Isn't it Jason who used it on its Red 4 as a base color but it came out way darker then the cap color was? That's what I wanted to use at first for my Red 5 but his pics convinced me otherwise!
Panelling is when you mask off small sections and spray them with a slightly different shade. In the case of the SD, usually a little darker. It just gives a bit of variation to the all over white. You can see it on ref pics and if you look at the build threads here, it'll give you some idea of what to do.
The original filming models are VERY white. You want the ship to be as white as possible while still picking up the details. An undercoat of gray (I use a medium-to-dark grey) will do this by acting like a wash without actually doing a wash, which would not look good at all on a star destroyer.
Look at the before and after photos I posted on my thread, "Star Destroyer #3," especially of the docking bay. Notice how the details are much more defined after painting it this way.
I've painted three Star Destroyers, and believe me, Tamiya paints are the best. The others leave a bumpy texture, while the Tamiya paints are smooth as glass.
Agree with Rick on the Tamiya finish, using it on my Probe droid and its wonderful stuff, but yes, not so easy to get a hold of from time to time, some colors here in the UK, can be out of stock for months at a time.
Agree with Rick on the Tamiya finish, using it on my Probe droid and its wonderful stuff, but yes, not so easy to get a hold of from time to time, some colors here in the UK, can be out of stock for months at a time.
Ease Owyeung (the awesome guy who painted the original TESB model) told me they used rattle cans of flat white over a gray primer then they aged the model with different shades of gray.