On my Fine Molds Falcon.... For the base color I used a mix of Tamiya deck tan, white, and medium grey. I added a little white or grey to make each panel a slightly varied colored.

The grey is Tamiya xf53 Neutral grey.

For the red, I just customed mixed some red and grey I think.

Just a side question, are the paint colors listed in the magazine or do you think Steve will elaborate on the colors in his video's ?

Steve Dymszo recommended Tamiya Inginia White for the base coat. Beyond that, I haven't seen anything in the books that reference any recommended colors yet.

Does anyone know of a video tutorial that shows someone painting the quad cannons? I played around with the OOB one and wasn't thrilled with the result. I have a Shapeways one now and am thinking of painting it black first, then Insignia White. I am hoping the black will come through in the details. I am a novice painter so I am always reluctant to try something that may not turn out.

Yea, I'll probably get some insignia white, along with a bunch of other colors. I plan to polish up and JB weld the top and bottom half of the gun together because the screws don't even hold it together, then try to drill out the barrels a bit, then I will use metal primer on the barrels and paint a base coat in Insignia white. Then weather with black and some soot, then kind of go from there.

Red. I like a nice rusty red or brick like color over a bright red for the panels on the Falcon myself...

Turbo-laser cannons. The Shapeway cannons have nicer detail, but if you're sticking with the metal ones make sure you prime it with a metal primer, something that will bite into or etch into the parts and keep the paint there, otherwise you could have flaking paint later. As to a black base coat for details, dark shading... That will work well if you are using an airbrush, if you are using Tamiya's AS-20 Insignia White (and it only comes in a spraycan), you will just cover it all up. Don't worry about it for now. You will be using a wash of thinned down paint that will collect in recesses and give you the darkened shadows as part of weathering. Maybe also some drybrushing (paint brush with almost no paint on it, it's covered in the cockpit section we already have) to lightly color/blacken the barrel ends (I'd do it with ground pastel chalks or charcoals myself for the best results).