Hobby | Republic Victory-Class Star Destroyer

As I come to grips with Armada and it's mechanics, I've been learning about all of the various launches of ships and how they affect the game. I also learned that at some point, ownership of the game went from Fantasy Flight Games to Atomic Mass Games. AMG hasn't released any new models, but they have released print and play expansions that allow you to use old ships in new factions, which I think is neat. They've also used some lore justifications for this instead of just willy-nilly adding things, which I think is neater. However, that means you end up with situations where an Imperial ship in Imperial grey colors is flying alongside Republic ships in the egg-white and maroon colors of the prequels. Which isn't neat to me. Luckily, I am an ok painter, so I was able to do something about that. 

This here is a Victory-class Star Destroyer. As far as I'm aware, it hasn't shown up on the screen, big or small. Instead, it's been in comics and in books. I think FFG just needed a small Star Destroyer in their starter box so dredged it up from some obscure lore. A nerdier Star Wars fan can correct me if I'm wrong. Apparently, these guys were active in the very late portions of the Clone Wars, hence why they got a card in AMG's Rapid Reinforcements I. 

I went for basically the same color scheme as the Acclamator and Venator. A streak of maroon on the front and striping on the back. Of course with the Open Circle Fleet insignia. I struggled a bit getting the white to be the same color as the originals. I wasn't 100% effective, as it still looks a little brighter. I think I needed to mix in a bit more green (yep, green) to get the color right. Ah well, about as good as I want. 

The striping on the back was a headache. Lot's of back and forth and back and forth. I almost didn't paint it on the bottom, but the completionist in me wouldn't have allowed it. The laziness in me let me be just a tad messier though, as not many people would see it from below. I didn't even include any photos of the bottom, which serves as an example of that. 

From a hobby perspective, I'm not sure if I consider this a conversion or a proxy. I didn't change anything about the model, but since these are pre-painted, changing the paint scheme is enough to completely change the appearance and feel of a model. Tomato potato I guess. 

-The Space Dinosaur 

Edit: I got some questions concerning the paint scheme, so here goes: 

White: Pallid Wych Flesh (Games Workshop) mixed with a very small amount of Nectrotic Flesh (Army Painter). The green might be counter-intuitive but it gives the white a warm grey tone. If you used a blue paint the white would have a cooler tone to it, which doesn't complement with the maroon as much, imo.

Maroon: About a 70/30 mix of Chaos Red (Army Painter) and Oozing Purple (Army Painter). The lilac purple helps to lighten the red into maroon without going into pink territory.

Yellow: Averland Sunset (Games Workshop) mixed with some Skeleton Bone (Army Painter). I experimented with the exact combo until I got the color I wanted. The khaki helps keep the yellow on the cream side instead of just becoming lighter.

Then I just used a normal Nuln Oil (GW) wash in the panel lines.