What Chris Has Actually Been Doing With His Time

[ECSNorway]

In case you've been wondering what I do with all that time I'm not either in work or on COH...
I've been painting minis. Lots and lots of Battletech minis that I picked up for cheap.
So far my goal is to have at least a company each for a unit for each faction.
Units picked so far:
Davion: 7th Crucis Lancers
Steiner: 3rd Lyran Guards
Kurita: 7th Sword of Light
Marik: unsure but probably 2nd or 5th Marik Militia.
Liao: unsure
Merc: homebrew
Pirate: homebrew
Clan: Jade Falcon Rho Galaxy, possibly more to come
Some pictures of the Davion and Steiner sets:
Davion / 7th Crucis Lancers

Zeus

Awesome

Centurion

Nightstar

Blackjack

Griffon

Trebuchet

Steiner / 3rd Lyran Guards

Archer

Crusader

Ostsol, IIRC

And Zeus
This is, btw, about a quarter of what's done so far for each.
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[Ankhani]

Is it just me, or have you gone over (or dip?) these things with some manner of gloss finish? All but the Archer and Crusader look like they have some manner
of coating to them.
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI

[ECSNorway]

Yes, they've all had a gloss sealcoat applied. There are two reasons for this:

1) It's a very tough protectant for the actual paint coat - several times tougher than the matte coat..

2) It gives a very smooth surface for decals to grab onto.

Once decals have been applied, I'll hit it with one more gloss-coat layer, then a matte layer.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.