Arguably the most well known science fiction star fighter of all time, Red 5 was the personal fighter of Luke Skywalker during the battle of Yavin. He used it to destroy the Death Star and save the Rebellion.
The craft is represented here before trench run, with R2D2 still operational.
Notice the ball magnet in the stand to allow full rotation of the model:
If you're interested, 2 WIP shots of the model follow.
First the model after application of the base colors on black primer.
As on the B-Wing, I first airbrush white for the base color, then painted the markings in mephiston red. The yellow nose line was painted in Iyanden darksun and highlighted with Iyanden+white. The cockpit was painted in astronomican grey+black and the canopy received a simple coat of black.
To get closer to the banged up look of the fighter in the movies, I then painted small grey dots using a small piece of foam to get random patterns and give the weathered look.
After that followed the now classic black oil wash.
The wash was removed on the raised/flat areas using a qtip, then I highlighted the grey base with white and I finished the details.
Time to reload!
Ica
Salut,
ReplyDeleteTrès bel X-Wing, j'adore les effets lumineux ;)
Fantastic! What grey did you use for the weathering?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
ReplyDeleteThe grey is a mix of citadel astronomican grey, ceramite white and chaos black.
I only mixed a bit before each sponging, changing the ratios to get a more random look.