X-Wing - Green Squadron A-Wing Re-Paint

Hey! Long time no blog! I've been mighty busy in recent weeks what with work and the family - My three lads like to keep me on my toes o_O

So, let's remedy any recent hobby inactivity by looking at a recent re-paint of an A-Wing in the flight colours of those famous rebel fly boys, Green Squadron...

During that Battle of Yavin, Green Squadron's main goal had been to support Blue Squadron in an attack run on the Death Star’s superlaser. Hopefully this would also distract the Empire from the main target of the Rebel’s attack... the exhaust port…

The Battle of Hoth saw Green Squadron escort Rebel transports in their desperate attempt to escape the Imperial blockade of the beleaguered ice world. But it was during the Battle of Endor that Green Squadron really earned their spurs, as Green Leader Arvel Crynyd famously helped destroy the personal flag ship of Lord Darth Vader, the Super Star Destroyer ‘Executor’…

The re-paint was fairy straightforward - Using a steady hand, I applied GW's Gnarloc Green over the existing red areas of the ship... Getting into the nooks and crannies around the engine ports is probably the most tricky part. Then, a quick change of the laser barrel tips from red to green and the addition of the yellow circle squad markings on the ship's hood, this time using Iyanden Darksun. Finally, the ship was given a few highlights here and there and it was job done :)

'Oooh! Check you in your funky green ride!'

Next, I'm going to take a crack at painting up an A-Wing in the livery of Blue Squadron. I've also been working on a Firespray re-paint to represent everyone's favourite red head bounty hunter, Kath Scarlet...watch this space!

Until next time ;)