Battletech Speedpainting! 90 Minute Mechs: Episode 1 - Fedcom Nightstar

[@Based_Lord_Humongous]

"We're going to move on to something really awesome" No, you did not move on to an AWS-9Q. You moved on to painting chips and scratches!

[@mikehendon7327]

I enjoy using TurboDork's color-shift metallics. For Canopus, I've been using Electrum (a green that shifts to gold) with markings in Radium (a gold that shifts to green), and canopies in 3-D Glasses

[@dpan2447]

Just wanna say I've used these guidelines to paint my first mech, a jenner, "seriously", and it turned out quite nice! Kudos!!

[@KnightofkneonSOD11]

I just started painting a nightstar last night, first time ever trying to paint a mech, this will definitely help me finish 🫡

[@maximemackie]

Nice job, but you forgot the lenses in the laser cannon to fill in the 5 minutes

[@whitefoxplays]

That would be a great filler for that extra time.

[@gavinlongshanks5946]

This is fantastic. This channel will likely become my new go-to not only for tips- but for full instruction for mech painting. Thank you!

[@Ajkirchoff]

Loved it wouldn't mind longer video

[@akeyuk]

Thank you, used this as inspiration when painting my first 'mech and it worked really well, now onto the rest of the lance.

[@robertnijkamp2051]

I'm missing the Decalls. perhaps you could do the Victor in the collours of the Crusshers .

[@whitefoxplays]

Fighting Pirannah Graphics has the best Water slide transfer decals btw

[@Robocorps2]

Nice mini. The Nightstar is such a unknown but beautiful min. I personally would love to see a Pirate Hunchback. So many possibilities there.

[@whitefoxplays]

LOVE IT! Also excited to see this as an ongoing series! Definitely encouraged me to try some more dry brushing! Would love to see a good variety of faction paint schemes. Marik (Free Worlds League) Purple, Gold, & White; Clan Ghost Bear or Clan Sea Fox, or Draconis Combine (Kurita) Reds. There's so many. Can't wait to see you progress!

[@adamjohnson4821]

I love this. It gives me motivation to finally finish the drawer of mechs I have.

[@Alphastrikeboyz]

Great video - really enjoyed seeing you paint this scheme. Would love to see you paint a Timberwolf in under 90 minutes.

[@nikushim6665]

I have not played since the FASA days, but that model seems a hell of a lot larger then the old ral partha ones. Maybe its just the camera zoom.

[@TesseractMinis]

The newer minis are definitely much chunkier and slightly taller, in general. Much the same as in the more modern illustrations they've gotten chunkier and a bit taller.

[@gregherr8616]

I would love to see something from the Free Rahsalhag republic . Not too many tutorials out there for that faction

[@russellfishes]

Looks Great!

[@thomasorley4849]

Great video, thanks!

[@danproctor7678]

Very well done. I typically paint 25mm figures, so I need to get better at ‘adding scratches’. Good times. Looking forward to more of your Battletech videos!

[@heleti0000]

Awesome work - the investment in paint must outweigh the cost of the Mechs themselves ? Good that you can paint many Mechs from each pot of paint 😁👍

[@henryortega9203]

Excellent! Please keep them coming!

[@markray814]

really a great job! Only suggestion (minor) would be to put a full list of colours used at the beginning.

[@AdmriaVanNova]

Great, love the series idea. More mechs. My request is either a Marauder II or a MechWarrior 4 Vulture. the later would probably need to be printed. But hay I'll print and send one if you want.

[@TesseractMinis]

I have all the Sylology mechwarrior STLs, so I could probably make that happen easy enough :)

[@AdmriaVanNova]

Sweet, my first MechWarrior game was Mechcommander 2. Loved me the vulture and Blood Asp. When i played MechWarrior 4's intro and saw the vulture fight to the end. I got chills, and was hooked ever since. 👍

[@tonyhicks8775]

What does your current supply of clan mech look like? Would love to see a clan blood spirit scheme.

[@tonyhicks8775]

Very nice video and paint job BTW

[@TesseractMinis]

Cheers Tony! Don't own anything clan yet, but I do have 3D files for all the Sylology stuff, which includes some clan bits.

[@whitefoxplays]

@@TesseractMinis Sylology lives in the same state as me and is part of my local BT group. Don't know him personally, but love his sculpts.

[@twinkzilla-5356]

Lyran Guards Atlas, gotta represent a crucial member of the Steiner Scout Lance

[@guinnessguinness8027]

If I'm not mistaken, the checkerboard pattern is formed from gold highlights on the navy blue. Not black on gold or blue on gold. Might make a difference. Otherwise good vid.

[@james3d686]

Awesome great!!! Thanks man.

[@Lemonhead209]

Great Video

[@beemoney19]

Awesome work. Your stage one 3-step drybrush basecoat blew my mind. I never would have thought about trying that. (Im not sure if thats a common technique in BT painting?) Im just getting started with BT painting. Most of my experience comes from fantasy RPG minis. If you were ever taking requests for rarer paint schemes, I am myself going for a Rasalhague's Gunzburg Eagles unit but am not seeing a whole lot of examples of their paint job for reference outside of Unit Color Compendium. So any other exampled or references would be helpful.

[@TesseractMinis]

Thanks so much for the kind words! I'll certainly take a look at that colour scheme. I've been taking notes on people's suggestions and intend to paint whichever ones I can.

[@TsugeSenpai]

Did you consider using the 15 extra minutes you had to jewel the cockpit? You did an amazing job and I've used your tips for inspiration on some of my pieces.

[@The_Rising_Ape]

Great stuff Senior Shy, a fabulous looking mech in a pretty respectable time, impressive. My fav Mech has always been the Marauder and I'd love to see your take on Clan Jade Falcon... if you can bring yourself to paint up a traitor that is :p

[@TesseractMinis]

I've just finished reading a story featuring Jade Falcon, so that sounds like a lot of fun!

[@djwoolf123]

Nice vid!

[@Andrewlik]

Good tutorial, will apply this to a Steiner Cataphract down the line. Question though - how did you get your phone's UI yo he yellow-red? I have the same clock app and it's white-blue

[@bobavontanelorn5713]

Damn, how could you? Now I will have to repaint all my clan mechs….

[@timestop5843]

Metallics on wet palette, have you experienced problems with pigment separating or metal getting in the sponge?

[@TesseractMinis]

The pigment absolutely categorically cannot get in to the sponge, unless the liner paper is either incorrect, or punctured. They do tend to split a bit quicker on the wet palette though - but then if you're using them quickly, that's not a problem :)

[@jamesnicholson4713]

Great video easy to follow not to much information or techniques to be overwhelming. Nice work getting it edited down 20mins feels good but I think the black video were you didn't film was weird maybe it should have gone back to you talking to the camera or atleast something on the screen other than black nothingness

[@TesseractMinis]

Thanks for the feedback, James! Appreciate it!

[@IcePhoenixWolf]

Where can I find the stl of this specific mech? I’ve been looking through Sylology’s stuff and found a different variant, but not this one.

[@TesseractMinis]

This is an official plastic one, from CGL

[@IcePhoenixWolf]

Ahh that explains it, thank you. Excellent looking paint btw, enjoyed the breakdown.

[@wijse]

Are you using schemes from camo specs?

[@TesseractMinis]

Sometimes, yeah.

[@jackl4349]

This is super duper

[@GMetzo]

wtf , just by drybrushing you achieved a magnificent blue base. why the fuck do no other channels showcase this.