{"id":390,"date":"2025-04-06T09:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T13:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/home-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:00:15","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>The &#8216;Mech Painters Union is a BattleTech fan group dedicated to working together for better painting. We share miniatures that we&#8217;ve painted with advice to help each other improve our art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mechpainters.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bluesky-128.png\" alt=\"Bluesky\" class=\"wp-image-815\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:48px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/5brfkAP3Wx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/discord-128.png\" alt=\"Discord\" class=\"wp-image-816\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:48px;height:48px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1545\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/centurianrosie_2000px.png\" alt=\"a blue Centurion with red and yellow highlights sitting on a building while holding a paintbrush\" class=\"wp-image-827\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/centurianrosie_2000px.png 1545w, https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/centurianrosie_2000px-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/centurianrosie_2000px-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/centurianrosie_2000px-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/centurianrosie_2000px-1187x1536.png 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Logo by <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/bleptarts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bleptarts<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-horizontal is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d5572140 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Submissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-navigation has-custom-mpu-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-71bd813f7a41ed178f2d1333ff68f192\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/gallery\/\" title=\"Gallery\">see more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-4142fc9f wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3613 miniature type-miniature status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry artist-carrie-patton canonicity-canon command-com-guards faction-comstar model-crab primary-color-white miniature-source-cgl-plastic\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:1;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/?miniature=copy-of-crab-comstar-comguards\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crab2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Copy of Crab &#8211; Comstar, Comguards\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crab2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crab2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crab2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crab2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crab2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3607 miniature type-miniature status-publish format-standard hentry\">\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3590 miniature type-miniature status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry artist-carrie-patton canonicity-canon command-com-guards faction-comstar model-crab primary-color-white miniature-source-cgl-plastic\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:1;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/?miniature=crab-comstar-comguards-2\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/jakeskelcher.ca\/mpustaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crab2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Crab &#8211; 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