I was first introduced to that game in 1991 and I' fell in love with it immediately. I built my miniature collection over many years.
One thing that perturbed me was the varnish I used (Citadel 'Ard Coat) darkened the colours and undid all my carefully graded highlighting. I had to redo some of the highlights. Nevertheless, I am pleased with the outcome. More importantly, my wee lass loves them, and that's all that matters.
Since the advent of having a family, my gaming time has been seriously decreased. However, as they've grown older and more capable of fine motor skills and critical thought, I've introduced them to roleplaying games, aka D&D, and also to playing Battletech.
Last year my wee lass, Katie (9), asked for Battlemechs for her birthday. Like the proud father I got her the Inner Sphere Direct Fire Lance box set. They were the first of the new batch of plastic minis I'd seen and they were beautiful. I was quite jealous. We always meant to paint them, but never got around to it until this weekend. My inspiration to do so came from ColBosch's Mech-a-Day blog
The Atlas battlemech (the tall one with the skull head) was painted using the slapchop method. The other three (Marauder II, Orion and Crusader) were painted in the classic base coat, ink wash, and highlight style. A bonus outcome was that the PVA used to glue sand to the base cracked when I painted over it. It gave me an instant desert/badlands effect.
Last year my wee lass, Katie (9), asked for Battlemechs for her birthday. Like the proud father I got her the Inner Sphere Direct Fire Lance box set. They were the first of the new batch of plastic minis I'd seen and they were beautiful. I was quite jealous. We always meant to paint them, but never got around to it until this weekend. My inspiration to do so came from ColBosch's Mech-a-Day blog
The Atlas battlemech (the tall one with the skull head) was painted using the slapchop method. The other three (Marauder II, Orion and Crusader) were painted in the classic base coat, ink wash, and highlight style. A bonus outcome was that the PVA used to glue sand to the base cracked when I painted over it. It gave me an instant desert/badlands effect.
One thing that perturbed me was the varnish I used (Citadel 'Ard Coat) darkened the colours and undid all my carefully graded highlighting. I had to redo some of the highlights. Nevertheless, I am pleased with the outcome. More importantly, my wee lass loves them, and that's all that matters.
Tomorrow, she wants a battle.
From left to right: Marauder II, Atlas, Crusader, Orion.
