I did a «black profiling» with regular black to enhance some areas.I applied a general wash with Agrax Earthshade (Citadel Shade) or/and Nuln Oil (Citadel Shade) in areas where I wanted a deeper effect.red and green panels in the Slave or the Red Squadron signals on the X-wing). Using acrylic paints from Vallejo I painted the details of the ships (i.e.
This was my recipe (it takes about 15-20 min to paint a single ship more for the Raider of course!). In addition, I wanted to try this fantastic tutorial from Rule37 blog. And this was a nice opportunity to test them. I have not used GW washes or «shades» for ages! But I have got a couple of jars in my last visit to GoblinTrader Madrid Sur. For example, I have no enamels there! Furthermore, I didn’t have so much time to paint these little guys. But ARMADA has filled that gap! And as the small miniatures are awesome, I couldn’t resist to paint some of them!īecause I was in Spain, I didn’t have with me all the resources I would have liked. X-Wing is a lovely game, but it’s too fast and sometimes I feel playing an arcade game. However, I needed something more strategic, where turns are slower and where you need to build your strategy step by step. I played an outstanding game during my last Holidays in Spain: Star Wars Armada, from Fantasy Flight.
