Finer details over the basic scheme
Like I've mentioned many a time already, I really liked painting the bare metals as dark grey instead of using metallic paints. This was one of the cases where I definitely was going to keep at it.
Bare steel surfaces
The Stormcrow got its shoulder joints, some leg joints and the lasers painted grey. I also painted a handful of grilles and vents as well to make them stand out more.
I gave the same gut feeling -based treatment to the Viper: lasers, missile launcher's face, the AMS pod, and some easily doable joints. The AMS made me think if I should've painted it in a brighter grey or off-white, but this wasn't an aircraft carrier from these years but a futuristic wonder. So I left it unpainted to make it stand out more, even if technically it didn't make perfect sense.
Some chipping
For gentle highlighting I started using the Soviet shade (VMA 71318 AMT-7 Greyish Blue) I had used as the main highlighter on the Mongrel, but these had a stronger contrast and my original idea didn't work the way I imagined. Pivoting like an agile developer I decided to turn them into chippings and added some more with as light a touch as I managed.
The third, darker colour would enhance these chips noticeably.
Yellows
The Blitzkrieg Galaxy's crossed lightning bolts got painted on the left legs on both Omnis, again with Yellow Ochre (VMA 71033). My photos didn't show too clearly how boltlike the freehanding was, my bare eyes helped even less.
Again the Stormcrow's back didn't really inspire any caution stripes, but Viper did that much more happily. Some part of that came from the Jump Jets, that Stormcrow didn't have.
Preparing the cockpit canopies
For my jeweling attempts I based the cockpit glasses black. I knew that yellows were always a bit difficutl, but like in all these long cases, I was now paying for quick choices made over a decade ago.
This was another half an hour. Total timer: 1h.
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