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And finally the Wolfhound which I don't have a lot of direct experience with as it first appears in 3028 (thanks Sarna!) and is a laser boat with some combination of lasers as some kind of Lyran answer to the Panther. For this one I chose Army Painter Speedpaint Hive Dweller Purple. Here that...

I also decided to move ahead with the remaining two figures. Here is the Blackjack, which you might be familiar with from the 2018 HBS Battletech game or for being a long-range support/AA mech from tabletop that tends to plink at things until it pisses off the wrong thing and dies. I thought I...

OK, kinda lost focus for a bit between cold and the holidays so let's get this back underway. Firstly, I applied Army Painter Soft Tone to the Vindicator to kind of brown down and mellow the colors together. Here that is wet: And that same application dry:

Changed the lights my office so the light is better for seeing the color in a more neutral light. Haven't been painting because of the holiday and a cold I caught (sneezing and detail don't mix) but here's an update couple of pictures of the four figures in currrently in progress. Again...

Once it was dry I decided to try something different here so I did a pass with Army Painter Speedpaint Zealot Yellow over the upper torso but not the arm mounted PPC and did a AP Quickwash Soft Tone over the lower torso, legs, and the PPC. Again wet: And dry: The Zealot Yellow over...

I also started the Vindicator (which comes in the new Beginner Box, as does the Griffin), which in a way is a bigger (mostly Cappellan) brother to the Panther. Despite the Capellans, I've long enjoyed Vindicators as a good lighter medium mech. Unfortunately I failed to take pictures of the...

And here is that dry: The Strong Tone is certainly thicker than the Soft Tone but did seem to work OK on the PPC so long as I'm good with it being kinda grubby looking which I guess I am.

So for the next mech figure I selected the Panther, a solid choice for a light mech in a defense or support role or another ambusher type with good mobility for a heavier mech but not great for a 35 tonner. Jumping a lot helps you not get hit but that + a PPC means choices. Initially I was...

Gave the Griffin one more pass wiith the AP Speedpaint Fire Golem to various parts, likle the shoulder pads. And then set that aside as I selected a new figure to start.

The idea was it would largley pull into the holes and it would soot up the grey face of the pod. Again, this would have probably worked better over white then grey because instead it all came over rather black. The pod face in driect light does show the10 holes but I agree that the contrast...

I am less frustrated byt the brown-ness of the figure so I decided to try to then start on the weapon systems by applying Army Painter SpeedPaint Grim Black which I think should be a sooty black/grey. This did not pull away as I expected on the arm cannon barrel as much as I thought it would...

Here we see the figure with one application dry: I decided to try to bring out the color by applying an additional layer or two to veriious parts of the figure. This did help but it's still at best a dark red orange. I'd probably get a better orange over a white primer. That I will...

OK, the next figure I selected to work on is the Griffin, which if you were looking for a counter to the Jenner, it's a fine choice. Usually a PPC/LRM combo with decent speed for 55 tons and a full 5 jump jets, it manages quite a bit of mobility, often with heat implications. Went with Army...

OK, next day and the paint is dry. Added Army Painter SpeedPaint Fire Golem to various parts, which makes for a browning of these areas. Guess I'm going jungle/woodland camo. Vaguely. Also applied some Army Painter SpeedPaint Grim Black to the insides of the weapon ports and jump jets and...

OK, here's the Camo Cloak dry: This is about four hours later under the same lighting (will get better lighting). I thought that this paint does make an effective start and it is a good look for not much effort but really it just is making a base coat for the figure. Could easily become a...

So, backstory, haven't painted a minifig since the 90's. Back then they were mostly lead, but some places you could get some plastic kits from (like GDW) and they were moving from lead to alternative metals towards the end of my time painting but I gave up just about all my hobby stuff when I...