Some great new (or at least new to me) photos above. Thank you to
white43 in particular. The difference in colour between the trigger guard and the handle, which I confess I never noticed, was a real eye-opener. This gun seems to be one of those props that changes its appearance considerably under different lighting conditions, so it's really hard to tell exactly what the colours are without the actual references! Still, the various photos have made me realise how wrong my original paintjob was! So I've spent a couple of days re-painting mine.
I've left the metallic parts alone for now, although I might treat them to a graphite rub at some point to add some more metallic lustre and also, perhaps, to darken the lighter metal slightly. I have re-painted the trigger guard and handle, though... twice!
I used the colour swatches in white43's suggested paint scheme first. I used my usual Vallejo acrylics, straight 'Engine grey' for the trigger guard and 'Grey blue' with a dash of 'Neutral grey' for the handle (and the little detail around the muzzles). The paints themselves looked a perfect match to the swatches when they first went on, but the tendency of the acylics to dry several shades darker left them way too dark. It may also be that my screen is showing the swatches differently too, of course. Anyway, the effect was nice. Better than the paler single colour I had before. But way too dark. It's always struck me that there's only a slight tonal variation between the gloss parts and the metal parts when seen in flat lighting. Placing the gun next to my K's blaster showed exactly how dark the chosen colours were. The colours were better, but the tone was definitely wrong.
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So I experimented a bit more and came up with a mix that I think works. I'm aiming for an effect somewhere between the darker look in the top picture in white43's most recent post, and the lighter look of the gun in Doug Harlocker's hand in the second pic.
Note that I haven't applied the clear coats yet in these pictures, so the paint is still matt, and I've still to tidy up the black accents. What do people think colour-wise though?
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I think it's close, especially if, as I say, the lighter metal is darkened slightly. For what it's worth, the final colour mixes (for Vallejo acrylics) were a 50/50 ratio of Engine grey and Light grey for the trigger guard, and then for the handle and muzzle detail the same mix but with Grey blue added drop by drop until the colour looked right(!). I think it ended up being about 80% original Engine grey/Light grey mix and 20% Grey blue.