A few days ago I was killing time at the local bookstore. I happened upon a book that appeared to be three Star Trek comic books put together. The third comic was a New Frontier comic, with the Relativity (Complete with Braxton and Ducane) making a cameo. I would have been happy with what I saw if it wasn't for one little thing. The Relativity's color.
It was green.
Yes, I know both comic books and New Frontier are non-canon, but this just really grated on my nerves. So far as I can tell by watching the Voyager episode, the Relativity does not have a green hull. It, from my point of view, did kind of have a prismatic soap-bubble effect, but it was quite plainly not green. Am I missing something, or was the artist just a complete moron?
Posted by Mr. Christopher (Member # 71) on :
The Relativity was green.
It was also every other colour in the rainbow.
It was painted with Mystic.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I suppose they had to color it something. I mean, it's not like Crayola has released the color "iridescent"...
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I'd be curious to see exactly how the coloring was done. A greyed down green with highlights here and there might be ok, but I wouldn't be able to buy a bright green.
Explain Mystic to me. Is it a program, or a color you can use in the program they created the ship in?
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
When I look at the Relativity, it makes me think of oil on water, and the greyish-rainbow effect that you might see.
It's definitely not green.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Like I said, it's iridescent. But it seems like that would be rather difficult to represent in a comic book.
Posted by Mr. Christopher (Member # 71) on :
Well, I once stumbled on a site that had a write up on Mystic, but I can't find it anymore.
Anyways, Ford released this special edition Cobra Mustang in '95 or so that was painted with Mystic. Here's a picture of the Mystic effect.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Looks like flip-flop paint.
Posted by The Vorlon (Member # 52) on :