{"id":2956,"date":"2025-11-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/?post_type=miniature&#038;p=2956"},"modified":"2025-11-02T14:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T19:26:16","slug":"battlemaster-mercenary","status":"publish","type":"miniature","link":"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/?miniature=battlemaster-mercenary","title":{"rendered":"BattleMaster &#8211; Mercenary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scheme Inspiration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to do an orange and grey scheme but couldn&#8217;t find one in lore, so here it is: orange and grey mercenary Battlemaster!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artist Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Primed in black, which caused a headache of sooooo many layers of orange to get the color I wanted. Lesson learned, back to pink undercoating for oranges and yellows. Orange is VGC Orange Fire, highlights are mixed with a bit of yellow. 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