nicholassagan]

Wow these don't look half bad with no paint! Nice work

 

[blakeh1]

I must admit, it is tempting to build some Bandai stuff as is and just matte coat them. I almost did that with parts of the Yamato kits I am building

Nice to see the comparison shots with the original ties

 

[Quaralane]

Thanks for the comments, guys.
Definitely quick and fun buildups

After building, I had to see how they looks with the older ones