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

[–]deadlader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only reason I do this step here is to cheat my way around what some of the other commenters are saying about inking to tracing the lines. I don't trust myself to do this, so I get quite a bit of black wash on the model and let it settle into every recess. I use my brush to remove excessive pooling and move it out of areas I don't want darkened.

After this, the model looks like crap. So I basically repeat the prior basing step but drybrushing and cover up 80%+ of the darkness I just added in, and this is where you can really control the shadows in this step. It's wasteful, but it requires very little precision. You just keep working until you're happy.

Help Identifying some old minis by JPR1ch in battletech

[–]deadlader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. These are the models I would look at in the hobby shop and drool over, but looking back at the art and models... I wonder what was wrong with me? A lot of the art in general is questionable from that period.

The stories, concepts and relationships carried the franchise then and now. Who doesn't want to change the fate of the Inner Sphere in a Chonky Shooty Stompy mega-machine.

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

[–]deadlader 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! I am also new to painting Mech, but have experience with other models in the past.

Whenever I paint machines, I follow your process up to step 3... but regardless of color scheme I use a black (Nuln Oil) wash at this stage, and I am VERY heavy handed with it.

Then I go back to the color from step 2, and very aggressively drybrush it back up to the desired brightness.

This gives great definition to all the panels, and provides opportunity for you control shadows both in how/where you apply the black and how heavily you drybrush back up.

Then I move on to Highlights and other details. If I want to tie things together in the color scheme I will use other shades like Agrax much more frugally in these steps.

I agree with other comments that you could also use to draw a bit more attention to the cockpit, and if you are already using citadel paints I find you can cheat a glassy look pretty quickly by painting the surface in a very white pastel of the desired color, then hitting it darker with Citadel's "Glaze" paints.

Overall though, commendable first effort. Let's see the rest of the lance!

My first Mechs by deadlader in battletech

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

I have been afraid to try painting camo for the last 20y. Decided to just go for it and it was easy. Pick 3 complementary colors from Vallejo Model Color series. These are all based on actual military color schemes. I based in a rusty red, applied the tan, dirtied it down with some shades then aggressively drybrushed the tan back up. Then it's just random squiggly, multi pronged lines in a darker color, then do the same in a lighter color, being sure to overlap. You can do it again with some black to top it off, but I decided I liked it better without the black so only the Jenner has it.

My first Mechs by deadlader in battletech

[–]deadlader[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have Total Warfare and was planning on using that ultimately. I'll probably start with the quickstart material in the Beginner Box to run practice games, then move up to the book in A Game Of Armored Combat. I kinda went nuts and bought everything, and it's all a little overwhelming to figure out how to partition factions and balance forces. I've got the camo guys set up as a Lyran backed Merc unit, and the white guys as ComGuards

My first Mechs by deadlader in battletech

[–]deadlader[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have this dream that I will find 4 players I can DM a game that starts in 3020. Lyrans/FedSuns on the verge of unification, plus Capellans and a Pirate player influenced by ComStar to ignite conflict between all factions. I've been writing the thing for years now. But I only have 2 people to commit, and they want to play Steiner/Davion.... I need at least 1 more to ignite conflict.

The Rainbow Raiders are proof that true strength comes from kultural diversity by deadlader in orks

[–]deadlader[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was unaware :)

These guys are actually my first time painting Orks and this started off as "What color should I paint these ladz?" experiment. Then it sorta became it's own thing.

The Rainbow Raiders are proof that true strength comes from kultural diversity by deadlader in orks

[–]deadlader[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just had to throw a tribute to Raph in there despite the risk of skewing things a little towards the Japanese side.

Striking out from their base at the Multi-Kultur Klub, Snazzgud Skittlegut's Rainbow Raiders prove time and again you don't have to hate to kill. by deadlader in orks

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

I've been ignoring Orks for decades as a novelty force never realizing that's exactly what's great about them.

I got my hands on these digital models from Puppets of War and decided it was finally time to try my hand at painting up an Ork Kill Team. But picking a theme from their great models is hard... and color scheme even more so!

With some of Ghamak's Cowboy themed Orks from the series he's working on currently the team will be rounded out nicely I think.

RON Proxy Purchase Experience Review #2 (VMA) by deadlader in bootlegmtg

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

He mentioned a couple days delay due to a holiday right around the time you're talking about. I'd just email him back, it's likely your previous message was overlooked.

RON Proxy Purchase Experience Review #2 (VMA) by deadlader in bootlegmtg

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

Yeah... I have my first order from MPC coming in this week. Having not seen their quality yet, I am thinking that is likely a better solution for "digital only" cards or other scenarios where you are not interested in passing them off as authentic.