paint

I alway wanted to paint a ship black with tiny white dots on it. Call it space
camo:) I play ESU and have most of my ships painted with intermediate blue
with a blue wash over it. I then go and paint some of the little details
(weapon barrels, thrusters, fighter bays, etc) but overall I don't go crazy
for three reasons: 1) I suck at painting. No, really I do. 2) I play with
unpainted minis and have just as much fun as playing with painted minis.
  3) My bogus justification for drab ships - I believe that even though
star ship captains would be very intelligent, most navies are rich in
tradition and superstition and very few captains would want thier ship
attracting visual attention (can't shoot what you can't see)

My frigates are the exception. Mine are piloted by a fanatical group who paint
thier ships bright yellow with black tiger stripes. They're funny that way.

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> On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Eric Fialkowski wrote:

I've always been tempted to field a few ships painted in the "solipsist's
camouflage" color scheme (from one of Ian Banks' novels).

I imagine a fluorescent green mixed with day-glo red and traffic-sign
yellow, but I haven't been brave enough to try it yet.:)