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Slimnoid posted:I'm going to do a bit of color-matching and guess-work here because I don't recall the exact colors I used here, but from what I remember: That link is really interesting reading. Thank you for sharing it along with your recipes. Really helpful.
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I need recommendations for two things: I want to paint the lines on a Necron Scythe to look like they are glowing. I can't find any good glowy lines tutorials or airbrush OSL type tutorials. I want to take better mini photos. Any good tutorials to do with that would also been awesome if you guys have any.
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May 11, 2016 13:27
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SRM posted:Finished up my Contemptor from Betrayal at Calth! It's a breeze to assemble; kind of curious why they didn't make a proper mutlipart kit out of it with more options. Oh well! Looking good! I like the darker blue you're using for the HH stuff, nice contrast with the bright 2nd ed guys. Re the kit, probably not a proper multipart kit so they don't step on FW's toes and can continue selling the much more expensive resin ones. Either that or they're gonna do a sprue with more options later as an add on.
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SRM posted:Finished up my Contemptor from Betrayal at Calth! It's a breeze to assemble; kind of curious why they didn't make a proper mutlipart kit out of it with more options. Oh well!  As a suggestion: how about some heat stains on the barrels? It'd make them look like he works for a living, rather than walking around being pretty. Some soot stains on the exhaust pipes on the back would also be a nice touch, too. JackMack posted:That link is really interesting reading. Thank you for sharing it along with your recipes. Really helpful. I can honestly say that tutorial has opened up a whole new world of painting for me, and has helped step my game up immensely. A while back I used it word-for-word on an Inquisitor to good results. 
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Slimnoid posted:
Look closer lol, I think he already did.
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What a brilliant model. I am inspired to try this now ( I hate painting metals usually, I had actually recently started painting things grey and then highlighting the uppermost stuff with silver painting as a way of avoiding having to use it!) That inquisitor is brill. It is a nice example of how the technique can differentiate metals - previously it alsways struck me that the metal of armour is the same as the gunmetal is the same as electronics (when I do it). This method lets you vary it very easily. (specifically in your model above the bolt pistol is notably different from his armour). Neato.
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berzerkmonkey posted:Thanks! I was lucky enough to get the starter back in the day when NM was actually a thing. The remainder I was able to get through trades and a few (probably overpriced) Ebay purchases (looking at you, plasma Heavy...) I'm sorry. I am singlehandedly responsible for necromunda prices on ebay being insane. I bought everything I could find on there a decade ago, prices spiked... and never came down. On the plus side, I can run my own gang war with nearly 300 necromunda minis.
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Look closer lol, I think he already did. Ah, so he did! Whoops. JackMack posted:What a brilliant model. I am inspired to try this now ( I hate painting metals usually, I had actually recently started painting things grey and then highlighting the uppermost stuff with silver painting as a way of avoiding having to use it!) The trick with metals is that it can be as simple or as complicated as you want. Giving it a black wash and a quick drybrush of silver does it quick and easy and works, or you can go NMM, or even true metal metallics. It all depends on how much effort you feel like putting into it. Even just adding purple or blue washes here and there does wonders with giving it more life and requires only a tiny bit more effort. Experiment! Find some junk pieces you don't care about and just go hog wild.
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Look closer lol, I think he already did. Yeah, I need a third light for photography because some of the shots are still coming out kind of dark and it's easy to miss that bit. I actually used the exact same tutorial Slimnoid linked  Zark the Damned posted:Looking good! I like the darker blue you're using for the HH stuff, nice contrast with the bright 2nd ed guys.
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Lethemonster posted:I need recommendations for two things: quote:I want to take better mini photos. Any good tutorials to do with that would also been awesome if you guys have any.
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FireSight posted:I'm sorry. I am singlehandedly responsible for necromunda prices on ebay being insane. I bought everything I could find on there a decade ago, prices spiked... and never came down. You are a monster.
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berzerkmonkey posted:You are a monster. I have a problem. 
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Hey guys, Working on some sweet ninja gremlins for my oath, and was just looking for some advice on how I can get better as a painter! Highlighting has always been notoriously difficult for me. I'm never sure where exactly to put them? Here's some pictures of where I'm at today:     I honestly don't feel like they're coming along too badly, I just have trouble knowing exactly where to highlight. They have many wonderful cloth folds, so those seems more or less obvious, but any tips for where else I can hit, or how to figure out which parts of the arms/hands to hit? Thanks for looking! Edit: Yikes! I'm also realizing these pictures are huge... I'll try to figure out how to shrink them!
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May 11, 2016 20:27
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TheFinalTuba posted:Hey guys, For highlighting this is what I do. I put the model underneath a lamp, positioning the lamp where the "Sun" is. Then anything that stands out I highlight. Also that model looks real good! Edit: Look at your photos and where the light "reflects" off of the model is where you want to highlight, just a little.
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Ok guys, this is my 4th or 5th real attempt at painting a mini since I picked the hobby back up a year or so ago. Please give me some feedback on what I did wrong here and what I can improve on. Thanks!
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Advice request. Have I overdone the weathering here? It's an oil based rust. I smeared some on accident. I know the wash in the cracks is a bit messy, but intend to clean it up. It was a slap dash job because I was thinking of this guy as a test mini. This is my first time airbrushing. The whites and blues and highlights are airbrushed. This is also my first time weathering something. 
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At first glance, that looks like a robot that was in a scrap yard and got fixed up. Whether that's a good thing or not probably depends on what you're going for.
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Avenging Dentist posted:At first glance, that looks like a robot that was in a scrap yard and got fixed up. Whether that's a good thing or not probably depends on what you're going for. Well, that's pretty good. It's a robot that's been at war for a couple hundred years without much material support, fighting for a group of psychos that don't care much for fresh coats of paint.
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I was going to suggest that, since it's in World Eaters colors, it should probably be awash with blood if you want to hide some of the rust!
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Just sponge a small bit of the base colour back over the smeared bits, it'll look fine
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Unzip and Attack posted:Ok guys, this is my 4th or 5th real attempt at painting a mini since I picked the hobby back up a year or so ago. Please give me some feedback on what I did wrong here and what I can improve on. Thanks! I'd say it doesn't look bad, but It's hard to see anything. Put a lamp in front of it, a piece of paper behind it and take another photo so we can see what's going on. Is the gloopiness at the bottom of the axehead a casting error? You should thin you metals more if it isn't.
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Just unpacked my Scale 75 gold color set and found this undocumented color.
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DeadGame posted:Advice request. Have I overdone the weathering here? It's an oil based rust. I smeared some on accident. I know the wash in the cracks is a bit messy, but intend to clean it up. It was a slap dash job because I was thinking of this guy as a test mini. I think your dread is good - I know some people don't like the "XTREME RUST!!!" look, but it's fine as long as you carry it through the army. My criticism is that I don't see much (if any) rusting on the shoulders or on the feet. He's spent years trudging through battlefield debris, and his feet look nearly factory fresh. Also, you may want to add some paint chips to show undercoat - not every ding is going to chip through to the ceramite/metal surface.
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Electric Hobo posted:Just unpacked my Scale 75 gold color set and found this undocumented color. That's going to be the spanish label for it.
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spectralent posted:That's going to be the spanish label for it. Nope!  They call it Necro Gold everywhere except on the label.
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Electric Hobo posted:Nope! I like reading that as "necrotic gold" 
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 First thing I've finished painting in a year :3
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Lethemonster posted:
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Electric Hobo posted:I'd say it doesn't look bad, but It's hard to see anything. Put a lamp in front of it, a piece of paper behind it and take another photo so we can see what's going on. Thanks for the suggestions - I'll get a better pic up. The gloppiness was indeed my fault - I ended up scraping that portion off with a hobby knife and redoing it.
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Lethemonster posted:
 I'm so glad you're back, Lethe. Your screamers from a couple years back were what finally prompted me to buy an airbrush. Do you plan on popping into the Oath Thread at all?
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Dr. Gargunza posted:
I am - I have a terrible old pewter dragon model to oath and everything. Im in the process of repotting all my old citadel paints into dropper bottles and putting ball bearings in everything so I dont have to shake them for hours. Finally had to admit my ice blue and scaly green are too dried up to use. I have been asked to paint a bunch of the Dark Sword anthropomorphic minis next which Im so looking forward to. Hedgehoglings, turtle clerics and snail cartographers ahoy.
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Lethemonster posted:...snail cartographers...
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Someone asked for a miniature photography tutorial, I'm gonna write one this weekend. It's all about cheap and effective, my entire setup is around 35 bucks. (And I'll share where you can cut that price further if needed.) It's basically all about lighting at this point. I assume anyone that's taking pictures nowadays is using a phone, but I could be wrong. I do have enough info to cover digital cameras however, is that something people would want in the tutorial or is just focusing on lighting and placement enough? I'm also still going to write a speed paint tutorial, but I'm behind the eight ball on my oath so that may happen next month. (Stupid assembly time!)
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Their flashing tongues, spitting out blood and poison.
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Ilor posted:I am intrigued and demand pictures. Here ya go. Great little company, I ordered some figures from them and they sent me a bonus ranger. Also cat emperor is a fantastic mini, I've painted one as a gift to friends, and a second one needs finishing on my desk.
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Along with that I'm going to be painting these guys and maybe a few more if I can make up my mind. I'm so excited to be painting something that isn't grim dark war machinery or heavily amoured monsters and so on. Jessica Riche and Marike Reimer are my favourite painters too, I can't wait to do ham handed versions of their paint jobs.       I nearly bought one of the red panda models as well but then I looked a bit closer and realized they had given it... cleavage. Lethemonster fucked around with this message at 11:12 on May 13, 2016 |
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Before I say anything I want to be clear, I like these little guys a lot. With that said, I want a human soldier with a mace with a small man as the top bit. And a ribcage shield.
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