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[Mister Raven]

I want to buy a paint for my raven and since real ravens are black i want to choose the darkest blackest paint there is.

So....

Obsidian black or hot rod black? which is better? whats the difference between the 2?

[MechWarrior3671771]

Both are too glossy for my tastes. Maybe look at camo black?

[Ovion]

Obsidian is as black as it goes.

However, Camo black is a solid matt black, that is basically indistinguishable and half the price.

I recommend Camo black.

[Soy]

PC Gamer Black is the new black

[Mister Raven]

Leaning towards camo black......

[Zordicron]

Obsidian was the first color I ever bought. I don't even think it was on sale. That was a long time ago. it is deffinatly black, but is also glossy- depending on the surface. Most older mechs, Raven included, shouldn't be very glossy.

Hot Rod is pretty similar honestly, I think it might be a touch more matte and not quite as "black black" but largely depends on surface again.

lately, I have been using the Liao(? i think it is that faction) black, as it shows much more matte finish, and has a nice soft look to it compared to obsidian, though it isn't as straight up black.

Each chassis has different texture resolutions(well mostly) and the angles for the lighting and even the surface of itself alters the way black can look on each mech. I would just mess with it in the loadout/mechlab, and decide on what looks best to you. If Liao is not available, check out camo black as mentioned, otherwise I prefer Obsidian over hotrod on most mechs, even though the difference is minute, and may just be a nostalgia bias on my part.

[bad arcade kitty]

Is there—is there darkest paint? —tell me—tell me, I implore!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”


(:

Edited by bad arcade kitty, 25 April 2015 - 07:34 PM.

[Alistair Winter]

Please keep in mind that no one will be able to tell the difference unless they are standing five feet from your mech on a map like Grand Canyon, where the light and atmospheric conditions create relatively little distortion of colours. On most maps, at most distances, no one will be able to tell the difference between any dark colours, let alone different shades of black.

Hell, in this game, it's hard enough to tell whether an enemy mech is painted red or blue if you just move outside of 300-400 meters. Everything looks like a grey-brown-blue, depending on the light and atmosphere on the map in question. On Caustic, everything looks grey-green.

So do yourself a favour and don't spend a lot of MC on expensive premium colours. Of the thousands of people you play with in the course of a month, it's unlikely that more than one or two of them will really get a good look at your actual colours.

What colour is the Jenner in this picture, approximately 150 meters away?

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[Anjian]

The black in this game doesn't look really good. You get to see the edges of polygons like they are worned out from handling a black enameled painted toy. Matt greys however, look much better, makes it look like more of a solid unit. It would appear black in the game most of the time.

[Bulletsponge0]

I asked myself...how much more black could this be?

None, none more black.

[Soy]

Alistair Winter, on 25 April 2015 - 07:52 PM, said:

So do yourself a favour and don't spend a lot of MC on expensive premium colours.

Premium colors are the best **** to spend MC on, don't kid yourself..!

Also... sup Alistair, here's this reply's obligatory Erlend track for you... aptly titled, The Black KeysCamos Work

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

PC Gamer Black is the only black you need.

[Alistair Winter]

Soy, on 25 April 2015 - 08:20 PM, said:

Premium colors are the best **** to spend MC on, don't kid yourself..!

Each to his own. You're basically the only one who gets to see your mech in all its glory (in the Mechlab). But sometimes it good to just get naked, play this song and stare at your own mechs while dancing gently to the hypnotic beats.



Would you play me? I'd play me so hard.

[Soy]

Alistair Winter, on 25 April 2015 - 08:28 PM, said:

Each to his own. You're basically the only one who gets to see your mech in all its glory (in the Mechlab). But sometimes it good to just get naked, play this song and stare at your own mechs while dancing gently to the hypnotic beats.



Would you play me? I'd play me so hard.

Funny you should say that, cuz...

...vid project I been workin on for April is... Soy's Spring 2015 Camo Collection Fashion Show. So hopefully other people get to see all the super dope threadz I've spent the majority of my account's MC on.

Also, Goodbye Horses is an iconic highwater benchmark for that proto 'big beat' sound at the tail end of 80 Wave ****... pretty slick synth pop if you ask me... it aged well... and the creepiness/corniness hasn't faded a bit... don't hate..!

[LordNothing]

i just bought dark gray camo and called it a day. also:

pewnd

Edited by LordNothing, 25 April 2015 - 08:40 PM.

[BourbonFaucet]

Once you go black...

[Alistair Winter]

Soy, on 25 April 2015 - 08:37 PM, said:

Funny you should say that, cuz...

...vid project I been workin on for April is... Soy's Spring 2015 Camo Collection Fashion Show. So hopefully other people get to see all the super dope threadz I've spent the majority of my account's MC on.

Also, Goodbye Horses is an iconic highwater benchmark for that proto 'big beat' sound at the tail end of 80 Wave ****... pretty slick synth pop if you ask me... it aged well... and the creepiness/corniness hasn't faded a bit... don't hate..!

I'm all about synth wave and I'm not ashamed to say I listened to the whole song, all the way to the end, after linking it in my post. It's a bit raw, corny and melodramatic, but that's the beauty of the 1980's.

Looking forward to your video. Will there be synth music?

[badaa]

Mister Raven, on 25 April 2015 - 05:21 PM, said:

I want to buy a paint for my raven and since real ravens are black i want to choose the darkest blackest paint there is.

So....

Obsidian black or hot rod black? which is better? whats the difference between the 2?

if u can get the pc gamer black is good

[Soy]

Alistair Winter, on 25 April 2015 - 09:08 PM, said:

Will there be synth music?

Well I don't really wanna talk in absolutes, but... it's hard to ignore something like "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred... not sure yet... hehe

[627]

just want to add that the look very much depends on the chosen camo. that cobra(?) skin for example is very glossy and has this pearl effect.