How to paint a shadowship???

Meister screw · Post by **Meister screw** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:23 am

Hi all,

A beginner has a question about painting: How can I paint my Howling Wolf Shadowship best? Think you now the kit, it's the one with the modelled veins.
Have you an hint for me?

Joseph C. Brown · Post by **Joseph C. Brown** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:34 am

Hi!

For painting Shadow ships, I have seen gloss black, semi-gloss black, and flat black used separately and also mixed for the skin of these ships.

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/b5/ll_shadows.htm

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/b5/lb_shad.htm

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/b5/dm_crab.htm

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There are other methods; I used Dupli-Color brand of color-shifting paint on my build-up of Kip's Shadow Fighter back in 2002:

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/events/w ... shadow.JPG

The painting went in this sequence:
-Prime
-Apply black base coat
-Apply color shift spray
-Apply clear gloss top coat
-flat gray hand-brushed for the 'veins' on the ship's surface.

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Now, Dupli-Color is in the USA, and I don't know if they sell in Europe
MP-400 Purple/Green Kit
http://www.duplicolor.com/products/mirage.html

Good luck!

tonyG2 · Post by **tonyG2** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:09 am

On an admittedly very bad scractchbuild of a shadow ship many years ago, I used a matte black base. Then I lightly pencilled in the tracery of panel lines freehand, ran a line of liquid masking fluid along the edge of the pencil lines (freehand gave a less rigid, more organic look) and then top coated with a mix of gloss black and gloss dark blue.

Wasn't a bad result. Shame about the model it was painted onto.

photoguy · Post by **photoguy** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:24 am

How about this?
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/tech/ms_wash.htm

Meister screw · Post by **Meister screw** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 2:08 am

Hi guys,

Thanks for your help.

I think I’ll try out Joe’s method; it seems to be the best way (perhaps not the simplest) for me.
The technology of Marco (Seaquest DSV) is good for a fine structure but the Shadow ship has a much rougher structure

Hi Joe,
I know this picture, good work.

Yes, Dupli Color is sold also in Europe.
I want to paint my fighter in black and the veins in a dark blue.
Like this one:

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv34 ... ttomSM.jpg

Using this technology you kept the brush very flat, right?

-flat gray hand-brushed for the 'veins' on the ship's surface.

Have a nice day
Jörg[/url]

Andrew Gorman · Post by **Andrew Gorman** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:38 pm

I've experimented with Hammerite paint. It gives a nice texture, color and highlights but is a little unpredictable. My conclusion was that it would work pretty well, and it is cheap and easy.