Saber-Dart Starfighter
Conceptual Design Sketches:
Very much derivative of the Y-Wing, Snowspeeder, and one of Warren Fu's unused Jedi Starfighter concepts, I came up with this very simple design profile. The name is of course stolen from Episode II, and I think it fits the design pretty well.
Basic construction:
C0ckpit Details:
Puttied and sanded basic form (before detailing)
Landing skids and bottom hull greeblie-cation:
Pontoon/auxillary engine/laser cannon detailing:
"Sandwich" filler detailing (back of wing):
Astromech Port (classic SW feature):
Detailed and primed:
Spray painted sections and detailing (before weathering):
With the exception of the main engine exhaust behind the fuselage (plumbing parts) everything else is scratch-built...this took a VERY long time to build and detail.
Finished product:
The paint job was done with a basic spray of river rock and burgundy. I took an emery board to the burgundy striping to wear away some of the paint, and did a heavy black/brown wash, which was then wiped away. I added a few knicks here and there, did some spot weathering, and then drybrushed the whole ship with white.
The paint scheme was a tough thing to decide on...I wanted to keep it pretty simple, but I think I could have upped the ante a bit more. As it is, I think the markings are appropriately Star Wars-ish.
The bottom of the ship was given special attention...I usually ignore detailing the bottom, and wanted to reverse that trend of laziness in my work. The idea was to make a ship that could function as a toy, but also have adequate detailing to seem like a production model (I'm not quite there...but I think I'm getting closer).
Interior Cockpit:
Janson seems pretty happy with his ride:
With Artoo in place:
Let me know what you think, and thanks for looking.