Painting miniatures

I'm trying to paint all my starship miniatures, but I'm a little new at this.

On Wednesday, February 18, 1998 11:50 AM, Nyrath the nearly wise
> [SMTP:nyrath@clark.net] wrote:

The now long dead FAQ had a *big* section on this, including JT's views, does
anyone still have a copy? I've got one at home.

This was posted by Jon top cat:

Well I use 'C.B.K' which is russian for 'Solar Naval Ship' for the ESU
(which is written EEC in russian)     c.f NAC and their CNS

Painting: Primary Secondary Logo
  ESU          red          yellow/black             yellow star (E*C)
  NAC          white        blue/black           like the S.T. ^ (N^C)
  PAU          yellow       green/red                (non typeable!)
IF green white 3 swords and islamic script
  RH        dark blue       red/white                2 headed eagle
  NSL          black        red/gold                    WW1 +
FSE grey (non typeable) UN orange white

All the ESU have an initial on them (which is the ship type) and no. (so it
looks as if they are part of a bigger fleet) and fleet logo. The initial is in
the russian scrip!

My ESU frigates are in red & black tiger stripe that just suits the mini to
a T !! well IMO ! ;-)

I painted my Valiant aliens dun coloured with a reddish-brown wash.
This created a nice "organic" impression. It may not be as effective for ships
that look more conventional.

David Best

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> Nyrath the nearly wise wrote:

Well, for the FSE I have painted (Front to back) my BC black, yellow, and red:
the CAs are blue, white, and red: the CL is red yellow, and red: the 2 DDs are
green, white, and red; and green, red,
and red.   Tri-colors, this means that the entire fleet is made up
of flagships. (It's a visual joke, you really need to see it.) The joke going
around the FCT and NAC fleet command is that FSE stands for "French Snobbery
Everywhere". The NSL ships are basic black with lighter gray highlights.
The NAC fleet is Dark blue and Black/gray in a large mottle.
The Dutch ships are black/gray with orange trim/panels.
The FCT fleet is light gray base with white highlights. The Kra'Vak are flat
black with gloss black trim, weapons are steel and the domes are metallic red,
green, and blue. The ESU ships are steel with red panels and yellow trim. Not
quite standard, but then my ships are not quite standard. (In particular the
Kra'Vak and FCT.)

Bye for now,