From: BEST, David <dbest@s...>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:54:55 -0400
Subject: Centauri Ship colouring
Hi everyone! I have some info for all those (especially Beth) wanting to know what colour to paint Centauri Vorchan cruisers. Last weekend's episode Darkness Ascending finally shows (albeit briefly) them well enough for painting. The entire hull including wings is purple. If you have any pictures of the Centauri shuttle you should get an idea of the colour. The micromachines Centauri shuttle is too dark to use as a model. Like the Omegas this colour is not solid but is "streaked" with darker purple to show panels.Trim around the outside edges is light yellowish-brown/tan/possibly even brownish-gold. This trim colour helped disguise the real colour of the majority of the ship before (at least for me and a few other people I know). If you have access to the B5Wars rules book there is a black and white of the Vorchan that clearly shows the trim. This trim colour is also used for the Centauri symbol. The front "grill work" of the horizontal wing looks iron colour and the barrels that stick out of it are goldish or trim colour. At the base of the top vertical fin where it bulges out into the hull is a reddish-brown stripe but I couldn't see if it was on the other fin or wings. There was a brief glimpse of a Primus and it looked as if the tail might be purplish but it's hard to tell. I hope this is of some use to people and now I can actually paint my ships.