As the designer of the minis, thank you for showing people the keys to keeping the main color steps simple while putting some extra time into the details that really sell the look. You applied metallics, stripes, and the cockpit glass just how I like seeing them.

@jimmydesouza4375

2 жыл бұрын

So you designed this mech, which was first published in the mid 80's, despite the fact you were still in school a decade and a half ago? Yeah, makes sense!

@ShimmeringSword

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmydesouza4375 hahaha. I designed this very sculpt, not the Dougram mech that existed before I was born. They're a bit different.

@justinheads5751

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmydesouza4375 dude, don't be an ultracrepidarian. shimmeringsword is a miniature sculptor for catalyst games labs. its a well known thing.

@jimmydesouza4375

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShimmeringSword Ah that makes more sense. Why did you make a new design for it since the old one "worked"? As in what was the design goal? Simply to make it so people have to buy a new mini, or something about trying to make it match some kind of design ethos?

@ShimmeringSword

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmydesouza4375 Battletech stopped using all designs licensed from Japan after Harmony Gold made it their life's goal to IP troll the franchise with their Robotech license. I redesigned all the "unseen" so that they can be sold again. Ones like those from Dougram that were never too much legal risk got more minimal redesigns. People can still use the old minis if they want.

Thanks for this Duncan. A subtle thing that I really appreciated is that you clearly know the BattleTech universe. When you casually mention PPCs, LRMs, jump jets, etc it shows you’re not just painting a generic model but demonstrating a genuine interest in BattleTech. Very cool.

@Mechator_Rex

2 жыл бұрын

The mentioning of the Dragon for Kurita was a strong giveaway that either he is a fan or just really well informed on what he's painting. It's one of the most Draconis Combine Mechs ever. ^^

I DIE FOR THE COORDINATOR you honor the Dragon Duncan, thank you for making me once again repaint my 2nd Sword of Light

@magennis

2 жыл бұрын

Dracs.... I'm I right!

Dude, I've always loved your work, but I REALLY love that you've joined us in the BattleTech Community! So good!

@fuzztsimmers3415

2 жыл бұрын

he hasnt joined shit cant even get the class of mech right

You paint Battletech and I subscribe. Glad to see channels painting something other than Warhammer stuff.

@DuncanRhodesDRPA

2 жыл бұрын

We love wargaming and painting miniatures 😁

The perfect color scheme for a long DCMS-sponsored vacation on Kentares IV. I hear the civilian population centers are great spots for Mechs this time of year.

@verysilentmouse

2 жыл бұрын

lol *stabs* ;)

@brianhuss9184

2 жыл бұрын

I painted the flag of Kentares on the back of my 2nd Sword of light battlemechs :)

I know this video is 2 years old at this point, but man would I just love to see more Battletech painting tutorials. The 2 posted here are the best I've seen.

Not only do I appreciate the tutorial, but I am silently impressed with Duncan's knowledge of the battletech lore in regards to the tech present on the model. Just did a few rounds painting my buddy's original battletech starter box from the 80's, Pteg plastic extruded two part molds and all. Had no idea what any of the little details represented, so just used my games workshop knowledge of mini painting to get it done, and based the hex stands with a Vallejo tank mud mix. Good times.

I just started playing MW5 and I really want to get into Battletech. I have been a long time mech fan, so thanks for showing how to paint them!

Awesome, I hope to see more Battletech videos. The canopy walk through was very appreciated.

Haven't played the game yet but I did watch the old Battletech cartoon! Would love to see Duncan paint some 1st Somerset Strikers and Clan Jade Falcons.

YEAH DUNCAN!! MOAR BATTLETECH!! Thank you sir!

More Battletech, yes! I flirted with Battletech 35 years ago and only recently got back into it full force after GenCon 2021. Thanks so much; love the channel, Duncan.

@Hudson316

2 жыл бұрын

I've been playing the Mechwarrior and Battletech games since I was like... 8 I think (MW1 and Crescent Hawks Inception) and I only just finally got my hands on some real battletech minis a few weeks ago (via the Clan Invasion kickstarter, mine got here late because I ordered it all on wave 2 delivery) and they're everything I could possibly have wanted (other than needing more mechs because I couldn't afford to buy the full range, and though I lucked out getting a Dire Wolf in a salvage box, my sweet King Crab has so far eluded me)

Nicely done. This is pretty much the painting technique I pieced together all concisely covered in one easy to follow video.

Red can be a tricky color, but you always make it look good! Gives me more incentive to improve at painting it.

Fantastic work Duncan! The figure looks great and I enjoyed watching and learning from this tutorial. Thanks for sharing this.

Keep up the good work Duncan! Your painting videos and general attitude to the hobby is very inspiring.

@DuncanRhodesDRPA

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Glad to see another painting guide for battletech! Think you'll be doing more for each faction?

Yeeeeees! Awesome to see more battletech Duncan!

Thanks so much for this tutorial! I've been meaning to get back into painting my mechs and this is exactly the type of scheme I would be doing: single main color with metal and detailing. You made it all very approachable.

Love to see non-GW minis and this looks great! Now do Infinity! 😁

Please paint more Mechs. Will love to see this

Thank you so much for doing some more BattleTech, really appreciated!

Thank you for the Battletech love, Duncan!

I'm actually painting this model now, but im using the desert camo recipe you released recently. I wasn't sure what to do about the joints/non armored bits but I this video has all the detail work I was looking for! Brilliant

This guide is awesome! It’s inspired me to paint up a sword of light unit!

Basic and clean steps! Really enjoyed the tutorial, ready to go paint a mech Duncan style.

Duncan can be as master as he wants, i painted mine like a Gundam and it looks rad

Thank you for your painting tutorials!

Simple clean and good looking . Nice work !

Fantastic work!

Holy that glass looks awesome! I get my first mechs next week and I bett your videos will be a great help. :)

Another Battletech video ? OMG Duncan you're the best !

Woah never thought I would see the day. Thanks duncan!

@DuncanRhodesDRPA

2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure 😊

You can paint all the Battletech Mechs you want. Been watching you for a long time. Now that you started painting Battletech I watch more ;) Keep up the excellent work.

Thanks for making my Sword of light look good.

Battletech Duncan! FINALLY!

Cool video. Your stuff is always worth watching.

@DuncanRhodesDRPA

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Hopefully there is something for everyone to pick up or learn in every video. Or at least get a little entertained lol

I'd love to see you do more BattleTech minis

This is great, I'm painting a batch of Sword of Light 'Mechs right now and I def needed pointers.

Aw, sweet! My Kickstarter minis just came in and I've been deciding on a color scheme. I want to do a company of Crescent Hawks, so the natural choice for an opponent is 2nd SOL. This is exactly what I needed, thank you.

@Hudson316

2 жыл бұрын

Crescent Hawks paint scheme is basically the Kell Hounds scheme with dark blue instead of red, right?

@heywoodjablome9114

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hudson316 Yes. Dark blue instead of red, and gold highlights.

The Coordinator is pleased by this video.

Lovely work!

One of my deepest chuckles in Battletech is the color scheme of the Robinson DMM, the border unit of the Federated Suns between them and the Draconis Combine. If you find it, you will see why. Good paint job Duncan. I like gloss black paint for the cockpit glass.

@lorcannagle

2 жыл бұрын

I came across a photo from my first in-person BattleTech game since COVID began the other day, and it's my friend's red Robinson Rangers vs my Grey and silver Ryuken-ni...

I'm so glad I found this channel

@DuncanRhodesDRPA

2 жыл бұрын

Us too 😊

Awesome stuff, would love to see some Steiner or jade falcon mechs next if you got the time!

Thank you for painting some Battletech

I could watch you do a 100 battletech videos, so good

Thank you , DRPA .

Great tutorial Duncan! Glad to see some love on the BattleTech minis! More please? Sharing a link to this on some of the FB BattleTech pages.

Ah man, so good!

Last time I was this early, General Kerensky was still around

@DuncanRhodesDRPA

2 жыл бұрын

Touche

@magennis

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha best comment of the night

Great to see you getting into battletech. Awesome tutorial as well. Even if it is for a Kurita mech ;)

I just painted my mechs last night. Now I need to fix them after watching this lol

I'd be happy just getting the weapons and cockpit looking nice

Duncan paints Battletech…. Ii it XMas aleeady? Thank you for that stream! Wish came true!

More battletech please!

Love the Battletech content coming out cant wait to see more! Do you have more on your website by chance?

Oh man, please do more Battletech paintings!

Amazing!

I've always loved your tutorials. Would you do a tutorial for chipped and weathered armor on a BT mini?

I'm going to try to watch all ur battletech videos now

@DuncanRhodesDRPA

Жыл бұрын

yahoo!!!!!

Just some minor amount of smart-assing and maybe a "nice to know": the canopy is not made out of glass. Canonically its translucent armor. It's basically the same thing the mech is armored with just see through. Think: very advanced Aluminium oxynitride (transparent aluminium) of sorts; made out of whichever ceramics they use to armor their mechs with in the 3rd millennium :D

@baker90338

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know that, explains why a burst of a good ole’ LB10X isn’t a instant kill.

@Hudson316

2 жыл бұрын

@@baker90338 that's why you gotta go for the AC20 to the face, like a civilised person.

My LGS just got a big Battletech section. Got a box set on Black Friday! All the factions, etc look overwhelming. Looks tough to choose just one!

@ShimmeringSword

2 жыл бұрын

Many players paint multiple armies either just for fun variation, or to run multiple factions more authentically (often providing your opponent an army). But you can also do so without fear of not being able to play what you want on the fly. Mix and match your painted minis at will and only the worst grognards will give you snark for it. End of the day, paint what looks cool.

Looks fantastic. I'm finding one of the hard parts of these plastic mechs is cleaning them up (mold lines and whatnot).

Honorless Drac sympathizer! I love it!

I JUST PAINTED MY FIRST TWO KURITA BATTLEMECHS YESTERNIGHT!! WHY DIDNT YOU POST THIS VIDEO A DAY BEFORE?! 😂

@DuncanRhodesDRPA

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Great video! I also paint my Mechs red ;) but in the scheme of the 4th Skye Rangers. Everything is red except the arms. I took some tips from this video for my next Inner Sphere models!

yay more battletech

Thank you! Sir!

I really love the work shown here. Only thing I've seen better is the weapon effect inside the PPC-barrel. I would have preferred the colors blending into each other (as done on the cockpit) to create the impression of glowing energy.

And I am intersting in your interpretation of Clan Jadefalcon.

Great job

@DuncanRhodesDRPA

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Hi Duncan! Glad to see more Battletech! The Weeb Combine is one of my favorites. Is the name of this pilot Bob Kurita by chance? As always I enjoy how you bring these mechs to life with your attention to detail, especially the red on it! Now I wanna jump in the cockpit fly around and blap fools with that PPC and LRM at long range! At least until it overheats on me lol.

A gloss varnish on the canopy glass would be a nice final touch to give it the appearance of a reflective surface

@Pariah502

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know, if the gloss is too intense you might waste all the work put into the reflection you painted on the canopy by, well, the actual reflection going on with the gloss

@Mechanic618

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pariah502 never had that issue, use a thin coat :)

More Battletech!!!! Yeeeeeess!!!!!

More Mechs please! 😁

More battletech!!!

Having my first game on Sunday with my capellan death commandos

ah the cult of the Agrax, may we long worship at is defining temples

Time for more battletech guides with the kickstarter getting close to shipping 😁😁

@DuncanRhodesDRPA

Ай бұрын

Good call!

Amazing stuff, end result. Gorgeous. If you aren't selling them, can you suggest anywhere that is? Thank you. Please keep them coming.

Awesome tutorial, cant wait to get some Battletech minis to paint. Really great video, clear and precise and relaxing to watch. I was wondering about your background music though....do you create it yourself or do you source it online. Just a curiosity. I like it

I hope we see others faction of this awesome game

The hardest part is actually getting hold of the models

@scottwilliams3665

Жыл бұрын

Just order them

Good to know you're exploring 'fringer' miniatures! What about Infinity and Wild West Exodus? Plans on painting some of them?

I‘d have gone for a green or blue canopy, to add some interest and make the mini pop a bit more. Great execution, as always!

@Pariah502

2 жыл бұрын

me too, probably green for me, but blue would be awesome as well

IDK why this is in the middle of Shadow Empire playlist, but good job on the paint job as well as on the tutorial. My one small complaint is the white dots on the windows.

More Battletech please

That gazpacho paint water... mmmmh forbidden gazpacho

Please do a guide for your Smoke Jaguars scheme too!

I would love a WoB 52nd shadow Devision

Glory to the Coordinator!

Very, very cool! I like a lot this tutorial. I really dig how you paint Battletech mechs. You had to please the surats from the Inner Sphere didnt you? :P Still, I like Kurita a lot. Had a company of them way back when, but from another division, the 7th serpent.

Glad to see duncan finally painting mini's from a decent game.

Brilliant work Duncan! Now, we need a good guide for the Free Viking Republic (we only had a decade but it was hours, dammit!) 👍

Don't really like the look of most battletech mechs but you made it look great

a very good vid again. for drybrushing i now prefer makeup brushes

Nice tutorial. But now it is time to paint the real power of the inner sphere: House Steiner 💪🏼.

Fantastic video, thanks. Sorry if I missed it but did you paint the numbers on or are those decals? If so, where would one find them?