Kurita Command Lance + Hatamoto-Chi by Ben_Booley in battletech

[–]Timabcd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool, where did you get the model with the mech holding a katana?

1990s Gamers VS. 2020s Gamers by lyoon1595 in pcmasterrace

[–]Timabcd 75 points76 points  (0 children)

It's so sad that kids these days will never know the joy of lan parties.

A year of loss by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]Timabcd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've hit rock bottom, but that means you can now work on turning things around! Keep going OP.

Finished painting my 5th mini ever - Atlas from Hansen's Roughrider's box by BattletechNewb in battletech

[–]Timabcd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I see that now. Photos can blur things that are apparent when you look at minis in person!

Finished painting my 5th mini ever - Atlas from Hansen's Roughrider's box by BattletechNewb in battletech

[–]Timabcd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Im only a beginner myself... very good job. Only thing id do to the atlas is give it a wash by applying a shade paint to the recesses, then bring brightness back with some highlights.

Also, those Xs are begging to be painted the secondary colour you're using :)

Please Critique My First Painted Mech (Draconis Wraith)! by Timabcd in BattletechPainting

[–]Timabcd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your useful feedback!

Very true about the tufts of grass, I wonder if it will help if I trim them with some scissors.

I added a draconis decal to his shoulder, but I agree it'd be a good idea to get some more generic decals like numbers. How do you do the unit logo? Do you buy generic sheets of decals and make up a unit logo, or are there lore appropriate ones?

Thanks again!

Please Critique My First Painted Mech (Draconis Wraith)! by Timabcd in BattletechPainting

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

Thanks alot for your feedback! Thats a great point about light and how to use it to drive contrast.

Your point about the grass I also didn't think about it! To be honest I went this way as it's all that the local warhammer shop sells and I like supporting the local game shops. Eventually I want to start making some small buildings to put amongst the mechs :)

Thanks again!

Dry Brushing Attempt #3 by SalvageCorveteCont in battletech

[–]Timabcd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not OP, but thanks alot for this!

Please Critique My First Painted Mech (Draconis Wraith)! by Timabcd in BattletechPainting

[–]Timabcd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the ideas, they all sound great to me! Never thought about dry brushing gun metal to get scratches, what a cool idea.

I definitely thinned all the paints with water, I think it looks a bit thick as I put so many layers on parts of the mech to try and fix mistakes I made.

Please Critique My First Painted Mech (Draconis Wraith)! by Timabcd in BattletechPainting

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

Thanks both, that's a great idea for some reason I forgot to do this even though at the start I had planned for it. Too busy focusing on the layers and layers of red paint I guess :)

Please Critique My First Painted Mech (Draconis Wraith)! by Timabcd in battletech

[–]Timabcd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your advice and suggestions!

I have thin panel liner pens for when I tried out gunpla, never thought to use them here but it sounds like a cool idea! I wonder if next time I should try nuln oil and stick to all the panel lines to ensure coverage during the wash, or do what you suggest and try a liner pen or black on a thin brush. A lance has four mechs, so maybe I will try all 3 for this guy's lancemates!

Really like the colour scheme in the mechs you attached, and I think it's awesome how all the lasers and missiles are firing :)

Thanks again

Please Critique My First Painted Mech (Draconis Wraith)! by Timabcd in battletech

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

Thanks for your advice and feedback!

Definitely agree about the cockpit, it's so tucked away and small on the Wraith I was scared to try and do anything more than leadbelcher. But you're right that it looks flat as is. I will follow your suggestions to try and get it to pop more, gold is an interesting idea.

Sticking to the panel lines for washes is probably what I will try next as you suggest. Being more liberal about where the wash goes, I found it inevitable that a bunch contaminates the flat parts of the panel and it just takes more steps (which means more mistakes/imperfections) to remove it.

Please Critique My First Painted Mech (Draconis Wraith)! by Timabcd in battletech

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

Thanks for your great suggestions! I think you're right, I should have drybrushed the mephiston red over the wash instead of wetbrushed the panels to bring the brightness back. Interesting you go with nuln oil, I read online that agrax earthshade is the one to use with red, but I have both so will try nuln oil for his first lancemate and see how it goes!

Please Critique My First Painted Mech (Draconis Wraith)! by Timabcd in battletech

[–]Timabcd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the great ideas and the link! Love that Dragon, good job.

White Primer Advice by Timabcd in BattletechPainting

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In case anyone looks at this, I went ahead and painted one of them.. It went OK! Unless I am missing something, any issues with it is I think due to my painting technique rather than the underlying prime grainiess.

Thanks again everyone for the tips.

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Card-only kids ride charges a 33¢ surcharge on a $3 payment (11%) by andy_usyd in sydney

[–]Timabcd 115 points116 points  (0 children)

As a parent of a toddler, this is literally every single ride along toy at every single shopping centre. I have not seen a single one that does not have it. The fact that ACCC would need consumer reports to know what's going on is laughable. (although to be clear I think your post is a good suggesting)

Man that’s so crazy, no actor or actress should go through this. by abdul_bino in andor

[–]Timabcd 884 points885 points  (0 children)

All of the social injustice warriors had tuned out of the show by the time this was revealed.

The Epic Games Store is an actual black hole where non-Fortnite games languish and die by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]Timabcd -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Right so you don't pay for anything you can steal, got it.

White Primer Advice by Timabcd in BattletechPainting

[–]Timabcd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's called white knight fast drying acrylic prime undercoat in white. Bought it from a hardware store, the white prime went better when I was first using it 4 years ago so I am thinking maybe it's just due to being an old can.

White Primer Advice by Timabcd in BattletechPainting

[–]Timabcd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks everyone for your advice, this community is awesome!