Over the course of this year I’ve painted a decent handful of Battletech mechs. I’ve been sticking to relatively simple schemes for the most part, and have been able to finish models quickly. The current plastic miniatures are moderate quality PVC models; while they look ok on the table top, I think I’d get frustrated… Continue reading Battletech Roundup
Stonecast Eternals Paint Recipe
I’ve had a couple people asking me about the paint recipe I used for my Stonecast Eternals. Rather than sending it individually, I decided to make a post sharing it here. This was designed to be a fast paint; I used the airbrush to prime and do some initial zenithal shading, and then I used… Continue reading Stonecast Eternals Paint Recipe
Monstrucker & Penthesilea
I did another couple of models for the DBS army over September / October. Both of them are cool ladies, and both of them ended up wearing white shirts, which is always a challenging color to represent well. First up is the Monstrucker: Next on the docket was the alternate Penthesilea, who is playing the… Continue reading Monstrucker & Penthesilea
Ahsoka Tano (2nd)
I did up the slightly older version of Ahsoka, from the end of Clone Wars / start of Rebels era. I refined the hashmark highlights some from the Padawan version, but didn’t change up much else. The blue fluo paint doesn’t have quite the same luminosity as the green, unfortunately, and kind of washed out… Continue reading Ahsoka Tano (2nd)
Star Wars Shatterpoint – Padawan Ahsoka
For Star Wars Shatterpoint, I decided to play with styles a bit to see what I ended up with. I primed black, did a zenithal highlight with the airbrush, and then a quick quite drybrush to catch edges. I then did most of the basecoats with Contrast paints. This worked better for some than others… Continue reading Star Wars Shatterpoint – Padawan Ahsoka