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For an example of a mini that used water-soluble oil wash, my last month's oath is here (ignore the short story, it was part of the oath for that month) http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3472649&userid=63350&perpage=40&pagenumber=3#post404874497 Though that might not be a great example since that mini used regular washes, weathering pigments, AND a final oil wash, so it can be hard to see what is what.
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Hey Goons, I'm trying to strip some miniatures down in Dettol which I've done in the past with no problems but am having issues with two of my PP plastic minis. Normally after being in dettol for 24hrs+ the paint just flakes off, but it's sort of started sticking to the model like gunk and I'm really struggling to remove it. Is there something on PP minis that makes stripping paint trickier or is it the dettol? I tried searching online and hadn't found anyone else with this issue but wondered if someone had here.
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Sab669 posted:Oh I don't know, I just know a guy I used to go to highschool with who was amazing at art now casts / moulds masks to be used on-set in movies.  MalkSticks posted:Would you be willing to take commissions sometime? I'd definitely pony up some cash for a custom molding of something. The Supreme Court posted:I'd definitely be interested if you decide to cast a few of your miniatures and can do it for a reasonable price, your work is awesome! Thanks  I hope it might come true sometime soon. I'll probably cast the busts first, if it's technically possible with my current set up. (experiment is in progress  ) Our regularly scheduled update. Another face. Much more pleasing. Still some things to sort out but I'll just do more practice faces. The brass bit is going to be the cap's bill.    Baked busts.   
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^^^^ Look into a 3-D scanner, and check out https://www.shapeways.com for their pricing on 3-D printing. It might actually be cheaper for you, at least starting out, to go that route than to get set up with a proper mold/cast setup. Plus, everything is on-demand: simply send customers to your Shapeways webpage, they will print it out and send it directly to them, which means smaller overhead and no waste product on your part. Sykic posted:I think I have the hang of everything else (unless someone sees something I could do better), it's just that cloth that's bugging me. Cloth looks like flesh, which is suitably Dark Eldar, so that's pretty good. If you're really wanting to push the contrast, try putting some sepia wash into the recesses of the deepest folds. Aside from that, it's looks pretty good, but I do feel the silver metallic areas are a bit flat. It might be the photo itself, but I don't see a whole lot of shading or highlighting going on there. If you want to add some depth and tie the silver parts with the armor, try doing a light wash of blue or purple to add some color cohesion and depth.
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Jul 8, 2012 00:29
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Fyrbrand posted:Black base rims are the superior choice, as long as they're painted and not bare plastic. Don't listen to his shameful lies. Limp Wristed Limey posted:Graveyard Earth must be the colour of your rims. Don[t listen to them, go the horrible way of Goblin Green!
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Jul 8, 2012 00:56
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Based up my next 'Jack, here's a shot of them all. Also working on a war altar conversion: I shaved the Griffon and he went from shaved to technicolour, but I think that's a little too fabulous for a war altar :p  I used similar techniques for the War Machine bases to turn it into this:  I think that came out pretty well, need to work on the rest of the model now.
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Jul 8, 2012 02:56
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Here's a thing. lovely light makes the white look even shittier, ugh.
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Jul 8, 2012 06:02
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Fyrbrand posted:Here's a thing. It's horrible, start over, waste of talent, etc. Honestly not a fan of that drab gray for the front arc on the base; it's a large, open area that draws the eye to it and away from the model. Well, my eyes at least. Try breaking it up a bit with some freehand white lines or something would be the only thing I'd change about them: they are otherwise fantastic.
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Jul 8, 2012 06:28
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Flipswitch posted:Hey Goons, I'm trying to strip some miniatures down in Dettol which I've done in the past with no problems but am having issues with two of my PP plastic minis. Use a toothbrush and scrub the gently caress out of them.
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Silhouette posted:Use a toothbrush and scrub the gently caress out of them. Yep. Get some washing up liquid in there, too. I've found Dettol usually does that, particularly on minis which have been properly primed.
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Jul 8, 2012 09:38
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Another thing to do is have a small cup of dettol and blue windex mixed together on the side, and dip/rinse your toothbrush in that before and after you scrub the model. I tried using tamiya x-20a instead of windex but it would make the paint all stringy and sticky, so dont use that.
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Jul 8, 2012 09:43
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Alright cheers dudes I'll give that a shot today.
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 I got to visit my uncle who is pretty serious in the world of model trains this last week. Is this an ok thread for a huge model train image dump?
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Sole.Sushi posted:It's horrible, start over, waste of talent, etc. Thanks man. I get what you mean about the gray. When I first started painting Cygnar many moons ago, I came up with that but now have no idea why. I probably should change the color but then I'd have to redo all their bases, then reseal them since they tend to get beaten up, and just ughh. 
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CyberLord XP posted:
Man, I love model trains, but the context of this thread (that is, in this forum) means it's more about models that are used for playing games, and not trains, airplanes, rockets, or whatever, right? Maybe a model train thread would go better in GBS or I don't know where else.
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JerryLee posted:Man, I love model trains, but the context of this thread (that is, in this forum) means it's more about models that are used for playing games, and not trains, airplanes, rockets, or whatever, right? There is a scale modelling thread in DIY where man they do some pretty cool stuff.
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Be kind to me- Ive never painted figures in this style before being a terrible old historical wargaming grognard, and these were quick paint jobs to keep my son happy. From a boardgame called Super Dungeon Explore.
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Jul 8, 2012 18:45
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Here is a NOSTALGIA SOAKED BLAST FROM THE PAST for me, my old Car Wars demo conversions:  
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Jul 8, 2012 18:51
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Are those GW Dark Future pedestrians? My eight year old self just exploded.
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Ye Worse User-name posted:There is a scale modelling thread in DIY where man they do some pretty cool stuff. (going there now to watch the image spam)
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Winson_Paine posted:Here is a NOSTALGIA SOAKED BLAST FROM THE PAST for me, my old Car Wars demo conversions:  Yes I played Quarantine way too much shut up(also, can I have the source for conversions?) Pierzak fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Jul 8, 2012 |
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Pierzak posted:The question that needs to be asked is: Some of them are from an ancient GW game called Dark Future; I believe all the minis are from that line. The rest are either matchbox cars with bits from the DF box included or stuff I scavanged from my 40k bits box. Honestly I put those together like 15 years ago so it has been awhile.
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moths posted:Are those GW Dark Future pedestrians? My eight year old self just exploded. Yeah, I love those things. I still have a bunch of unpainted motorcycles from DF somewhere.
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Serotonin posted:Be kind to me- Ive never painted figures in this style before being a terrible old historical wargaming grognard, and these were quick paint jobs to keep my son happy. These are nice. That barbarian is REALLY surprised at the damage she is outputting.
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I said it in the other thread, and i'll say it here, those are brilliant. I wants me a set for D&D. Roughly how big are they? Could you take a photo with some kind of scale indicator please?
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thespaceinvader posted:I said it in the other thread, and i'll say it here, those are brilliant. 
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Winson_Paine posted:Some of them are from an ancient GW game called Dark Future; I believe all the minis are from that line. The rest are either matchbox cars with bits from the DF box included or stuff I scavanged from my 40k bits box. Honestly I put those together like 15 years ago so it has been awhile. I like to think that one day when the LotR and Hobbit licences are done with GW will release a new version of Dark Future. And it will be glorious.
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Some more  Grey Knights All of them so far.    My Crowe stand in.   My favorite pose so far.  And bonus storage/transport solution photo.  
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Jul 8, 2012 21:56
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I will never not hate people that can paint fast.
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Sole.Sushi posted:I will never not hate people that can paint fast.       I'd say that's good progress for 8 days of painting
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Serotonin posted:Be kind to me- Ive never painted figures in this style before being a terrible old historical wargaming grognard, and these were quick paint jobs to keep my son happy. I'm painting up a set of that myself! I think the sculptors did a neat job, albeit sometimes it doesn't translate so well from concept to mini.
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SRM posted:What's painting fast? Drill yer barrels. 
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Devlan Mud posted:Drill yer barrels. I normally do, but I would need a goddamn mining drill to bore out those loving heavy bolters.
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What should I paint next? There is too much poo poo on my desk: Rangers   Black 13  Gorax  Gallows Groves  Cyclone   Hooray for working next to a printing press so I find little knobs and stuff to turn into basing fodder!
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Jul 9, 2012 05:12
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This is my first post in this thread. I've been playing Warhammer 40k on and off for awhile. The first time I played was around when 2nd Ed became 3rd Ed, playing Eldar. I was a young teenager and all my models looked like poo poo. I started Imperial Guard around 4th Ed. Around 5th Ed I impulsively decided I hated my painting scheme and stripped all the paint with Simple Green. I'm about 1/3 of the way through re-painting my army to reflect a German WWI Uniform look. Unfortunately I have no personal means of taking pictures and putting them on a computer - my phone is a primitive piece of poo poo. Well after that introduction, now a random question. I play Steel Legion Guard and unfortunately there are no models with Flamers or Meltaguns, and Meltas are pretty important weapons these days it seems. What would be an easy hassle-free way to convert some guys to have these weapons? A big concern of course is what the cheapest option is to get Melta/Flamer bits. I see Flamer bitz on battlewagonbitz for $1.99 each, and GW's web page has 5 meltaguns for $8. Are there any better deals out there? Thanks for the help and I hope I'll be able to put up some pictures soon. SRM posted:What's painting fast? Nice, can't wait to see more 40K Imperial Guard in this bitch.
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S.J. posted:Your Cyclone has a defender head A. Looks cooler 2. gently caress you
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My attempt at a moonlit base for my Terrorgheist. This is stage one. I still have other scenic stuff to add like vegetation, some water effects here and there etc. This is just the basic base painted washed using oil paints. Not sure if it's too dark. According to the peeps in #tinypewtermen, moonlight isn't that bright, despite what Hollywood says. Thoughts, suggestions? Edit: Apologies for the crap photo. I am limited in the kinds of pictures I can take due to the crappiness of my camera. The Dark Project fucked around with this message at 07:03 on Jul 9, 2012 |
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crime fighting hog posted:What should I paint next? There is too much poo poo on my desk: The Black 13 guys are such cool models I'm genuinely thinking about getting some Warmachine after your post  The Dark Project posted:My attempt at a moonlit base for my Terrorgheist. This is stage one. I still have other scenic stuff to add like vegetation, some water effects here and there etc. This is just the basic base painted washed using oil paints.
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The Dark Project posted:My attempt at a moonlit base for my Terrorgheist. This is stage one. I still have other scenic stuff to add like vegetation, some water effects here and there etc. This is just the basic base painted washed using oil paints. A dark wash in the recesses might help out. The colours are nice but there's been a loss of definition between parts and a loss of shadows. I don't know if this would come in handy for any models your going to put on it but I like the tutorial so oh well! I haven't had an excuse to make anyone else read it yet. http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1691-twilit-skeleton-guide
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