Star Wars Rogue One Blue Squadron Leader General Antoc Merric
Blue Squadron did an awesome job of racing through the gate and getting into the battle of Scarif in Rogue One: a Star Wars Story. The Leader of Blue Squadron was Antoc Merric. He and his squadron of X-Wing fighters destroyed several of the AT-ACTs harassing rebel forces, aiding the Rebels in acquiring the Death Star plans. During the ensuing air combat with TIE strikers, Merrick was shot down resulting in his death. Here is a model of General Merric's X-Wing known as Blue One. I used a Bandai Red X-Wing kit and custom painted it as The Blue Leader's X-Wing. I like to take photos of my builds against the computer screen with appropriate background scenes.
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david leigh-smith said on October 2, 2018
Beautiful x-wing. Weathered to rebellious perfection for my money and I thought that first photo was a digital representation at first. Superb all round.
John Richards said on October 2, 2018
Thank you David
Pedro L. Rocha said on October 2, 2018
Yep, this model was made by G.Lucas staff for sure 😉 Not my cup of tea but easily eye catching. Congrats on the photo idea also
John Richards said on October 2, 2018
Thank you 🙂
John Richards said on October 2, 2018
Thanks 🙂
Craig Abrahamson said on October 2, 2018
Nice job...cool idea about the background methods. I like it.
John Richards said on October 2, 2018
Thanks Craig 🙂
Adolfo Coelho said on October 2, 2018
Beautiful X-Wing John! Being a Star Wars fan I'm really impressed by your fantastic rendering of this iconic fighter!
Have the film, will re-watch that scene you mention.
Cheers!
Dolf
John Richards said on October 2, 2018
Thanks Dolf, it is quite the scene when the Blue Squadron rushes through that gate and starts taking on the AT-ACTs and TIE fighters.
Josh Patterson said on October 2, 2018
These Bandai Star Wars kits are the best. Eagerly waiting on the B-wing's release and hopefully we'll get a TIE bomber and Imperial Shuttle too! Nice to see an X-Wing wearing something other than red for a change! Great idea for the background too!
John Richards said on October 2, 2018
Thanks Josh. Scalehobbyist.com has the B wing in stock. Here is the link https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories/BAN00225799/product.php?kw=b-wing
Jeff Bailey said on October 2, 2018
I can only repeat the others, but this is excellent and using that background for the photos is a great idea!
I really enjoyed Rogue One and am ready for the next installation!
Well done, John
John Richards said on October 2, 2018
Thanks Jeff. Rogue One is one of my favorite Star Wars movies.
Rob Pollock said on October 2, 2018
Great job with this Bandai project.
Greg Kittinger said on October 2, 2018
Looks very nice!
Robert Royes said on October 2, 2018
Love your Star War builds!
Rick Wilkes said on October 2, 2018
Well done John, great looking X-Wing.
John Richards said on October 2, 2018
Thanks 🙂
david leigh-smith said on October 3, 2018
Great to see so much love here for a Star Wars Build!
Matt Minnichsoffer said on October 3, 2018
Excellent work. By far the best of the recent Star Wars movies.
John Richards said on October 3, 2018
thanks Matt 🙂
David A. Thomas said on October 4, 2018
Fabulous look, John. The weathering in particular is very nice. It's ready to be a. prop!
FYI, since you like the look, green screen software is cheap and readily available. You can created such a backdrop as a one-time-only effort, snap your pics against it, then do what you like to achieve this look even more efficiently.
I did this here: https://imodeler.com/2017/10/academy-p-38m-nightmare-er-night-lightning-or-the-p-38m-in-japan-and-why-it-matters-to-me/
John Richards said on October 4, 2018
Thanks for the information and for sharing you beautiful work with me.
Dragan Mandic said on May 26, 2019
Thank you for inspiration, just have ordered that fighter.
What to do it's my generation stuff :).
All the best!
Mark Pickett said on February 8, 2020
Hello: I just found this site and I am Impressed by what I see. I have a question for John Richards. Where did you get your decals for the Blue Squadron X-Wing ?
Your kit is great.
Mark Pickett
John Richards said on February 8, 2020
Thanks Mark, I did not use Decals, I painted the colors on the model.