How to paint Clan Wolf Beta Galaxy Battlemech for Battletech.

[@andrewenright8505]

Duncan is like a young, British Bob Ross for neckbeards. I'm glad he left GW so he could branch out, these painting tutorials are fantastic!

[@Steelmage99]

Agree.

[@concernedearthling3353]

Holy cow, Duncan I love that you are showing people how to paint some of the coolest minis on the planet! Hope you are doing good these days. Thanks for your videos.

[@drhumupower8570]

Hey, who you calling a neckbeard, you neckbeard?

[@andrewenright8505]

@@drhumupower8570 *that spider-man meme where it's two spider-mans pointing at each other*

[@michaelspitz9151]

Ummm I’m 16 my neck beard has not begun growing yet please refrain from such words as that. Thank you.

[@Sameji]

Fun fact: The Inner Sphere called it the Mad Cat because when they first encountered them their sensors bounced between calling it a Marauder (MAD) and a Catapult (CAT) because it looks similar to them.

[@AquamentusZero]

Named so by the one and only Anastasius Focht, Precentor Martial of Com Star.

[@StrikerA268]

@@AquamentusZero Who incidentally, also has two names!

[@AquamentusZero]

@@StrikerA268 Ah, those were the glorious times of BattleTech and my favorite era of the franchise.

[@theapostatejack8648]

That was a rough day for Phelan Kell.

[@paulhalforc1889]

@@AquamentusZero it was Phelan Kell who named it when he was the frst pilot to meet the Clans in the Periphery

[@tmdoray]

More BattleTech rituals please! Love to see the Griffin and Wolverine next. :)

[@CaptainKeen]

Wolverine was my first real painted mini! (I painted 2 army men first for basic practice)

[@andrewburgoyne4728]

Love me a good Griffin!

[@dr.v645]

The glass was a fantastic touch. Thank you kindly for the wonderful painting lesson!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

You are so welcome!

[@themanbehindtheslaughter7633]

@@DuncanRhodesDRPA Duncan can you give me a tip if I make mistake can I fix it with corvus black when the mistake I did was on chaos black, Abbadon black was out of stock.

[@dazor86]

The cockpit is an amazing detail! Love how you painted it.

[@shanepatrick4534]

My wife wishes I had the hands this guy does.

[@axanax2534]

BattleTech's so hot right now! 😎

[@BrianKelly_LettheGamesBegin]

Just really genuinely happy to see a professional mini painter of your level branch out into so many different genres and miniatures from so many companies. For the all the love that GW deserves (and it does deserve some :P) so do many other figures and lines. Nicely done.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks Brian. We love miniature wargaming and there are some amazing miniatures out there as well as some fantastic games that are worth a look.

[@sstinger0137]

Yes! Duncan is taking on Battletech!

[@GhazPlays]

Having just received my Kickstarter stuff, I'm ok with more BT content.

[@mireah]

Now wishing I'd ordered MORE!!! I should have ordered more of the Lance packs!!

[@paulhalforc1889]

I have around 160 mechs from wave one and two to paint, mainly the inner sphere

[@GMorgan84]

@@mireah They'll be back in stock soon. Apparently they are expecting to be back to normal in November after completing all the KS deliveries.

[@mireah]

@@GMorgan84 Great stuff! Just in time for Christmas!

[@Eyeofthemaelstrom]

My favourite mech when playing mechwarrior2 on pc back in the 90s .

[@AETony27]

Woohoo! Loving this Battletech content! Thanks!

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Glad to hear it!

[@DicePunk]

Amazing work Duncan. Glad to see you move over to Battletech too! Thanks for the reminder about the sense of scale. I also learned a bit from your canopy technique. Nice colour choice too, brings me back to the 80s.

[@berndx5798]

It is great. Will you paint more Battletech Stuff? Tanks, Infantry, Mechs...

[@Dracobyte]

No Guts, No Galaxy!

[@DarthP00P00]

Absolutely amazing job. I can't wait to try some of these techniques on my mechs.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thanks. It was a fun project 😊

[@thecalvatron1955]

Never seen Battletech models before but this looks great. I'll definitely be looking to get some of these!

[@zookeeperdan5401]

This is awesome! As someone starting to paint mechs even little things like brush selection is very helpful. Time to go to the hobby store!

[@paulhalforc1889]

Hopefully the first of many mech tutorials, I am in desperate need of camouflage ideas

[@mrbigglezworth42]

The Mad Cat has got to be one of the most iconic mech designs of the Battletech series. Right up there with the Atlas, which has become the official "face" of the series as the silhouette of it's skull head is used as a kind of logo for the series as a whole.

[@Dracobyte]

As well as the meme Urbanmech!

[@Z_257_Quinn]

I love you even got the placement of the transfers lore accurate, the clans would always place their clans sigil higher on their mech than their galaxy markings, the the ones on the cockpit are for clan wolf and the legs are for beta galaxy. *chefs kiss* lovey work mister Rhodes!

[@nicholaskudriavetz4824]

Do the transfers come with the models?

[@ArmourWolf]

Wow, this is great! Outstanding work as usual, with a few things I would like to try on my own Mechs. Fun side note: while the MadCat / TimberWolf is a BattleMech, it is more specifically an OmniMech. The Clans used both, but an OmniMech has several advantages that pure BattleMechs do not have (and a few drawbacks). Mostly in repair time, how quickly they can change loadouts, and time to get back onto the field of battle.

[@SentientPickle]

Long time Battletech fan, new viewer here. Thanks for showing the old game some love!

[@milksterproductions]

Would love to see a tutorial on some elementals as they're so teeny but I'm sure some real details could be created on them by a talented painter.

[@mireah]

Since they're so tiny, hubby's reluctant to paint them yet. And his eye sight's much better than mine!!

[@milksterproductions]

@@mireah ayy they great to hear that I'm assuming you guys are hobbying together. Couples that hobby together stay together or something like that.

[@mireah]

@@milksterproductions yup1 hubbie got me into D&D 2nd edition, magic the gathering and table top wargaming in the early 90's. It does mean that neither of us can resist the plastic crack or a box of boosters. Mind you I remember when a box of boosters had far far far more in them.

[@reenlux7985]

Bargained and done. Nice job.

[@wonderboy2402]

No thin coats, no galaxy!

[@terrain4print]

@@wonderboy2402 Painting information is ammunition

[@warpaintjj]

Great work! Many thanks. Not messed with Mechs since the late 1980's - I shall do now!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , DRPA . Nice job .

[@AndICanTalk2]

Having just received a bunch of stuff for this game I greatly appreciate this video. Thanks

[@mr.horseshoe2301]

Oh yes, BattleTech is my jam! I really need to paint my mechs.

[@lucasszymanski114]

best looking Mad Cat I have seen! great work.

[@nathangerardy2669]

Glad to see the Battletech love. More please! ...Atlas.

[@bee-beargaming]

I always enjoy ur relaxing videos

[@michelmatthys2063]

Thanks so much ! More Battletech schemes would be like a christmas gift !

[@demcrusher7086]

DAMN!! I got to start Battletech, that looks incredible! You're the best Duncan 🤘👍

[@jedrzejwilinski8148]

Great to see Battletech on your channel. Awesome looking paintjob!

[@MiniGamerDusty]

This is so cool! I'd love to see more of the unique camo and paint schemes from Battletech.

[@thomasblunt3404]

May I make a request. can you do a video on brush care? I have a devil of a time with bristles fraying and would like to hear your tips on how to fix and prevent that happening, thank you.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Hi Thomas. We actually have a very in depth tutorial on our website (duncanrhodes.com) about that very subject 😊

[@Atlas100Atlas100]

Wonderful tutorial! Need more faction tutorials for both IS and Clans.

[@patriotjedi530]

Absolutely exquisite!

[@mturnbull42]

Great tutorial! I was heartened to see this is somewhat similar to my process, but I've been doing all my layers/secondary colours/metal highlights before the wash & drybrush at the end. Definitely faster but clearly more steps (as shown here) would produce better detail! Would love to see more Battletech content in the future.

[@diverspudph1310]

Love this, Duncan! Yay, Battletech!

[@andrewburgoyne4728]

Duncan plus Battletech. For me, this is like a match made in heaven. (Or Earthwerks-FWL Inc. manufacturing facility on Calloway VI.)

[@shahinaryan-taasheedaar4516]

Thanks for painting a Mech... more mechs please 👌

[@Zaptruder]

Good tutorial. BTW, Chevrons are V shaped pattern markings. What you were painting and calling chevrons are simply trim markings. And the warning trim has angled or diagonal stripes.

[@SlamBaron]

Duncan, your techniques always make the models appear as if that mech can blast inner sphere mechs into nothingness with its PPC guns right from the table it stands on. Your talent for making the window pane on the cockpit shine and be reflective is incredible also. A hand clasp from across the miles my friend.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Thank you so much. The glass was really fun to do and can be applied over a wide variety of miniatures 😊

[@johnspartan15]

This is so amazing. I swear I learn new techniques with every video. Gotta get into battle tech now lmao

[@BazztheBazz]

That looks gorgeous!

[@hedleybrowning5448]

Now we just need to get you playing Battletech and all is well :) Great job man, will be stealing some techniques.

[@vthunder4238]

I’m definitely using this color scheme for my tau

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

That will work nicely.

[@CyberDagger003]

As gunpla was my gateway drug into 40k, I have thought of one day painting an Enforcer in Gundam colors just for fun. And if I can find a Gundam kit of a similar size, it might be interesting to paint it in T'au sept ochre and white, and put them side by side to display the switcharoo. Now reading your comment, I'm imagining a Riptide painted in this scheme. And the image in my head looks awesome.

[@jamessmith5666]

Welcome to the Inner Sphere Duncan! There’s a cult mech from a certain animated show that recently got re-imagined in the new Legends book. Nicolai Malthus red Summoner. Ohhh the new subscribers you’d get if you painted THAT particular mech.

[@HammerFell-]

Anyway you might be willing to make one of these for Alpha Galaxy or Clan Ghost Bear? Love this video, wish there were more out there of this high quality for battletech

[@hemokinesis90]

I'd like to see clan ghost bear

[@StreetBoyWill]

Ghost Bear Alpha Galaxy in particular would be a really interesting one; with the haphazard blue and the scattering of white dots.

[@smtkelly]

All I can say is 'reactor online!'

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Reactor online 😊

[@CyberDagger003]

REACTOR ONLINE SENSORS ONLINE WEAPONS ONLINE ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL

[@frostphoenyx]

OMG It's Happening ! Thank you Duncan !

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

No worries. Glad you enjoyed it

[@DrBanzai]

Please show us how to do the Smoke Jaguar’s Jaguar spot camo, PUH-LEASE!

[@PraetorGix]

It's not hard, you just get a dark smoky gray and paint it all over the miniature because your mechs were all burned down by filthy spheroids, you disgraceful crusader.

[@pigmentpeddler5811]

smoked jaguar ha ha *comstar official buttslam hangup*

[@goyasolidar]

I see that Duncan has finally become a bondsman among the Clans.

[@buffbattleboy9569]

Otherwise known as a 'cluck'

[@buffbattleboy9569]

Otherwise known as a 'cluck'

[@Deadjim17]

hhhhnnnnngggggg!!!! That cockpit canopy is gorgeous!!!

[@giancarlojubela2377]

Being a Battletech lover, this is awesome! But I'm Clan Ghost Bear. Hehehe! :)

[@skullface420]

I'm into this. I'm very into this.

[@AllForManKind77]

More ..more.. Love the MadCat (Timber Wolves) Clan Wolf (Wolf Empire now aka ilClan) color management. Really want to see your coloring on Clan Ghost Bear (Rasalhague Dominion) mech also. Subscribed now. Aff

[@justinheads5751]

More battetech content, Duncan!

[@beevis690]

Remember, the clans lost to space AT&T. Remember Tukayyid.

[@cerberus5916]

Yes the Clans lost because they refused to listen to the IlKan and adapt. It was a win for the Warden Clans and ilkhan Ulric Kerensky because he knew the outcome of the battle before it started that is why Clan Wolf won both its Trails and the only other Clan to listen to him, the Ghost Bears, fought to a draw. Ilkhan Kerensky tried convince the other clans of the power and numbers of the COM guards but they would not listen and paid for their arrogance.

[@MarkCanty]

Probably one of my recent favourites - Love these new sculpts, lots of detail.

[@brettpetersen1671]

You paint Battletech, I subscribe

[@kuroshm]

“Duncan with no fucks left to give on GW and paints a battletech model” All about it😂

[@AquamentusZero]

I found Games Workshop's Agrellan Earth and Agrellan Badland (or even a mix of both on one base) a very good choice for basing BattleTech miniatures. Just apply them and give them a shade with Agrax Earthshade, that should already suffice. Plain sand will also do fine, but be careful when using sand mixed with small stones. Very fine sand works better.

[@Rocketcustompaints]

You have good taste , clan wolf smiles upon you today friend

[@drhumupower8570]

Wow, this tutorial makes me want to throw down and defend the inner sphere, but then probably die due to the vastly superior skill and technology of Clan Wolf Mechwarriors and Mad Cats.

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

Awesome! He went from 40k to BattleTech! Seyla!

[@dagoth-ursbeekeeper9119]

I hope you paint a Clan Ghost Bear Kodiak soon!

[@salvation7362]

Duncan and Battletech are the chocolate and peanut butter combo of mini painting.

[@minimundus1712]

Beautiful, but now you have to make a vid for every clan, every clan unit, and of course inner sphere too ^^ Mech looks awsome :D

[@steinarbergstl5799]

Thats... a _lot_ of units! Especially if you include every merc company, some with multiple schemes for different groupings within the company itself.😁

[@torasin13]

Love the tutorial and can't wait to see more. Especially since Battletech colour schemes aren't individual mech specific so 1 tutorial covers a whole faction. 1 point I have to disagree with though is the use of static grass... remembering all the different worlds the mechs fight on alien grasses and wild grasses could be quite high. I can appreciate your point of view on that though.

[@longinogarcia6310]

Battletech rocks!

[@thegrimfang]

Would love to see you paint some Epic miniatures :o

[@HeadHunterSix]

This is perfect - mine are from Beta Galaxy! I've even got the decals.

[@spleyland]

You're a genius

[@helwrecht1637]

Please oh Great Lord Duncan, would please show us how to paint Darth Vader

[@julvatn]

More of this!

[@tjjj2949]

Great vid Duncan. Where did you get the transfers from?

[@Eamil]

Thank you so much for this! I have a ton of Battletech minis from the Kickstarter and I'm still agonizing over the color schemes to use, but these techniques will be immensely helpful.

[@kodosdh]

you always had my curiosity but now you have my attention

[@Blottingpaper]

Yes, battletech!

[@shanepatrick4534]

More battletech! Maybe some gaslands!

[@falsehero2001]

Surprise Duncan’s not using Two Thin Coats brand paint yet. Probably has to use up the rest of his citadel pots.

[@DuncanRhodesDRPA]

Hahaha no. We will be using them in future video's once they become available. No point yet until folk have them in their hands....and yes, we do have a few pots of Citadel to get through 😂

[@groglorb8980]

Do Clan Ghostbear! Do Clan Ghostbear!

[@gogotrololo]

Clan wolf sux, Clan Fire Mandrill FTW !!!

[@nomusenopaint]

Please ignore this of this has been filmed some time ago but is there a reason as to why these miniatures are not painted with your new kickstarter paints? Would be a nice opportunity to further see them in action. Is anything like this planned for the future? Keep on painting, nicely done :)!

[@kendozero1861]

Huzzah! Finally Duncan is doing BatTech!

[@DeathMortarion]

This looks fantastic, a great paintjob really elevates these simple plastic sculpts. Would love to see more tutorials for Kurita/or Steiner or clan Ghost Bear too!

[@gamerhalim4717]

Can you paint more battletech?

[@TheFaenT]

When will you be using your own paint line in your videos? I would love to see them in action! Keep up the good work :)

[@AndyAttrition]

Could you do another tutorial for a dark mech camouflage with black or dark blues? Ghost bears Beta Galaxy perhaps? 😉

[@BjornKuma]

Love me some Battletech! Good to see you stretching your wings, and bringing some more attention to these deserving IP's! Heavy Gear is a thing... ;)

[@robinjenkins8408]

Can you paint Jade Falcon Iota Galaxy?

[@benwoellhaf4139]

Cool! More of this please! May I ask anyone where that mini came from?

[@rburt3]

You can get the Timber Wolf in the Clan Invasion Box Set. Might be a tad hard to find, but new stock is starting to show up. Just keep in mind that that box set doesn't have the full rules for the game as it is considered an expansion to the A Game of Armored Combat box.

[@Locusthorde3000]

I can't unsee the "portal" color scheme for the cockpit glass jeweling. Amazing paintjob.

[@srbrant5391]

Not bad…for a Freebirth.

[@madscotsman13]

More battletech mate!

[@theblackbox9486]

Can Ghost Bear Alpha Galaxy would be awesome to see you do. The vertical gradient and the snowfall would be choice Duncan material :O

[@HeadHunterSix]

After trying this, I found the colors needed a bit of "punching up" - so instead I went with XV-88/Tau Light Ochre/Ungor Flesh and Dark Reaper/Thunderhawk Blue/Russ Grey. So it's still tan and grey, there's just a bit more warmth and vibrancy to stand out on the table.

[@hunterofajax1963]

Here’s to years more of painting tutorials and a good long life to our favorite painting teacher.

[@JaymisHawk]

Hey Duncan. Just picked up the Alpha Strike Boxset and looking at painting my Clan Star as Clan Sea Fox. Was looking at using your Craftworld Eldar Mymeara video to do this but seeing as Waywatcher Green is no longer available, using the same painting method, which paint would you suggest as an alternative to get the same effect whilst remaining that simple? Thanks.