Painting Battletech Miniatures, 5

This will be the last post about these miniatures all together, as each will get their own posts separately with the final clean up and details. This step involves highlighting the details.

Firefly
This miniature (below) is the easiest of the four being painted in this series. Last time, the red was highlighted in a bright red, wet brushed with the edges being brighter than the center of panels. In this step, we apply just a little bit of orange to the corners to keep the red from looking too flat. On the base, we use a lighter green over the dark green dry brush, and a tan over the dark red dry brush. The rocks get some highlights from light gray. The cockpit gets dark green applied first, then a lighter green wet brushed over it, leaving the edges of the darker green visible. A bronze metallic is dry brushed over the small lasers, the centrally mounted gun, and the jump jets in the rear.

Firestarter
I find this one (below) to be the most striking of the four miniatures, with the white and blue really working together well. Those hoses we painted black earlier are now dry brushed with bronze as well. Why bronze? No specific rational other than preference. I find the color goes well with all of these miniatures. That bronze will also get highlighted in the final step when this miniature is posted as done. Bronze is also used for the guns and the jump jets (in the rear of this miniature). The base now has dabs of orange and tan. The trick here, which is the same for the grass type bases, is to be irregular. It should not have any discernible pattern, which helps it look more natural. The rocks get a light gray highlight.

Thorn
This one (below) is the most trouble of the four, partly because it's white. Dabs of lighter green are added over the original dry brushed darker green. Bronze was used again for the air intake on the chest and the actuators in the legs. These Comstar paint schemes don't give much room for contrasts, so you're stuck with being minimalist when painting them.

Raven
The Raven (below) is coming along nicely, but we've not done the blue and red accent colors yet. We'll cover those in this miniature's final posting when it is done. Bronze again for barrels and the bits of actuators. A light gray is painted with brush strokes following in the same direction as the dark gray. There's natural places where the black forms lines. These will be accented as well to look like cracked pavement.

Let's take a look back at the progress, one after another.

Completed