How-To Articles

The following are articles written by Camo Specs Online artists.

Painting a Clan Hell's Horses scheme by Hyena
A brief writeup on how to paint a Clan Hell's Horses scheme.

 



Painting a Clan Wolf Scheme by Ogre
A brief writeup on how to paint a Clan Wolf scheme.

 



Painting a Clan Nova Cat Scheme by Dak
A brief writeup on how to paint a Clan Nova Cat scheme.

 



Painting a Clan Blood Spirit Scheme by Pendragon
A brief writeup on how to paint the Clan Blood Spirit Alpha Galaxy scheme.

 



Painting a Clan Goliath Scorpion Scheme by Mastergunz
A brief writeup on how to paint the Clan Goliath Scorpion Tau Galaxy scheme.

 



Painting a Clan Fire Mandrill Scheme by Foxbat
A brief writeup on how to paint the Clan Fire Mandrill Kindra Kline scheme.

 



Painting a Clan Burrock Scheme by Jal Phoenix
A brief writeup on how to paint a Clan Burrock scheme.


Painting a Clan Ice Hellion scheme by Jal Phoenix
A brief writeup on how to paint a Clan Ice Hellion scheme.


Painting a Clan Star Adder Scheme by Cyttorak
A brief writeup on how to paint a Clan Star Adder scheme.


Painting a Clan Steel Viper Scheme by Mastergunz
A brief writeup on how to paint a Clan Steel Viper scheme.


Painting a Clan Ghost Bear Scheme by Ogre
Grizzly A brief writeup on how to paint a Clan Ghost Bear scheme. Ghost Bear


Painting a Clan Smoke Jaguar Scheme by Foxbat
Smoke Jaguar A brief writeup on how to paint a Smoke Jaguar scheme.


Painting a Clan Mongoose Scheme by Dak
Mercury II A brief writeup on how to paint a Clan Mongoose scheme.


How-To: Build the GRM-01A2 Garm by Foxbat

FoxBat's simple steps for modding the GRM-01A2 Garm



How-To: Build the BGS-7S Barghest by Psycho

BarghestPsycho takes you through his build of the BGS-7S Barghest.



How-To: Build an Ursus 2 by 00Dawg

Ursus200Dawg's Guide to Making the Ursus 2



How-To: Build the D9-G10 Duan Gung by Foxbat

Duan GungFoxbat's simple steps to making a D9-G10 variant of the Duan Gung.



How-To: Paint Royal Black Watch Tartan by Captain Ed

Notable units throughout the Innersphere use various patterns of tartan; arguably, the most prominent of these units include the Star League Royal Black Watch and the Northwind Highlanders. For this tutorial, we will examine techniques for painting the tartan of the Black Watch, also known as the Government set. The techniques demonstrated in this tutorial are applicable to planning and painting tartans of other patterns in addition to that of the Black Watch.



Priming and Washing a Mini by Sounguru
This Video will cover one way I prepare a mini for painting for the CSO site. Prep can be one of the most important steps and is a skill I am constantly improving on. You will also learn about the use of a wet pallet to extend the life of your paints and a few other fun tidbits. You will also get to see how even us CSO artist are only human.

Chalking Part #2 by Sounguru
People have asked me quite often how I produced the muzzle burns and weathering on my minis. Well I used Chalk. Now one thing led to another and in these two video sections you will see where it led to when some one challenged me to paint an entire mini in chalk. So sit back and enjoy and look for future video feeds from your basic skills to some really out of the box stuff.

This Video continues the Chalking procedure up to the point of being ready to detailing the rest of the mech.

Chalking Part #1 by Sounguru
People have asked me quite often how I produced the muzzle burns and weathering on my minis. Well I used chalk. Now one thing led to another and in these two video sections you will see where it led to when some one challenged me to paint an entire mini in chalk. So sit back and enjoy and look for future video feeds from your basic skills to some really out of the box stuff.

This video will cover the use of chalk as a base coat for you mini's From basic application to how to work the chalk to create a fade.

How-To: Brushes Are Important by Sounguru
In this article you will dive into the wonderful world of brushes. Please do not expect to come out an all knowing guru after reading this, it is just a basic primer on types of brushes and their care. What I do hope you get from it is the fact that your brush selection and care are as important as what paints you use.


How-To: Painting Scales by Mike "Ogre" Raper
Conceptually, painting scales isn’t all that different from any other kind of layering; in fact, it’s very similar to jewelling.  Basically, you’re just building up a range of one color—green, for example—from dark to light, but in a pattern.  There are several ways of doing it, but I personally consider the following to be the best balance between detail and expedience.  There are lots of patterns you can use; round, irregular, “shield” shaped, diamonds, etc.  It’s a matter of taste.  For our example, we’re going to go with green shield-shaped scales.  I’ve put a simple image in with each step to make it a bit easier to follow along.

How-To: Cockpit Jeweling by Ross Koga
Well, it's been something like three years ago when I first said I'd do up a tutorial on how to “jewel” your 'Mech's cockpits. I've graduated twice from two different colleges, gotten married, gotten into two new games, painted a bunch of miniatures, and generally done everything you do in three plus years of time since then. But hey, better late than never right? So without further ado, here's my jeweling tutorial for cockpits (and indirectly, laser barrels).

Building A Large Terrain Board by Skyhigh
Welcome, I have had numerous people ask me what techniques I use when I build the terrain that I use with my gaming group. So, when I took on my latest, greatest and LARGEST terrain project I decided to attempt to chronicle the experience so that other gamers out there who are interested in building their own terrain could see how it is that I do it and maybe gain some new ideas for themselves. Following is essentially a step-by-step description of how I have built a large 8' x 8' terrain board for use at GenCon 2003.

How-To: Remove Mold Lines by B1Bflyer


How-To: Mini Photography Part 3: Camera Setup by Sounguru
This articles discusses camera modes and setups for Mini Photography

How-To: Mini Photography Part 2: Lighting Setup by Sounguru
Article on how to set up lighting for mini photography.

How-To: Mini Photography Part 1: Backdrop by Sounguru
This articles discusses techniques for mini photography setup

How-To: Drybrush by Ross Koga
This article discusses techniques that can be used to drybrush your miniatures.

How-To: Battle Armor by Ross Koga
This article discusses techniques that can be used to paint Battle Armor miniatures.

How-To: Antennas by Dak
This article discusses techniques that can be used to add antennas to your BattleMech miniatures.

How-To: MAD-5R/9S by CacheUSA


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