Battlestar Galactica Vipers

[Talos]

I've pretty much finished the base paints for these. There's still some small things I'll go back and tweak later, but they're overall 99%. First three posted now, others and background text to follow later.

[Talos]

Here are the rest of the VF-4s I initially did, as well as the background info.

Beige nose and white stripe Max and Milia, as well as Hikaru created as a PR item for 10th anniversary of the end of SW1 in 2020. The decal on their tails reads "Victory 2010". They are repainted from YF-4 L/N 003 (Hikaru, which is unarmed and becomes a museum piece after the celebrations), VF-4A L/N 014 (Max) and VF-4A L/N 032 (Milia), which are both combat-capable and are flown by their respective pilots.

White nose and white stripe Max and Milia are from 2031. 014 was crashed by Max in 2026 and was replaced by upgraded VF-4G L/N 1675, featuring improved engines and FAST pack capability. Both it and the upgraded VF-4A(R) L/N 032 received a new white radome and where used to help promote the new movie released that year, "Do You Remember Love?".



White nose and black stripes are from sometime between 2031 and 2045. The UN Spacy sells the fighters as surplus to the Jeniuses, along with their SW1-veteran VF-1Js. They are then repainted with black stripes, but maintain their UNS markings. Milia takes her VF-1J with her on the Macross 7 mission, but the other three planes are left behind and donated to the Museum of Flight on Eden.

[coolusername]

nicely done..although i am not the greatest fan of the Jeniuses/canon schemes. Would love too see one in Low-vis colors :P

[Talos]

Hahaha, thanks. You'll like what I've got coming next then.

Oh, hit me up with a pm if you want a copy of the VF-4 templates, Coolusername. I know there's probably some schemes you'd like to do.

[Talos]

How's this one then, coolusername? UNS (later I'll mod it to UNAF) Compass Ghost grey scheme VF-4.

[B.J.]

Lookin' good! I like that last one. The only thing bugging me right now is the wing looks a bit flat. Maybe experiment with putting a large area highlight over it to brighten it somewhat, so it looks like it's getting direct sunlight?

[Talos]

I was thinking about that this morning, actually BJ. I think I'm going to do just that, it really needs that added. Thanks!

[Talos]

I added a highlight to the wing that I think I'm going to redo, but it's a start. I'm also going to try shading the wingtip, since it's out of the light and in shadow, it should be a bit darker. I'm posting both the highlight-added Compass Ghost as well as a "Mod Lightning" scheme.

[XRaiderV1.7]

nice.

[braveheart1701c]

Will you be doing the robot versions of the Macross ships too?