Bandai Resistance X-wing T-70 (Force Awakens)

[Quaralane]

Wings are looking good

 

[PixelMagic]

Wings are 95% weathered.

 

[Hagoth]

Looking very nice and battered. I really like the detail on this kit as compared to the lack of it on the Revel 1:50 kit.

 

[PixelMagic]

After painting the wing interiors and weathering them, the wings are now fully finished. I've also painted the fuselage. No touch up work has been done on the fuselage yet to fix a few unsightly errors. After touch up, I will weather the fuselage in a manner to match the wings and blend the whole piece together.

 

[Quaralane]

Going to look VERY good when you get this one done

 

[Cave_Dweller]

Looks great! Bandai seems to be making some sweet kits these days.

 

[PixelMagic]

I did a little something different on the base than the kit intends. It's clear that the base is meant to be the sand of Jakku, but it occurred to me in the film you never see an X-wing flying over Jakku, but you do see them over Starkiller Base. Therefore, I elected to change the base from sand to snow.

Firstly, I painted the base white, then painted the edges black for a nice contrast. I bought a pack of Scene-A-Rama snow, but I wanted the snow to have that shimmer and glisten that you often see in fresh snow. Therefore I mixed in some extra fine iridescent glitter.



I poured all of the Scene-A-Rama snow into a shaker. I then simply added 3-4 pinches of the iridescent glitter and mixed it up until it had the right amount of shimmer. You don't want to add too much glitter. A little goes a long way.

Next I masked the black sides with tape to keep glitter off them.



On the next part, I could have used PVA glue, but I had already had mixed up a custom thinner I use for Vallejo hand painting, that could also be used to adhere the snow to the base. The way you make it is mixing matte medium and distilled water 3:1. Then you take that mixture and put a TINY amount of flow aid into it so it spreads evenly. The matte medium/water is mixed with the flow aid 20:1.



I then took this matte medium/water/flow aid mixture and painted the base with a wide soft brush. I then immediately took the shaker of my snow/glitter mixture and heavily shook it over the base. I let this sit for about 30 minutes, and then held the base upside down shook off the excess snow. I was left with a nice shimmering snow base. The effect is hard to photograph, but in person looks awesome.





Also completed the first weathering pass on the fuselage.

 

[Quaralane]

Nice idea on the base.
Fuselage is looking good, too

 

[Grendels]

Nice work on that base!

 

[PixelMagic]

And done.

And a couple with space lighting...

 

[Hagoth]

Awesome job! I really like the detail on this kit.

 

[Quaralane]

Looking REALLY good there.
Very nicely done

 

[The Chaos]

Gread Work. my is on the way from Japan 8)

 

[Ozzman78]

Looks great! Awesome idea to add snow to the base.

 

[PixelMagic]

As always, I do a composite image with my final build.

 

[Quaralane]

Excellent composite work there

 

[Hagoth]

Always enjoy your final composites. 8) 8) 8)

 

[Cave_Dweller]

Nice finish, I love the action shot!

 

[marcejef]

Hey excellent work!!
I have already bought this model and I would like to try to make a similar work but, I can't figure out which well known color brands I have to get for making those colors. Could you please tell us how did you do?
Thanks!

 

[PixelMagic]

Hey excellent work!!
I have already bought this model and I would like to try to make a similar work but, I can't figure out which well known color brands I have to get for making those colors. Could you please tell us how did you do?
Thanks!

What brands of paint to do you use? It's really just as simple of a very slight off-white gray color for the main hull, and then mix a bit of white with blue for the blue. A medium gray for the wing stripes. Silver for the engine nozzles. Pretty straight forward.