To darken the alumide, you can spray paint it, no problem. But if I'm not mistaken, Turgon has figured out a way to realisicly weather and darken alumide.
We were not planning on offering the internals as a kit though.A lot of work went into them, and that's mostly the reason behind the price diffirence between a kit and a full install (apart from the electronics and hours of work off course)
I have been low profile of late. combination of being re-hooked on computer games and having lots of pain medication due to a recent surgery. Anyhow, I'm still around and I have not been one to share many photos. Mainly because I do not know what I am doing. But I do know how to weather stuff. As for alumide, I'll try these pictures to give you what I think is a good weathering:
I may be pretty biased, but I think it looks damned good. (If you are after that look. If you are after the clean look then it is absolutely wrong, wrong, wrong.) The photos do not do it justice. They lack the depth of the final finish.
Anyhow, if that looks like something that you would like to try, I can share the recipe. It is pretty simple, though it takes some specialized paints. Most of the time when I do this technique, it is reversible. With alumide and my final finish, it is VERY permanent.