Help!!

I am just about to paint a newly aquired fleet of NAC and FSE anybody have any
ideas?

TIA

> John Dattalo wrote:

Seems like you benefit from a picture section on the Web as well. I painted my
NAC with varying shades of grays with white and black details. My FSE ships
will be painted varying shades of light blues with gray, white, and black
details.

I started all these ships with a few coats of black acryllic primer to form a
base as well help bring out the details (If you intend to paint the ships
light colors you may want to use white primer, but black will still help give
the ship definition). Subsequent coats of the actual colors are sprayed on
lightly to not completely wash away the black. I prefer my ships to look
realistic with attention to detail.

I always paint the exhausts black. I know some folks like to paint them
flourescent to make it look like they're running all the time, but use
whatever trips your trigger.

For detailing you can drybrush paint(similar shades of main scheme) to enhance
details as well as use inks to enhance panel lines. Don't forget that these
ships are huge and most intricate detail will not be visible from a distance
let alone in the darkness of space.

I recommend checking actual photos of real ships as well as spacecraft to help
get some ideas. I plan to use some cool camo schemes on my NSL and Kra'Vak.
These are some ideas that I use, hope it helps.