TNG Romulan Warbird paint color

[Tatooine_Todd]

Will be doing my first Trek kit, it's a 1:3200 scale Warbird from the Star Trek Adversary kit. I need some paint tips. What color works the best for this version?

 

[Rhett J Martin]

It was actually painted grey, and the lighting gave it the green glow.

In truth, just slap some green on it, and do light white and grey streaking on it. Windows are the hard part. Warp engines are REALLY bright green.
HOpefully, someone else can pipe up with details.

 

[newworld]

It was actually painted grey, and the lighting gave it the green glow.

I don't think so. It might have a gray under-painting, but it's definitely several zillion shades of green. Here's a shot of the physical model from the 2006 Christie's catalog.

http://startrekpropcollector.com/trekauctions/img/debdb1432d4cc00de22d91c416d0d3ae

 

[Pauleysolo]

I saw this model in person at Comic con a couple of years ago- it is actually very green in person

 

[feek61]

From the Christies auction it appears very grey!

 

[Rhett J Martin]

Yea! So meh!!! :lol

It's so odd how that neutral grey can change even in plain view. Looking at the above pic, I'm like "oh yea, it IS green. . . .oh wait!"

Etiher way, those two shots answer your question on how to paint the sucker!

 

[SmilingOtter]

Is it possible there was more than one model?

 

[SD Studios]

I saw the 48-inch model in person as well. I also spoke to Greg Jein about it (we were thinking about doing a SS replica at MR). Greg said: "It was different shades of GRAY and we LIT it green".

FWIW. There ya go.

 

[Smiling Demon]

From the Christies auction it appears very grey!

WOW, any more shots like that?:eek

 

[Chronicle]

Will someone please make a big model of this thing? Please?

Clay

 

[newworld]

"Appears" is the word. To my eye it is distinctly a slate-like green with gray weathering. It's not deep, saturated green, but it's green. If it was true gray it would look like the shot on the right:

 

[Tatooine_Todd]

Thanks for the info! Now, however, I am in a quandry.

 

[feek61]

"Appears" is the word. To my eye it is distinctly a slate-like green with gray weathering. It's not deep, saturated green, but it's green. If it was true gray it would look like the shot on the right:

Boy, that's a stretch!

 

[feek61]

WOW, any more shots like that?:eek

Yes, there is an entire series of them here:

http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=9506

 

[newworld]

Boy, that's a stretch!

In what way? Call it light green or pale green, gray green or camo green, whatever. But it's green. If you take a sample of the color in photoshop it's RGB value is 167/179/165. When it was shot for filming they used a green light to make it MORE green, yes. But the base is not a neutral gray.

Do you think Christie's put a green light on the shooting model for the catalog? I don't think so.

 

[SVTStingRay]

old age has officially hit me, im going color blind

 

[Rhett J Martin]

If by going colorblind, that your seeing grey . .then no, you're not going colorblind.

I love this place when people's opinions override the facts of someone who's stood in front of the real thing . . .:rolleyes

Kid might want to check his color on his screen . . .

 

[newworld]

I love this place when people's opinions override the facts of someone who's stood in front of the real thing . . .:rolleyes

If you mean Pauleysolo's comment about standing in front of the very green model at ComicCon, then I quite agree.

Kid might want to check his color on his screen . . .

Ah. Maybe that's the issue. I'm a designer and have a calibrated monitor. Actually two of them. So I see green in the shot – and so does Photoshop. Maybe it's too subtle for your monitors.

On page 101 of the Christie's catalog there's a huge shot of the 3 foot Warbird. It is clearly a greenish gray or grayish green, whatever you want to call it. It is a high-rez shot taken by a professional photographer. Was the model repainted for later use on DS9 and that's what the source of confusion is? I don't know, it's certainly possible. They repainted a number of models for that production. But if you can look at that Christie's shot IN PRINT and say it isn't green, then you really are color-blind.

Will, if you don't think it was green at Christie's, ask Adam. I believe he saw it with his own eyes.

But all this misses the point. If you want a model that looks like something shown on screen, it better include green. Certainly you can't dispute *that*, right?

And I wish I was a kid.

 

[feek61]

Wow, a little touchy aren't we? lol. Labeling it "green" means nothing when it obviously is NOT green. Can we agree that it's grey with a greenish hue? Really sucks realizing both my eyes AND my monitor are not calibrated! :lol

P.S. I heard the one at comiconn was a copy.

 

[3d-builder]

"Appears" is the word. To my eye it is distinctly a slate-like green with gray weathering. It's not deep, saturated green, but it's green. If it was true gray it would look like the shot on the right:

This is deep saturated green!!thumbsup Good luck guys!