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Not a gaming piece exactly, but close enough I guess..

Painted this for one local scale modeling show, scale is roughly 1:41. Kit was MPC's (notice not Force Awakens but Return of the Jedi promotion ) form the 1980's. I acquired the kit through some random channels almost decade ago. I have tried to complete on several occasions, but always failed, part of the reason was that it was missing some pieces, most notably the hatch for the cockpit.



Never the less, I was able to finish the model now, even with a scenic hangar base and with some custom built parts..

Process:
The original cockpit was bit plane so I added some details, like the seat padding and joystick



Landing gear casings also got some more details.


Building the basic shades


Red ones go faster!


Finishing the painting before final assembly



I had to 3D print the new cover for the cockpit. The blob inside is to support the frame during the print so that the fragile frame wont brake during the printing process.


Sketching the base



Final Model:



Cockpit



Cannons and wing



Engines




Front and bottom




For scale comparison FFG's X-wing from X-wing Miniature game


C&C always welcome

looks great

Very nice.

Lovely, authentic stuff!

That is stunning! Love it!

Can you explain your process for the distressed look on the red paint? That looks really nice

That is seriously sick! How did you paint the actual distressed white? I love that look! great job

Thanks for the nice words people.

 KingCracker wrote:
Can you explain your process for the distressed look on the red paint? That looks really nice

After you have masked the area (as shown in the red part painting pic) you spray over the area still visible with hair spray. Let it dry and then paint over it with the red(or the color of your choice) let the paint dry. Then take a rigid brush like drybrush (Or toothbrush could work as well), dip the brush in warm water and then start rubbing off the red paint with the brush. The warm water will dissolve the hair spary under the paint and create the chipping. I advice small movement with the brush here as quite large ares can chip easily. Afterwards I recommend varnish coat to seal the area, because the area can chip quite easily even from accidents e.g. sweaty palm or finger.

 Icelord wrote:
That is seriously sick! How did you paint the actual distressed white? I love that look! great job

Thanks, the white(assuming you are talking about the white stripes at the base) is done with the same technique as the red, see above breakdown.

Also video below to actually illustrate the technique:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwr61o2Hp_k

Any particular hairspray? That's a great tip!!

 Icelord wrote:
Any particular hairspray? That's a great tip!!

I have tried few different brands, seems to work the same.

This looks amazing! I really wanted to do a X-Wing after my Tie Fighter. This might have spurred my interest a bit!

Excellent work. The chipped paint and generally wear on it look really good and really fit with the look from the original trilogy.

EDC

Fantastic, love the weathering and extra details.

Nice weathering. Very cool model. Thanks for sharing!