CookieCat Posted June 17, 2023 Report Share Posted June 17, 2023 I like to post pics of minis online at least partially as an incentive to paint regularly, so I figured I'd start a single thread rather than making new topics every time I have some new content. My current project is painting a Battletech Clan Hell's Horses Alpha Galaxy force. I think I'm going for a full binary of mechs, vees, and BA, with a focus on fast units. I might do an Executioner as Star Captain, but I think I'm going to be focusing on fast mediums and heavies. To start off, I'm posting a side-by-side of a Grendel and Epona both WIP and their final form. I'm fairly happy with my results, though I didn't do the jeweling on the lasers and canopy as nice as I'd like, and I need to do something with the base on the Epona. Ideally I'd get a proper hex base for it, but I don't have any spares lying around. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieCat Posted June 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 Next up on the paining bench: a Clan Invasion box set Executioner converted to the A configuration with 4 ERML and 3 LPL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieCat Posted June 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 I finished this paint job today. I feel like I need to start working with thinner paints. Also I spend a *lot* of time on each mini layering different shades of each color, and IMO the results that are not worth the time investment. I feel like I should look up some tutorials on how to do legit glazing techniques, or just give up and wash and drybrush everything. I also didn't do the cockpit jeweling on this one because it felt too recessed and too small. While I like the new art for these mechs quite a bit, I kinda miss the old huge cockpits that were easy to paint. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CookieCat Posted June 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 I feel like I should have spent a lot more time cleaning up mold lines on this one, but a lot of them feel pretty inaccessible for easy clean-up with an exacto knife. Anyone have any tips on how to deal with the mold lines on these sculpts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Mold lines? Nah, that’s just the bead from when the astech welded that bit of armor plating back onto the chassis after it took a direct hit from an AC-5 round at point blank. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 That is an interesting take on basing the model. I can honestly say I've never seen someone paint the cardboard playmat art style on the base as opposed to doing realistic terrain basing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieCat Posted July 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2023 On 6/30/2023 at 10:10 AM, Brother Glacius said: That is an interesting take on basing the model. I can honestly say I've never seen someone paint the cardboard playmat art style on the base as opposed to doing realistic terrain basing. I was actually going for sand dunes, but I can see that too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieCat Posted July 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2023 I decided my Executioner didn't look finished without some detail on the head, so I added some "face paint" and tried to give the tiny cockpit windows a bit of an amber glow. And then next up on the work bench are an Adder and Nova. I thinned the primer a bit more for these minis and I think the results show in a more even and consistent primer coat, so I'm pretty happy with that. Next will be applying a thinned black wash over the entire mini to add contrast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieCat Posted July 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2023 Finished up the Adder and Nova. I'm real happy with how the grey and red came out on these, but less happy with the canopies and bases 🤷♀️ Three steps forward, two steps back I suppose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieCat Posted July 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 Finished up a complete Star with a couple of points BA for support: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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