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I finished my Cryx test 'jack. Before sitting down to paint I spent an unfortunate amount of time debating how exactly I wanted to shade the armor plates.    The concept of the base is to give the suggestion that the Slayer is emerging from the ocean at night. Actual night is of course darker, but hopefully this is a good compromise between reality and visual appeal. To give the impression that everything was in shadow I basecoated and highlighted first then washed the entire base with a mixture of Trollblood Base, Coal Black, and Armor Wash to darken and tie all the colors together.
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SRM posted:It took a solid week of painting, but I finished my Techno-Plague Marines! I really hope you guys like caution stripes, because there's a lot of caution stripes. These look awesome. Would you mind listing which paints you used? I'm about to paint a bunch of minis and am looking to do a similar industrial armour look but have no idea how to start as it's been decades since I last painted any minis.
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Jul 16, 2013 12:58
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Khadhul posted:What are the robot-looking things on the second shelf from the bottom? They look pretty cool. Kind of look like Space Crusade dreads.
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Jul 16, 2013 15:33
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Khadhul posted:What are the robot-looking things on the second shelf from the bottom? They look pretty cool. Fix posted:Maybe Dust or AT-43 stuff? Dust Tactics/Warfare (I love Warfare) Thoes are the Germans, havent moved my infantry over yet, the lowest shelf, left side is Allies, and right is the SSU (Russian+China) Still in the process of unboxing them. Edit, some better shots.      One day I will have them all painted! 
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Jul 16, 2013 15:45
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LumberingTroll posted:Dust Tactics/Warfare (I love Warfare) Thoes are the Germans, havent moved my infantry over yet, the lowest shelf, left side is Allies, and right is the SSU (Russian+China) Still in the process of unboxing them. Ah goons; helping me feel normal about my stupid hobby because "At least I don't have as much stuff as that guy" (While secretly coveting his piles of plastic). edit: and his work shop, and games table, and painting area, and...
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Jul 16, 2013 16:04
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Indolent Bastard posted:Ah goons; helping me feel normal about my stupid hobby because "At least I don't have as much stuff as that guy" Hey Im good at that! I have an amazingly understanding wife, who doesn't complain about my hobbies at all.
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Jul 16, 2013 16:09
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BULBASAUR posted:Those look ace. I spent today trying to paint hazard stripes and got super frustrated again. I don't know how you other iron warrior players do it. I really dig all the conversions. cyberia posted:These look awesome. Would you mind listing which paints you used? I'm about to paint a bunch of minis and am looking to do a similar industrial armour look but have no idea how to start as it's been decades since I last painted any minis. Armor/gun parts: - Leadbelcher - Nuln Oil wash - Leadbelcher drybrush - Runefang Steel highlights/drybrush as you feel necessary Bionics: - Leadbelcher - Nuln Oil wash - Leadbelcher drybrush - Runefang Steel drybrush - Leviathan Purple wash Trim: - Balthasar Gold - Gehenna's Gold, leaving some Balthasar in the recesses - Agrax Earthshade in the recesses - Auric Armor Gold highlights Black: - Abaddon Black - Eshin Grey highlights - Dawnstone extreme edge highlights Caution stripes: - Averland Sunset - Flash Gitz Yellow highlights Green lenses: - Caliban green - Warboss Green, leaving it darkest at the outside of the eyes - Skarsnik Green at the very innermost corner - Skull White dot at the very outermost corner Red lenses: - Khorne Red - Mephiston Red, leaving it darkest at the outside of the eyes - Squig Orange at the very innermost corner - Skull White dot at the very outermost corner Basing: - Rhinox Hide - Steel Legion Drab drybrush - Kommando Khaki drybrush - Gale Force Nine dead grass
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Jul 16, 2013 16:17
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LumberingTroll posted:Hey Im good at that! Me too, but I still have some small amount of self-hating nerd guilt over it all. But I help assuage my guilt by trying to make the hobby pay for itself, not at the scale you do, but I try.
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Jul 16, 2013 16:22
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Red Shoe posted:I finished my Cryx test 'jack. Before sitting down to paint I spent an unfortunate amount of time debating how exactly I wanted to shade the armor plates. Goddamn, that looks great. Love the shading of the armor and the bright, but not overdone yellow.
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Jul 16, 2013 19:04
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Red Shoe posted:I finished my Cryx test 'jack. Before sitting down to paint I spent an unfortunate amount of time debating how exactly I wanted to shade the armor plates. This is loving awesome. But stop painting the same armies I am, jerk.
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Jul 16, 2013 19:25
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Luebbi posted:Goddamn, that looks great. Love the shading of the armor and the bright, but not overdone yellow. Thanks! This was one of those models that seems terrible until finished. The glow does a lot to complete the look. Fyrbrand posted:This is loving awesome. The only factions I am really equipped to play are Talion and Blindwater. I just do bits and pieces across the spectrum for the Iron Kingdoms game I am running. This leads to a lot of internal debate about paint schemes so that I have a good foundation for if/when I properly pick up an army.
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Jul 16, 2013 20:33
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Whoa, that's very impressive, Red Shoe!  Dat base! Enhanced the knees. Added some mass to thorax.   
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Jul 16, 2013 21:09
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Has anybody tried painting minis with liquid leaf? I'm working on schemes for Cyriss, and it looks like a great colour/texture for highlighting areas.
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Jul 16, 2013 21:31
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Crossposting from the 40k thread. I have finally finished my repaint of my Chimedon into the colors of the 113th Vali mechanized. I tried out the salt technique for the first time and I have to admit, I am quite satisfied with the results.      As always, comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated.
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Jul 16, 2013 21:44
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Crossposting from the Oath thread: Hexeris:   Raider:   I reposed the raider to actually be aiming at his target instead of firing from the hip, and I like the final result. Probably more work than it's worth, but oh well. Also I'm still playing around with how to take really sharp photos. I tried putting a light from the direct front, and that's improved things a bit. I still feel like some things are out of focus or not lit just right. Or maybe I'm not getting the levels right in photoshop. I'll keep playing around, and any tips are always helpful.
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Jul 16, 2013 22:47
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SRM posted:Gladly! This is all over a black basecoat: Awesome! Thank you very much.
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Jul 17, 2013 03:55
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Finally had the time to sit down and finish a crisis suit. Here it is, standing next to a Fire Warrior for comparison. The roughness of the paint is from my primer skunking from this humidity. I'm hoping a matte varnish will help fix things.
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Jul 17, 2013 06:18
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Dirty Job posted:Finally had the time to sit down and finish a crisis suit. Here it is, standing next to a Fire Warrior for comparison. I like the paintjob, shame about the primer, but it isn't that bad. The pose however might be the most static I've ever seen and the boxiness of the Tau design ain't helping. Try making a more dynamic pose for any future suits.
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Jul 17, 2013 06:46
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Looks like the pilot is letting off a truly massive fart - lifting his suit into the air. New Tau theme discovered. My eternal saga painting camo orks continues - the Apoc books has inspired me to do Snikrot's Red Kommandos. Anyone have some tips for putting down camo with an airbrush on infantry? I'd like to knock that out first and do the skin and metallics by hand. I'm thinking maybe poster putty or silly putty.
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Jul 17, 2013 10:20
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Buffalo squeeze posted:I like the paintjob, shame about the primer, but it isn't that bad. The pose however might be the most static I've ever seen and the boxiness of the Tau design ain't helping. Try making a more dynamic pose for any future suits. I have him built to stand on a base, but then I figured I kind of like them floating around. I have another set of three to build, so I'll be sure to make them a bit more interesting!
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Jul 17, 2013 12:00
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Mt. ORourke posted:Crossposting from the Oath thread: I like them! I especially like the base texture and painting. Do you have a tutorial handy?
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Jul 17, 2013 16:00
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Luebbi posted:I like them! I especially like the base texture and painting. Do you have a tutorial handy? Thanks! The bases are super easy, mainly because I didn't make them  The one on Hexeris is from Dragonforge, and the other one is from Forgecraft I think. I just paint it Talarn Flesh, wash Earthshade (brown), then drybrush Flesh again. I think I may have done some bone color very lightly on top of that, but it's to taste.
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Jul 17, 2013 17:31
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Speaking of bases, would any of these "learning tiles" be good as bulk bases? Should I be worried about the type of plastic used? 400 1" square plastic at about 5 cents each 200 1" round plastic at about 5 cents each 250 0.75" round plastic at about 2.5 cents each e: on second thought, it looks like those square tiles are a bit on the thick side, but these are 1" squares and 2mm thick. Paolomania fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Jul 17, 2013 |
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Jul 17, 2013 18:08
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Does no one use laser cut mdf for their bases? Try work out very cheap, usually around 15 25mm bases for at most a couple of quid.
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Umm, thanks for posting that. I just ordered a set for my daughter. That was not something I expected to get from this thread today. 
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Jul 17, 2013 18:47
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Serotonin posted:Does no one use laser cut mdf for their bases? Try work out very cheap, usually around 15 25mm bases for at most a couple of quid. This is what I am doing to put bases on my Reaper Bones figures, but I also have a laser cutter.
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Jul 17, 2013 18:48
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How much would you charge for a grab bag of the common sizes of bases both Square and round Lumbering Troll?
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Jul 17, 2013 19:20
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This is where I get mine: http://shop.eastridingminiatures.co.uk/mdf-bases-16-c.asp Super fast service and really nice product.
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TarDolphinorShark posted:How much would you charge for a grab bag of the common sizes of bases both Square and round Lumbering Troll? Hadn't really thought about it, but it wouldn't be a lot. Could do blanks, or it wouldn't even really be hard to add some texture to them either. Serotonin, it looks like they charge $0.155 for a single 25mm, not bad but I get I can do a bit better. Id say for blanks 25mm (1 inch) $0.12 each. Then + 0.05 per additional 5mm, this is a ball park I would have to work it on in a layout. LumberingTroll fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Jul 17, 2013 |
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More cross posting from the 40k thread for me. I finally got another marine more or less finished. I still have to do a bit more on his base, mainly highlighting and cleanup. This guy is going to be one of my assault marine sergeants.   
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If we're talking bases, I want to plug some that I bought fairly recently: http://www.champindustries.net/orders_b.html They also have urban bases that are a little less exciting. Anyway, these bases are 30 cents each. I bought a bunch for Space Hulk, since I've got a 2nd ed Space Hulk set of models I'm looking to paint up someday.
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Jul 17, 2013 23:27
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SRM posted:If we're talking bases, I want to plug some that I bought fairly recently: Dammit, I've been casting my own bases in almost the exact same style.
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jadebullet posted:More cross posting from the 40k thread for me. I'm not really sure how to explain this, but unless that's the effect you're going for, the highlights are the wrong tone for that red. They look so stark and primary in comparison. edit: I fixed the arms on my crisis suit. I realized they weren't in all the way, and they fell right off. I changed the pose to make them a bit more dynamic, and it looks much better because of it. I also managed to find some neodymium magnets, so for the first time I am going to magnetize my crisis suits!
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SRM posted:If we're talking bases, I want to plug some that I bought fairly recently: I hope he puts out 40 mm ones because this is exactly what I want for my Space Sharks project. 
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Jul 18, 2013 07:56
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Cheap enough to tempt me to rebase my Necromunda minis.
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LumberingTroll posted:Hadn't really thought about it, but it wouldn't be a lot. Could do blanks, or it wouldn't even really be hard to add some texture to them either. Thanks, looking at some of my random minis I'd want 20mm 25mm and 40mm in squares and then 20mm and 25mm in rounds. I'm not sure of the quantities but i'll keep you in mind when I get some extra money. Any chance you will dabble in 15mm terrain?
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Okay, so tone down the highlight color brightness. I will do that. I realize now that I grabbed the wrong pot when I did my highlighting this time. That is what I get for taking a few months off painting.
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Bavius posted:I hope he puts out 40 mm ones because this is exactly what I want for my Space Sharks project.
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TarDolphinorShark posted:Thanks, looking at some of my random minis I'd want 20mm 25mm and 40mm in squares and then 20mm and 25mm in rounds. I'm not sure of the quantities but i'll keep you in mind when I get some extra money. Any chance you will dabble in 15mm terrain? Yeah, Ive been thinking about 15mm and 10mm terrain. Also I am on a roll this month! Two figures complete.  This has to be some kind of record for me. LumberingTroll fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Jul 18, 2013 |
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Dirty Job posted:Finally had the time to sit down and finish a crisis suit. Here it is, standing next to a Fire Warrior for comparison. I have a question about this, I'm about to paint something and want a pitted old-metal look to it. Is there a decent coarse primer that can work on minis to create this effect (I know they have it for wood/drywall, or should I just do my priming during a thunderstorm.
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