Scheme Reference
Though Clan Nova Cat tends toward appropriate camo in the field, Alpha Galaxy sometimes uses a scheme of black with a stream of blue stars, painted along the center chest of ‘Mechs and Battle Armor and along the fuselage of aerospace fighters.
Camo Specs Online
Artist Notes
A mix of Pro Acyl and AK 3rd gen
Started with a base of Tenebrous Grey. Imperial Blue was used across the center, blended to black, followed by a 1:1 mix of Imperial Blue and Star Blue on the more central parts of the model all at a thin layer consistency.
Stars were Ducat Blue with a narrower band of White Blue on top.
Highlighting was done with roughly a 1:4 or 1:5 mix of Anthracite Grey to Bold Titanium White at a glaze consistency.
Edge highlights on the ‘light’ facing side start with anthracite grey and build up progressively and cover less with three layers with increasing amounts of Bold Titanium White added (about, a 1:1 grey/white, 1:2, and 1:4 ratio)
Edge highlights on the ‘dark’ side are a workup of three layers with Dark Neutral Grey, 1:1 Dark Neutral Grey/Neutral grey, and 1:1 Neutral Grey/Red grey.
NMM missile pods was another batch of various ratios of Anthracite Grey to Bold Titanium White
Cockpit was Dark Golden Brown base with Warm Yellow glazed atop to increase opacity on light facing side
Shadows and shading on min were done primarily with glazes of about a 3:1 mix of dark neutral grey to Red Grey.
Heatsinks started with flooding with Burnt Red, then Deep Orange on the fins. A roughly 2:1 mix of Burnt Red : Deep Orange was drybrushed around and on the vents to do OSL. Once the base was done, refined with glazes of various ratios of Burnt Red and Deep Orange.
PPCs were done similarly, albeit utilizing Ultramarine, Sky Blue, and White Blue.
Base was AK snow with various mixes of Anthracite Grey and Bold Titanium White on the light facing portions and Payne’s Grey on the dark facing side and recesses.
