Imperial colors/Nr colors?

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Imperial colors/Nr colors?

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Okay, I'm currently kitbashing some SW ships (micromachine size, so it's delicate work). I need to know what colors to paint them.

Imperial ships are sometimes white or dark blue.
SDs are what? Navy grey and darker grey?

The RA ships have a warmer, almost beige color it seems. And lots of reddish-orange highlights. Mon cals are brown and orange and tan?

Can anyone help me with specific color names? Or give good color scheme ideas that shout "Imperial" or "NR"?
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ISD's are whitish-gray, IIRC. TIE's in the first movie were about the same shade as the ISD's, but in ESB and ROTJ they were more bluish (still black solar panels and black/clear cockpits, to be sure...).

Not sure about Rebel Alliance/NR craft, but for captured Imperial craft I'd say they keep the same old colors-- perhaps paint a RA/NR logo on them, though, like they did with the Lusankya in one of the comic books (Crimson Empire, IIRC). Your idea of beige/warm colors does seem accurate enough... also dark gray or tan-ish.
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Bob the Gunslinger wrote:The RA ships have a warmer, almost beige color it seems. And lots of reddish-orange highlights. Mon cals are brown and orange and tan?
Actually, there are many exceptions. On Curtis Saxton's website I've found pics of Mon Cal ships in white, blue, bluish-grey and even golden colours.

However, most Mon Calamari ships seem to be some shade of beige or grey.
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Star Destroyers are pure white.
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Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Star Destroyers are pure white.
I think they're more of a dark off-white at best.
Compare the shade of ISDs with the white Imperial shuttle, and they look a lot darker.
Anyway,I guess I'll just have to try mixing colors until they look right. :?
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