Battlestar Galactica The Thin Red Line
Painting & Basing the Adamant
Finally my base game arrived and I was able to put the correct scaled Viper Mk2 in this picture. This picture give you a better sense of the scale of all three ships together.
After the Adamant was primed. I used a rattle can “Stone Gray” for the entire base coat. The majority of the ship will be this color with highlights of a Steal Gray and a Light Gray on some of the panels. The engine cowling is Lead Belcher with the panel before it a Steal Gray. A few panels I used GW’s Caledor Sky.
Once I was happy with this base paint. I sealed it with a semi-gloss clear coat to make my next step easier on my self.
Next I painted in all of the black panel lines. Because of this clear coat, if I get black on anything I don’t want it to be on. I can use a clean wet brush and remove this mistake with out much work. Also most 3D printed surfaces are fairly rough and or absorbent. So this clear coat also allows the paint to flow better on the models surface.
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