I did two articles on covering. The first is "the basics" and the second is a series of videos I did when I covered a wing. You may want to consider a similar color scheme I did in the videos, as it is very easy to see (against a light or dark background) and not too complicated to apply.

First article:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/a...?article_id=67

Videos:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/a...article_id=726

You could swap the Blue for Black and if you want to make it easier, skip the "Thunderbird" feathers and the stars. Here's how it will look: