Topic: Goldleaderone's Custom Vehicles

[Wookie-Balls]

Wow this looks great - I've never been a big reader of the EU (odd given my Shadows Of the Empire fetish) but I've always loved Horn's green X-wing, I can't wait to see how this project looks when finished!

Are you doing a custom pilot and droid too?

[Goldleaderone]

Thanks Wookie. I have painted Corran, but I'll probably leave Whistler as is, I have no experience painting astromechs.

Here's my custom Corran Horn that will be used for the X-wing, compared to the stock version




And my Action Fleet Corran Horn X-wing




I had one done before but the wings didn't stay open and then I spilled crazy glue on one of the wings. The Action Fleet version is just about done, and will be the basis for the 1:18 X-wing, more or less.

Also, Shadows is my favorite EU timeline, with the Rogue Squadron novels a close second.

[Goldleaderone]

UPDATE

Work on the Corran Horn X-wing is coming along, slowly but surely.




More to come soon!

[wraithnine]

give me a little while Dave and i will sort a colour scheme correct whistler for you mate

[Tamer]

Great Progress. Back on the fp.

[Luke Sprywalker]

Dave, you have to paint up a proper Whistler! Check my thread or Jay's astromech directory would be faster. I have a proper Whistler in there for reference. It is a challenge but not that hard. You need some model masters or the equivilant white paint and water it down so it doesn't get chalky on you. You have to do it man!

[Jedi Minstrel]

What green did you use on Corran?

[Goldleaderone]

Thanks guys. Luke I'll see what I can do. Might have to buy a dozen or so before I get it right haha.

Jedi, I used Dark Angels Green from Games Workshop Paint.

[Jedi Minstrel]

Thanks.  I may have to buy some.

[Goldleaderone]

They are very good paints. Wraithnine introduced me to them.


More progress on the X-wing. This is just a little teaser, I'd say its about 90% done.




What happened was I ran out of the Hunter Green spray paint, so I took a trip to the craft store where I got it. Unfortunately they didn't have any in stock, so I'm gonna have to order online. I had another Hunter Green, but in a different brand, and as you can see it made the wings glossy (the wings were the only thing left to spray paint). I even used a gray primer for the wings before spraying it with the green. However I used the primer for the laser cannons and I think they look good.

All that needs touching up are the wings, which I will spray over with the primer, then spray again when I get the Hunter Green I've been using. Lastly I need to touch up the cockpit area. What I have done is I searched ebay for a spare X-wing canopy. I got one for cheap, so what I will do is swap the canopy, spray the area, then swap the canopy again so that there is no damage to the one I'm using.

[botwt]

The X-wing looks excellent!!

If you use Testors Dullcote it will knock the glossy effect right out and should even out the look of the green paints...the stuff is amazing!

[Luke Sprywalker]

Excelent advice botwt, just what I was going to say. If it doesn't work, you don't have to prime again. You have already bonded to the plastic so just spray over the existing green.

[Tamer]

Looks good to me. I can't wait to see the finished version. Back on the fp.

[flaccideagle]

Glad to hear everything worked out ok for you on this, it looks AWESOME.  I have zero knowledge about Corran Horn other than his unique style sense.  Never read the books or comics with him, but the online debate about his colors/facial hair, and his droid having a name instead of numbers/letters (Whistler!) attracted my attention.

Again, this looks awesome.  Such a great job!!

[Goldleaderone]

Still waiting for my Hunter Green spray paint, so in the meantime I have finished the Action Fleet Corran Horn X-wing. I already had one painted up before, but the wings never stayed open. To add insult to injury, I ended up spilling crazy glue on one of the wings. So here's Corran Horn's X-wing in Action Fleet form, part 2!