X-83 Twintail Starfighter - Papercraft

This is another Star Wars papermodel that I found over at www.momirfarooq.com . I quite like the tail design - but I'm not that keen on it otherwise. There's not much detail on the ship - and I don't really like the shape. This is another Star Wars ship that I wasn't familiar with. According to Wookeepedia, it's only appearence has been in the "Star Wars Legacy" comic book series. I don't think I'll bother using this one in any X-Wing games.

Star Wars Assault Gunboat - Papercraft

Imperial Assault Gunboat - Papercraft.

Imperial Gunboat next to Rebel X-Wing.

 

Amongst the other pdfs of Starwars paper models I found over at http://www.momirfarooq.com/swstarfighter/imperials.htm was this Assault gunboat - I liked the look of it, but wasn't sure how it fits in to the Star Wars universe. So I looked over on Wookiepedia and found this info: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Assault_Gunboat

They are Imperial fighter ships with their own hyperdrive. Apparently they have only really appeared in the Star Wars X-Wing computer game. Anyhow - they look great, and after a quick google search I also found these images below on the boardgamegeek forums. Excellent.

I found the images below at this link:
http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/881477/extras-the-tie-fighter-expansion

Tie Advanced - Papercraft

Tie advanced papercraft miniatures for StarWars X-Wing game.

Ties.

My Imperial papercraft force.

I think the "workstation" (kitchen) is in need of a tidy up!.... sorry Mrs.G!!

Papercraft PDFs of StarWars ships are available here: http://www.sw-xwing.com/t358-papercraft-BANQUE-PATRONS-PAPIER-pour-X-WING-psd.htm

The original designs are from this site (they have been re-sized by about 150%): http://www.momirfarooq.com/swstarfighter/index.htm

Tie Interceptors - Papercraft

Papercraft Tie Interceptors for STAR WARS X-WING miniatures game

PDF from here: http://sw-xwing.xooit.fr/t358-papercraft-BANQUE-PATRONS-PAPIER-pour-X-WING-psd.htm

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

Papercraft Ties....

Tie Scout & Tie Bomber

The 5 papercraft Tie designs

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

Papercraft Tie Fighters.....

5 papercraft Tie Fighters

 

Papercraft Tie next to Fantasy Flight Model....

 

 

Papercraft template 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

 

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!!)

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.....

Work in progress...Star Wars side project... Battle on Hoth!

 

Whilst I was over at www.momirfarooq.com as well as various StarWars ships suitable for use in the StarWars X-Wing miniatures game....  I also found the PDFs for AT-ATs and Snowspeeders! - So just for fun I'm in the middle of knocking up a mini battle on Hoth diorama... I adjusted the legs on one of the AT-ATs so it looks like it is falling over... I haven't decided how to support the flying Snowspeeders yet - maybe wire? I'm going to experiment with cotton thread dipped in PVA glue for the tangling wires that come out the back of the Snow speeders to wrap around the legs of the AT-ATs....

These days it's all about Star Wars X-Wing.....

I resisted the urges. I tried. But then they showed all 6 StarWars films on the telly....

A-wings

B-wings

Y-wings

Death Star Turrets

Ties

Lambda Shuttle

Paper ships so far.....

X-Wings and more Ties next......

When I was at the UK GAMES EXPO I poked my head in the tournament room and I saw how popular the STAR WARS X-WING miniatures game is. A couple of people at my local gaming club are into it too.... The base set is reasonably priced, so I got myself a copy, knowing that I would have some local folks to play with. The rules are easy to learn - and great fun!... The thing is - as soon as I held the box in my hands I knew I "needed" more ships (this isn't actually necessary to play the game - but additional ships are available to buy for around £12 each for the smaller ones and £20 for the bigger ones like the Millenium Falcon).... I was checking out the page on the BoardGamesGeek site and found a great link for User created material:

 http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/938057/collection-of-user-created-material-for-x-wing-min

....and on this list is a link to 1:270 scale Paper ships....

http://sw-xwing.xooit.fr/t358-papercraft-BANQUE-PATRONS-PAPIER-pour-X-WING-psd.htm

Woah!!! - I thought - I can make my own papercraft ships!!! And so this is indeed what I've made a start on. This French site has PDFs for various ships on it that have been rescaled for the X-Wing game.... but the original designer of these papercraft mini's is Momir Farooq, and he's got his own site:

http://www.momirfarooq.com/swstarfighter/index.htm

The original PDFs are all on there - plus a load of other interesting stuff. These original PDFs are photoshop layer PDFs - so there are loads of variants that are available. The original designs were made for the Wizards of The Coast StarShip Battles game, which is at a different scale - but on photoshop I enlarged all the ships by 150% - this seems to be pretty much spot on for X-Wing.

And so far I've attempted A-Wings, B-Wings, Y-Wings, a Lambda Shuttle and some Tie fighters.... X-Wings and more Ties are next.... I sent off to LITKO for some X-Wing compatible flight stands... (Just waiting for a large one to arrive for the Shuttle). These work out at around £2 each including postage... So each extra ship instead of costing me £12 is costing a couple of quid plus some papercrafting fun!!

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

Obviously these ships won't be any good for playing official tournaments etc - but for bulking out your forces for fun with your friends and family - they're great!!

And you can create all the other templates and cards you will need to play with your papercraft minis using the files from here:

http://www.afewmaneuvers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=183

I will post more updates as I create more ships....