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| Some photoshop skills on a not-photoshop software! Background image from PatternPictures.com. |
I finally got around to re-painting some more Star Wars. This time, it's the ARC-170, first seen, so far as I'm aware, in Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith.
These were fun to paint. If I were to do anything differently, I would have used a lighter pigment in the wash I applied near the end, not black. Still, they turned out alright and I keep taking them down to look at them. I've liked the design of the ARC-170 from the first time I saw one. I think it's because the fuselage and engine cowlings are reminiscent of World War II and Crimson Skies aircraft designs. Thus, I felt like a paint job that wouldn't look too out of place in that time period would look really good on these. I am not the first to have had the same idea as with an image search it seems one guy made one up in the German mottled camo design used on their jet fighters and another guy did one up like the Red Baron's Dr.1.
So on with the pics!
I wanted them to look like they belonged together, as though part of the same flight wing or squadron, so they were painted at the same time and same base colour. You will notice that the areas painted red are the same for both (unless you happen to be colour blind maybe). Only the yellow is applied in unique ways, as though the crews had the option to add yellow paint how they liked.
I keep telling myself that one day, these guys are going to see some action. If I repeat it enough, it's bound to happen. Right?
