Conceptually, painting scales isn’t all that different from any other kind of layering; in fact, it’s very similar to jewelling. Basically, you’re just building up a range of one color—green, for example—from dark to light, but in a pattern. There are several ways of doing it, but I personally consider the following to be the best balance between detail and expedience. There are lots of patterns you can use; round, irregular, “shield” shaped, diamonds, etc. It’s a matter of taste. For our example, we’re going to go with green shield-shaped scales. I’ve put a simple image in with each step to make it a bit easier to follow along.
Classic Battletech
Iron Wind Metals
Fighting Pirannha
BattleCorps
In this article you will dive into the wonderful world of brushes. Please do not expect to come out an all knowing guru after reading this, it is just a basic primer on types of brushes and their care. What I do hope you get from it is the fact that your brush selection and care are as important as what paints you use.
Well, it's been something like three years ago when I first said I'd do up a tutorial on how to “jewel” your 'Mech's cockpits. I've graduated twice from two different colleges, gotten married, gotten into two new games, painted a bunch of miniatures, and generally done everything you do in three plus years of time since then. But hey, better late than never right? So without further ado, here's my jeweling tutorial for cockpits (and indirectly, laser barrels).
Welcome, I have had numerous people ask me what techniques I use when I build the terrain that I use with my gaming group. So, when I took on my latest, greatest and LARGEST terrain project I decided to attempt to chronicle the experience so that other gamers out there who are interested in building their own terrain could see how it is that I do it and maybe gain some new ideas for themselves. Following is essentially a step-by-step description of how I have built a large 8' x 8' terrain board for use at GenCon 2003.