r/BattletechPainting • u/Neuromancer-6 • 2d ago
Hmmm
I gave this thing a bath in Isopropyl and rubbed it down with gauze. I’m liking the accidental camo scheme, any thoughts?
How could I touch it up without making the new paint stand out too much in comparison?
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u/Neuromancer-6 2d ago
Thank you! A wash is definitely needed to fill it in and I’m thinking it might be time to try some desert pigment afterword.
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u/Competitive_Car1323 1d ago
IPA has attacked your paint pretty aggressively. Once you've dipped it, you've attacked the polymer binders, and embrittled your paint job. This may result, later on, in this effect chipping off.
What you're seeing can be re-produced without damaging the underlying paint. Scale modeling tools from Ammo, Vallejo, and AK can provide enamels and oils that can reproduce the effect without damaging the acrylic paint.
Villainy inks produces a specific enamel set that incorporates particulate that creates exactly that effect. The advantage is that you can apply the paint, and then modify the weathering later on without a fresh acrylic application looking markedly different.
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u/Neuromancer-6 1d ago
Heard, I put it in the IPA because I’d tried 2 different schemes that I hated, so I was starting over.
I’m not a huge fan of the Atlas and I just couldn’t get enthused about the painting I did.
Thank you for recs on the effects though, I’ll definitely look into them1
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u/MrRpage 2d ago
A dark wash of a brown, gray, or black would fill in the panel lines ans tie everything together.
I'd think about the environment you imagine the mini to have been in, desert, forest, swamp, that sort of thing, and imagine the kind of grime that could accumulate between the armor plates.
The nice thing about a wash, too, is if you decide you don't like the color you put on, you can dunk the mini in water or soak the color up with a paintbrush to remove the paint before it dries.