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Bo-Pepper posted:I went to one store and the intro Games Workshop paint set was like $30 plus dollars. Am I crazy for thinking that seems pricey for what I want? GW paint is ridiculously priced, but it's the most available. You might do better with buying Vallejo or P3 paint, but you might have to go online. How do you want to paint your guys? We can try and find a good set of colors to start with.
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MasterSlowPoke posted:GW paint is ridiculously priced, but it's the most available. You might do better with buying Vallejo or P3 paint, but you might have to go online. How do you want to paint your guys? We can try and find a good set of colors to start with. I'm fine going online. I figured that's what I'd do. I don't necessarily have a color scheme yet. I figured my palette would be limited. As long as the teams are easy to tell apart. Otherwise I'm open to suggestions.
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P3 makes paint sets that come out pretty cheap (about $15 for 6 paints): http://www.thewarstore.com/P3PaintBoxes.html The Bloodbowl starter is Humans and Orcs, right? Getting the Protectorate and the Mercenaries sets would do pretty well, giving you distinct colors (green/brown for the orcs, red/white for the humans). You'll also be getting a pot of Menoth White Highlight, which is about the best paint out there for mixing highlights. To round it out you should get a black, a skin tone (GW Tallarn Flesh is great), a metal (GW Mythril Silver is the best), and a black and brown wash (GW Badab Black and Gryphonne Sepia are also excellent).
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SRM posted:Xeno filth? Not on my watch Looking great here, SRM 
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dishwasherlove posted:Fryband what blue are you using for that Stompa, because its going on my Epic orks. Can't wait to start painting 6mm. It's Enchanted Blue. Accept no substitutes.
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Fyrbrand posted:It's Enchanted Blue. Accept no substitutes. Quoting for authority. Been lovin the stuff since the coat d'arms hex-fliptops.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Oh poo poo? Simple Green is available in Canada as of recently, check Walmart and Canadian Tire. Alternatively you could get Super Clean Engine De-greaser instead. Super Clean Engine De-greaser is formerly a Castrol product. You wear gloves while scrubbing it, this stuff is somewhat caustic; but it is safe to put down the drain and won't harm the plastic. http://www.superclean.com/products and just use it. Indolent Bastard fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Jun 12, 2011 |
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Bo-Pepper posted:I went to one store and the intro Games Workshop paint set was like $30 plus dollars. Am I crazy for thinking that seems pricey for what I want? You are crazy if you think any part of this won't be more expensive than you expected going in.
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thespaceinvader posted:Can anyone suggest a decent UK vendor for brushes for someone who's not yet sure of his skill, and for whom it's definitely not yet worth investing in Winsor and Newton? Do you have a Hobbycraft nearby? If so they sell the Pro-Arte range of brushes which come in miniature brush sizes for a reasonable price. Just grab a 000 or a suitably small one, and a 2-3 for basecoating. They do sell W&N 7's too if you're feeling ready to upgrade. I think I paid about £8 for the W&N 000 and £4 for the Pro-Arte size 3.
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http://www.rosemaryandco.com is also a decent option for brushes if you're in the UK. Her Series 33 range is excellent and relatively cheap: around £3-4/brush for appropriate warham sizes. The website looks a bit amateur, but I didn't have any trouble with my order and it arrived quickly.
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Real hurthling! posted:http://store.privateerpress.com/hammerfallhighshieldguncorpsgunmanshield1.aspx http://store.privateerpress.com/assaultkommandosshield.aspx I really like the assault kommando shields, all you have to do is shave off the Khador Swastika
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Some new stuff I painted. Frogs are pretty cool and more companies should make them. Thrullg is not a frog but I painted him like one.  Totem Hunter is not a frog either but he can jump at least. 
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Minions really are treated with some of the best models that PP have to offer.
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Arlaharen posted:Finally got my tutorial for gatorskin up on Handcannon online for those interested. got a posse in the mail the other day, assembling it now. will likely be making use of this soon, thanks a bunch.
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A question for anyone who's bought Dragonforge bases: I placed an order on 6/8 and aside from the PayPal confirmation, I haven't heard anything from them. Do they normally send emails when orders have been placed/shipped? I'll shoot them an email tomorrow if I don't hear anything, I was just curious. Also, you people with really nice bases, how do yo put your models on? Are you pinning the feet, and drilling a hole in the base?
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Inverse Icarus posted:I really like the shading in your greens. How did you do it? To be honest, I can't really remember. I think it was a base of VMC Camo Green, then washed down with VGC Dark Green. Mix VGC dark green with VMC Black for the final shade. Then I'm pretty sure there was only one highlight, being VMC Camo Green mixed with VMC Pale Sand. Started painting my Skorne Paingiver Taskmaster:   For some reasons the pictures really flatten the red. There are two layers of highlights you totally don't see. I was really proud of that too 
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Decided to finish some rhino's I had laying around since I'm waiting for primer for the airbrush for a few days.   Need to add iconography still and some touch ups but I am very happy for the most part. I do seem to be getting fine mists of color on places I don't really want it, aside from changing to a solid color (in retrospect hawk-lords might have been a less painful option) what can I do to control the airbrush paint that seems to be escaping?
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My girlfriend wants to use Oranges and Greens in her painting for her Seaforge Merc Army. I figured an easy solution is to make all the Orgun look like Hobgoblins.   They could have orange skin, even bright orange skin, and it would probably be alright. Contrasted with dark greens in their clothes, I think it could look pretty awesome. These are the paints I own that I could see mixing to get a Hobgoblin fleshtone. Any suggestions?  I'm also taking suggestions on how to paint the Dwarves Merc jacks to compliment these. Her favorite colors are orange/green (obviously), so I'd like to come up with interesting ideas about how the colors could be used on jacks without an overpowering "this is a giant neon orange robot with a drill on it." edit: apparently one of their orgun actually has this color scheme:  That looks slick. Suggestions for color matching? (I'm terrible at mixing and eyeballing color)
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Ezekiel_980 posted:Decided to finish some rhino's I had laying around since I'm waiting for primer for the airbrush for a few days. Tamiya model masking tape. Use something with a rubber tip to press it down into the corners and nooks. Colour shapers are good for this. Always mask the entire area you do not want painted.
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Inverse Icarus posted:words and pics Ember orange and sepia wash for flesh, thrall flesh and devlan for the green cloth. If you want to get real fancy go back with the original color and highlight the raised areas. The flesh will end up pretty orangey this way though.
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Inverse Icarus posted:A question for anyone who's bought Dragonforge bases: You don't get anything other than the Paypal message. I just received some bases from them exactly a week after I placed the initial order (Friday to Friday).
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Inverse Icarus posted:A question for anyone who's bought Dragonforge bases: I was just looking for bases and Dragonforge has a big notice that said they are currently processing June 3-5th. Looks like they're catching up on back orders. Let us know when you get them in. I'm looking to put a small army on some fancy bases and I liked Dragonforge the best. I pin the feet the the base.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:Tamiya model masking tape. Use something with a rubber tip to press it down into the corners and nooks. Colour shapers are good for this. Tried this about an hour ago without reading your post, used some paper and a ton of tape but the result was perfect, also found its a better idea to colors that are harder to paint over last then just have to do touch up work after.
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Some more Sternguard finished:  Starting to take much better picture too. Liking this squad! I have some GKs incoming I'm exciting about using to outfit some more.
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Bo-Pepper posted:I'm fine going online. I figured that's what I'd do. The army painter makes some nice stuff for a beginner IMO, with: http://www.maelstromgames.co.uk/index.php?act=pro&pre=tap_hob_wpt_ess_102_000&cur=usd giving you all you need to start painting. While it costs the same as the GW kit you were afraid of, it comes with more paints, a brush and primer. Also http://www.maelstromgames.co.uk/index.php?act=pro&pre=tap_hob_bat_ess_101_000 if you want a simple basing kit.
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Inverse Icarus posted:I'm also taking suggestions on how to paint the Dwarves Merc jacks to compliment these. Her favorite colors are orange/green (obviously), so I'd like to come up with interesting ideas about how the colors could be used on jacks without an overpowering "this is a giant neon orange robot with a drill on it." It maybe slightly cliched, but you could use orange/black hazard stripes (instead of yellow/black).
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TastyAvocado posted:Some more Sternguard finished: Looking fantastic. Out of curiosity, how're you doing your gold?
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Basically just tin bitz/shining gold/devlan mud/burnished gold. The metallics look better in real life than the pictures, I haven't figured out how to photograph metallics at all.
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Anyone have a spare LR engine I can pick up? I want to try that fancy Battlesuit conversion I keep seeing where you bulk up the leggings ie: 
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That is one of the best Tau paintjobs I've seen. Where did you find it ?
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richyp posted:Do you have a Hobbycraft nearby? If so they sell the Pro-Arte range of brushes which come in miniature brush sizes for a reasonable price. Just grab a 000 or a suitably small one, and a 2-3 for basecoating. They do sell W&N 7's too if you're feeling ready to upgrade. I think I paid about £8 for the W&N 000 and £4 for the Pro-Arte size 3. quote:http://www.rosemaryandco.com is also a decent option for brushes if you're in the UK. Her Series 33 range is excellent and relatively cheap: around £3-4/brush for appropriate warham sizes. The website looks a bit amateur, but I didn't have any trouble with my order and it arrived quickly. Thanks - though, for some reason, I had it in my head that W&N brushes were 5 to 10 times that price. For under a tenner, I'd probably go for the best.
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thespaceinvader posted:Thanks - though, for some reason, I had it in my head that W&N brushes were 5 to 10 times that price. For under a tenner, I'd probably go for the best. With how long they keep a point they're probably cheaper in the long run unless maybe you treat your bad brushes excellently. Edit: as an example, I got a series 7 size 1 before the marine army I'm doing currently which I use for absolutely everything except for base coating, it's still basically as good as new after the ~100 hours I've used it so far. TastyAvocado fucked around with this message at 10:53 on Jun 13, 2011 |
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Good god man I can't imagine painting an army with only a size 1.
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Cross-posting from the 40k thread because I'm an attention whore and really proud of how this guy is turning out. Also pretty much painted with just a 0 and a 000 brush, because I like pain. Yesterday I picked up my first "Finecast model". After a few hours of messing about trying to remember a few painting tricks I made a start on him. To make life harder on myself I had no black primer so I started from a can of white I found buried in the garage. I'm really happy with how he's progressing and think its my favourite piece of painting I've done, so I guess taking an 8 month break paid off.  Apart from the raven, staff and making a nice base that's what he'll look like when finished. Now I need to find my camera charger as this is the only picture I could take before the battery finally died.
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:That is one of the best Tau paintjobs I've seen. Where did you find it ? I'm guessing it's Kai'lore from Advanced Tau Tactica. Quite a few fantastic project logs for Tau on that site.
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Chenghiz posted:I'm guessing it's Kai'lore from Advanced Tau Tactica. Quite a few fantastic project logs for Tau on that site. I know him as Sebastian Stuart from his blog, but Chenghiz is probably right about his ATT username. Most of his work is on Advanced Tau Tactica, or on his website here: http://eastern-empire.com/
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