armentage Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 I've recently gotten my hands on a 1/100 Bandai VF2SS transforming kit. I hate painting white... I've been trying for 20 years, and I've never mastered it. So I want to paint my VF2 with some alternative color scheme. Something dramatic and bold, like a Max & Miriya, but not plain old primary colors. Any suggestions? It's the armored kit with the Super pack and pods on the arms & legs, big giant gun on its back. Quote
fernandofaria Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 (edited) Well , first , whats your problem with the white finish ? I usualy add a drop of yellow or balck , to break bright of the pure white . If you want to try something differente , I think that a metalic finish will be a good try .. take a look on this image Edited February 8, 2005 by fernandofaria Quote
armentage Posted February 8, 2005 Author Posted February 8, 2005 Well , first , whats your problem with the white finish ? I usualy add a drop of yellow or balck , to break bright of the pure white . If you want to try something differente , I think that a metalic finish will be a good try .. take a look on this image Well , first , whats your problem with the white finish ? I usualy add a drop of yellow or balck , to break bright of the pure white . Well, what will happen is that I need to apply 4-5 coats before it looks right. Either the color underneath will show (this particular hit has some blue molded pieces), or it will streak, or collect in the corners and look too thick. Invariably, the fine details will be covered and lost. So I try primers... white primers, and by the time i get the paint on, it looks too thick. Airbrush works well, except I'll mess it up again when I go back to paint neighboring dark regions, and get discouraged. Basically, I hate painting white ;( I do like that color scheme! Light gray-blue... rare colors on an Valkyrie Quote
armentage Posted February 8, 2005 Author Posted February 8, 2005 Any color scheme suggestion for the armor pack? Maybe a light tan, or orange? Quote
hellohikaru Posted February 9, 2005 Posted February 9, 2005 There are blank multi-view linearts of the VF-2 in the fanworks colorscheme thread which you can use to try different colors. Quote
armentage Posted February 9, 2005 Author Posted February 9, 2005 Are you airbrushing? I haven't been airbrushing. I know its trivial to spray white, but I'm just getting back into modeling (took a 10 year break!) and I'm a little reluctant to drop the cash on a new brush. I'm >< close to buying a simple external mix single-action! Quote
armentage Posted February 9, 2005 Author Posted February 9, 2005 There are blank multi-view linearts of the VF-2 in the fanworks colorscheme thread which you can use to try different colors. Sorry for my ignorance but which thread do you mean? Quote
hellohikaru Posted February 9, 2005 Posted February 9, 2005 http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...pic=2993&st=180 There are somemore several pages back. Quote
Kylwell Posted February 9, 2005 Posted February 9, 2005 As someone whose just spent the last month or so researching alternative schemes for the SV-51 all I can recoment is checking the web for experimental or test camo for simular aircraft. Look at all the F-18 or F-16 camo schemes out there. Low-viz is currently the most popular (and can look really cool). Me, I'm fond of ground attack schemes. I'll see if I can get some of the illustrations up. Quote
Kylwell Posted February 10, 2005 Posted February 10, 2005 Here's a URL to some stuff http://hungrylizardstudio.com/ssm/sv51/sv51schemes.html Quote
AlphaHX Posted February 10, 2005 Posted February 10, 2005 some vf-2ss colored pictures as requested... Quote
armentage Posted February 10, 2005 Author Posted February 10, 2005 *drool* ... that's a 1/72nd VF2 isn't it.... oh do I want one... Quote
Neova Posted February 11, 2005 Posted February 11, 2005 I love the VF-2SS! Is it me or does the front half look a tad like Yukikaze? I love those birds too. Quote
zeo-mare Posted February 11, 2005 Posted February 11, 2005 god i would give anything if they would release some more kits or stuff of this design, come on yamato a 1/48 would be incredible Quote
armentage Posted February 11, 2005 Author Posted February 11, 2005 I'm a big fan of the VF-2. It's one of the few valkyries that looks like it was truly meant for space combat. It's only flaw are those pesky wings! Right now I'm spraying it (with a single-action airbrush) Dark Ghost Gray, as I put together the limbs and body (I feel like there are lots of parts on the 1/100 bandai kit that would be harder to paint when it's fully assembled) I'm trying to decide between bold light blue (brighter than Max blue) or Ostrich orange high lights on the VF-2 itself. The Super Pack parts will be a nice tan color (like the tan parts on an Ostrich) I can't shake the feel that since it is a Space combat craft, low visilibity would be a little silly, but all black would be boring So I figure, if you're already not camoflaged, you might as be as exciting as possible. Quote
cokefiend Posted February 11, 2005 Posted February 11, 2005 AHHHHAGGGGG! Its so beautiful!!. Where do I get one? Quote
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