Full Thrust - Camerone Heavy Fighters
If you like these posts, why not hit the follow button at the top of the page
I wanted to finish off my federal Stats Europa (FSE) space navy fleet for Full Thrust. It’s another project that has been around for many years. The larger vessels are finished except for a few in a box of models, FSE and others, I must have bought as a job lot. I’ll see how my enthusiasm holds up for those ones.
Anyway, here we’ve got a bunch of FSE Camerone class heavy fighters from Ground Zero Games. Most of the other fighters that I’ve painted have been in brighter colours but I decided to make these a bit on the dark side.
Mid grey followed by Nuln Oil and some highlighting.
Above: This photo shows my starting steps. A black undercoat followed by a Mid grey base coat (Matisse Mars Grey). Nuln Oil wash x 2 and finally, a mid grey highlight of cockpit, fuselage and top of engine area.
Anyway, here we’ve got a bunch of FSE Camerone class heavy fighters from Ground Zero Games. Most of the other fighters that I’ve painted have been in brighter colours but I decided to make these a bit on the dark side.
 |
| Dark blue trims |
Above: I’ve used a dark blue (Matisse Background - Capitol Blue) for the edges of the wings, the tailplane and the whole of the underneath of the fighters.
Due to public demand for some go-fast red striping, I decided to paint the eight stands as two squadrons of four.
Wazdakka Red stripes
Above: Half with dark pink (GW Wazdakka Red) markings and…
Orange stripes
Above: Half with orange (Matisse - Orange DDP).
 |
| Wazdakka Red stripes |
I then highlighted the pink and orange stripes & edged the dark blue tailplanes etc.
Pink highlighting
Yellow highlighting
Above: The pink and orange stripes were then given a highlight of pink and yellow respectively.
Light blue highlighting
Light blue highlighting
Above: Next I edged the dark blue areas with a light blue. It’s a lot easier to use the side of the brush rather than the tip to do this.
| Light blue highlighting |
I then decided to give the cockpit screen/nose a brighten.
A dash of light grey
Above: I did this with a little dash of the lightest grey I could mix
Red on the engines
Above: Next I put two little dots of red to add a bit of a glow to the engines.
Before the Nuln Oil
After the Nuln Oil
Above: The final step on the fighter models themselves was to put a little Nuln Oil on the underneath of the fighters, avoiding the wing edges.
 |
| A dash of light grey |
With a quick tidy up of the bases and the pins holding up the fighters with some black and a final clear coating and the Cameron Heavy fighters are complete and ready for service.
Above: The red squadron
Above: The orange squadron
Let me know what you think in the comments.
