with time and patience chris.. lol jk.
after i filled the windows with clear resin (probably..) i will "steal" colors from others. it's clear though, that for both the white/grey and the blue/light-blue panneling i will use both non-gloss and medium-gloss paints, imho, that gives the nicest finish if i look at other peoples builds..
For aztecs, i found a few templates, but not really happy with them. so, i will use the panneling on the saucer as a base, count the number of "pie-slices" (does this make any sence?) then in illustrator, make the same ammount of slices in a circle (with a few testprints, make the circle exactly as big as the saucer) so i have a schematic copy of the saucer, add more circles as there are rings on the model, once complete, i will use this:
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/tech/sh_aztec40.jpg
as a template, sketch and skew this until it fits on the schematic copy, testprint, it should fit then, if ok, print it on a low-tag masking film. Airbrush the first color, apply the mask, seal it with the first color, then paint it with the medium-gloss for the aztec effect. Should be a lot of work, since there are different aerea's to be aztec-ed (yes, the whole ship needs to be done, but i mean blue-lightblue, and broken white-grey area's.) i havent tried yet, but i presume i can't mask off azteccing both at the same time..
Again, which colors to use, im not sure yet, having too much fun looking at others buildups (too bad though only a few people thought of telling what paints they used..) If the RGB-card is done (can have it etched now, but need some $$$ first..) i have to first worry about lighting, then comes the paint.. so im FAR FAR away from a endresult. (which is ok, best thing about hobby is that there is no deadline right?)
i know i mentioned this before but, im a real noobie's noob, so im kind of experimenting a long the way. I know i should start more simple, do a few buildups first before i try more complecated things, but hey, thats just not me. I have a degree in civil-engineering, so i'm expecting from myself i can do this.