RE: Painting miniatures

On Wednesday, February 18, 1998 11:50 AM, Nyrath the nearly wise 
[SMTP:nyrath@clark.net] wrote:
> I'm trying to paint all my starship miniatures, but
> I'm a  little new at this.
> The Valiant alien starships responded well to a wash
> of india ink, then dry-brushing with silver and copper.
> But I'm not sure what would be good color schemes for
> my other ships.
>
> Any suggestions?

The now long dead FAQ had a *big* section on this, including JT's views,
does
anyone still have a copy? I've got one at home.

This was posted by Jon top cat:

Well I use  'C.B.K' which is russian for 'Solar Naval Ship' for the ESU
(which is written EEC in russian)     c.f NAC and their CNS

Painting :
	      Primary	   Secondary		    Logo
  ESU	       red	    yellow/black	     yellow star (E*C)
  NAC	       white	    blue/black		 like the S.T. ^ (N^C)
  PAU	       yellow	    green/red		     (non typeable!)
  IF	       green	     white	      3 swords and islamic
script
  RH	    dark blue	    red/white		     2 headed eagle
  NSL	       black	    red/gold			WW1 +
  FSE	       grey				     (non typeable)
  UN	       orange	    white

  All the ESU have an initial on them (which is the ship type) and no.
(so
it looks as if they are part of a bigger fleet) and fleet logo.
  The initial is in the russian scrip!

My ESU frigates are in red & black tiger stripe that just suits the mini
to
a T !! well IMO ! ;-)

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