Boba Fett Color Scheme Moebius Battlestar Galactica Viper Mk II

[SwedishChef]

Finally got around to building this thing I bought a couple years ago. Kind of bored with the same old white and red paint jobs (although those look really nice!) and am trying to make a semi-bare metal version. Started with an Alclad black gloss base, and then added Alclad white aluminum and magnesium. Airbrushed some transparent smoke, violet, and sepia around the thrusters for a hot metal look. The goal is to give it light coats of other colors I have in mind - we’ll see what happens. I will say that, when I masked off an area to paint the leading edge of the wings it tore up some of the aluminum paint. Grrr. That didn’t happen last time when I airbrushes Alclad. Going to spray the whole thing with some Future polish and then paint on top of that. Always something to learn I tell ya.

 

[thegnome]

Very nice finish

 

[gunnerk19]

Nice!

I just got the same kit, however I'm going to do mine in the TOS BSG Viper finish. Like you I'm not keen on the red and white color scheme.

 

[SwedishChef]

Sooo, as I was looking through a book I recently purchased, “Sculpting a Galaxy” by Lorne Peterson, I got inspired by Boba Fett’s Slave I color scheme and applied it to my Viper. If any of you model sci-fi, especially Star Wars, I can‘t recommend this book enough! There are so many closeup shots of studio models in all their glorious detail - it’s beautiful!

At any rate, here’s my finished Viper, with weathered paint scraped off down to the Alclad white aluminum base. The cockpit window has been sprayed with a light coat of Alclad Pale Burnt Metal to simulate the gold shielding astronauts use on visors. I thought it would be a nice touch rather than a crystal clear window.

I’m always wanting to learn new things so if any of you have suggestions or tips, feel free to offer any positive criticism.

 

[cking]

Brilliant paintjob which really lends itself well to the ship design. Your weathering skills are fantastic. Great work.

 

[SwedishChef]

Brilliant paintjob which really lends itself well to the ship design. Your weathering skills are fantastic. Great work.

Thank you! That means a lot. I prefer to chip away at layers of paint (like what would happen in real life) on something this scale. It feels like cheating if I just use a silver pencil or dry brush.

 

[INVAR]

Outstanding! Couple of strategically-placed Mythosaur sigels on that puppy and you got a ride that any Mando would be pleased to pilot!

 

[SwedishChef]

Outstanding! Couple of strategically-placed Mythosaur sigels on that puppy and you got a ride that any Mando would be pleased to pilot!

Ooooh yeah, now there’s a great idea! Maybe on the white panels below the canopy...