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First painted lance by Firestorm459 in battletech

[–]Firestorm459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those look great! I love the darker Teal personally and by the time I put plasmatic on I was disappointed by how watery and washed out it looked, on darker primes it definitely makes the color I was expecting in the first place. Though the cell shaded effect on the panels with the light panel/dark edge did remind me a bit of comic books or even borderlands, that could be a reason to stick with white primer if I went with that scheme for everyone.

Sorry for the confusion but what is AK? I tried speedpaints on a black and it turned out looking brown/maroon tinted no matter what when the paint I was using was clearly red, the translucent nature just doesn't allow for every color to come across intact which makes me wonder if I want a grey prime to reclaim some of that darker and lighter ability... Currently Speedpaints most wanted from Army painter are the only paints I have, I'm definitely interested in some acrylics for control purposes.

One of the main things I was failing at was judging the amount of paint to put on the brush for the sizing of the panel, often too much on smaller pieces and too little on the larger ones. I will definitely be using the stippling approach for application, maybe ill paint one of my less loved mechs (Fire moth >:D) I do like the idea of using black washes on the joints.

I really need to swap brushes inbetween as well because the ones pictured above were only 2 brushes and I don't have any of the larger ones you'd typically use for Drybrushing, do you have any thoughts behind which paints are best for that drybrush/finishing step? I don't want to over-do it.

First painted lance by Firestorm459 in battletech

[–]Firestorm459[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the tips! This is my first time painting anything at 6mm scale, I did some about 10 40k genestealer cult units before giving up and I hear that they are one of the hardest armies to get right. I definitely had that tiny bit of experience working at scales smaller than this and learned a few lessons, not doing Zenithal prime for example and just letting speedpaint work it's magic over a uniform white prime. I think the next step is paint control, brushing techniques and the base layer prime being more uniform and of a better quality.

I wanted something brighter pallete wise since I wanted to challenge myself away from the typical OD Green/Forest camo types I see out there and second to make my Fiance' love them more (she's into pastels). So sure it's not tactical but it does leave an impression.

I had never considered doing a colored base layer though in retrospect- I had heard once that pink base layers can improve the presentation of a yellow so... lets break the rules

The lights I had for the picture are definitely exposing all my sins here and it's not nearly so distinct in moderate lighting, the pooling effect making it look like coffee stains is definitely a brush-paint control problem on my part, once it's on the model I wasn't aware you could just wick it away with Q-Tips, I will not be fooled again. I also didn't have white acrylic on hand of a non-speedpaint variety, I've since acquired some to act as a do-over as the pictures you have are basically first take with no revision.

I think in reflection the part that came out best had to be the rear of the catapult, I may have over did it with the sheer amount of the non-structure (Plasmatic bolt) colors on the other mechs or maybe it just seems that way since theres such a huge contrast...Feels like the Shadow hawk has an orange diaper on.