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Xor-90
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[2007-06-14 01:31:15 +0000 UTC]
"called down the thunder"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 240; Deviations: 32; Watchers: 20
Watching: 70; Pageviews: 7455; Comments Made: 731; Friends: 70
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Daft PunkFavorite games: Starcraft
Favorite gaming platform: SNES
Tools of the Trade: paint, brushes, and my lucky rag
Other Interests: Reading, painting miniatures, gaming
# About me
Current Residence: CaliforniaWallpaper of choice: Something tasteful
Skin of choice: Human
Personal Quote: "life is a river, time is an ocean, happyness is a kiddie pool of jello"
# Comments
Comments: 81
Man, whenever I come to your profile, it makes me want to go out, buy model and build it ASAP. Very inspiring. I used to love to build fighters and paint 'em up, add washes to bring out the depth, dry bushing to bring out the highlights and the weathering to add character.
*goes off to find a nice, big model of an F-16 Block 52*
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Thanks so much, it really means alot to me to hear that, I know I'm not necessarily good, but hearing that at least one person likes them makes it worth it to me. Even better that it's more than one
I've actually got a HUGE backlog of figures I've been meaning to get photos of though, they're building up on a shelf right now, and to be honest, I think they're starting to resent me for it
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Hey, dude, You have quite a grasp on model painting. I'd love to see the rest of your stuff!
What kind of paint to you use? Oil or Acrylic?
I'm an oil man. Love my Testors paint!
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Thanks, I'll manage to get it all up here eventually. To be completely honest I'm not exactly sure WHAT kind of paints they are, I'd say acrylic on a guess but they could be latex for all I know 
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CC appears to be an acrylic paint. Testor's paint is oil based and requires thinner as opposed to water. Other than the odd experimenting, I've never used acrylic on models myself. I'd be curious about how the acrylic works compared to oil in the whole wash, dry brush and weathering thing. I wouldn't think it would be much, but I wonder about the, hell, I don't know... "feel" of painting with it. It seems it would be less viscous and not be too good on getting into the seams.
Hell, I only use oil because that's what my old man uses on his N-scale trains and it is what I was brought up on
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sure thing, you've got nice stuff
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Hey. Thanks for taking interest in my work. Your support is my greatest inspiration...
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Hey, thanks for the watch.
Looks like you've got some nice minis in your gallery, too. I'll have to stop back sometime and browse through.
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sure thing, I like your stuff
FangtheTyphoon put me on to your work and for some possible advice, mind if I ask a favor?
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Well, I was hoping you could possibly give me a few suggestions on paint schemes 
I tried going through my fiction for some ideas(admittedly, it's all of the classic series), kinda odd how seldom there's a reference to a 'mechs colors, only one I can recall offhand is one slight observation in one of the "Twilight of the Clans" series.
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Well, that all depends. Are you going for an original pain scheme, or the paint scheme of a canon unit, or one based on canon? If it's either of the last two options, I'd suggest checking camospecs.com for ideas. They've got a pretty big gallery, and some really talented artists.
Also, if you have any sourcebooks, that would be another place to check. The schemes aren't often mentioned in the novels, but many units' paint schemes are outlined in the sourcebooks.
Camospecs usually mentions what book they got a particular scheme from, though some schemes on the site were created by an artist, and then later canonized by the Higher Ups.
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well, I'm going for an original scheme, but I wouldn't mind the colors be canon based, though it's for the entire "army", not a specific unit per se.
my issue with the sites though is simple, they aren't interesting. I don't mean to say that the paintjobs or the content is lacking in some it's simply that, you get no feel for what the idea or the thought process behind it, is. even with a description that might be supplied, I've always preferred getting the artists' actual thoughts, one-on-one as it were. I guess I just like talking to people
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A lot of it depends on the "personality" of the faction. I.e. Do they like things to be professional and uniform? Are they more eccentric? Do they want to be noticed? Are they more pragmatic? etc.
I'll be happy to lend a hand with critique, but I really can't tell you where to start without knowing anything about the faction.
For example, you would never see an Outworlds Alliance ASF painted up in canary yellow, because the OA favors "sky" paint schemes. However, it would be unusual to see a Wolf's Dragoons' ASF that *wasn't* some bright, bold color like that, because they want to "emphasize their presence" in a fight.
Likewise, Clan Wolf paint schemes tend to be fairly subtle--usually greys, tans--while Clan Diamond Shark use marine-inspired paint schemes of green and blues.
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Thanks
The Clan though...been awhile since I actually tried deciding...CWIE I'd think, regimented, but not quite to the point of zealotry. I'd imagine that they'd typically hold to the Wolf combat ideals, but with the fractured touman, I'm not entirely sure...
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Well, WiE differs a bit from the Crusader Wolves in their paint schemes. I'd describe the Crusaders' schemes as being camo-derived, but the WiE tends to just go with neutral colors like tans, white, grey, etc, and then some kind of trim. And of course, they also have the Wolf Spiders who keep their original colors.
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*nods* what would you say about the Kell Hounds?
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I'm not all that familiar with their paint schemes. It'd be best to check the site.
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check out my art 
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umm.. good for you? O o
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Go the mini models! Excellent ref to Dune! My favourite movie. I like, "The sleeper must awaken!" .. And thanks for the watch!
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sure thing! alwats great to meet another dune fan! love your stuff!
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Cool, here's a laugh for ya,,, [link]
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your stuff is something i can watch(im watching you)
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