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Project Entry by jesusjohn

And so it begins!

November 18, 2020

Tutoring 4

Skill 8

Idea 8

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So while i wait for Conquest minis and some replacement parts i stumbled over my Battletech mini’s. So what better time to start painting them?

So here’s the plan.

Rather than camo or colour schemes that exist im going to steal everything the Designers Republic ever did? Who are DR? Well the team behind the Pop Will Eat Itself album covers and the logos on the racers in Wipeout. Go look them up!

So First step was to grab a bunch of things to look at. Pictures buy them. Settle on a scheme. Strong primary colours, bold, in your face.

This is the work of DR.

Once that was done, test mini. Ive gone with a Shadowhawk cause they look cool. I have gone asymmetric with the scheme as that is a very DR vibe. I like how it looks.

The big challenge was trying to get the scale. Using flat colours rather than lots of highlights. I think it works really well.

Test peice.

Last bit…..i need a unit logo. I’m going to combine two of my loves. Rabbits and EvE online (i’m 5 years clean….).

Im going to use EvE’s Guristas logo as my basis for this. After that i’m going to look at jet fighters for ideas for putting warning symbols and the like on the hull.