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Here is a Stormtalon I just completed as part of a commission for an active duty Marine. He requested his models to be painted to resemble modern armor, so after searching around AFV modeling forums I found Tamiya XF-59 (Desert Yellow) to be a pretty close match to IF armor and decided to go with that. The model was primed white and preshaded with black before the base color of Desert Yellow was applied and all the odds and ends were painted. The interior was painted with VMA Interior Green much in the fashion of WWII-era aircraft and the pilot's armor was painted in MultiCam. I have another Stormtalon to paint that will match this one and then I will probably give both some light weathering and streaking.

I added some weathering using a mix of VMA Black and VMA Burnt Umber at a 2:3 mix and then added some streaking to the wings using 502 Abteilung oil "Starship Filth" (my absolute favorite oil color) and odorless spirits. The engine soot was done with Secret Weapon Miniatures Exhaust Black pigments and areas with the most wear and tear were given a rub of Secret Weapon Miniatures Metallic Iron pigment on my finger tip.

Pre-weathering:

That's a really interesting colour choice... I like it.

Nice clean job, as well. Needs some markings to really make it pop.

 insaniak wrote:
That's a really interesting colour choice... I like it.

Nice clean job, as well. Needs some markings to really make it pop.

Thank you!

The client wanted no markings, squadron designations, or chapter symbols on the aircraft to keep it more along the lines of current USMC armor, which have almost no markings:

I also enjoyed the color scheme; it was nice to paint a sci-fi vehicle in a more "natural" color.

Great choice of colours and nice finish, but there's just so many flat surfaces begging for something to be put on them.

If he does not want unit designations, consider other options, like NO STEP, caution singns, black foot load areas. Emergency ejector sign, danger sign, access panel markings. etc.

Bring some highlights onto the surface some or edges and your golden! Looks nice and clean! That pic you linked has my chapter symbol! Lol

Thanks for the input everybody.

I just updated the my original post to show how the model looks now that it is weathered.