So they might be bootleg which made me sad. Though I’m not sure because I looked up who produces them, and this person is also openly selling on places like Star-Rangers forums. He essentially takes the old bits and chops them up for new ship configurations and casts them. I doubt the validity of this but I don’t know if he has the rights, or what exactly the laws are in place of these. It seems on the forums (or at least when I checked a few months ago) no one was raising any fuss about it. Of course that doesn’t mean it’s right, I just don’t know if it’s wrong.
Anyway, what was bought was bought. I’d paid for them so I still planned to use them, though I’d wish I could have verified them before…
Anyway! I’ve put together two of them, and I haven’t decided if I will put together the third, or bash it into some really nice wreckage terrain. I suppose modifying them is one bonus to having them in resin. I primed them black and worked on the details with a different grey or two. I then detailed the red areas differently but similarly on each ship (to add some difference but not too much). I then made a wash of some black gloss paint and a little water and heavily dabbed the thing. Lastly I drybrushed a tiny bit to make everything pop a bit more.
Not shown are the engines, which I painted blue and added a bit of a white highlight. I’m really happy with how they turned out compared to my relatively beginner painting skills. The dabbing/wash added some interest and difference that suits the classic Battlestar look rather well. I might experiment with it more sometime.
Now all I need are suitable fighters and to pick up some Not-Cylons from a few of the lines I know of!
