So after getting schooled by Directorate over and over again while flying my Terrans and Hawker (seriously has to be the worst matchup in the game) I brought out a pair of Tarakian patrol fleets I had in my closet and thought I'd give them a go, and try a new painting method that I hadn't tried out.
Starting in with a black primer followed by a heavy white overbrush.
Went over everything with Vallejo game ink...
Happy with the results everybody it's getting a coating of orange...
Next I'm trying to knock back the bright orange with some browns. Trying to figure out if I liked Sepia or Brown more...
I decided on brown. Really they where almost the same color with a little less shine on Vallejo Brown. Comparison image of the orange ships before and after brown in was applied...
Now I add Copper and wash it with GW's Sepia wash to ribbing areas...
And because I skipped a couple of days in pictures while I detailed I ended up with this...
Added a neon locus effect to the grav guns and added a bit more white to the bridge on the right BB...
Now I just need to add some OSL to the grav guns, locus looks cartoony atm, and throw some engine glow on the backside and I should be gtg.
...And Hawk widgets, so many widgets to add
