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Check before you spray prime, bones react badly to a LOT of spray primers, which never completely dry, and rub off easily.
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:You may find spray priming easier anyway, generally it gives a nicer "tooth" for paint to adhere to than just the bare resin. Just aim for a thin, even coat of primer. Except these are Reaper Bones he's talking about, don't spray prime Reaper Bones
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Signal posted:I'm glad I could contribute even a little to helping that wall of shame In my defense, there's a patch of kobolds and some other monsterly things out of frame to the right that make for a whole DOZEN painted minis.
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thespaceinvader posted:You don't need to prime, but do make sure you wash them before you paint, and leave each layer enough time to dry before handling, and don't thin your first layer. Acrylic can be a little fragile for a couple of days after first application. When you say "wash" you mean, soap and water? I don't paint wash until I'm done with the regular painting, right?"
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Yes, washing here means soap and water. Make sure you rinse completely and let it dry, then paint.
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Yes, wash them with soap and water. This is to remove anything leftover from the casting process that might interfere with painting. Paint washes are applied at the end of the process, mostly. People have had bad experiences with spray-primers, so check which one you are using and ideally test it before you do something you care about. I just use a gesso for priming.
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Correct, dish soap and water, then rinse well afterwards and make sure they're dry before painting - minis often have mould release agents on them which interfere with paint binding.
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I like to use an old toothbrush with the soap and water to make sure all those little nooks and crannies get good and clean.
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NTRabbit posted:Except these are Reaper Bones he's talking about, don't spray prime Reaper Bones Army painter sprays are absolutely fine with Bones, I've done it myself.
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:Army painter sprays are absolutely fine with Bones, I've done it myself. I've had good luck with Krylon myself though it needs a bit longer to fully cure.
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thespaceinvader posted:
This stuff is in the OP. Definitely read those three Reaper posts, and be wary with Krylon.
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Those of you that spray prime with an airbrush for your bones, what do you use? I suppose since bones don't need a primer this could really just be a full basecoat, but whatever. I know airbrush medium instead of water is a must for this first layer but wasn't sure if most prefer to use some type of airbrush primer I am unaware of or just regular airbrush acrylic paints.
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You can use an airbrush primer if you want but plain old model acrylics will do just fine for Bones. Seriously, it feels SUUUPER wrong the first few times, but they genuinely don't need to be primed for paint to hold on them properly as long as the first coat isn't too thin.
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I've had no trouble spraying Badger Minitaire paint directly onto bare Bones plastic using an airbrush. It adheres well and dries normally. I can think of four good reasons to prime:
All that said, the major advantages of using Bones in the first place are:
Since they're cheap, you may feel less worried about always doing an amazing paint job, because you haven't already invested a lot of money into a given figure. And, since they don't require priming, you can paint them faster, which also generally reduces the amount of time, effort, and money you spend painting a given figure. Of course, you might be painting a Bones figure just because it's the best model you could find for a given purpose... so maybe you don't care about the economics factor and just want to do the best possible paint job you can. In that case, there are some good reasons to prime (see above). Ultimately though, it's not strictly necessary if none of the four items I listed are important for you.
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Crossposting from the mini painting thread:Iris of Ether posted:I got some more figures finished up this weekend.
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Cross postin' my Numenera Raster from Bones 2. Thought I was being very clever figuring out a way to make it look like Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind for the anime bonus prize this month, before realising halfway through that Nausicaa was almost certainly the inspiration for the sculpt in the first place  NTRabbit posted:
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Anime is TV too!
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Thanks whoever gave the bones liner primer tip. One of my big problems with bones is getting a surface I like to paint on, and the liners do solve that problem pretty nicely. Here's a real quick dude for classic black and white monster challenge in the oath tread: 
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Have we gotten to see any pictures of the new giant sculpts? I'm curious how much they're actually going to deviate from the originals. My understanding is that they're going to be based on the same concept art, but aren't just rebuilding the same original figures.
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As I mention in the Miniatures Painting thread, I got the Reaper halloween freebies with a recent order, here's my take on the contentsHJE-Cobra posted:I ordered the Halloween bundle special from Reaper Mini, and it arrived in the mail today! Their freebie package included a little baggie with some candy in it and some free paints, plus a free miniature. So while opening up all the figures I ordered, let's see what freebie mini I get...
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Pretty sure that's actually a cat turd... ...I say, paint it anyhow! e: vvv Bad Munki fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Oct 14, 2015 |
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Keep that rock new in package for 20 years and then sell it on Future eBay for $500
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Bad Munki posted:Pretty sure that's actually a cat turd... It's definitely a rock, you just can't see all the rocky details in the photo. But I'll probably leave it in the box for now. Though I doubt futureBay will get me any noticeable amount of money.
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I got another surprise packages in the mail as a result of picking the right more-or-less random number! I didn't see any indication as to which goon this is, so you'll have to out yourself if you want to. This time, it's a fancy lady, and it's actually metal, not bones! I think the packaging is a statement about western society's culture of consumerism, or something  there were packing bits but still, lol   Really nice work. As always the camera is a bit harsh (harsh directional sunlight coming in through the window as the only light source doesn't help one bit), the blending on the dress and skin is really great.
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thiswayliesmadness posted:Got a silver dragon done up for a coworkers DnD game and as a test for DDS i somehow missed this. this is real nice and a great use of metallics
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Bad Munki posted:I got another surprise packages in the mail as a result of picking the right more-or-less random number! I didn't see any indication as to which goon this is, so you'll have to out yourself if you want to. This time, it's a fancy lady, and it's actually metal, not bones! It was the smallest box I had! Glad it arrived in tact anyways.
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Finally getting around to working on my Bones I Cthulu:
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Pretty Deadly more like Pretty Huge Racks https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1513061270/reaper-miniatures-bones-3-the-search-for-mr-bones/posts/1421486 I shall name mine Gunnshilda
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Hey everyone, just a reminder that you can give and/or receive piles of plastic crack in this year's Trad Games Secret Santa! Reaper Bones make an excellent gift for some goon if that goon wants miniatures, which he or she might! If you went all in on Bones I II and III, you probably have a few extra pounds of white vinyl you could stand to ship off. Check it out!
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Spiderdrake posted:Pretty Deadly more like Pretty Huge Racks Why does that Solar have a lion face? the concept sketch didn't have a lion face. I am disappointed.
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Bad Munki posted:Well, you better decide soon, this thing closes in June! Is that the actual closing date to get in? I wasn't able to find a solid answer to that through google or reaper's site, but maybe I'm an idiot. That's good to know, as I don't particularly care about wave. Felime fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Nov 21, 2015 |
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Indolent Bastard posted:Why does that Solar have a lion face? the concept sketch didn't have a lion face. I am disappointed. Join the club, I was expecting an Archangel, the Lion thing isn't working for me at all
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NTRabbit posted:Join the club, I was expecting an Archangel, the Lion thing isn't working for me at all Lion angel is a cool idea (it could be a guardinal or whatever) but I agree, it's not at all what I would expect. I imagine we all have an idea of what a "Solar" is from years of monster manuals and that's not quite it.
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Felime posted:Is that the actual closing date to get in? I wasn't able to find a solid answer to that through google or reaper's site, but maybe I'm an idiot. That's good to know, as I don't particularly care about wave. That's the final closing date to make additions to your pledge. Do note that you can lock in your pledge now, and ADD stuff as much as you want up until then. So as long as you know what you want to do with the money you already pledged, there's literally no reason to not lock that in now, and doing so would help reaper a little bit by cementing what they need to get done.
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Bad Munki posted:That's the final closing date to make additions to your pledge. Do note that you can lock in your pledge now, and ADD stuff as much as you want up until then. So as long as you know what you want to do with the money you already pledged, there's literally no reason to not lock that in now, and doing so would help reaper a little bit by cementing what they need to get done. I haven't pledged, but realized I needed white plastic crack in my life, and was wondering if I could wait until january to get in on III. (I didn't do the other bones and the core set is a pretty good deal in that context.)
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Bad Munki posted:That's the final closing date to make additions to your pledge. Do note that you can lock in your pledge now, and ADD stuff as much as you want up until then. So as long as you know what you want to do with the money you already pledged, there's literally no reason to not lock that in now, and doing so would help reaper a little bit by cementing what they need to get done. I wish I hadn't locked in, then I wouldn't have to figure out what to do with $5 now that the Solar looks like rear end.
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So apparently the Solar posted before wasn't the right one (it was one of several possible versions, but wasn't the one they actually were going with). The only difference is in the face, and it looks a lot less like a lion and more like a bestial human.
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senrath posted:So apparently the Solar posted before wasn't the right one (it was one of several possible versions, but wasn't the one they actually were going with). The only difference is in the face, and it looks a lot less like a lion and more like a bestial human. I just looked at the picture and I'm pretty  about it. I tend to think of a solar as a noble-looking humanoid figure, but a lion angel was a cool idea for a model too. An ugly human seems like the worst of both worlds.That said, I didn't order it so it's no skin off my nose... except for the opportunity cost of a model I don't like being produced instead of one I do, but that's pretty much par for the course in the miniatures industry.
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I just remembered I owe Bad Munki a painted Bone. I bet I'm not the only gambler who forgot.  I'm sorry Bad Munki.
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