50 Shades Of Brown: October 2017

I bought one of these several months ago and really like it in X-Wing the miniatures game. So much so, I had to get a second one!

My first one I modified a little and Maverick miniature studios painted it superbly for me.

Painted by Maverick miniature studios.

Now we shall see what I can manage with this one.

I began with chopping off the tiny turret and cutting out a small part of the underside to get the ring magnet attached firmly to the ship. Then I sprayed the entire hull in metallic silver, this is just the base and will feature details later.

Magnets from Green stuff world.

Whilst the spray paint is drying I set about building a new turret. This is two .50 cal machine guns from a WW2 model attached into a small ceramic disc which in turn was superglued onto a magnet to mount onto the upper hull magnet.

The magnetised D.I.Y. turret assembly.

I kept the original turret and glued that onto the top of the 2 machine guns primarily for extra strength but it also looks pretty cool. The assembly was then spray primed black for painting later.

Had a bit of an afterthought and added a couple of more bits. I don't know what the pods on the sides are but mine are now weapon bays!

A harpoon and a flamethrower!

Now for painting some details. Here I tried two new (to me) ideas, using shade (or ink) over white for the cockpit glass which I think looks pretty good and then using green and red gemstone paints over silver on the cockpit surround and the front cannons, this gives us a metallic finish.