Saturday 21 September 2013

X-Wings... (correct wings this time!)...

Bits for four X-wings cut out and scored with a craft knife...

All folds and edges touched up with a grey felt pen so no white bits should show when finished.
I found it best to do it at this stage rather than at the end - as sometimes the glue acts as a barrier to the ink...

Starting to glue bits together...

I made sure I got the wings the right way round this time!


I use white PVA (or childrens gloopy craft/school glue) and a small paint brush to apply it.


The wing pieces are all done... I applied a couple of coats of PVA glue to the thin pointy parts.. when the PVA is dry it gives them quite a bit of extra strength.

The wings are on. Because of the shape of the bottom of the ships, I couldn't glue them directly to the stands, so I glued a couple of bits of thick card together, then cut out some small cubes and coloured them grey with the felt pen.

Grey cardboard cubes glued to the bottoms of the X-Wings.

Finished X-Wings on their stands.
PDFs from here: http://sw-xwing.xooit.fr/t358-papercraft-BANQUE-PATRONS-PAPIER-pour-X-WING-psd.htm

Stands from here: http://www.litko.net/products/Space-Fighter%2C-Deluxe-Flight-Stand.html

Card bases from STARWARS X-WING miniatures game - base set and X-Wing expansion sets from Fantasy Flight Games.

Next I'm going to attempt some more Ties... a Tie Bomber and a Tie Scout from http://www.momirfarooq.com/swstarfighter/index.htm

Sunday 15 September 2013

Papercraft Tie Fighters.....



5 papercraft Tie Fighters
 
Papercraft Tie next to Fantasy Flight Model....
 
 
 
 
These Tie Fighters were very easy to make in comparison to the X-Wings I did last week... so next I'm going to revisit the X-Wings - and get the wings the right way round this time!!!....
 
...I'm eagerly awaiting The Millenium Falcon which is going to arrive any day in the post now - (no I'm not going to attempt making a papercraft Falcon!!)

Monday 9 September 2013

Papercraft X-Wings....







My first attempt at 3 papercraft X-wings for use with the Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures game.... They were quite fiddly to do! And I made a serious mistake with the wings... doh!!

The PDF file I used was from: http://sw-xwing.xooit.fr/t358-papercraft-BANQUE-PATRONS-PAPIER-pour-X-WING-psd.htm

Plastic stands from http://www.litko.net/products/Space-Fighter%2C-Deluxe-Flight-Stand.html


.....more Tie fighters next.....