Re: Painting Valiant Miniatures

At 06:12 PM 6/7/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I recently managed to aquire some of the
>legendary Valiant Stardate 3000 lead miniature
>starships, and I wondered of anybody had
>any pointers on painting them.
>
>I'm attempting to give them the 
>"2001 Space Odyssey" look, the way the
>Discovery and the Aries appeared.
>
>Surely there is something I can do
>besides spray painting them flat white!

IIRC, those vessels were quite "dirty" looking. I would mix
up some off white using white with a little bit of brown and/or
black. Probably follow with a light, brown wash. Paint the 
highlights with white, and finish by picking out the details 
and add any insignias, &c.

>
/**********************************
	Tony Christney
	acc@questercorp.com
**********************************/