Here's something brand new in the Gates of Antares universe... large combat skimmers for the Isorian faction! These very interesting looking vehicles are new releases from Warlord Games. This is the Mahran Vesh MV5 Combat Drone.
It is now in the webstore:
I have painted a fairly large Isorian force already, including a few step by step tutorial articles.
Here's the first stage of the painting process:
Now for stage two:
These views from above give you a better sense of how that color placement would work out on a much larger an complex piece. That is always a major challenge in every army... finding a color scheme that is unique, but also work on infantry and vehicles alike!
On both of these larger Isorian skimmers, it was necessary to alter the purples and oranges across the broader areas. For instance, the purple can be tinted more blueish on some sections and more reddish in others.
I will be posting another blog post on the transport version of these skimmers, with more information on how to approach a "sci-fi" army... utilizing much brighter and saturated colors than you might normally consider.
As with the rest of the army, Vallejo Fluorescent green was used for all the glowing areas. While it is not glow in the dark paint, it has a great deal of transparency thus allowing light to pass through the color and back out again with great efficiency.
You have to mix these colors with 'regular' paints for the most part, they are that transparent! I have dozens of articles on the blog, and many Facebook live videos that show how such things can be used. Here's a link to one of them:
