ok guys and gals and fringe unknowns, here is where YOU get to dictate the order of things.
My Garrison is creating a 3/4 scale mardi gras float that will resemble the Sand Skiff that carried Luke, Han and Chewie over the Saarlac pit. We are building it on an existing float chassis of heavy ply and building the shape up with massive blocks of foam. Luckily a professional float builder is doing 95% of the work and has come a LONG way on it in just a week, now it is taking shape.
Now here is where you come in: What COLOR do you see on the skiff?
Go back and watch the movie if you need to, and notice how the color shifts. There are only a couple of images of the skiff in the SW visual dictionary, incluing one on page 245 that is the closest and clearest of the few given. Here are other images below.
now, what I see, is the color the Isreali's used several years ago. I dont even know what the color is called but that is what it looks like to me, a dark tan with a big dash of grey mixed in. In full daylight this thing will look different than it does on film, we all know the color shift. If by chance anyone happens to know the Pantone used on the skiff----KILLER! I cannot find a single model of it built up on any forum that I know of.
I figure if you can help me out I can approximate with model paint on white stock, take that to a color sampler and have it reproduced.
Thanks everyone!!
Build to please yourself, and don't worry about what others think!
TI 4019 Jolly Roger Squadron, 501st Legion