{"id":433,"date":"2023-06-26T19:52:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T00:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/?p=433"},"modified":"2025-09-11T07:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:09:20","slug":"wip-viii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/?p=433","title":{"rendered":"WIP VIII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the workbench: a few more BattleMechs from the boxed set and a couple of Salvage Boxes.  I&#8217;ve been continuing to use Speedpaints on these because of the ease use, but they may be a bit too large for the intended use of those paints.  Large flat armor panels tend not to have a lot of detail to draw in the pigment, so the result is a bit lackluster at times.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8372-918x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8372-918x1024.jpg 918w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8372-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8372-768x857.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8372-1376x1536.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8372-1835x2048.jpg 1835w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8372-624x696.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Battlemaster in something that&#8217;s only camo in <em>very <\/em>odd biomes.  It doesn&#8217;t show well here, but I gave this one a three-color red gradient from front to back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8373-799x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8373-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8373-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8373-768x984.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8373-1199x1536.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8373-624x800.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8373.jpg 1435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mongoose with a slightly more obvious gradient.  The plan for this one is to try to freehand a starscape on the darker upper half (and hope I don&#8217;t screw up something which, at the moment, looks halfway decent).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"915\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8374-915x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8374-915x1024.jpg 915w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8374-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8374-768x859.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8374-1373x1536.jpg 1373w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8374-1831x2048.jpg 1831w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8374-624x698.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8374.jpg 1982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marauder II in an attempt at Berlin Brigade camouflage.  This one&#8217;s likely to need a lot of detail work despite using Speedpaints for the primary coat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the workbench: a few more BattleMechs from the boxed set and a couple of Salvage Boxes. I&#8217;ve been continuing to use Speedpaints on these because of the ease use, but they may be a bit too large for the intended use of those paints. Large flat armor panels tend not to have a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[26,42,33],"class_list":["post-433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos","tag-btech","tag-miniatures","tag-wargaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libellus.de-fenestra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}