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pw pw pw posted:Was that a typo? "Cant" means tilt, bend or skew (when in reference to relative angle). It's not word that is used often. drat Hell Diver and his journalistic background! Stop reviving dead words!  VVVVVVV It's the most  color ever.
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Hell Diver posted:Carnal pink Interesting paint name 
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Feb 26, 2011 21:57
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Hell Diver posted:Now I feel like he needs just a little bit more to finish him off. I'm torn between a tattoo on the side of his face, or maybe blackened areas under his eyes or something. Just to make him a little more sinister than your normal old warrior. Good choice man, the flesh of the face contrasts with the darkness of the armour and provides a nice bright focal point to the model. I think the darker eyes would do well, get a really really really tiny amount of unthinned Leviathan Purple and re shade under his eyes a couple of times. You've already shaded with it once so it should tie in perfectly.
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Feb 27, 2011 00:00
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Hell Diver, what's your recipe for your wolves again? Just Codex Grey, Badab Black in the crevices, relayer Codex Grey and highlight with Astronomicon Grey, right?
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Feb 27, 2011 00:51
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bhsman posted:Hell Diver, what's your recipe for your wolves again? Just Codex Grey, Badab Black in the crevices, relayer Codex Grey and highlight with Astronomicon Grey, right? I use Codex Grey and Stonewall Grey, mainly because Vallejo tends to be the slowest drying once it's on the palette.
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Feb 27, 2011 01:16
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Hell Diver... holy loving poo poo. I have spent all day working on my Bephegor and Angelius and now I feel like a painting simpleton. I will post a pic later.
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Feb 27, 2011 01:28
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That face is just 3 colors? drat. Color me impressed.
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Feb 27, 2011 04:13
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Painted up Mephiston, and I'd say he looks good for what he is! I put this guy through 3 baths of Simple Green, plus some time cleaning him off with a knife, and I still couldn't clean him up. I have absolutely no idea what the hell was under all that paint. As a result some parts (the winged shoulderpad in particular) have lost some detail and I had to improvise:     Probably could use a little tidying up, but I think he came out well.
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Feb 27, 2011 07:19
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SRM posted: Honest to god, I never noticed Mephiston had a mullet.
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Feb 27, 2011 07:39
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Aranan posted:That face is just 3 colors? drat. Color me impressed. And no blending. Just one thinned color on top of the other. Most of my painting is boiled down to the simplest possible level. One color on top of another, little to no blending, etc. Application and paint consistency is ultimately more important that doing a million layers to blend something. Sure, if you're doing a show piece you're still going to blend like a mad man, but for table top or whatever I consider table top, you really don't have to spend that much time on each individual part. Application is the key.  SRM, Mephiston's looking good. I'm assuming the chunkiness is result of the layers of poo poo stuck on him, so you did an admirable job working with what you had. A few things jump out at me: - You could probably do to darken the low points on the collar skulls a little more, and then apply sparing highlights in pure white. That'll help those stand out a little more. Maybe some concentrated Devlan Mud in the recesses and eye sockets. - The lightning on the sword's looking good, but you need to make that last jump up to white on bits of the lightning to really make it pop. Check out some of GW's studio Night Lords to get an idea of how they did it. -You could also maybe go back over the wings and separate the individual feathers with a little black lining. Painting the idea of three dimensions rather than it actually being there. - Highlight the gold with one final layer of silver. It sounds strange, but putting silver on the highest points of a gold area make it look like its gleaming. Good job and a hell of a salvage, I really like the eyes especially. Thumbs up, bro.
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Feb 27, 2011 16:39
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I'd like to look at SRM's Mephiston, but it looks like it's hosted on Dakka's gallery, and it's loading slower than hell for me (in Chrome) to the point where the images time out. 
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Feb 27, 2011 17:43
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Estimated time from resuming painting/modeling after five month hiatus to inflicting horrible finger wound with scalpel: 4 minutes.
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Feb 27, 2011 18:52
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All right, warhams. I'm on a roll so here's another unit done: OLD MEN WITH HEAVY WEAPONRY! WOLF WOLF WOLF!!     Also, I took a quick, slightly out of focus shot of the Wolf Guard together just to show off their colors a little better.  And that's abo- ++URGENT TRANSMISSION++ ++PERIMETER SENSORS HAVE DETECTED UNAUTHORIZED SUBJECTS APPROACHING++ ++VIDCAPT RETRIEVED 58.28.02.11++  ++ALL COMBAT PERSONNEL PREPARE FOR CONTACT++
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Feb 27, 2011 19:21
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SRM - I can now see your Mephiston pics. Looking good overall, though I second the idea to highlight the gold bits with a little silver on the edges. Hell Diver - Why must you make me want to buy and paint Space Woofs.
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Feb 27, 2011 19:36
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Hell Diver - those are seriously just Codex Grey, black wash and Stonewall Grey highlights? They look amazing.
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Feb 27, 2011 19:43
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Hell Diver posted:
Thanks a lot bro; that's the kind of stuff I need to hear! Next time I'm at my FLGS I'll get some Mithril for the edge highlights. Blacklining the wings is something I hadn't thought of either; it'll make things really pop. The sword was pretty much a test run for if I ever painted the Space Hulk Terminators, and I was contemplating jumping up to white. Thanks a bunch!
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Phyresis posted:Hell Diver - those are seriously just Codex Grey, black wash and Stonewall Grey highlights? They look amazing. Yup. You'd be surprised the results you can get with simple processes like that. It never seems like much in bits and pieces, but you really get a nice effect once you highlight an entire model. E: Thought I'd post some shots of wolf pelts while I was at it. Here's the pelts from the Wolf Guard Battle Leader and the Long Fang Pack Leader.   
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Feb 27, 2011 19:54
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Proper lighting and background contrast goes a long way towards making a model cast natural looking shadows that make a simple paint job look tons better than it would in direct light with macro up close. I wish I could figure out the sweet spot for photographing, but you gotta get lucky sometimes.
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Feb 27, 2011 21:29
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So, I've been playing around with my cheap airbrush, and eventually just bought a can of Krylon Camouflage as it was the closest match to Kommando Khaki. On this Predator; The turret was (is still being) hand-painted Khaki, but the chassis has a coat of Krylon. In person, there's a very slight difference in tone, with the chassis being just a tad darker, but is it something I should worry about, or does it look fine?
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Feb 27, 2011 21:55
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Really it comes down to "Will this bug me forever?" But after substantial highlighting, weathering, and distressing you may not even notice.
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Feb 27, 2011 23:40
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moths posted:But after substantial highlighting, weathering, and distressing you may not even notice. Basically, this.
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Feb 27, 2011 23:45
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Those wolves are drat hot. Nice job man.
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Feb 28, 2011 00:59
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Hell Diver, I love everything you post. Are you still planning on returning to your Catachan at some point? I've got a borderline obsession with Catachan and well-done models are almost impossible to find. Here's my most recent stuff, for content. Three Genestealer Hybrids.  Going to prime the limo and some more cultists right now.
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BuffaloChicken posted:Hell Diver, I love everything you post. Are you still planning on returning to your Catachan at some point? I've got a borderline obsession with Catachan and well-done models are almost impossible to find. I'm definitely going to keep working on my Catachan Air Cav because I feel the same way. There's something about an army of Rambos that's just too bad rear end to put into words. The only problem is that all of those models are in storage in El Paso while I'm sitting in Afghanistan. So, I decided to finish up the army I already had half-painted. I've got about 9 Infantry, and a rhino to paint and a razorback to order to finish up about 1750 points of Space Wolves. After that I think I'm going to alternate between Dark Eldar and Catachan units, but for my last 5 months or so in country I'll probably be working on DE as I've got a box of Wyches to assemble and a Raider waiting to be painted and I'll probably just add on from there. Though I might just order a Command Squad or Harker for the hell of it. . . Hell Diver fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Feb 28, 2011 |
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Feb 28, 2011 01:39
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BuffaloChicken posted:I've got a borderline obsession with Catachan and well-done models are almost impossible to find. PV's gonna be painting me a Straken, its gonna own.
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Feb 28, 2011 01:49
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No lie, those are the best brood brother hybrid conversions i've ever seen.
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Feb 28, 2011 02:01
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MasterSlowPoke posted:PV's gonna be painting me a Straken, its gonna own. My Straken's about 90% finished sitting in a box in the States. It's one of the coolest models I've painted in a long time. I'm actually looking forward to being able to finish it. His old model, though. Holy poo poo was that thing hot garbage.
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Feb 28, 2011 02:24
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Hell Diver posted:My Straken's about 90% finished sitting in a box in the States. It's one of the coolest models I've painted in a long time. I'm actually looking forward to being able to finish it. I liked it and bought it for a friend who was starting up IG. 
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Feb 28, 2011 03:04
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I have a ton of leather armor clad troops to paint. How do you paint black leather armor? I have always had trouble painting black and having it come out well. Usually just looks like spray primed doods.
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Feb 28, 2011 06:48
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Basecoat Charadon Granite or P3 Coal Black, wash black, highlight with a cool, dark grey.
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Feb 28, 2011 06:53
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MasterSlowPoke posted:Basecoat Charadon Granite or P3 Coal Black, wash black, highlight with a cool, dark grey. Thanks a ton. I found a similar reference on a really old Brushthralls.com Paint-Your-Box post. Side note: I am finally trying to figure out this wash business. I have always added my Future/Water mixture right into my paint jars to make them flow better, but this idea of: 1. Base Shade 2. Wash that is darker 3. Base Shade wash to highlight really makes sense to me. one of my current projects:  crosspost from warmachine thread. That is after the Quickshade. I need to work on getting the washes a little thinner. I was putting washes on the top of his wings to make them less dark, and one of the washes left a discernable outline. I use a mix of 1 part Future, 3 parts water as my thinning/mixing medium. Is that ok, or is there something better. I also read about a product called Tamiya Smoke for adding the look of carbon buildup on metal. Does that stuff work well? Even though I am playing Legion, Khador is still calling to me.
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I'm following a painting guide on BoLS to paint my Empire red, white, and black (since I'm colorblind). I'll post some pics of them in various stages later because I definitely need some critiques. However, my question right now is what should I do for skin? I currently have no flesh color paint (going to pick so up later). Am I alright with Dwarf Flesh and then just mixing in some bleached bone for highlights. I don't want to get to complicated. The red, black, and white parts are already complicated enough 
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Feb 28, 2011 17:28
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I recently started 40k again after a 15-year layoff (I was in middle school last time I played and couldn't really afford it). I am going Chaos this time around, so I picked up Assault on Black Reach and the Chaos Army Battleforce, and then used some bits and a matching paint scheme to convert the normal space marines to Chaos. My painting is probably the worst of anyone who posts here, but I got a pretty cool effect so I figured I would share it. I started with black primer and then based everything in silver, and then drybrushed with a light green to make it look like the force had been under the ocean for a few centuries. I am considering adding chains or spikes to make the dreadnought more converted, but I hate to over do it. Edit: That is blurry as hell. I will make a better picture!
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dexefiend posted:I have a ton of leather armor clad troops to paint. I paint charadon granite, wash with badad black, drybush charadon again, then highlight khaki. It's admittedly sort of green looking on close inspection, but everyone seems to think it's black leather.
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Here are all of my painted Khador for Warmachine: Beast 09:   Great Bears:  Koldun Lord:  Manhunter:  Spriggan:   Strakhov:  Vlad:  Widowmakers:  Berserker:  Doomreavers and Koldun Escort: 
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BuffaloChicken posted:Hell Diver, I love everything you post. Are you still planning on returning to your Catachan at some point? I've got a borderline obsession with Catachan and well-done models are almost impossible to find. These own so hard, ork bodies are perfect
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!amicable posted:They all look cool, but what the hell is up with this one? Is it sculpted like that or did it melt somehow?  EDIT: It just looks completely different than the rest of them, like an old man wearing long-johns or something: the rest are really bad-rear end, for sure.
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Terminator Captain incoming:     and one with his buds: 
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Mar 1, 2011 13:40
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Yaay a Skarsnik post! As always, awesome. 
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Sole.Sushi posted:They all look cool, but what the hell is up with this one? Is it sculpted like that or did it melt somehow? The prime Vlad models are pretty unfortunately.
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