THE UN-OFFICIAL COLOR SCHEME THREAD

[Phalanx]

Here's my paint scheme for the VF-2SS Valkyire 2. I call this one "Saffron Thunder". I know my gradients are off moderatley but I was still getting reacquainted with Photshop. The last time I used it was two years ago in my Computer Graphics 1 class in my Junior year of HS So don't harshly criticize it OK?

Edited April 29, 2006 by Phalanx

[garoquel]

Wow Im pretty glad all my old VF-1 Schemes are still being tossed around this board , migth have to do some new ones in the future, maybe some VF-0 ones.

Garoquel

[BlueMax]

Please do! I love the schemes that you did

[wolframbane]

These are looking great!!!

[BigDMacross2]

Here's something form teh jumpdrive

[wolframbane]

Does anyone have any new beautiful works in progress?

[Aegis!]

Hi guys,

I wanted to ask if anyone here has got a pic showing the underside of the YF-19, preferably a plan view. I really need it as I´m planning on doing a 3D model of it.

If anyone has a clear pic or knows a source for it (magazine scan, model kit instruccions, etc. ) please let me know by PM or post it here.

I would really appreciate it, thanks in advance.

Aegis!

Edited October 23, 2006 by Aegis!

[Thai Boxer 9901]

In all honesty, I'd much rather Yamato released a 1/48 ver. of one of these sqn schemes, rather than that "Stealth" version. I just don't like that one or find it all that plausible; really, it's just trying to impose the "now" onto the "then," a current concept in aircraft technology/thinking on a 20 yr old design [a timeless and enduring one, though]. If they'd do one like these, I'd definitely be more inclined to part with the dough for a 1/48...

Hey guys, I havent been on here in FOREVER but I have been checkin in from time to time. Anyways...I really like what I see on this thread, especially those ^^^ up there. I have also made my own Valk "Mock ups"

I just wanted to know where the line art was for the side view of the VF-1D was? After seeing what redsun did with those, It kind of inspired me to play around with the VF-1D as well.

[joseph]

My version of a VF-1SR.

[nightmareB4macross]

My version of a VF-1SR.

[anime52k8]

from the SDF:M 2036 video game.

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/macross2036/vf-1sr.htm

the booster and gunpod look right but it need the modified head and you didn't have to do any work on the legs actualy.

Edited January 3, 2007 by anime52k8

[Wolfman]

This is all great stuff, and more than I could do.

[James]

HI Jeff Here is the VF-2SS In Low vis Space colors

[the white drew carey]

HI Jeff Here is the VF-2SS In Low vis Space colors

James, that's not very low-viz, now is it?

What program are you using to color these? It looks kind of choppy.

[big F]

The in space look.

Just about all you`ll see on a dark night

[Wolfman]

The in space look.

Just about all you`ll see on a dark night

Looks great!

[Mr March]

Whoa, revival of a very old thread

Here's two VF-4 Lighting III customs I made a while back for another thread:

Edited November 12, 2007 by Mr March

[Flaming Guantlet]

Old indeed! Still its nice to see this thread pop up every now and then.

[Lonewolf]

That black VF-4 is really great Mr March, great job.

[Mr March]

Gotta pimp dat sheet Thanks Lonewolf

[James]

I used Photoshop 7.0 and in part the paint bucket and color replacement. I'll post the Basic blank vf 2ss I scanned from the Macross II rpg book and I had to clean it all up from the zip tones that were used I think I did a rather good job at doing that.

I just uploaded a newer Version of the the Standard colors of the Skull and here is also the Titan Armor kit

[Wolfman]

Looks great!

[big F]

Mr March Im liking your work I especially love the dark VF-4 Ive always loved the dark stuff.

James thanks for giving us more stuff to colour in.

Just out of interest we need to have somewhere you can get ALL the blanks from like one place etc any ideas guys ??

[the white drew carey]

Mr March Im liking your work I especially love the dark VF-4 Ive always loved the dark stuff.

James thanks for giving us more stuff to colour in.

Just out of interest we need to have somewhere you can get ALL the blanks from like one place etc any ideas guys ??

Well, back when I started this I was editing links into the first post, but then servers got switched, images got ditched, and my old HD went kablooey taking my lineart with it.

Maybe I should start scrounging for the images and start putting links on the front page again?

Mr March, great looking stuff. Very clean! I like the cel-shaded look.

[Mr March]

big F

Thanks. One of our members, mikeszekely, really liked the idea of a VF-4 in black hull colors so I colored it for him. It turned out good, much better than the default hull colors I think

the white drew carey

I used a high resolution image and the multiply feature in Photoshop CS 8.0. It turned out purty

On the subject, I have a special wallpaper project I want to make, but I'm lacking the skills. I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about some of your art, found in your signature link. Basically, I want to color three pieces of line art to create a portrait-style triptych of three mecha busts (head and shoulders). My coloring is good for simple full vehicle, but detailed close ups require a bit more detail. I'm looking at your close up of the VF-1SR on your website and wondering how you acheive the shading (both sahdow and the shading around the panel lines) and the eye detail for the head unit. If I could figure that out, it would work really well for what I have in mind.

[James]

Here is the revised Black VF-2SS Skull Leader With a much better version of the Skull on it as well as IMHO version of one with a black background the version someone else did lost the Dark grey panels.

[Wolfman]

Definately looking good there.

[James]

OK for thoes who complain that my Armored VF-2SS sucks let me show you my origionals

[hellohikaru]

Ok..i finally got one color scheme done using my old templates(4 years back) based on Nied's excellent VF-11 lineart. My skill seemed to have regressed quite abit since.

Went through the trouble to draw the “multi purpose” gunpod for Thunderbolt C only to find out later the whole thing isn’t much visible from side view unlike the VF-1 series. More to come later..

btw Glad to see people coming back to this ancient thread.

[James]

Yep I guess I'm the one to blame LOL. But I want your guys' opinion.

Which one loooks better?

left or right?

[hellohikaru]

Wolfpack themed VF-11...to me one of the harder Tomcat schemes to adapt..some just dont translate very well. Enjoy!

[James]

or between these two?

[hellohikaru]

Yep I guess I'm the one to blame LOL. But I want your guys' opinion.

Which one loooks better?

left or right?

I think the one on the right looks better..definitely cleaner to me. Good job.

[Knight26]

Just a suggestion james take it or leave it. Take your original scan, set it as your base layer, then set up a new layer above it and trace out the lines. This should give you a much cleaner lineart to start with and since you are mostly dealing with hard angles shouldn't prove too hard. Then of course delete your base layer, it should help with coloring it as well.

[Toboro]

Also, if you are using photoshop. Set the Line layer to Multiply and only use blacks because white won't show. When you draw the lines, use the brush and click at one edge, then go to the next while holding shift and click again. This will give you a perfectly straight line. Do all your coloring underneath this. It helps to take areas and do them in seperate colors with the pencil tool, this way you can easily select them again with the magic wand. Then on another layer do your actual coloring and on top of this layer do your shading using black and white with the layer set to overlay or soft light. This is an easy enough way for you to paint things like this. So you know that I know what I am talking about you can see some of my work at www.tobynewell.com