First Klingon model..little help here!

Hey killjoy,

I cant help you with the color but saw that you are near me in WA.

We are having our monthly meeting on Saturday in Redmond and our huge spring show on the 19th.

If you are interested, come on by. Usually will be 30-40 people or more and a vendor at our monthly show. Email me if you want more details.

ipms-seattle.org

  BUILT THIS ONE BEFORE I CANT SAY THE PRECISE COLOR. IT ACTUALLY ALOT BRIGHTER THAN IT APEARS  CHECK THE MOVIES FOR AREFERENCE.                                                                                                                                                                                                      I ACTUALLY USED A GREEN ZINC CROMATE THEN DRY BRUSHED WITH A CAMO GREEN AND ALIGHT GHOST GREY  THE RAISED WING PANELS A INSIGNIA RED.                                                     REMEMBER KLINGONS ARE NOT THE BEST

AT KEEPING THINGS NEAT AND CLEAN.YOU REALLY CANT OVER DO IT WITH THE WEATHERING.

I built this one a while back.  I don't remember using any gray myself, and though I use Tamiya for a lot of projects now, I hadn't come across any yet when I was painting my B'rel and used MM enamels.  If you're interested and anyone knows ratios to mix Tamiya colors to match, here's what I used:

Green plating: varying pattern of FS Pale Green, Green Zinc Chromate and Willow Green

Orange "feather" details: Russian Marker Red

As I said, it was a looooong time ago and I hadn't messed with washes yet.  Sadly, the kit was lost between moves so I can't send pics.

Maybe it's time I replaced the old bird...

I have used both the Testors MM Zinc Chromate and Pale Green mixed with Testors Gloss Blue and Gloss White. I mixed the blue and the white like at 10% each of the blue and white to either the Zinc Chromate or Pale Green. The pale green after I used a wash of black and dry brushed white over it came out to faded but I couldn't correct it in time for the contest. The BOP was a resin kit that I got at Wonderfest for $10.

 http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8383/s6300334gl6.jpg

The one I did in Zince Chromate with the blue/white added to it came out looking closer to what I wanted. I only had a single picture of the BOP to use and it was a 3/4 shot from the front. This is from the Adversary 3 ship set.

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8073/smallklingonbopqg1.jpg

You can find referances over at these sites

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/

http://www.culttvman2.com/dnn/

Here is my last BOP models from the Adversary set, It was my 2007 Wonderfest entry along with a kitbashed X-wing-D-7.

I painted the BOPs almost straight Zince Chromate Green with some Beret Green and they were washed in black and weathered with Tamiyas weathering kits that you rub on and it last along time.