Veritech Erp

[Madelyn Westfall]

SoI just picked up 2 veritech fighters, one is the standard "Roy Folker", and the other is the Super Veritech, or the one that has the booster pack on the back. I will probably build one as the infamous "Skull 1" but I am not sure on the other...I am not a big fan of the white color of these planes..I was thinking of something like a two tone grey/white or even a olive drab/white??

If you want to do any of the major characters' birds, then it will be white with the appropriately coloured highlight, with two exceptions - the all blue ("Max type") and the all red ("Millia type") birds.

Yeah I know about the color themes from the orig series...and none really appealed to me too much...I have been doing a bit of research over on robotech.com and I have found out some interesting stuff about the veritech fighters!

The VF-1S model that I am building, the orginal "Skull One" was the very first full operation veritech ever made. Accoarding to the Macross timeline the "skull one" was the only VF-1S to survive the macross series..there were only about 12 or so ever built, most were destroyed in the battle of the first episode. That being said I think I may make up a ficitonal squardron/color scheme...some intial ideas, The "Wolf Pack" dark grey colors w/ lighter accents, and a wolf's head on the tail. The "Red Devils", darker red colors, maybe black accents. "Dirty Dozen" olive drab colors w/ white underbellies. Of course al these names are stolen from other famous groups in military history, but I thought it might be fun..

What you are talking about in the above post is a fictional back story to a fictional cartoon series, so pretty much anything is possible. You could paint your model any way you like and no-one could tell you it's wrong.

I think the Macross stuff tends to look good no matter what it's wearing. I did one of mine in camo with polish markings, actually it's not quite done yet but I'm tryin' :) I only have a progress shot but if you like Olive drab I'd say go for it!

As for an original scheme, if you like it, go for it. I had one transforming VF-1 kit years ago that I did up in EuroI Gray base with the EuroI Dark Green in the traditional places for trim. I liked the contrast and it was a fun change from the bright colors commonly used for anime mecha.

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