And what is this about a publishing company that cannot print in color? Since when did this happen? Sounds kinda fishy to me, but if it is true seems a bit naff IMO.
Scale model kits often have paint guides in black and white. The guide just shows the colour layout with different colours depicted by different shading patterns. A table shows which colour each pattern depicts. Sometimes the table gives the national standard number relevant to the kit in question (e.g. FS, RLM, etc.); other times it gives the manufacturer's paint numbers.
A colour picture showing how the finished model should look is nice but not necessary. Mongoose could put back the photos of miniatures, or you could watch an episode of B5 showing either the ship itself (if it's a canon ship) or something from the same race.
Adrian H - Agree people will buy a paint guide for many different reasons. I would buy the guide primarily for two reasons;
(1) To see some professionally painted models, such as the jaw dropping, ABBAI Milani shown on the forum previously as a content example by the professional painter involved. (Needs to be colour)
(2) To see the "Paint a fleet in a Night" section or whatever it was called. (Speed painting is something I need to learn or I will be painting into the next Millennium). (again needs to be colour for a real comparison)
Suffice to say I would pay a good price to buy a colour PDF. I will never buy a black and white painting manual.
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