Painting minis; getting started

[MGibster]

I have a large amount of current Catalyst BattleTech minis. I'm starting with those.

Back in the 90s, I painted my Panther pink. And for my Crusader, I painted him dark blue and gave him a little bat symbol inside a yellow oval on his chest. I find BattleTech miniatures challenging because of the scale.

Duncan Rhodes as a decent tutorial for painting a Mad Cat (one of my favorite mechs).

 

[MGibster]

I'm gonna pick some BattleTech mechs up too. Just for fun. We can paint them together!

 

[Warpiglet-7]

Not great but….able to
Use primer As first coat since army painter matches the primers
With little bottles of regular paint!

 

[MGibster]

Not great but….able to
Use primer As first coat since army painter matches the primers
With little bottles of regular paint!

That's pretty good. White is a very, very difficult color to paint and that's especially true when it's the whole darn model.

 

[payn]

I have a Vicktor model assault mech. I think I'll start here with this Davion field paint job. Should be easy with the WWII paint set I got coming. My models pose is very similar, but the arms are in an upright forward position.

 

[MGibster]

Factions – Camo Specs

camospecs.com

A spot for camo specs for BT factions.

 

[Aeson]

I find, I lack the patience and focus, not to mention steady hand to paint. I think about it from time to time. I've invested in Kickstarters for unpainted miniatures in recent years. Amazingly, some of them actually were shipped and arrived. Damn you Blacklist Games. shakes fist One day I may give it a go.

 

[Sacrosanct]

One suggestion I highly recommend? Use a make-up brush for drybrushing. Works amazing. Also, if you're using speed paints, I like Army Painter over Citadel contrast.

 

[Sacrosanct]

One thing I learned using speed paints is that it’s really important to prime your minis with dark recesses, then dry brush lighter color over it. See the aboleths in this picture as an example. Most paints are more opaque so you don’t need to do this with them, and single color primer is fine (like the purple worm). But speed paints? You’ll want to do the layered primer.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

One thing I learned using speed paints is that it’s really important to prime your minis with dark recesses, then dry brush lighter color over it. See the aboleths in this picture as an example. Most paints are more opaque so you don’t need to do this with them, and single color primer is fine (like the purple worm). But speed paints? You’ll want to do the layered primer.
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Do drybrushing before the speed paints?