Excellent video sir! Love the summary of the current state of the Jade Falcons! Also appreciate the tutorial to go along with it! Knocked it out of the park for sure! I'll definitely be doing a take on your Steel Falcons at some point. 🙂
Wonderful video and a great paint job :) It really pops and looks fairly simple to use :) I hope Chistu and the Merchants do well in the future for sure!
Just bought my Armored Combat box & had to splurge & get my Clan box thanks to all the old clan mech videos I've been watching. I need this force pack! So many classic clanner monsters! That stone rhino is a beast & yours looks good.
After being a "secondary" Battletech fan since the late nineties, I backed the Mercenaries Kickstarter and had a real hankering to not just wait around for a year+ but get started painting up some minis now and play a few games sooner or later. I decided to just get all the basic tools and supplies and grab a random Force Pack from what my local shop had in store and it happened to be a Clan Fire Star (Fire Moth, Kit Fox, Cougar, Nova Cat, Warhawk). After reading Tamar Rising I was thinking of painting them as 1st Falcon Sentinels, though I have to say what you did here is something completely different from what I had in mind. I have already primed my minis black and was thinking of giving them the canon olive green basecoat with dark yellow highlights, but now I'm a bit torn. I'm not sure if I would want to do something similiar to what you are doing at my beginner skill level... What do you think?
Starting out, I'd stick to a primary color like the typical Falcon green. The shading with the airbrush and all that extra fuzz isn't really necessary. If you did that olive green basecoat, used a wash to get into the crevices, and then did your detail work in yellow, you'd be 90% of the way there.
Was just showing one of my boys who's 10 & he was envious of your painting skills so I thought I would ask how long have you been painting minis & how old were you when you started? With all my new mechs this will now be part of our homeschool curriculum!
I started painting around 11y/o but took a long break after that. I didn't really start focusing on getting better at it until ~7 years ago. Remember practice makes improvement and don't be afraid to try new things. Sometimes you accidentally stumble across a really great look. You have my respect and admiration for doing the homeschool thing.
Somehow, I don't see the Jade Falcons being destroyed, maybe reduced, but they are probably due to remain a thing. As a Lyran Loyalist, I question that state's ability to come out of IlClan without being made into a clan puppet...caught between the two protagonist clans and with the Khan of Wolf holding his claim to Archonship over Trillian's head.
One of the great things about Battletech. You can paint your mechs however you want and if anyone gives you any guff, you can legally hit them with your car.
Actually, when I order miniatures from iron wind I have a bad habit of forgetting to order bases (LOL as you know) so I guess I need to order a couple of bases from you next payday.
@@MechanicalFrog I went to your website and the hexes you sell are all the fancy kind that's not me I like stuff, so when I order from you I want the traditional stuff
Stellar paintjob! Love the falcons, though I'm not sure if Chistu is a good move for the storytelling or not... A reformed, more flexible Jade Falcon is a neat concept, but if the falcons aren't bloodthirsty lunatics, what's even the *point* to them, ya know?
Being a Falcon from the early 90s, I wasn't a fan of making the clan go full comic book bad guy with Hazen. It feels like they only did it to make Wolf look good in comparison.
As a JF fan I hate CGL and their poor plot decision. Wolf Empire and their incestual han are just a joke and piece of plot armor. Its so disgusting and still hurts even when its already year passed. For me Malvina was the best what happened to JF, she got the balls to act brutally. I feel empy inside when watching new lore. Jiu Jitsu is a joke for me, very bad joke.
I understand these kind of videos must be more work than regular clips from the streams, but I really enjoyed it!
I'm trying to up my game. Always get better.
You have changed your icon a bit over the last year and some it seems. Your current one is the best so far.
Yes it has evolved.
You painted just below the Rifleman IIC's cockpit on the PGI model in case you were not aware.
MechFrog's Painting Rule #784: The cockpit is wherever I paint it. :D
Great job! I love the pose on that Rifleman IIC. I'll have to search out that particular print. Thanks as always for sharing your vids!
Thanks for watching. I appreciate it.
Excellent video sir! Love the summary of the current state of the Jade Falcons! Also appreciate the tutorial to go along with it! Knocked it out of the park for sure! I'll definitely be doing a take on your Steel Falcons at some point. 🙂
Incredible! Absolutely love this paint scheme and the hex-bases!!!
Thank ya!
Wonderful video and a great paint job :) It really pops and looks fairly simple to use :) I hope Chistu and the Merchants do well in the future for sure!
Hopefully they can carve out a little piece of the pie and hold onto it.
Just bought my Armored Combat box & had to splurge & get my Clan box thanks to all the old clan mech videos I've been watching. I need this force pack! So many classic clanner monsters! That stone rhino is a beast & yours looks good.
Great to hear! The Stone Rhino is one of my favorite mechs. You cannot ignore it and it's very tough to take down.
Love the lore and the painting
That's a great scheme, and thanks for the lore. I don't know much of that, so I enjoy it.
Thank you for the support!
After being a "secondary" Battletech fan since the late nineties, I backed the Mercenaries Kickstarter and had a real hankering to not just wait around for a year+ but get started painting up some minis now and play a few games sooner or later. I decided to just get all the basic tools and supplies and grab a random Force Pack from what my local shop had in store and it happened to be a Clan Fire Star (Fire Moth, Kit Fox, Cougar, Nova Cat, Warhawk). After reading Tamar Rising I was thinking of painting them as 1st Falcon Sentinels, though I have to say what you did here is something completely different from what I had in mind. I have already primed my minis black and was thinking of giving them the canon olive green basecoat with dark yellow highlights, but now I'm a bit torn. I'm not sure if I would want to do something similiar to what you are doing at my beginner skill level... What do you think?
Starting out, I'd stick to a primary color like the typical Falcon green. The shading with the airbrush and all that extra fuzz isn't really necessary. If you did that olive green basecoat, used a wash to get into the crevices, and then did your detail work in yellow, you'd be 90% of the way there.
May Jiyi Chistu bring the true Falcons back like a Phoenix from the ashes.
Yeah we'll see...
To the glory of the Jade Falcon reborn. *Seyla*.
Was just showing one of my boys who's 10 & he was envious of your painting skills so I thought I would ask how long have you been painting minis & how old were you when you started? With all my new mechs this will now be part of our homeschool curriculum!
I started painting around 11y/o but took a long break after that. I didn't really start focusing on getting better at it until ~7 years ago. Remember practice makes improvement and don't be afraid to try new things. Sometimes you accidentally stumble across a really great look. You have my respect and admiration for doing the homeschool thing.
Nice job on the paint.
Thank you! Cheers!
I love all the mechs in this box 😊👍
Great box.
@@MechanicalFrog totally agree 😊👍
Rewatching for CJF painting ideas ^.^
Yay!
Somehow, I don't see the Jade Falcons being destroyed, maybe reduced, but they are probably due to remain a thing. As a Lyran Loyalist, I question that state's ability to come out of IlClan without being made into a clan puppet...caught between the two protagonist clans and with the Khan of Wolf holding his claim to Archonship over Trillian's head.
I'm hoping Jiyi Chistu takes what he has left and finds a nice little spot in the Periphery to live for a good century.
Amazing paint jobs and good story also.
Thank you very much!
I've decided since the 1st Nova Cat Provisionals are a thing the Nova Cats aren't dead
I don't have a problem with this.
I like this take on the Falcons. Only thing to add; katanas are fucking everywhere because of the one the OG Hazem used.
Looking forward to CGL releasing some IlClan models.
@@MechanicalFrog Hurry up CGL...
i like frogs and mechanics
Win/Win
Beautiful work! But im gonna keep painting mines green... Back to the roots under the leadership of Chistu!
One of the great things about Battletech. You can paint your mechs however you want and if anyone gives you any guff, you can legally hit them with your car.
@@MechanicalFrog hahaha indeed!
@@MechanicalFrog It's in the Constitution.
@@realroadbeer4575 Right after the bit about muskets.
Actually, when I order miniatures from iron wind I have a bad habit of forgetting to order bases (LOL as you know) so I guess I need to order a couple of bases from you next payday.
Could probably work something out.
@@MechanicalFrog I went to your website and the hexes you sell are all the fancy kind that's not me I like stuff, so when I order from you I want the traditional stuff
@@thomasrobson6370 So, just a blank base?
@@MechanicalFrog yep, I'm just severely old school
@@thomasrobson6370 You're probably better off buying blank bases off of Amazon.
Stellar paintjob! Love the falcons, though I'm not sure if Chistu is a good move for the storytelling or not... A reformed, more flexible Jade Falcon is a neat concept, but if the falcons aren't bloodthirsty lunatics, what's even the *point* to them, ya know?
Being a Falcon from the early 90s, I wasn't a fan of making the clan go full comic book bad guy with Hazen. It feels like they only did it to make Wolf look good in comparison.
@@MechanicalFrog Oh, yeah, agreed there. I more meant the Invasion days Falcon lunacy. That seemed like the sweet spot to me.
@@derekburge5294 I am fine with being "bad guys" in a world where they're all bad guys. Just the full-on murder everyone Hazen mode was just...lazy.
Nice thumbnail.
Too much? :D
@@MechanicalFrog Nah. Really liked it.
As a JF fan I hate CGL and their poor plot decision.
Wolf Empire and their incestual han are just a joke and piece of plot armor. Its so disgusting and still hurts even when its already year passed.
For me Malvina was the best what happened to JF, she got the balls to act brutally.
I feel empy inside when watching new lore. Jiu Jitsu is a joke for me, very bad joke.
Facts
Good paint job, but Camospecs has already canonized the 1st Falcon Sentinels, its on the bottom of the Jade Falcon page.
I wasn't aware that Camospecs have the power to decide what is canon.
@@MechanicalFrog Also one thing about the canon paint scheme, ya gotta paint a bird, screw that! I'd rather go for this :D :D
@@sharlin648 I think the term "canon" is being misused, as that website is not an official one. The reference is themselves, as far as I can tell.
@@sharlin648A new Clan Jade Falcon should have a bold new scheme.
I’m afraid Camo Specs is official. I like your scheme more, though.
We better
Truth.