Painted Rebel Assault Frigate for Star Wars Armada

When I bought this frigate it stained in an odd brown colour, like it had been smoking 60 a day!

I wanted to experiment with using dry-brushing for highlights, rather than blending. Also, I wanted to get some more practice at adding battle damage and adding dirt and grime. 

It was good to experiement with dry-brushing for hull hughlights.  I started off using a small brush but it took ages and i got bored!

Using a bigger brush with more paint produced different effects;  this proved to be useful as it stopped the hull from looking too uniform. 

Initially, I didn’t intend to much time on this model, but once I got the hull done I couldn’t help myself adding some extra details such as the battle damage shown here.

I also spent some extra time on the engines; with the model being mostly grey, the areas of colour really stand out and can add some life to what might otherwise be a boring model.   Sometimes, little is more.