Just looking for ideas on repaints that are NOT garish and colorful. Don't get me wrong I love some of the repaints i have seen on here I just prefer more subdued color schemes. Except for "Blood stripes"... lol and the "red Baron" interceptor!! I think an Olive YT would look cool or a Camo one.. Air superiority grey X-wing.. etc...

Military color spacecraft? They should be either "deep space black" for low observability, or "anti-laser mirrors" to reflect lasers.

I keep my repaints in line with the in-universe military markings, if that's what you mean. Some examples:

Great work there mate!

thinking about an e-wing painted like this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-16C_Tiger-striped_Colorado_ANG_from_above_2002.jpg or this: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Sukhoi_T-50_Beltyukov.jpg&imgrefurl=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA&h=853&w=1280&tbnid=1o7fxh_DrVi60M:&tbnh=133&tbnw=200&usg=__tTH4Dy-zjfgUDr2e4VCqaGq2OvA=&docid=1nB0KzOFxJZUSM&itg=1

Oi! FFG, don't delete this thread either, ok?

thinking about an e-wing painted like this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-16C_Tiger-striped_Colorado_ANG_from_above_2002.jpg

That's a pretty cool scheme. I wouldn't consider it effective, per se, but it's certainly striking.

I'd love to see an X-Wing done like the VF-84 high-vis scheme (that's the Jolly Roger emblem on a black tail with gold markings).

I was highly impressed with these: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/174615-repaint-from-france/#entry1600296

I've started my GR-75 in D-Day invasion stripes (here: community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/181937-wip-gr-75-repaint-d-day-c-47-skytrain/#entry1683219 ), but took a hiatus for the local Regional this weekend, and I won't be returning to it until tomorrow.

Finally, I'm planning on using [Napoleonic] Imperial Guard colors for my TIE Defender, and maybe some early 19th century HMRN colors for some other ships.

Military aircraft are typically dual colored - blue/white on the underside, and green/brown from the top. Or at least the WWII ones often followed that scheme. The logic being that they blended in with the sky when viewed from below, and blended in with the ground when viewed from above.

Not quite sure how you'd implement this for Star Wars, besides making them black to blend in with space from all sides. Perhaps you can mock the aircraft paint scheme of blue bottoms and brown tops, even though it doesn't really make sense.

For the X-Wing and Y-Wing, at least, they were often used by the Rebels for in-atmosphere strikes on Imperial bases. It would make sense in that case for them to have the dual-colored scheme to hide better from TIE squadrons flying CAP.

I have been focused on USA WWII Pacific Theater repaints. So far, I've done a few B's, and one each of the Y, A, E and HWK. The logos are not painted, they are decals.

I am working on a Tarheel Hal Y-Wing right now. It's almost done and I will share when it is.

I can't wait for the K-Wings. Will likely do a Blue as above, a Drab Olive and one in the style of the B-17 Aluminum Overcast.

Here are some images of my work...

Those are fantastic Ralter. The Rebel iconography standing in for the USAF/USN star is particularly glorious.

Those are fantastic Ralter. The Rebel iconography standing in for the USAF/USN star is particularly glorious.

Thanks much - I appreciate it!

This is my favorite Firespray repaint: Bf-109 Messerschmitt Fire spray repaint

You know what would be incomparably awesome? Take a Z-95 and give it an Aggressor theme. Aggressors are typically outdated planes like F-16As, F/A-18As, F-5Es, F-15As, and so on, painted up in SU-27/33 Flanker Splinter camo patterns and given red stars.

These Aggressor jets are OPFOR in training ops like Red Flag.

So take a Z, paint it up in blue or tan camo, and give it an Imperial Sigil on the wing and a Rebel Sigil somewhere on the fuselage. Instant Aggressor Z-95.

Personally i think it's extra fitting, simply because the F-5, shown above, is the baseline for the fuselage of the F/A-18. Which would make the Z-95(which served as the baseline for the X-wing), the F-5 to the X-Wings F/A-18.

the aggressors are based on Russian camo schemes of the day... but yeah that is the look I am going for..

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Sukhoi_Su-27SKM_at_MAKS-2005_airshow.jpg

@Babaganoosh

I really like the grittyness in your paint jobs. Looks like rough and tumble fighters.

There is a Deci painted into US Navy camo around. A very nice looking outcome

@Babaganoosh

I really like the grittyness in your paint jobs. Looks like rough and tumble fighters.

Thanks! They're supposed to look as though they've been through a fight or two. You should be able to see some carbon scoring from near-misses, and several replaced panels on each ship that are colored differently with either a lighter gray or pale yellow color. (Field repairs are often in mismatched colors to the original paint scheme).

Military aircraft are typically dual colored - blue/white on the underside, and green/brown from the top. Or at least the WWII ones often followed that scheme. The logic being that they blended in with the sky when viewed from below, and blended in with the ground when viewed from above.

Not quite sure how you'd implement this for Star Wars, besides making them black to blend in with space from all sides. Perhaps you can mock the aircraft paint scheme of blue bottoms and brown tops, even though it doesn't really make sense.

There is no reason that space craft wouldn't be camouflaged, they do land on the ground fairly often. So it does make some sense to have a white X-wing and say it was based outdoor on hoth, as an example.

Also it wouldn't mater what colour your ship was in space as you need to be close to a light source for colour to show up.

So if your close enough to see that white X-wing then your already in combat.

I for one, like to base some of my re-paints on WWI era air power.

Less drab that way but each to their own

Also it wouldn't mater what colour your ship was in space as you need to be close to a light source for colour to show up. So if your close enough to see that white X-wing then your already in combat.

I do not understand this statement. It must be harder to see in space if it is black. If it was white, it would reflect more light and be visible from a greater distance. (Not counting layers of shiny varnish).