Star Wars Green Squadron
Looking for a good resource on Rebel Squadron markings and colors. I did some digging, and was only able to find information on X-Wing markings for the Battle of Yavin. I am trying to get at how the community sees this. I am not as concerned about Canon status as I am about there being a bit of rhyme and reason to the system.
I/E: anyone looking at my finished minis should be able to tell squadron and fighter number ( for Rebs).I am also interested in techniques for applying these tiny markings to our Armada minis. While the minis are quite small, some micro pens should do the trick.To start things off, I have found several systems for denoting squadron number for X-wings. All are a variant of 'tick' or 'hash' marks on the trailing edges of the wings. For Rebels, trim color often designates squadron. At the battle of Yavin, Luke was in Red squadron.
I can add a little to this:Known Rebel Squadron names:GreyBlueRedGreenGold Colour schemes for this lot pretty obviousThis is a much more comprehensive list. Many of them (most?) d not have established colour schemes however.Fighter designations I think are either done through the 'tabs', or done individually. It all depends how organised that particular Rebel command is. I think following the tab system that MilleniumFalsehood has done decals for is a good guide for 'coloured' squadrons though. Ace squadrons are probably more individual.Imperial squadrons are usually just grey or blue. Some had squadron markings of various sorts, and some aces were known to have personalised schemes and kill markings.Here is a full list of known Imperial squadrons:Here is a Tie Fighter with either a sqadron or ship marker, and you can see these in the original trilogy:and a better, no movie image:On that note, the red stripe is not for aces in general.
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It is specifically Soontir Fels marking, which he passed on to his command (the 181st Fighter Wing).I cant help with the painting side yet, but i'll be doing the same and will share notes later. Hopefully this helped a tiny bit! On that note, the red stripe is not for aces in general. It is specifically Soontir Fels marking, which he passed on to his command (the 181st Fighter Wing).It primarily applies to Interceptors, however one of the X-wing books has Wedge shooting down a Tie Defender with the Red Stripe so it could be used for any ship as long as your 'fluff' has them as a graduate of the 181st (technically I think it is the Corellian Bloodstripe, so it could be passed onto Rebel Pilots too as long as they are Corellian, I.E.
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Han, Wedge, Corran etc).
During the Battle of Endor, the climactic space and moon battle at the end of Return of the Jedi, everyone had their part to play for the Rebellion. Han Solo, Princess Leia, the droids, and Chewbacca had to blow up the shield generator on the forest moon (and succeeded with the help of some furry Ewok resistance fighters). Lando and Nein Nunb have to fly the Millennium Falcon into the second Death Star and blow up the core. Luke has to battle his father and free him from the Emperor. Admiral Ackbar and the majority of the Rebel starfleet have to engage and distract the Imperial forces.Cartoonist Daniel Warren Johnson, who writes and draws a sci-fi webscomic called Space Mullet, always liked the space battle, especially the part where a Super Star Destroyer crashes into the surface of the Death Star II. Being and artist and a fan of Star Wars, he interpreted the scene from the perspective of Green Leader, the A-Wing pilot that kamikaze crashes into the command center, causing the Super Star Destroyer to crash. It’s a roughly ten-page sequential art piece that doesn’t include any narration or dialogue bubbles.
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It doesn’t have to remind us of the stakes for the Star Wars universe, for one, and doesn’t need anything but Daniel Warren Johnson’s amazing art to convey the story around the edges of what we saw in the movie. Like all things that are great and are free on the internet, we should acknowledge that Warren Johnson is most likely a human, not an illustration droid, and has to feed and house himself. These things cost real money, so you should also check out his work as a freelance illustrator and designer at his website.If you live in Chicago, you should buy him a coffee or something if you see him around and say: “Hey man, that Green Leader comic was surprisingly touching. I see a lot of Star Wars stuff on the internet, but almost none of it manages to be genuinely touching, here’s a coffee.” Then hand him a coffee yell “It’s a Trap!” in your best Admiral Ackbar voice, turn on your jet boots, and rocket home. Don’t waste anymore of Daniel’s time.