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Star Wars Armada - Fighters

While I was up at Battlefield Hobbies on Saturday, I treated myself to another set of Imperial Fighters I, the fighter we all recognise from Star Wars, Empire and Jedi.
(I know I should be painting other people's stuff, but more tinny-tiny starfighters, what's not to love!)

TIE fighters


Swarm!


Tie Bombers


Cue sound effects!




Tie X-1 Advanced


Yes, Vader's ship!


Tie Interceptors, one of my favourite Star Wars ships


They just look cooool


Fragile as hell, but dakkadakka


The swarm



One day I'll get a proper game in....
 
FINALLY got hold of the main Rebel fighters pack (rare as rocking horse pooh), and painted them up.
'A' Wings


'B' Wings


Two more wings of 'X' Wings


'Y' Wings




The fighters massed.


Engines


Attack formation!


 Been sitting on these a while, but though as I'm in an Armada mood of late, I might as well do them!
Rogues and Villains pack


Slave 1

IG-2000 (IG-88s ship)

Dengar's Jumpmaster

Moldy Crow

Dash Rendar's Outrider

Borrsk's Hound's Tooth

Nym's Scrugg Bomber

The Millenium Falcon

The Flacon flying the other way!


Last week, while up at Battlefield Hobbies, I succumbed and bought myself the Rebel Fighters II boxed set.

These are a mixed bag of fighters and freighters, all in Rebel service. While not as iconic as the X, Y, A or B wings, anyone familiar with the Star Wars Exteneded Universe or Star Wars Rebels will still know these snubfighters.

The whole set, not bad for two nights painting.


Lancer class pursuit craft, yellow one on the left flying away from us is 'Shadow Caster' flown by Bounty Hunter Ketsu Onyo

Two squadrons of Z-95 Headhunters, the venerable ancestor of the X-Wing.

E-Wings, from the post Imperial Era (first featured in Dark Empire comic series, I still have mine in the loft!). Not sure they will get much game time, but nice fighters none the less. 

Shadow Caster and Ghost from Star Wars Rebels

There was another VCX-100, but the photo is so dire...



I dug out the box, and there five squadrons of TIEs and four of X-Wings in fleet scale micro fighters. So, I decided on Sunday that I needed a break from 15mm projects, and got going.

Twenty minutes later I remembered; Imperial TIEs with wing details! X-Wings with squadron markings...
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No, there is no try, there is only do!

The X-Wings, 
L-R Blue Squadron, with Pink 5! Top L, Rogue Squadron, M, Red Squadron, Luke in centre, R Wraith Squadron with Wedge.

A TIE swarm. 

Side view so you can see the internal struts (that are not molded in).

Dogfight in progress, can four snub fighter squadrons take down five 'eyeballs'?


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