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The Golden throne is literally a toilet that is so shiny, every astropath in the galaxy can see it.
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Been a while since I've posted anything, so here's my most recent WIP: my War Hydra, fresh out of her bath in Devlan Mud. Still needs highlighting and a few touch ups but I like how she's coming along. Any comments/suggestions always welcome since I'm still fairly new at this.  
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Aug 10, 2011 03:54
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:The Golden throne is literally a toilet that is so shiny, every astropath in the galaxy can see it. This is now literally canon to me now.
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Aug 10, 2011 04:05
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I'm obsessed with those Les Bursley washes now. I just spent an hour in a haze mixing up the perfect wash to go over red planet style bases. I want to make washes for literally everything now. Anyone have any experience with Scibor minis? Some of their stuff is clearly made to be 40k stand ins. Just looking through their SF range and it's like "Oh, hey, a Vulkan, a Marneus Calgar, some Space Wolves, a [insert Blood Angels angel character here]", etc. They look great on the site but greens/site pics always do. JoshTheStampede fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Aug 10, 2011 |
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Aug 10, 2011 04:27
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:The Golden throne is literally a toilet that is so shiny, every astropath in the galaxy can see it. Bloodcrushers are named after Wesley Crusher...'s dad, who got crushed under a beam, and was all bloody as a result.
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Aug 10, 2011 05:25
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So I was looking at some pictures of real life tanks, and it turns out that the most realistic way to paint tanks is to just gently caress it and spray paint them dark green. ugh this isn't painted at all, that's just a couple of coats of camo green spray, the ones in the background haven't even been primed  Christ, this guy really needs to THIN HIS loving PAINTS, that's thick and smudgy as hell. He even sprayed over the headlights.  This one looks like he put a devlan mud wash on at least. Geisladisk fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Aug 10, 2011 |
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Aug 10, 2011 05:47
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Cross posting from the Infinity thread: Now I'm seriously wondering about painting up a camo space marine just for the hell of it.
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Aug 10, 2011 07:34
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Dominion posted:I'm obsessed with those Les Bursley washes now. I just spent an hour in a haze mixing up the perfect wash to go over red planet style bases. I want to make washes for literally everything now. I do. I picked up a set of Scibor's Sci-Fi Romans to turn into Custodes terminators. Here they are:   The casting is generally very good. Plenty of detail, little flash, though the shoulder pads don't necessarily come out of their sprues easily and they don't fit onto SM terminator arms without fairly heavy trimming. The service was very quick. Overall, I am pleased with what I got from them and it made for a great painting diversion and frightening unit for Apocalypse games.
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Aug 10, 2011 08:25
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Wait. GW's current brushes aren't a synthetic? What the gently caress are they made of? I've been telling everyone they are a cheap synthetic and they probably won't last very long. I don't feel bad for this.
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Aug 10, 2011 10:16
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A friend of mine has just started making and selling premium terrain pieces and they're damned good. Search the seller Terrainfx on ebay.
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Aug 10, 2011 10:26
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I would appreciate it if a couple of people could take a peak at this compilation of useless links I compiled and tell me if I'm missing any good ones http://lethemonster.blogspot.com/p/links.html I think I've got all the main ones, but every so often someone pops up with an obscure gem! Edit; added terrain fx! Those pieces look really nifty, I shall be ordering some. Edit2; Finally got some pictures of my first finished models ever!     
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Aug 10, 2011 10:50
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Both Massive Voodoo and Hand Cannon Online have some nifty tutorials.
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Aug 10, 2011 11:20
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Ashcans posted:I need some help with color choic/theory. I have been painting my Eldar in a Teal/Ceramic/Purple/Gold scheme that I like and has generally been working out really well for me. I have posted a number of shots in this thread, but I'll report a couple at the end of this post for reference. I could really use some input on this, if anyone has thoughts. 
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Aug 10, 2011 11:35
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Oh hey, Blick's selling their house-brand brushes half-off through September.
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Aug 10, 2011 11:42
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Ashcans posted:I could really use some input on this, if anyone has thoughts. I don't know about Harlequin fluff, but I think a yellow/purple checker pattern would make them stand out a little without clashing totally against the rest of the army. The yellow is pretty close to your white and purple to your blue, and it's a sexy color combination.
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Aug 10, 2011 11:47
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MasterSlowPoke posted:Ultramarine is actually a color in of itself: That poo poo is 3d. So rich. (I also assumed that Ultramarine was a made-up color back when we started playing, good thing I got my brother to set me straight!)
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Aug 10, 2011 12:10
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will blow your mind.
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WhiteOutMouse posted:That poo poo is 3d. So rich. True Story time. One of the first Warhammer threads back in 2004/2005 somewhen started out because there was a thread in GBS called "What are Ultramarines?". Within a few posts it was hijacked by a lot of people who now post here and became one of the biggest threads. After about 3 more Megathreads we were moved to Traditional Games and back several times.
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Aug 10, 2011 12:24
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Ashcans posted:I could really use some input on this, if anyone has thoughts. Swap either the blue or the white parts for red.
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Aug 10, 2011 14:14
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richyp posted:True Story time. Wasn't it a post some guy made where a real spider was 'attacking' his marines and he took a bunch of pictures and it went from there?
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Aug 10, 2011 14:15
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Arlaharen posted:I don't know about Harlequin fluff, but I think a yellow/purple checker pattern would make them stand out a little without clashing totally against the rest of the army. The yellow is pretty close to your white and purple to your blue, and it's a sexy color combination. sassassin posted:Swap either the blue or the white parts for red. Thanks for the input, guys! I'll have to think about which of these to go with (or maybe find time to try them both). I have a little bit of purple in the main force, so a purple/yellow might be a good choice. Eyeballing it, a red-blue could also be boss. Fluffwise, Harlequins aren't affiliated with a particular army/Eldar world, they are roaming groups that turn up to help Eldar forces. So there isn't a particular reason they would be wearing the army uniform, rather than their own particular outfits/styles. Having said that, I am sure they could bring a change of pants to help fit in.
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Aug 10, 2011 14:34
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WhiteOutMouse posted:That poo poo is 3d. So rich.
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Aug 10, 2011 15:34
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Ashcans posted:Thanks for the input, guys! I'll have to think about which of these to go with (or maybe find time to try them both). I have a little bit of purple in the main force, so a purple/yellow might be a good choice. Eyeballing it, a red-blue could also be boss. I have trouble looking at bright red and blue schemes and not thinking of Spiderman. Purple/Yellow I think is better.
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Aug 10, 2011 15:44
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Lethemonster posted:Edit2; Finally got some pictures of my first finished models ever!
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Aug 10, 2011 18:05
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So I finally got some progress on my Warjacks, sort of liking how they are turning out now. I did the bronzing technique mentioned a few pages back and it looks "ok" but I'm thinking I might want a more gold look than bronze/brass I have now. Still have a lot to finish up though but I do really like the way the top Logo looks though: http://i51.tinypic.com/zsthxj.jpg http://i54.tinypic.com/122dwys.jpg http://i56.tinypic.com/69olkn.jpg http://i54.tinypic.com/jl3uw8.jpg http://i51.tinypic.com/rtjdao.jpg
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Aug 10, 2011 18:16
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poo poo dude for what it's worth I think that's looking pretty good. The bronze/brass look is good for smokestacks and so on that are unlikely to have a gleaming finish anyways.
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Aug 10, 2011 18:22
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Captain Invictus posted:gently caress YOU those aren't your first finished models. I don't believe it. I REFUSE to believe it! Nobody does that good on their first models. My first models would have been 200% better than they were if washes had existed back then. Punk kids today have it easy.
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Aug 10, 2011 18:45
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Hal Gill username posted:poo poo dude for what it's worth I think that's looking pretty good. The bronze/brass look is good for smokestacks and so on that are unlikely to have a gleaming finish anyways. Thanks. I do like the smoke stacks, it's more the axe and the broiler area that I don't like as much.
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Aug 10, 2011 18:48
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Ashcans posted:I could really use some input on this, if anyone has thoughts. I would use contrasting Orange and black on the harlequins for a halloween-like look that will help them stand out, but use teal and white on their weapons and crests in order to help anchor them to the rest of the force. Because of the choices you've made, the complimentary colors are orange, yellow, and black. That is a powerful combination, and I think it would work well, but if you've a sourpuss, you may be like Michael Kors on project runway "Girlfriend, I don't know what you're thinking, I mean, it's like you went to a halloween party as the guest of a clown. I see what you're trying to do there with the checkers, but what is that side arm, I mean, is she in Logan's Run? Is that a light saber? I feel like you're going to have a squirt gun fight on the beach at night with Carnies" "oh snap, siamese" "that's right snap, if you don't want me to sharpen my claws, don't bring me a scratching post"
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Aug 10, 2011 18:56
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Angryboot posted:Cross posting from the Infinity thread: I already told you this, but that is bomb rear end camo.
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Aug 10, 2011 18:59
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sassassin posted:My first models would have been 200% better than they were if washes had existed back then. Haha yeah washes are a god send. You can get so much easy definition and blending with them! I'm definitely going to be making my own Devlan mud-esque one when i finish my pot of actual devlun mud because I go through it so fast it would be worth buying the stuff to make my own batches! I'm dissapointed I couldn't get their pupils done though, they look like the five-blind-orks. I heard people use micron pens but I'm completely broke at the moment so all my future orks are gonna have some serious occular problems. Harlequins I would freaking love to see someone do black/white/orange harlequins. Tie it together with the teal and cream anchoring like he said and they would look amazing!
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Aug 10, 2011 19:38
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How old are you people? I started this poo poo ... 18 years ago? Something like that? And they had washes then. I'm pretty sure washes and inks existed from model railroading and the old historical miniatures days. Testors had washes 26 years ago when my dad got me a model of a Spitfire and we built it together, and I wanted the single-piece canopy and he wanted the old-timey iron-cross bar reinforced canopy. I didn't use washes when I started because I didn't know that it was allowed and nobody made it clear that it's *the* way to get poo poo accomplished. WD is basically to blame because the Heavy metal guys were spergy psychopaths who preferred to blackline chainmail with a single-hair brush and highlight in 5-6 barely discernible layers (with a different unique layer of GW branded paint for each layer). I'm blaming society.
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Aug 10, 2011 19:58
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There were washes in the early 90s, I still have a pot of Armor Wash and Flesh Wash from those ancient days. Tastes like childhood. And I guess I have a lot of harlequin schemes to try. Orange and Black sounds pretty sweet, as much as I hate highlighting/shading black.
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Aug 10, 2011 20:01
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TCM, post some of your models.
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Aug 10, 2011 20:04
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Fyrbrand posted:TCM, post some of your models. I wasn't saying I'm awesome. I just didn't know there was a time before washes.
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Aug 10, 2011 20:07
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:How old are you people? I started this poo poo ... 18 years ago? Something like that? And they had washes then. I'm pretty sure washes and inks existed from model railroading and the old historical miniatures days. Testors had washes 26 years ago when my dad got me a model of a Spitfire and we built it together, and I wanted the single-piece canopy and he wanted the old-timey iron-cross bar reinforced canopy. The old washes required watering down, and were not super magic one-shot shading like the current citadel ones are. Now, basically that means that yes, you could easily have made Badab Black in 1991 or whatever, but it was an extra step that most people didn't know how to do. Now it's literally open pot, slosh on model, and the stuff looks a million times better than it used to.
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Aug 10, 2011 20:13
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:I wasn't saying I'm awesome. I just didn't know there was a time before washes. No it's cool, wasn't insinuating you were bragging or something. But you've been doing the hobby a long time apparently so you probs have cool poo poo to post.
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Aug 10, 2011 20:20
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Ashcans posted:There were washes in the early 90s, I still have a pot of Armor Wash and Flesh Wash from those ancient days. Tastes like childhood. Armor Wash and Flesh Wash were the greatest things that ever graced a painting table. Only Chestnut Ink comes close.
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Aug 10, 2011 20:55
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Only Chestnut Ink comes close. I have 1 opened and 8 unopened pots of Chestnut Ink left that I bought when GW announced the washes range. That shits my retirement fund.
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Aug 10, 2011 21:44
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Why don't you guys just buy normal artists inks and washes? There's hundreds of those. I keep meaning to pick up some Dayler-Rowney white to try checkers on my orks.
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The Dayler Rowney white is awesome. The problem with painting with inks is that they're really shiny and really need to be in a mixing medium to avoid some of their downsides (some tend to crack on larger surfaces), which really does give you less pigment than you're going to get in regular modeling paints.
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