I put down a base of silver paint......specifically I use aluminum paint then I put the RnB over the top. Paint never gives you the higher sheen like RnB does in my opinion.
There isn't two flightsuit colors. The suit just shows different in different lighting. You will need to dye the suit to get the proper blurple color.
I used purple, pearl gray and blue......plus bleach washing it to get the weathering right
Stick to the tried and true colors. Don't try to color match a specific screen capture. You are right about the lighting and blue screen. If you use the tried and true colors you will get all of the variations you can see on screen depending on lighting. But if you try to match a...