I have broken down the painting into
seven phases after the primary and secondary hull painting, which
are roughly:
- Top spine and topside warp pylons
- Torpedo bay, bridge elevators, bottom of warp pylons,
landing bay doors
- Sensor arrays
- Phaser strips and bridge / topside details
- Maneuvering thrusters and deflector arrays
- Topside detailing
- Sealing, prep for decals
I felt it necessary to break things
down into sections so that I may better isolate the colors and play
with them prior to painting to ensure all the colors blend well (not
taking instructions on their word). For example, they wanted
me to paint the phaser strips Tan, but that's way too bright with
the over all colors on the ship, so I'm going to change it (Tom
Sasser himself said he liked to "add a little brown" - I
think I'll just do that...).
At left is a picture of the color testing I've done, playing with
substitutions and mixing until the colors seem right. So far,
I think the only one that needs to be changed is the color for the
phaser strips. The colors for the deflector arrays and
thrusters need to be mixed according to the directions, so when I
get to that step I need to play with those too.
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