Like many X-Wing hobby nuts, I've long admired the many and varied re-paints, conversions and scratch builds that the community, right across the world, have been inspired to create. I've also thought how wonderful it would be if these individual pieces of artistic greatness could be brought together and showcased in one place. A (Jedi) Master Gallery if you will, of the finest examples of X-Wing minis on the web-o-sphere.
And then I stopped thinking about
it and started doing something about it.
I drew up a list of twenty or so ‘artists’.
Each of whom, I believed, brought something unique and inspiring to the table;
Be that artisan levels of painting, expert modelling and conversion skills or
just out right sheer inventiveness in terms of breaking the X-Wing hobby mould.
I then contacted them all:
Hi
I'm Dan (a.k.a. TUZ) and run the blog Hobby
Before I Die!
I'm hoping to do a post that celebrates and
brings together images from around the web of the very best X-Wing re-paints
and conversions - And yours are, without question, some of the best!
To this end, I'm seeking your approval to
re-post some images of your work, all of which will be rightly and
appropriately attributed and copyrighted to you as the artist.
Let me know if you're OK with the proposed
post and thanks for your consideration :)
Cheers, Dan.
I couldn't have hoped for a better
response. Every artist I contacted was gracious, enthusiastic and wholly supportive
of the idea. From some, I even received admiration for my own work (Too kind guys, too kind ;)). Above all, I had some great conversations with like
minded hobbyists who all shared a mutual passion for both the X-Wing game and
the hobby in general.
Note: At the end of this gallery you will find details of
all the featured artists, along with links to their blogs or forum pages. Please respect the copyright of their work and take the time to show your appreciation by checking out their other fantastic work.
You will not be disappointed.
And so, here we are. What follows isn't exhaustive by any means. I know there are many other examples of X-Wing
hobby greatness out there, that for differing reasons, I couldn't include in
this showcase. Maybe, in the future, there will be opportunity for a second
gallery?
Contributing Artists:
ROB JEDI – robjedi.blogspot.com.au / FFG Forum: Rob Jedi
RODENT MASTERMIND – FFG Forum: Rodent Mastermind
BULLDOG UK - tanksandtrolls.co.uk / FFG Forum: BulldogUK
ZOMBIEHEDGEHOG - twitter.com/ZH_Customs / FFG Forum: Zombiehedgehog
IMMATERIUM PRESS - immaterium.wordpress.com
MAJOR TOM 11 - dakkadakka.com / coolminiornot.com
TROY RAMSEY - Flickr / FFG Forum: TRamsey
BILL BELANGER - trbelanger
VICEROY BOLDA - photobucket / FFG Forum: Viceroy Bolda
DARKFATHER - FFG Forum: DarkFather
JEFF DUNFORD - Board Game Geek
PETE JAMES - Inquisitor James
PAUL LA RUE - exiles.ca / FFG Forum: PLR
MILLENNIUM FALSEHOOD - FFG Forum: Millennium Falsehood
ICAREANE - rule37-ica.blogspot.fr / FFG Forum: Icareane
KEFFISCH - FFG Forum: Keffisch
AGIS NEUGEBAUER - adpublishing.de
JAE YOUNG - paintbrushdestruction.blogspot.co.uk
SARGE - Mos Eisley Space Port
ALEXIE ZACHARIADES - dakkadakka.com
ONLY WARLOCK - FFG Forum: Only Warlock
TUZ - Hobby Before I Die! / FFG Forum: TUZ
All work featured is copyright of the respective owner
Jaw dropping stuff. Fracking amazing pieces of art.
ReplyDeleteLove it, great gallery and a massive privilege to be considered in amongst these other hobby heavyweights
ReplyDeleteSuperb and inspiring photo collection! Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
ReplyDeletesome really inspirational stuff here. i've been holding off on attempting any repaints on my ships, but i will definitely be doing so ASAP.
ReplyDeleteis Rodent still active? I havent seen him post in a while...
ReplyDeleteCheers for the comments fellas - It's been a great post to create and it's good to see it's fulfilling it's inspirational intention :)
ReplyDelete@Donz0 - I'm not sure mate...? Maybe drop ol' Ratty a line on the FFG Forum...
Cheers, TUZ
If I'm not being too forward, I've a few repaints up at http://instagram.com/table_top_gun
ReplyDeleteHere's one: http://m.imgur.com/R1zNV2C
I must show you the work from one of our french community best painter (in contest with my friend Icareane ;-p), his blog : http://straswars.blogspot.fr/
ReplyDeleteHis Vader's TIE Advanced is one of my favorite !!!
Wow. This is amazin stuff.
ReplyDeleteHi @Wondergecko - They look fantastic, for sure! - I'll add you to the list for Vol.2 :). Just one thing; are you able to take some more pics of your minis with a neutral background i.e. black or grey? (buy some A3 card from your local art shop). This will show off the minis in the best possible way and will ensure any other 'peripherals' don't distract from your fantastic works of art ;)
ReplyDelete@ JCL - Great shout, these look awesome! Thank you :) I'll add them to the list and be in contact with Lionel A soon!
Cheers both, TUZ
Very doable. I'll shoot you over some links when it's done. Thanks! :)
DeleteLove it very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to do this, very much appreciated. I'm not sure I've ever heard before a blogger take the time to contact so many people for permission to post their work. Mad respect both to you and them.
ReplyDeleteThank you Brent. T'was a pleasure and an honour good sir.
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