Re: [GZG] Painting Guide for Starships

Ok buddy, here in Oz we have a Cabbots wood stain and varnish in one,
now i 
use the very dark walnut stain for my space ship's, mixed with some 
thinners, I was put onto this by a plastic 1/72nd painting blog in New 
Zealand, but in very neatly details the ship and cut's painting time for
me 
in half.
They did mention what they use in the States but i cant remember.

My FSE ships are yellow- cowards
My NSL ships are german field grey. a proper colour
My NAC ships are standard grey with orange and blue and red high
lightened 
panels and engines.
My ESU are done the same green as the New version of the klingon ships
from 
startrek.

james
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hudak, Michael" <mihudak@state.pa.us>
To: "Full Thrust list" <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 1:46 AM
Subject: [GZG] Painting Guide for Starships

> Hi Guys,
>
> Talked to wife, and should be getting some GZG ships for Christmas.  I
> just need some tips as to how to paint them.	My last attempt didn't
> work out that well.
>
> I want to stick with a base color for each main power (ESU, NAC, NSL,
> FSE) which went well enough.	But tried to apply a black ink wash
which
> didn't work out as well.
>
> I'll end up reapplying a base coat to the older ones, and apply primer
> and a base coat to the newer ones.  I still plan on trying to do a
wash
> on them to add some shadow.  But other than that, I'm looking for
ideas.
> Something simple that I can apply uniformly across a main power.
> Nothing too elaborate, but something that will look nice on a tabletop
> that won't take hours per ship to paint.  (Hours being relative...  I
> know some of you can work minor miracles on figures in 15 minutes.  I
> don't have that level of skill......)
>
> So I'm looking for ideas, hints and tips.  Pictures of other craft
> and/or painting guides would be appreciated.	Even if it's just how to
> better apply a wash.	(I have the recipe for 'magic wash' from the
list,
> but I think I went bad by adding too much ink to it.)
>
> I know this is a vague request.  I'm not even sure myself what I'm
> looking for.	So for now, I'm just looking....
>
> Thanks a bunch.  Hope all your holidays are happy.  Hope to see a
bunch
> of you at ECC.
>
>
> Mike Hudak
> There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary
> and those who don't.
>
>
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