Minis Painting: I have the heavy body and soft body

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SRM: Jul 10, 2009; ~*FeElIn' AweS0mE*~

Milky Ren posted:

Shiny new username, same old Infinity stuff:

(forgot to post this one. Failed dismally in a contest over on r/minipainting but was still fun to paint)

I tried to avoid using the airbrush as much as possible with these two, in favour of practising with a wet palette, but I've ended up being too timid with the transitions and it's left them a bit lacking contrast-wise.

I think your contrast problem is more with your cool color palette than your transitions. You're a loving stellar painter though, these are incredible.

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# ? May 12, 2024 06:15

BULBASAUR: Apr 6, 2009; Soiled Meat

krushgroove posted:

I did a thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r29R6ExH_p0

Basically I took the Forge World Working with Resin Models pamphlet and went through all the tools they suggest, added a few of my own suggestions and decided halfway through the recording that I'll need to make a part 2 and part 3 to this video.

Hey, this needs more love. Not only is this really cool, but your review of Ammo by Mig was ace. Just got a copy thanks to your review. Top notch stuff!

# ? Apr 28, 2016 23:22

krushgroove: Oct 23, 2007; Disapproving look

BULBASAUR posted:

Hey, this needs more love. Not only is this really cool, but your review of Ammo by Mig was ace. Just got a copy thanks to your review. Top notch stuff!

Thanks! I really really wish the audio wasn't so variable, I had a mic malfunction and didn't realize it until I had done a few hour's worth of videos. Please let me know if it takes away from the video or information at all. I was on the fence about re-recording the whole thing for days, and then just said screw it, let's just get it made. I needed to have this one done before posting the many unbagging videos I have for some FW models I'll be building.

Also you'd be doing me a huge favor if you posted on the Ammo FB that my video encouraged you to get his book - I was trying to tell Mig at a recent trade show that he could do with a lot more wargamer-oriented stuff, right now they only have 1 book aimed at Flames of War players doing 15mm tanks, but they're expanding into other stuff like Gundam/Gunpla as well with brighter colors and a space ship color set so I think wargaming is next for them.

# ? Apr 29, 2016 10:19

Frobbe: Jan 19, 2007; Calm Down

what's the smallest practical stuff you can paint with an airbrush? I'm about to try doing the basecoat on a bunch of guardsmen! This is with a Neo for Iwata sporting a 0.35mm nozzle

# ? Apr 29, 2016 12:47

krushgroove: Oct 23, 2007; Disapproving look

A Patriot 105 can get down to a few millimeters across with a steady hand, a close spraying distance and low air pressure, that has a 0.4mm needle, a smaller needle can get down to the width of a hair with practice.

# ? Apr 29, 2016 13:48

BULBASAUR: Apr 6, 2009; Soiled Meat

krushgroove posted:

Thanks! I really really wish the audio wasn't so variable, I had a mic malfunction and didn't realize it until I had done a few hour's worth of videos. Please let me know if it takes away from the video or information at all. I was on the fence about re-recording the whole thing for days, and then just said screw it, let's just get it made. I needed to have this one done before posting the many unbagging videos I have for some FW models I'll be building.

Also you'd be doing me a huge favor if you posted on the Ammo FB that my video encouraged you to get his book - I was trying to tell Mig at a recent trade show that he could do with a lot more wargamer-oriented stuff, right now they only have 1 book aimed at Flames of War players doing 15mm tanks, but they're expanding into other stuff like Gundam/Gunpla as well with brighter colors and a space ship color set so I think wargaming is next for them.

I noticed the audio, but it wasn't enough to annoy me. I listened through it all (albeit I skipped around a little bit, since I knew most of that stuff already).

Posted on their facebook. Hopefully they approve it. Thanks again!

# ? Apr 29, 2016 19:53

Brewsuke: Jan 8, 2014

I'm in the middle of painting some tanks! Well, a tank, right now.

I'm using Zandri Dust to paint it, but when I'm finished with that coat, I want to give it a kind of metallic look. Should I just use the Drakenhof Nightshade shade, or just try highlighting it with something else (say, a grey/silver color)?

Or should I just get some completely different paints?

# ? Apr 29, 2016 21:19

SRM: Jul 10, 2009; ~*FeElIn' AweS0mE*~

Well what do you mean by metallic? Also, have you used washes on vehicles before? If you wash the whole vehicle you'll get some really gross wash pooling and use a buttload of wash while you're at it.

# ? Apr 29, 2016 21:24

Brewsuke: Jan 8, 2014

That's a good point. I guess I'm thinking of going for a look like, "hey, this was painted this color, but wear and tear has made it look like the grey has started to show through".

(Which would have been a lot easier if I had gone with Mechanicum Standard Grey base coat, or something similar)

# ? Apr 29, 2016 21:30

Avenging Dentist: Oct 1, 2005; oh my god is that a circular saw that does not go in my mouth aaaaagh

You can get a pretty good chipped-paint effect with a sponge.

# ? Apr 29, 2016 21:41

Brewsuke: Jan 8, 2014

Avenging Dentist posted:

You can get a pretty good chipped-paint effect with a sponge.

I'm an idiot. How do I do that?

# ? Apr 29, 2016 21:44

spectralent: Oct 1, 2014; Me and the boys poppin' down to the shops

Brewsuke posted:

I'm an idiot. How do I do that?

Dip sponge in paint, dap on model. If you've got any of the foam from blisters or cutouts from model cases or w/e it'll work great.

# ? Apr 29, 2016 21:47

Skarsnik: Oct 21, 2008; I...AM...RUUUDE!

Dab it on some kitchen roll before the model, it'll look a lot better built up gradually with not much paint on the sponge

# ? Apr 29, 2016 22:15

Frobbe: Jan 19, 2007; Calm Down

krushgroove posted:

A Patriot 105 can get down to a few millimeters across with a steady hand, a close spraying distance and low air pressure, that has a 0.4mm needle, a smaller needle can get down to the width of a hair with practice.

That sounds great, I'll get to practicing!

Also, never not link this video when people ask how to weather tanks
https://youtu.be/gyuPxJG5kFc

# ? Apr 29, 2016 22:22

Lovely Joe Stalin: Jun 12, 2007; Our Lovely Wang

Frobbe posted:

what's the smallest practical stuff you can paint with an airbrush? I'm about to try doing the basecoat on a bunch of guardsmen! This is with a Neo for Iwata sporting a 0.35mm nozzle

Don't forget that a water-based liquid mase and/or model masking tape can help you out a lot if you're only wanting to hit a small area. For instance, going back and doing the skin basecoat after you've already painted the armour and helmet.

# ? Apr 29, 2016 22:53

koreban: Apr 4, 2008; I guess we all learned that trying to get along is way better than p. . .player hatin'.; Fun Shoe

Gapey Joe Stalin posted:

Don't forget that a water-based liquid mase and/or model masking tape can help you out a lot if you're only wanting to hit a small area. For instance, going back and doing the skin basecoat after you've already painted the armour and helmet.

My uncle is/was a motorcycle pinstriper/painter and he used to use those French curve tools with his airbrush. He'd get ones with smaller holes than the example I'm posting, but if he needed to hit a very small area with little chance for overspray, he'd use the french curve as a shield and match the area he needed coverage on with an appropriately sized hole on the template.

I'm breaking out my airbrush for the first time this weekend and I already had it in my mind to get a set of those to use for curved surfaces, lighting effects and highlighting small areas.

# ? Apr 29, 2016 23:08

Squiggly Beast: Apr 29, 2009; _orksorksOrksORKS!; Gravy Boat 2k

Gapey Joe Stalin posted:

Don't forget that a water-based liquid mase and/or model masking tape can help you out a lot if you're only wanting to hit a small area. For instance, going back and doing the skin basecoat after you've already painted the armour and helmet.

Agreed. Definitely buy a pot of masking fluid if you intend to use an airbrush for detail work. Just make sure to pay attention to the label and don't leave it on a model for more than a few hours, otherwise bad things will happen to your nice paintjob when you try to remove the mask.

# ? Apr 29, 2016 23:54

KPC_Mammon: Jan 23, 2004; Ready for the fashy circle jerk

I'm planning on using an airbrush to paint some robes white with red trim.

Does anyone have any particular whites or reds that they recommend? I heard those colors are particularly difficult to work with and I'd like to at least use good paint.

The place I live is too dry for wet blending, so I'd like something that works well airbrushed or in a glaze.

# ? Apr 30, 2016 00:28

Avenging Dentist: Oct 1, 2005; oh my god is that a circular saw that does not go in my mouth aaaaagh

It's more oriented towards brush-painting, but see my list of recommended paints: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3705692&perpage=40&pagenumber=109#post451418381

# ? Apr 30, 2016 00:42

KPC_Mammon: Jan 23, 2004; Ready for the fashy circle jerk

Avenging Dentist posted:

It's more oriented towards brush-painting, but see my list of recommended paints: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3705692&perpage=40&pagenumber=109#post451418381

Good info, thank you.

# ? Apr 30, 2016 02:36

kommisar: Jan 2, 2007

These are some of the first non sci fi or fantasy models I've ever painted. Still not totally sure on color schemes. I'll clean the tide marks up with the airbrush once I do some more weathering.

# ? Apr 30, 2016 05:09

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Any suggestions for painting Firestorm Armada miniatures? It's been years and I'm used to painting 40K figurines.

# ? Apr 30, 2016 21:52

Dr. Gargunza: May 19, 2011; He damned me for a eunuch,
and my mother for a whore.; Fun Shoe

Obligatory oath thread crosspost incoming! Say hello to Kaarvok and Usk, my orc wizards for my Frostgrave warband-in-progress.

Dr. Gargunza posted:

The challenge this month is Freehand, at which I am terrible. Said freehand is barely perceptible on the back of the wizard's cloak.

(The freehand in this case was done as kind of an experiment; I painted the cloak in VMC Black Red, shaded it, then painted the skull on in varying shades of grey. The final step was an overspray of Citadel Mephiston Red, which muted the underlying grey tones and made it look more like a faded design on the cloth. Sadly, I overdid it and then had to head out to a thing, leaving little time to fix it. But I'll remember to tweak this technique for future models; I rather like the effect!)

I know approximately what I did wrong with the freehand on the cloak; I'll likely try it in a more contrasting color next time, to make the paint under the layers of airbrushing more obvious.

# ? May 1, 2016 07:37

Gareth Gobulcoque: Jan 10, 2008

uhhhh oath x-post, though it should probably go in the uninspiration thread

Gareth Gobulcoque posted:

OATH COMPLETE

THEME - Impasto Impressionism - by way of BACKSTORY

So, I wanted a super ambitious challenge this month, and I'm gonna give a different sort of ambitious backstory.

My family has this weird untrained artist streak in them. My Grandma had 8 kids (catholic), and who knows how many grand kids/ my cousins. A huge percentage of us do some art although except for one insanely talented cousin none of us actually has any training whatsoever. Grandma was my first connection with art. I remember her painting on warm Georgia summer afternoons. She painted a lot of still lifes, but what stuck with me were her impasto impressionist figure paintings. Wildly blocky with splashes of pastels and vivid colors. Back before I knew what impressionism was those paintings stuck with me.

Applying this to a miniature, however. Yikes. I tried just sort of stippling on unthinned paint, but that ended in a pretty cool watercolor look as I was essentially just wet blending the insanely thin Reaper paints I use. No, what I need to do was thicken my paints So with some super heavy gloss gel, some incredibly thick paints, and size 4 flat brush I set to work. It was a pretty frustrating experience trying to get it to be sloppy and flowing without being too sloppy incoherent. Did it work? Ehhhh. I'm not sure it looks good, but it was pretty much exactly what I was imagining.

Sadly, my aunts and uncles took all the impasto impressionist paintings when she passed, but I've got a few painting of flowers hanging about including this one in my hallway:

Thanks everyone for a great oath thread! This year I've figured out some super technical stuff and grown a lot.

# ? May 1, 2016 08:38

Skarsnik: Oct 21, 2008; I...AM...RUUUDE!

Gareth Gobulcoque posted:

uhhhh oath x-post, though it should probably go in the uninspiration thread

Interesting but rather terrifying

# ? May 1, 2016 09:18

Dr. Gargunza: May 19, 2011; He damned me for a eunuch,
and my mother for a whore.; Fun Shoe

Gareth Gobulcoque posted:

uhhhh oath x-post, though it should probably go in the uninspiration thread

You take that back! The first impression* I had looking at this mini was "van Gogh." I honestly thought you'd used oils and a very small trowel to get that textured-canvas effect. It's a great experiment and a unique look, and I love it!

* _{That didn't start life as a pun, I promise}

# ? May 1, 2016 15:34

Cooked Auto: Aug 4, 2007

Crossposting from the 40k thread.

First model of May finished and it's also the second model I finished this week. I'm on a very vague roll here. :woop:

Also Scion heads work really well on Cadian bodies once you've cut down their neck bulge a little.
Only one officer left to do for now.

# ? May 1, 2016 16:18

krushgroove: Oct 23, 2007; Disapproving look

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# ? May 1, 2016 16:40

Reubenesque Sandwich: Aug 1, 2006; Their flashing tongues, spitting out blood and poison.; Fun Shoe

You can also get easy chipped paint and dirt effects with a stiff boar-bristle brush. They are super-cheap too!

So I haven't painted in a while, and find myself with some time off of work. I'm gonna knock out my Red Hunters army next week, it's the battle of calth box set to start with, and three inquisitor units.

I bring this up because I paint faster then any human on the planet. Last league I participated in at the end of the eight weeks I had painted 2,250 points of KoS Orks (60 boyz, 20 'are boyz, 5 trukks, battle wagon, two deff dreads, 15 warbikes, warboss in bike and foot, pain it and big Mek.)

I finished early so I also painted up 1,850 points worth of terrain themed Imp Guard. (Wall of martyrs set, 50 PDF troops, 27 heavy/special weapon troops, command, 10 bullgryn, chimera and russ.)

All told in eight weeks 150 troops, 10 vehicles, 10 terrain pieces, 25 large models, and 9 character models. (200+models total.) all get pics, but they are all a decent table-top quality.

Would there be any interest on a speed painting tutorial? I wouldn't mind doing it, I've done speed demos a lot at various FLGS. I only ask because it will slow me down just a little to take pics and do a decent write up of each step.

# ? May 1, 2016 16:54

signalnoise: Mar 7, 2008; i was told my old av was distracting

malal posted:

Would there be any interest on a speed painting tutorial? I wouldn't mind doing it, I've done speed demos a lot at various FLGS. I only ask because it will slow me down just a little to take pics and do a decent write up of each step.

Sure

# ? May 1, 2016 20:28

KPC_Mammon: Jan 23, 2004; Ready for the fashy circle jerk

malal posted:

Would there be any interest on a speed painting tutorial? I wouldn't mind doing it, I've done speed demos a lot at various FLGS. I only ask because it will slow me down just a little to take pics and do a decent write up of each step.

Sounds interesting.

# ? May 1, 2016 20:36

LazyAngel: Mar 17, 2009

Due to a (bad) idea I had when somewhat under the influence, I've embarked on my first bit of real sculpting - customising a new mount for my KoW Berserker Lord...

Posing on the mighty steed (as it was when it arrived);

Armoured chestplate progress;

Started on the leather strapping;

After the leather's done and cured, I'll be attaching 'pauldrons' which splay out from the chestplate, and modelling on a helmet and gorget, as well as some more bits around the saddle and legs.

# ? May 1, 2016 22:48

Gareth Gobulcoque: Jan 10, 2008

Dr. Gargunza posted:

You take that back! The first impression* I had looking at this mini was "van Gogh." I honestly thought you'd used oils and a very small trowel to get that textured-canvas effect. It's a great experiment and a unique look, and I love it!

* _{That didn't start life as a pun, I promise}

Thanks, Broseph.

# ? May 2, 2016 00:12

Reubenesque Sandwich: Aug 1, 2006; Their flashing tongues, spitting out blood and poison.; Fun Shoe

LazyAngel posted:

Due to a (bad) idea I had when somewhat under the influence, I've embarked on my first bit of real sculpting - customising a new mount for my KoW Berserker Lord...

So a drunken night ending in you making a sparrow in full plate barding for a Bezerker Lord to ride?

I fail to see how this is a "bad" idea. "Baller as gently caress" idea may perhaps be a bit more apropos.

# ? May 2, 2016 03:15

LazyAngel: Mar 17, 2009

malal posted:

So a drunken night ending in you making a sparrow in full plate barding for a Bezerker Lord to ride?

I fail to see how this is a "bad" idea. "Baller as gently caress" idea may perhaps be a bit more apropos.

Mildy-tipsy at best, but yes, that's pretty much it.

# ? May 2, 2016 08:45

Lethemonster: Aug 5, 2009; I was hiding under your bench because I don't want to work out

I'm trying to work out how to make the bodies on these little guys more interesting/striking. They are more saturated in colour in real life but I may as well turn into a giant incompetent question mark when trying to take accurate photos of miniatures.

# ? May 2, 2016 13:54

Reubenesque Sandwich: Aug 1, 2006; Their flashing tongues, spitting out blood and poison.; Fun Shoe

Lethemonster posted:

I'm trying to work out how to make the bodies on these little guys more interesting/striking. They are more saturated in colour in real life but I may as well turn into a giant incompetent question mark when trying to take accurate photos of miniatures.

Honestly, I wouldn't. The sharp splash of color for the eyes and teeth, mixed with the color fade to the tails and wing tips make for a really good contrast.

If you really feel they need more on the bodies, I'd just add a highlight that's one or maybe two at the most on the shade scale onto the blue.

As for accurate photos, either invest in natural light bulbs and a photo station (a child's science project trip-tych with bounce boards behind it does the trick,) or just take photos outside with the light source behind you. Dawn/dusk works best.

# ? May 2, 2016 16:26

Nebalebadingdong: Jun 30, 2005; i made a video game.
why not give it a try!?

LazyAngel posted:

Due to a (bad) idea I had when somewhat under the influence, I've embarked on my first bit of real sculpting - customising a new mount for my KoW Berserker Lord...

Posing on the mighty steed (as it was when it arrived);

Armoured chestplate progress;

Started on the leather strapping;

After the leather's done and cured, I'll be attaching 'pauldrons' which splay out from the chestplate, and modelling on a helmet and gorget, as well as some more bits around the saddle and legs.

Oh mah gawd I am in love with this.

How hard would it be to make actual armor for actual birds??

# ? May 2, 2016 17:26

Lethemonster: Aug 5, 2009; I was hiding under your bench because I don't want to work out

Nebalebadingdong posted:

Oh mah gawd I am in love with this.

How hard would it be to make actual armor for actual birds??

Do you want them to be able to fly in it or to clank around on the floor confused?

# ? May 2, 2016 17:48

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Ashcans: Jan 2, 2006; Let's do the space-time warp again!

Lethemonster posted:

Do you want them to be able to fly in it or to clank around on the floor confused?

Well if you just armor ostriches, this problem solves itself!

Although now I am imagining a WWI carrier pigeon with a tiny pickelhaube and gorget. :3

# ? May 2, 2016 18:18

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