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TaurianMerc said:
That is amazing. First off, I am actually a big fan of the Archer, so that is a nice bonus.
It actually looks better than what I picture in my head (and miles better than anything I get on lead!).
The only point to raise is the second badge (the skull one) isn't one of mine. Sorry, when I posted last night I was outside on my phone and having trouble linking to the right post. The FF logo is correct though. I don't want to be too cheeky, so feel free to say no, but would it be possible to replace the skull badge with something like the Bisset crest?
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Thank you, again.

Oh and sorry @OathOfFealty for derailing your thread.
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NP - so it is you unit.
 
OathOfFealty said:
I need help combing through the units posted and looking for typos, wrong formatting and mistakes in regards to the canon. Also, checking links would be a good thing. Additionally, cross-checking with sarna has to be done to make sure everything is correct. Some color descriptions of the units are quite short or awkward and could use some polishing.
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I've been doing that since page 2 of this thread ;)
I haven't said anything so far because I haven't spotted anything glaring. I'll go back to the beginning and start being a bit more systematic; give you periodic updates of all of the pages I've checked so you know they've had one pair of eyes over them.
 
OathOfFealty said:
The only thing I want to point out is that the metal scratches are too blurred compared to the otherwise sharp lines on the mech.
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I'll re-visit those, it looked ok in PS when it was smaller to look at.
 
Those scratches definitely look sharper now, I hadn't noticed before. I like how it isn't parade fresh, a mech should always look a little beaten up.
 
Just realised, on the factions drop down menu, you have Calderon Protectorate under Inner Sphere rather than Periphery.
Don't know why I didn't notice that sooner!
 
I've checked both pages under Calderon Protectorate.

Something that applies to both pages is that you have multiple units under one heading. In the case of the Taurian Pride, you show the insignia of the 1st TP, but the 2nd has a different insignia. I'm not sure if this applies to the Calderon Guard yet, as Sarna doesn't show all of them and I don't have many of my sourcebooks to hand at the moment (I need to get them down from the loft(attic))

Calderon Guard
There are 3 regiments of Calderon Guards, not 2.
The colour bar (the blocks of colour used in the scheme) are aligned to the left rather than centred.
The Calderon Guard paints their vehilces and Mechs in a dark brown and blood red disruptive camouflage pattern.
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I would use paint rather than paints, and vehicle has been misspelled.
If I could make a suggestion, "The Calderon Guard camouflage their vehicles and 'Mechs in a disruptive pattern made up of dark browns and blood red" might read a little better?
For the camospecs pages, you link to search results for that unit, but as there are no Calderon Guard miniatures on camospecs it might look like the link is broken. However I think that might be more a camospecs problem and they need to pick up the pace and add as many as possible on there.

Taurian Pride
The colour scheme states "The regimental colors are red with brown and gold trim." but the image shows a colour scheme of brown with red and gold trim. I know this open to interpretation, and I'm not criticising the artwork, but (again I haven't checked the source material yet) I wanted to make sure the quoted colour scheme was right.
Similarly, camospecs states a colour scheme of green, brown and red for 2nd TP.
The Sarna link takes you to the 1st Taurian Pride. As mentioned above, all four TP regiments are under one page on your site. It's not an end of the world problem however.

That's all I've noticed on those two pages :)
 
TaurianMerc said:
Just realised, on the factions drop down menu, you have Calderon Protectorate under Inner Sphere rather than Periphery.
Don't know why I didn't notice that sooner!
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Good point - I'm blind.
 
TaurianMerc said:
I've checked both pages under Calderon Protectorate.

Something that applies to both pages is that you have multiple units under one heading. In the case of the Taurian Pride, you show the insignia of the 1st TP, but the 2nd has a different insignia. I'm not sure if this applies to the Calderon Guard yet, as Sarna doesn't show all of them and I don't have many of my sourcebooks to hand at the moment (I need to get them down from the loft(attic))

Calderon Guard
There are 3 regiments of Calderon Guards, not 2.
The colour bar (the blocks of colour used in the scheme) are aligned to the left rather than centred.

I would use paint rather than paints, and vehicle has been misspelled.
If I could make a suggestion, "The Calderon Guard camouflage their vehicles and 'Mechs in a disruptive pattern made up of dark browns and blood red" might read a little better?
For the camospecs pages, you link to search results for that unit, but as there are no Calderon Guard miniatures on camospecs it might look like the link is broken. However I think that might be more a camospecs problem and they need to pick up the pace and add as many as possible on there.

Taurian Pride
The colour scheme states "The regimental colors are red with brown and gold trim." but the image shows a colour scheme of brown with red and gold trim. I know this open to interpretation, and I'm not criticising the artwork, but (again I haven't checked the source material yet) I wanted to make sure the quoted colour scheme was right.
Similarly, camospecs states a colour scheme of green, brown and red for 2nd TP.
The Sarna link takes you to the 1st Taurian Pride. As mentioned above, all four TP regiments are under one page on your site. It's not an end of the world problem however.

That's all I've noticed on those two pages :)
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I'll revisit and give some feedback - thx!
 
TaurianMerc said:
I've checked both pages under Calderon Protectorate.

Something that applies to both pages is that you have multiple units under one heading. In the case of the Taurian Pride, you show the insignia of the 1st TP, but the 2nd has a different insignia. I'm not sure if this applies to the Calderon Guard yet, as Sarna doesn't show all of them and I don't have many of my sourcebooks to hand at the moment (I need to get them down from the loft(attic))

Calderon Guard
There are 3 regiments of Calderon Guards, not 2.
The colour bar (the blocks of colour used in the scheme) are aligned to the left rather than centred.

I would use paint rather than paints, and vehicle has been misspelled.
If I could make a suggestion, "The Calderon Guard camouflage their vehicles and 'Mechs in a disruptive pattern made up of dark browns and blood red" might read a little better?
For the camospecs pages, you link to search results for that unit, but as there are no Calderon Guard miniatures on camospecs it might look like the link is broken. However I think that might be more a camospecs problem and they need to pick up the pace and add as many as possible on there.

Taurian Pride
The colour scheme states "The regimental colors are red with brown and gold trim." but the image shows a colour scheme of brown with red and gold trim. I know this open to interpretation, and I'm not criticising the artwork, but (again I haven't checked the source material yet) I wanted to make sure the quoted colour scheme was right.
Similarly, camospecs states a colour scheme of green, brown and red for 2nd TP.
The Sarna link takes you to the 1st Taurian Pride. As mentioned above, all four TP regiments are under one page on your site. It's not an end of the world problem however.

That's all I've noticed on those two pages :)
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3 regiments -corrected
color bars - won't change for now as I have to revisit lot's of images at a later point

took your sentence

linking to camospecs is tricky at times. I usually show only one unit while they split it up. I don't see why I should show 3 times the same paint scheme. therefore, I link to the "overall" page (search result) at times. images are a camospecs problem.
there's lot's missing even if the unit is mentioned. also a lot of units we got on the UCC are not even listed there. hence no linking possible.


Taurian pride:
I was unsure how to read the description and decided in this way. Of course, you have a point. On other instances you will see I clearly made a mistake (which will be corrected when I revisit the unit).
2nd needs to be added then if it is different. However, for the book it was too much to add the sub-units if they had only minor color changes.

I'll seperate units in the near future if there's different paint schemes.

THX!
 
@TaurianMerc please send me the name of your unit as well as a short description of their paint scheme as well. as a little history (like i.e. the ones you see in the book)
@Flamestalker please send me the repaints for his Unit when you're finished.
 
@TaurianMerc please note the you will encounter several paint schemes that are not 100% accurately demonstrated by the image of the unit. Please ignore those as they will be adjusted in the repaint phase.
However, please point out wrong images/descriptions. Thx!
 
OathOfFealty said:
@TaurianMerc please send me the name of your unit as well as a short description of their paint scheme as well. as a little history (like i.e. the ones you see in the book)
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Will do, now have the eternal struggle of trying to edit it down to something manageable but still readable!

OathOfFealty said:
@TaurianMerc please note the you will encounter several paint schemes that are not 100% accurately demonstrated by the image of the unit. Please ignore those as they will be adjusted in the repaint phase.
However, please point out wrong images/descriptions. Thx!
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Roger. I did realise after the first two that I should pay attention to the notes at the bottom - if it says a repaint is need then I'll ignore for now.
Likewise, if you are revisiting an image should I ignore things like the colour bar being aligned to the left, as with the Calderon Guard? Or should I still flag it so you can make a note?

Halfway through the first page of Cappie units - by which I mean the last page, but the first ones you posted up, if that makes sense. I'll update you when I finish each page.
EDIT: and it's just occurred to me know, having gone back to the site, that as you add units it bumps everything down, so going by page will be irrelevant. I'll give you an update every so often.
 
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TaurianMerc said:
Will do, now have the eternal struggle of trying to edit it down to something manageable but still readable!



Roger. I did realise after the first two that I should pay attention to the notes at the bottom - if it says a repaint is need then I'll ignore for now.
Likewise, if you are revisiting an image should I ignore things like the colour bar being aligned to the left, as with the Calderon Guard? Or should I still flag it so you can make a note?

Halfway through the first page of Cappie units - by which I mean the last page, but the first ones you posted up, if that makes sense. I'll update you when I finish each page.
EDIT: and it's just occurred to me know, having gone back to the site, that as you add units it bumps everything down, so going by page will be irrelevant. I'll give you an update every so often.
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You can ignore the color bars for now. I'll do them along the way.

I've incorporated most of your suggestions by now. Or corrected where needed. I'll separate units from now on. It's more work but you're certainly right.

I can check page by page. Please note that there's a previous and next button at the bottom of each unit page - might be easier. However, you can just randomly skim through the units if you like. I do not need everything perfect right now but rather over time. Whatever suits you best.

The UCC will develop over months and months. There's plenty of time. It is important to me that you stick around for a long time rather than burn out fast.

As always, your work is highly appreciated - thx!
 
TaurianMerc said:
Will do, now have the eternal struggle of trying to edit it down to something manageable but still readable!



Roger. I did realise after the first two that I should pay attention to the notes at the bottom - if it says a repaint is need then I'll ignore for now.
Likewise, if you are revisiting an image should I ignore things like the colour bar being aligned to the left, as with the Calderon Guard? Or should I still flag it so you can make a note?

Halfway through the first page of Cappie units - by which I mean the last page, but the first ones you posted up, if that makes sense. I'll update you when I finish each page.
EDIT: and it's just occurred to me know, having gone back to the site, that as you add units it bumps everything down, so going by page will be irrelevant. I'll give you an update every so often.
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one more thing ... some units will still be bundled (like 1st-5th xxx) - I don't have paint schemes for them just yet.

also, especially with the capellans - there's a good chance that units are "capellan" but "mercs", "st. ives", "Marik" or even "star league" as well. It is important to double check to not miss one of them. Due to the workload I might not have been thoroughly enough in my research.

If possible collect your finds in a pdf or other document and submit it at the end. i.e. when I finished uploading the whole faction. might be easier for both of us.
 
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I need to know if the current, broad description, of colors is enough for you to search the UCC effectively. Or would you like to go "deeper"?. Deeper means i.e. separating colors into dark red, brick red etc. or even tagging highlight colors separately. https://twitter.com/LegendK00727647/status/1070958211245727744
 
OathOfFealty said:
Gigantic improvement! This might be your masterpiece - or one of them, haha!. Awesome mate!
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I'm improving slowly I think. Now moving on to recolouring and messing around with the Star League logos and mechs. Might try to enlarge and improve on some of the logos, try to learn some more new techniques and experiment a bit.

OathOfFealty said:
@TaurianMerc please send me the name of your unit as well as a short description of their paint scheme as well. as a little history (like i.e. the ones you see in the book)
@Flamestalker please send me the repaints for his Unit when you're finished.
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Will do. Remember to tag me here as @Colonel Flamestalker as I don't get the ones tagged Flamestalker, as someone else already had that tag before we moved over.
OathOfFealty said:
The UCC artist page has gone live. It will be adjusted and expanded over time as well. https://twitter.com/LegendK00727647/status/1070944163124908032
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Still getting round to doing a small bio, possibly over the weekend.

@TaurianMerc do you have another 3025 era mech that I can colour up for your unit, any of those displayed in the UCC or I do have a few more templates for the Unseen reseen?
 
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