well done as usual on the mechs
im having some issues with my painting the blue is just so dark even when I mixed a few drops of light blue into it
I like the blue itself just not sure how I can get that definition you have
I understand, I've really struggled with blue as well. I've still got a few of my RWR Republican Guards that aren't finished because I just got frustrated trying to make the blue do what I wanted it to. One thing I did here was use the same MRP blue triad that Savage Coyote uses on his Donegal Guards mechs, although I'm embarrassed to point that out since his are FAR better:
http://camospecs.com/Miniature/Details/6623/defiance-dfn-3sThe paints are the Martial Blues Triad (these are all available at SciFi City btw):
9055 Breonne Blue
9056 Templar Blue
9057 Ashen Blue
He also did a CSO Paint Along on the CBT boards using this scheme, but the image links appear to be all broken now:
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=47177.0I use Templar Blue as the base first, then I do a dark blue wash to bring out the panel lines and darken it up. After that I start blending the
colors as I shade each panel, and then eventually work some white into the Ashen Blue for edge highlights. There are plenty of sections on these mechs that I'm not happy with, but overall they look good on the table.
I often will pick a single panel to work on for a bit until I figure out how I'm going to use the various colors and how to blend them. It's also helpful to keep a very diluted dark blue wash (more of a filter really) mixed up and ready, and use that to tone down transitions that are a little too dramatic.
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