Finemolds X-Wing Full Paint and Weathering (with mistakes)
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- I hope my mistakes will help you to avoid them yourself!
At the end of 2015 and start of 2016 I had just finished building work on my modelling workshop and jumped back into the hobby with this Finemolds X-Wing. Whilst I enjoyed the build I was very rusty and made several major errors - I decided to still make this video and upload it just to show that we all make mistakes in modelling and it's best to learn from it and carry on.
The Finemolds kit is a good effort but it's been replaced nowadays by the Bandai series which are excellent. Even so, a very enjoyable build and I learned some key things that I will use to make my Bandai kit much better.
No music on this video further to comments and suggestions, so it's just me, you and the model for 20 + minutes.
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it's very rare to hear a modeler mentioning their mistakes, let alone make a vid of it, big huge kudos! btw the end result is lovely.
After returning to model making after 30 years I found this to be one of the most useful videos I have looked at before cracking on with my X Wing kit. Thanks for sharing your mistakes, its good to see the warts and all process rather than the edited highlights that make it look all too easy.
I haven't built a model in over 20 years and I just bought the Master Molds 1/72 & the Bandai 1/144 Millennium Falcon. Your video really made me excited to start building again. You've shown me some amazing techniques and skills. Thanks!
Nice video.
BTW, I always use acrylics for washes, with very few problems.
I apply them over enamel or lacquer paint or clear coat, and clean the excess with a Q-tip moistened with isopropyl alcohol.
I find it less smelly and less messy to use than oil or enamel washes.
Allow the wash to dry to touch (about 1/2 hour) and clean the excess before it cures.
Dude, what a fantastic video. Detailed step by step for dummies like me. THANKS for the post!
Mistakes and all, VERY impressive work, it looks amazing! Subscribed!
Welcome back. Where I'm sitting it looks great.
Seeing this inspired me to build mine. Thanks for this probably the best advice as a novice I have seen.
Fantastic best x wing I've seen in ages
Thank you for sharing, makes me want to finish my slave 1 started that when you did the Falcon. Great finish on the thrusters too.
Very neat video! Thanks for uploading
Still, very nice work. I'm glad you showed us your mistakes... reminds us that everyone is human, and perfection impedes progress. If we were only to make things that were perfect, we'd never make anything. Cheers.
jon, welcoome back, at last, great vid mate
amazing work. I am really glad you showed the "mistakes" to show how we all learn from mistakes and we are all human. but again. brilliant build
they were some real dumb mistakes too...you're never too experienced to have a mare.
Just remember what Bob Ross said “We don't make mistakes. We just have happy accidents.”
Dude i hope one day my best efforts can match your "worst" projects. Great job! And don't worry to much about mistakes.
Great Job, very nice Model👍😀
Amazing, I want to try to weather my bandai x-wing and a-wing now.
Well done m8te. We are our worst critics :) Nonetheless, thanks for sharing this adventure with us. Stunning results nonetheless :)
Amazing video
Thanks so much for this tutorial!!
Dude, that is a beautiful paint job.
thanks mate but I think with more care it could've been better. the colour error was such a stupid mistake
The canopy is a cool color. Makes the x-wing look real. Like a replaced part on an old car. I know this videos old but have you guys seen x-wings offered by hot wheels 59.95. Each one gets detailed like this. I’d love to do a kit, but I’m handicapped. But this is a cool alternative to anyone’s collection.
Nice one
love it! thank you...
Amazing
Beautiful build in spite of the small mistakes.
There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents.
-Bob Ross.
Are you done with the T-70 yet?
Top bloke!
I make mistakes all the time Jon, I just try to save them for cheaper kits. You're right tho, Citadel paints are really rather excellent.
excellent
i like the darker base colour.
Hey medic! I'm a big fan of yours! I try to build my own models too but I am not so good at painting! I was wandering if you are selling some of this art! Thanks for the videos! You really inspire me! Keep it up!
Have you tried the Flory models clay washes? Curious how well they would work with such fine panel lines.
8:08 I think it's rather gorgeous in the monotone grey , detail is so good . Also shiny finish will always look visually darker than matt -just one of those things - Great Job anyway !!
STAR WARS fans will hate me , but this would make a great sort of "reverse what if ?" in American or Russian markings and camo (Grey and blue splinter .) is that sacriledge ?? It's your model - it can be whatever you want - it's a fantasy model after all ?
I just painted a small 1/112 revell xwing for my son and this time used citadel acrylic "pallid Wych flesh" and it was a much better look. I have a Bandai xwing in the stash, maybe I'll do another some time. Thanks for taking time to comment 👍
thanks for all the comments and feedback, hope to keep the videos coming!
have you seen the mpc kit that ILM used on empire the weathering on it is very heavy.is this x wing the same scale as the old mpc kit?.
Are there any advantages to using oil color washes vs acrylic, like say Citadel washes? Or is it just because oil color takes longer to dry and you can make corrections before it dries out?
i have a question i also paint wrong and badly on my models. how can we erase all the paint? brake hydrolics or drain opener chems. or just paint with a black primer:) what is your advise ? thank you
Guys, I am going to be in the UK (specifically London) in mid September. Any suggestions on hobby shops to visit while I am there?
Please, which color am I using? Stynylrez Water Based Acrylic Polyurethane Surface???
The front end of that Bandai resistance X-wing becomes a bit of a mess IMO as minor alignment issues between the colored panels are compounded - personally things like that leave me wishing for a more straightforward kit, oriented toward the needs of model-makers who paint their models - like the Fine Molds. But it's a lovely kit, I look forward to seeing your build of it.
Original ILM models were first painted flat black then sprayed flat white.
Question; I have just applied Vallejo Acrylic Black Wash over a acrylic cleared paint job, on a model. I got busy doing other things for a couple of days. Now I can't remove wash with a damp paper towel. Crap. are there any options to remove it still?
yes there are. in the older vallejo dvd mig jimenez uses vallejo airbrush cleaner to clean up the acrylic washes because it's quite mild like so many of the non solvent based cleaners. the big issue here is whether your clear coat will be tough enough to resist a cleaner...I'd advise a lot of caution.
look good to me and ues the shorts
How about, when you're thinking of buying one of these, buy Bandi.
I love Vallejo paint but am extremely disappointed by the primer. It doesn't etch to the plastic/styrene. I would recommend Vallejo paint, but definitely use Stynylrez primers, because they etch into even polished/buffed plastic/styrene and once set is nicely sandable both dry or wet.
So gloss coats can permanently darken the base color? I thought flat coating brings back most of the original brightness? It looked like the Ammo flat coat helped with this. The main gray coat looked a bit dark even before the gloss hit in my opinion. Still, great work and thanks for sharing.
Yeah I made a mistake with my colour choice. I should've sprayed some test pieces and compared them to good references. as for the Matt restoring brightness I think it helped but not enough. I'm working under big lights so on camera it brightens up a bit but on the shelf it serves as a reminder to think more carefully
Do you do the how to videos for Humbrol??? I swear I've heard your voice before lol
joe leder yes back in the day I did the humbrol videos
i knew it!!!!
Can we do the pre shading with a brush?
You can, but it's very time consuming.
One major problem. The base color is WAY, WAY, WAY too dark. Even after you applied the decals, it wasn't too late to correct the color issue, because you should have made stencils in place of the decals anyway and still could have done that over the decals after repainted the correct color.
I don't think your paintjob turned out so bad!
The weathering I think helped cover the more serious issues.
I definitely agree about the line paneling but live and learn, right?
As far as what stands out to me --- the canopy looks too light but that's one area out of the entire build.
Some careful masking of the clear plastic and hand painting of the canopy sills would probably take care of that without having to tear down the whole model and repaint whole thing. At least that's my opinion.
This still seems like a nice little model overall.
I have to be honest -- I'm NOT as crazy about Episode VII as others and it feels too much like a repeat of Episodes IV and V.
If I were to build an X-Wing, I'd still prefer to build the classic T-65 X-Wing over the Resistance model. Likewise, I prefer the look of the classic Millennium Falcon with the round radar dish versus the lower-profile rectangular dish of Episode VII. The rectangular dish just doesn't look right to me. The Falcon is definitely a case where some assymetry helps the overall design, IMHO.
The Resistance fighter itself is a reuse of Ralph McQuarrie's original X-Wing design down to the split of the massive engines in the wings. That was pointed out early on when the first publicity shots from Episode VII were leaked.
nice job man just a friendly critique I. sure you are aware of the x wing is too grey 😀
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