Low Viz 3.0

[1 VF-1 2NV]

I finally had the balls and the time to do this. This is my first attempt at a full repaint .

Edited April 23, 2006 by 1 VF-1 2NV

[Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0]

Cool! Reminds me of vintage 1950's USAF schemes in plain metal. If you paint the randome black with a stripe leading from the nose to the canopy like on the lowviz 2, then it will look even more like a vintage USAF 50's fighter!

[jenius]

I don't know how I feel about the paint scheme but it looks like the job was impeccably done. Really impressive stuff, not a drip or smudge to speak of.

[mechatek]

Wow, shiny. Clean job there 1 VF-1 2NV. How about some gerwalk and battroid pics?

[David Hingtgen]

Is there any gold in the paint or is it just the lighting? Because that instantly reminded me of bare titanium, like the A-12.

[Valkyrie]

Looks good.

But I think it'd look better if you paint the feet either black or gunmetal. A little bit of an oil wash for the panel lines wouldn't hurt either.

[kensei]

Looks damn good! If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that Yamato came up with a copycat Doyusha line in 1/48!

Clean paintjob all around, looks bad ass too.

[Dante74]

Looks damn good!

IMO Yamato could just skip the LV 2 and make one like this instead.

[Toonz]

metallic grey! nice! just like those 3D valks in VF-X. very nice

[do not disturb]

nice job but we need more pics, namely battroid.

its looks so clean and smooth, did you use an airbrush? spray paint? hand painted?

i might have to score a cheapy valk and try my hand at it, very nice!

[Mechafan]

Great job! Well done with that classic look. All I need to see is some sidewinders on the wings.

[aaajin]

shiny~! but looks good. cant wait for the other modes poses. cmon, dont tease us..

[Ignacio Ocamica]

It looks so good!!!

Great job, I like it

[promethuem5]

I'd nail it with some panel lines, but i've gotta admit, I like the gunmetal look with the LV decals... I like it alot. And yeah, really nice job with the smooth finish... no issues here.

[nightmareB4macross]

Nice Job. I like the overall look, but I just can't get past the non-painted feet.

How about some pics of the other modes??

[jenius]

You know, back when I worked on cars there was a rule. The rule was that all show vehicles should have three distinct colors. I can't tell too well from the picture but I think you're sporting a silver and purple (decals) but are missing the trim. Now, if you have a softer silver being used as trim my monitor probably just isn't picking it up.

Of course, that rule was not a be-all end-all rule. Lots of people prefer the simpler two-tone approach. The original LV has light gray, dark gray/black, and light blue as its three colors. I think yours would maybe benefit from a silverish glossy and a different silver tone flat. You could incorporate that second tone along the chest and heat shield.

I totally do not mean to diss what you've done, it's great work, I'm just throwing out some suggestions worth only what they cost.

Edited April 22, 2006 by jenius

[Eternal_D]

hmm, that's pretty interesting...yah, def repaint the feet...doesn't match right now. but nice job...that's a lot more than I've ever done...finish a custom.

[1 VF-1 2NV]

As requested. Added a few pics in g and b mode. Thanks for the comments. I used a recast 1s head so it doesn't look quite right. Anyone have an original 1s head for sale or trade?

[EXO]

Nice paint job, but the color reminds me of that Walmart 1/55 bootleg.

Edited April 23, 2006 by >EXO<

[nightmareB4macross]

Is it just me, or does the head look wierd???

[jenius]

Is it just me, or does the head look wierd???

He said the head's funky because he used a recast one.

[1/1 LowViz Lurker]

Cool. Will there be a shiny gold "hyaku shiki" VF1 custom next?

[Fortress_Maximus]

Looks good... reminds me of the Golden Lagoon episode from G1. No offense, I like the look, but agree with others comments about the feet and adding the black portion to the nosecone.

[Graham]

As it's all metallic and would probably really glint in the sun and be visible from a long distance, shouldn't it be called a Hi-Vis?

Graham

[David Hingtgen]

The F/A-22 is quite shiny/silvery and it's considered low-vis. But that's mainly because how they say it's painted and how it actually looks totally disagree.

The markings are certainly low-vis... (In the 1980's there were lots of "camo vs markings" combos that were part high and part low vis, so many times you have specify exactly what part is or isn't low-vis) Technically almost any brightly-painted plane nowadays has low-vis camo with high-vis markings, but many planes in the 80's were high-vis camo with low-vis markings.

Edited April 25, 2006 by David Hingtgen