TIE interceptor vs X wing
Hello all.
This is a small Starwars diorama showing a brave TIE interceptor pilot defending the space lanes from rebel scum.
The kits used were the Revell snap together kits.
There is a slight scale difference between them but In this context I don’t think it’s a big deal.
Painting and weathering were fairly straight forward using Tamiya acrylics and oil washes.
I painted the Interceptor with the red stripes of the 181st Imperial fighter wing.
The explosion effect was made using several LED lights and cotton wool sprayed black, yellow and orange.
I used several LEDs as while these lights shine brightly they only really do so in one direction and I wanted to show the light within the explosion coming from several directions.
The parts of the X wing were mounted on a simple frame of brass rod onto which I attached the LEDs and then wrapped it in cotton wool until I had a shape I was happy with.
It’s the first time I tried something like this and I was surprised how easy it was to get a nice explosion effect.
Hope you like it.
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Joe Borgia said on June 4, 2020
Very cool layout! I’m always for models in “context.” You pulled off the black of space And the action like a pro.
Walt B said on June 4, 2020
That is really an awesome little display. I think you got the exploding X-Wing just right. Great work.
neil foster said on June 4, 2020
Wow ! terrific job on this but somehow I can’t cheer on the TIE fighter pilot destroying the X – wing , it’s like watching a 109 shooting down a Spitfire ,it just aint right . I’m only joking of course but you know what I mean…..
Great work Paul.
Joe Borgia said on June 4, 2020
Lol, slightly OT but my son maintains the Empire was the good guys. If you Google it, there are some interesting articles. All in good fun.
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on June 4, 2020
Great stuff! Would you make this into a shadow box dio so you can keep the black space feeling?
Paul sutton said on June 4, 2020
Tempting idea but room is an issue. It wouldn’t fit in my display cabinet. Also the whole project was a sort of challenge to build a diorama as cheaply as possible (hence the use of the very cheap Revell snap together kits). All the other bits were from my spares collection or, in the case of the cotton wool, my wife’s makeup box.
Scott Snow said on June 4, 2020
Paul, your diorama is very creative. Nice job! It’s also just plain cool.
Cheers,
Scott
Andreas Fey said on June 4, 2020
very cool! Like it.
Spiros Pendedekas said on June 4, 2020
Hi Paul!
Your diorama is fantastic.
The explosion effect most creative and innovative.
A joy to watch.
All the best!
Pedro L. Rocha said on June 4, 2020
Brilliant dio! The explosion is quite a thing, almost a still from the movies
Robert Royes said on June 4, 2020
A very imaginative build!
Dan Lee said on June 5, 2020
Poor Red 3. Biggs never had a chance.
Nice Star Wars dio.
Matt Minnichsoffer said on June 6, 2020
Love it. Great dio