Finally painted the first of my Official Urbies™ and I'm pretty happy with it. I'll probably go and gloss varnish the cockpit and laser lense, since the protective matt varnish obvs. matted those down, but other those little spots I'm calling it done.

(For those that care about these things: the mini was primed Vallejo Black, drybrushed with artist acrylic white, then painted mostly with Army Painter Fanatics colours. The UV reactive paints were also Army painter, the varnishes are "random dollar store gloss varnish" and "Gerstaecker Acrylic Matt Varnish".)

The antennae are little leftover diode wires @themoep gifted me. <3

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How I Paint: Pirates

After seeing the UrbanMech inflatable at Gen Con 2023, I decided to paint one of my miniatures to match it. Both the inflatable and the original plushie have the same general color scheme. They have an orange upper body, grey legs, and then red and green accents.

The Inflatable UrbanMech at Gen Con 2023The UrbanMech Plushie (CGL store photo)

I ended up using the following paints to try to replicate this look:

  • Start with a grey base coat
  • Paint the legs Skavenblight Dinge
  • Paint the upper body Jokaero Orange
  • Paint accents in Wazdakka Red and Loren Forest
  • Paint metal bits with Leadbelcher
  • Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  • Re-layer the leg panels with Skavenblight Dinge
  • Layer the orange panels with Trollslayer Orange
  • Re-layer the red and green panels with Wazdakka Red and Loren Forest
  • Re-layer the metal bits with Leadbelcher
  • Paint skulls and crossbones (see below)
  • Edge highlight the grey with Stormvermin Fur
  • Edge highlight the orange with Fire Dragon Bright
  • Edge highlight the red with Squig Orange
  • Edge highlight the green with Straken Green
  • I went with blue glass for the cockpit to match the inflatable. For that I used Macragge Blue, Altdorf Guard Blue, Calgar Blue, and White Scar.

    For the skulls and crossbones, I used a small brush to paint a circle with an X beneath it in White Scar. Then I used Black Templar contrast paint to add eye and nose dots on the circle. They are pretty rough, but I’m happy with how they look at arm’s length.

    Some time after I finished the UrbanMech, I ended up deciding to run pirates in the Triangle BattleTech Tournament. In order to do that, I painted a Shadow Cat and a Blackjack to match my UrbanMech.

    Over last weekend, my daughter and I started a Hot Spots: Hinterlands campaign, and I picked the Shadow Cat and UrbanMech as my starting mercenary force: Kate’s Cutlasses. As our campaign progresses and our rival mercenary units grow, I expect to end up painting a couple more minis in this scheme.

    #BattleTech #Painting #Pirates #UrbanMech

    Triangle BattleTech Tournament

    Earlier this month, I played in the Triangle BattleTech Tournament. It’s an annual event held at Hangar 18 Hobbies in Cary, NC. This video covers the list that I brought for the tournament an…

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    The evolution of urbies. Or the Urbanmech LAM salvage box full review now up on 2ManMeta on YouTube, Odysee, Rumble, and Bitchute links in the bio.

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    A long, lunchless workday later the Doomguy Urbie is done, yay!

    Megamassive thanks to @Eldoniousrex for the Doom cover art homage that inspired me 🤓

    Bonus points for anyone who noticed I didn't paint the ripped combat overalls and wounds onto the right inner thigh here. I thought it wouldn't be seen, but maybe I should've gone the extra step anyway. Too late now 😄

    #BattleTech #UrbanMech #UM-R60 #MiniaturePainting #DoomguyUrbie #Finished #homage

    The base was a bit too dark red, so I blended in some Abteilung's Dark Rust and Light Rust #OilPaints for a bit more ferrous Mars look. I also fixed a couple of yellow ochre bits that showed on photos but didn't catch my awful eyes.

    And then the hex base's edges I painted German Grey, with Yellow Ochre caution stripes. Maybe the only thing left is pulling the rusty dusty feet down a bit. That and applying some gloss varnish where needed.

    #DoomguyUrbie #UrbanMech #BattleTech #MiniaturePainting

    A simple, quick base for #DoomguyUrbie: a piece of gravel, Woodland Scenics' ballast, three shades (1) of Abteilung 502 #OilPaints and now it's waiting until tomorrow evening for the oils to dry. I remain confident in tolerably Mars-y results.

    I thought of adding a couple of wash-thin Grass Green drops for Baron of Hell blood but we'll see 🤔

    #BattleTech #MiniaturePainting #UrbanMech #basing

    (1) Dark Brick Red base, some Oxide Patina highlights and a touch of Industrial Earth for shadows.

    *Now* the #DoomguyUrbie itself is done. I finished the cockpit viewport's #jeweling attempt with white dots, and painted the AC-10's barrel bottom black, leaving the inner barrel still dark grey.

    I'd do white gluing the random gravel and Woodland Scenics' ballast on the hex base while we speak, but the cats are sleeping on my storage and I just can't disturb them. So, some other day then.

    #BattleTech #MiniaturePainting #UrbanMech

    Just got my Urbanmech pack from @Eldoniousrex and every single inch of it is purestrain gold, especially everything to do with the Urbanmech LAM.

    #battletech #mechwarrior #AlphaStrike #UrbanMech

    Maybe the #DoomguyUrbie is about done now, with a bit of Abteilubg 502 Green Grass #OilPaints blended on the upper green parts.

    I attempted red jeweling on the Small Laser and the AC/10 targeting laser, and a bit of blue jeweling on the tiny vision slits. Could've been worse in confined spaces.

    Now I imagine all that is left is the base, and it ought to be Mars-themed as well, even if Doomguy never set foot on the planet itself 🤓

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    I felt brave and added some thin highlight lines of yellow ochre and goblin green on the more prominent panels. #DoomguyUrbie might get pin washed next, and the attempted jeweling of viewports, the Small Laser and random targeting device lenses would come in later.

    Speaking of the viewports, I may go for bright blues for visibility 🤔 Those upper legs are also crying for some freehand old-school UAC logos, to bring in the 1993 feel 🤓

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