Mech Model Identifying, Please?

[klarg1]

I'm, frankly, a little surprised that the old and new components fit so well, but she looks great!

[MagnaMorbius]

I figured I'd go with the Kell Hounds colour scheme, as I really liked Patrick Kell in the Warrior trilogy and he was a Thunderbolt pilot. I'm slightly torn, though; I paint autocannon and Gauss Rifle barrels in Gunmetal, with the opening in black, missile ports black with a spot of white to look like a warhead, PPC in azure blue, but what should I do the laser aperture in? I'm torn between brilliant red or brilliant light green. I think of lasers as red and pulse lasers as green, but that's easily changeable. What do you all do?

[Weirdo]

My standard procedure is to do PPCs in green, all lasers in red, and cockpits in a color that complements the paint scheme. For example, the red of a Kell Hounds mech would have me doing the cockpit in green. If the unit has several and/or very prominent PPCs, I'd likely go for a different shade than the guns, possibly more a turquoise.

[MagnaMorbius]

I do cockpits in gold, for one very important reason; the first one I painted was a Banshee, and it looked like it was wearing a pair of Oakleys, like it was too cool to be a battlemech. I also tried silver too, but preferred the gold better. I justify it by saying that cockpits are polarised, and my bike helmet has an iridium visor that is gold-tinted and looks pretty cool. I might need to drill the left arm anyway, as the barrel is off a light gauss, not a large laser.