Belvarin Carrier Both the Belvarin and Vorchan were painted using exactly the same approach as I used on the Primus-class on the previous section, so there is little point repeating it here. The yellow markings however on the Vorchan wings and fighters were achieved using flesh tones first as the basecoat, before yellow was applied as the final highlights. Yellow is not a particularly 'painter friendly' colour due to it low opacity when watered down as anyone who has tried to paint it over a dark colour will testify to. The trick with yellow is to give it a basecoat which helps compliment it when applied over the top. I have found over the years that flesh tones such as bronzed flesh, elf flesh and even pale flesh are all ideal for this and will each give a varied richness and depth to the yellow when you apply it over the top. In the case of the fighters I started with a basecoat of a 50/50 mix of bronzed and elf flesh, which I carefully painted the markings onto the Sentri and Razik fighter wings. This was then overpainted with golden yellow to give the finished result you see above. The same was used for the Vorchan, except for a final highlight which was a 50/50 mix of golden yellow and bleached bone which I used to pick out the edges of the banding where it crossed the engines.
Escort ships The pair of Darkners and the single Maximus-class Frigate were added to give the fleet some much needed initiative sinks as well as some truly nasty skirmish level vessels. The Maximus frigate in particular is often easily overlooked, which can be a fatal mistake for an enemy as its tiny size belies the 10x attack dice of twin-particle arrays it has at its disposal. Likewise the Darkners main battle lasers are only slightly less potent than those found on Centauri capital ships like the Primus, making them equally deadly if ignored. Together they help round the fleet out to a respectable starting value of five 'Raid' points worth. To this I will add over time some further capital ships and escorts to give me more campaign flexibility, such as a second Primus, a slew of Vorchan's, a Dargan-class strike cruiser and escorting Kutai gunships. There is definately more to come from the Centauri yet, including their 'Shadow' allies. Until then, happy gaming. |
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