Thursday, 10 October 2019

ITSY BITSY TEENY WEENY SPACESHIP

For my recent birthday, my wife and children got me some rebel spaceships for my chess set Death Star project. I choose to go with the Armada size craft as they would look more in scale with the project.
The first thing I had to do was clip off the locating pegs they come on, as I will be using paper clip wire to attach them to the Death Star, once that was removed I then put in a pin on one of each type of ship to do a test paint for each.
My first attempt didn't go to well as I tried to paint each little panel, so I tried drybrushing the ships instead, this proved a lot better. Then I picked out a few details and markings to give them the proper feel.

For an idea of size the A-Wing is 12 mm in length.Quite pleased with the result, only have 5 more of each ship to do.
That's it for this post, so until next time have fun !
Cheers Dave
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16 comments:

  1. Blaxkleric10 October 2019 at 11:22

    Awesome work Dave, simply awesome :-)

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    1. Dave Stone10 October 2019 at 11:27

      Thank you Simon, I was a bit worried when they didn't go right first time, should have remembered all the Gothic ships I painted ! LOL

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    2. Blaxkleric10 October 2019 at 13:03

      I actually have a load of those ships myself. Any chance of a blow by blow painting guide, please? Or was it as simple as basecoat, shade, dry-brush and detail?

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    3. Dave Stone10 October 2019 at 13:11

      No problem Simon will sort out a step by step guide for you

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    4. Blaxkleric10 October 2019 at 14:03

      That would be very much appreciated, Dave.

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    5. Dave Stone11 October 2019 at 00:29

      Always happy to help

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  2. Frank O Donnell10 October 2019 at 13:50

    First off belated happy Birthday Dave, secondly the ships look great & I can't wait (which I have to) to see this project finished as it will be fabulous :-)

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    1. Dave Stone11 October 2019 at 00:31

      Thank you Frank, turned 21 again ! LOL hoping to add a some surprises before it's finished !

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  3. Vampifan10 October 2019 at 14:43

    What Frank said! Painting such micro scale ships is a totally different ball game to painting 28-35mm scale figures. I salute you!

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    1. Dave Stone11 October 2019 at 00:33

      Thank you Bryan, yes changing scale means changing technique, and very different from the large scale chess pieces

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  4. Dai10 October 2019 at 15:32

    nicely done on some teeny sculpts. About to sell my Armada collection as I just don't have time nor space for it any more.

    I think these will look fab on your Death Star.

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    1. Dave Stone11 October 2019 at 00:36

      Thank you Dai, can understand selling off bits you don't have time for, or space. Always hate doing clearout's but sometimes their necessary.
      Aiming to do a dogfight with some Imperial fighters, as long as I can pull it off

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  5. caveadsum147111 October 2019 at 02:34

    Great looking teeny tiny space ships! Lovely finish!
    Best Iain

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    1. Dave Stone11 October 2019 at 02:43

      Thank you Iain, being so small small they are relatively quick and fun to paint

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  6. Michael Awdry11 October 2019 at 06:45

    Oh my goodness, my tired old eyes couldn't have coped with those! Fabulous work Dave.

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    1. Dave Stone11 October 2019 at 06:50

      Thank you Michael, must admit my eyes struggled ! LOL

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