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This is the best drat OP. I've never built or painted anything but recently decided to try my hand and this thread and the Warhammer40k subreddit was awesome for info and examples. So far I love it, really relaxing and helps a ton with anxiety. Just finished my first miniature, I'm relatively pleased but know I have a long way to go still. http://m.imgur.com/a/z8Gaz
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Shadin posted:This is the best drat OP. I've never built or painted anything but recently decided to try my hand and this thread and the Warhammer40k subreddit was awesome for info and examples. So far I love it, really relaxing and helps a ton with anxiety. Just finished my first miniature, I'm relatively pleased but know I have a long way to go still. Great! Now that you're hooked, check out the terrain thread and the oath thread. I'm currently trying to figure out a color scheme for my Guild Ball team that will match the bases I'm working on. I don't think I own enough greens. Hmm.
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Jul 27, 2016 02:15
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Shadin posted:This is the best drat OP. I've never built or painted anything but recently decided to try my hand and this thread and the Warhammer40k subreddit was awesome for info and examples. So far I love it, really relaxing and helps a ton with anxiety. Just finished my first miniature, I'm relatively pleased but know I have a long way to go still. Hey, that's great for your first mini. Even coats, picking out details, even line highlights. I didn't get that far for quite a while. For your next mini, I'd focus on building up really thin layers. It's surprising how thin you need to have them for good results. I remember thinning mine my first few times and thinking it was enough. Keep at it, and take a picture of each new guy you paint. You'll see a big difference between each and every little guy you complete.
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Jul 27, 2016 02:29
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GoodBee posted:Great! Now that you're hooked, check out the terrain thread and the oath thread Yeah, definitely hooked. I guess I should consider learning to play at some point, haha. Thanks for the link to the oath thread, that's awesome. BULBASAUR posted:Hey, that's great for your first mini. Even coats, picking out details, even line highlights. I didn't get that far for quite a while. Thanks man. Yeah I can see now that I probably put it on a little thick, I did the same thing you're talking about, I felt like I was really thinning it down at the time.
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Jul 27, 2016 02:47
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Anyone know a minis paint that is close to 100% cyan?
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Jul 27, 2016 03:01
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It took me about 8 models to get the consistency right myself. Just keep at it and push yourself with each model. If you're curious, I kind logged my own learning process. You're already quite a few steps ahead of where I started: http://www.powerfisted.com/?p=19
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Jul 27, 2016 03:02
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Friendly PSA about weathering powders. When blowing excess powder off the model make sure you blow away from the open pot. My desk is now vaguely rust colored.
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Jul 27, 2016 09:52
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signalnoise posted:Anyone know a minis paint that is close to 100% cyan? VGC Electric blue?
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Jul 27, 2016 09:59
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Floppychop posted:Friendly PSA about weathering powders. Now that your desk matches the surface of beloved Mars, it is only a short time until you detach yourself from the weakness of the flesh. Welcome to the embrace of the Omnissiah. 01000001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01101000 01100001 01101001 01101100 00100000 01001000 01101001 01101101 00100001
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Jul 27, 2016 11:08
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Southern Heel posted:VGC Electric blue? This looks good, thanks!
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Jul 27, 2016 14:14
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dr_ether posted:The arms are where two pieces - literally the two halves of the forearms, are glued together. Having done some of these myself I feel your pain. Flood the join with plastic glue before squeezing it together and you will get a bead of melted plastic oozing from the join. Trim that off and try to approximate the various straps. You're a good enough painter that you can fudge it the rest of the way. Once you remove enough of the line to break it up it any remaining bits won't be half as obvious.
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Jul 27, 2016 20:32
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  A couple of stormcasts. The armor is more tarnished than usual for these guys. I wanted my army to have the feel of former undead reforged into stormcasts, their armor tarnished as soon as they leave Azyr by the cold touch of death that forever haunts them. They've traded their bondage to Nagash for service to Sigmar and the hope that they might release others from undeath or restore Shyish to the grand alliance. Speed assembly line painted the colors after doing the armor with airbrush.
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Jul 28, 2016 07:19
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GreenMarine posted:
Great paint job! Sadly it's negated by the fact that it's a Sigmarine
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Jul 28, 2016 12:41
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Iron Crowned posted:Great paint job! Sadly it's negated by the fact that it's a Sigmarine Shut the gently caress up
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Jul 28, 2016 13:45
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He's not wrong. It's a nice paint job on a tubby knight with a weird face mask.
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Jul 28, 2016 14:28
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Indolent Bastard posted:He's not wrong. It's a nice paint job on a tubby knight with a weird face mask. Yeah, I came off a bit assholish, he really did make a bad model look really good
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Jul 28, 2016 14:33
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GreenMarine posted:
These guys are really well done. Nice muted color scheme with a good deal of subtlety, but it also pops really vividly on the purples. Plus, you've also put more effort into your fluff than all the writers at GW combined.  e: Actually, I did notice something to nitpick! Your static grass looks a bit flat; it might look nicer if you get it to stand up a bit. The easiest way to do this is: A) apply drops of glue B) quickly apply grass C) very quickly turn the model over and tap gently on the bottom of the base a few times (do this over the tub of grass to catch the leftovers) I noticed a distinct improvement in how lively my grass looked after I started doing that (it was pretty embarrassingly flattened on my earlier models). Dr. Gargunza fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Jul 28, 2016 |
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Jul 28, 2016 14:36
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GreenMarine posted:
I really love the color scheme here. Looks so much better than the gold/blue everyone else does.
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Jul 28, 2016 15:12
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GreenMarine posted:
I really dig the purple, how'd you do it? That's pretty much exactly the same shade I want to do with some KoW elves that I have.. that shade of purple with either some muted gold or bronze.
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Dr. Gargunza posted:I noticed a distinct improvement in how lively my grass looked after I started doing that (it was pretty embarrassingly flattened on my earlier models). I'll give it a shot! Squashed grass is a thing that annoys me and I haven't had much luck fixing. The purple is all GW colors. I start with a base coat of Naggaroth Night then one or two coats of Xereus Purple, usually leaving the naggaroth night in the pits or edges. Then I do a bit of genestealer purple. On the shield I feathered this on the edges and on the tops of the shoulder pads. After that's done I shade the entire surface with Druchii Violent shade ink, once or twice. This brings all of the purples into a darker hue. Then I do a small bit of additional highlights with genestealer purple. Finally I edge highlight with lucius lilac. Without any edge highlight the detail gets lost. GreenMarine fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Jul 28, 2016 |
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Jul 28, 2016 15:55
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You can also blow on the static grass after you put it in the glue to try to make it stand up. Just make sure you don't have an open thing of static grass behind wherever you are blowing... or you will get static grass everywhere.
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Jul 28, 2016 16:07
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Pash posted:You can also blow on the static grass after you put it in the glue to try to make it stand up. Just make sure you don't have an open thing of static grass behind wherever you are blowing... or you will get static grass everywhere.
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Jul 28, 2016 22:54
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Ilor posted:^^^ This sounds like the voice of hard-earned experience right here. Pro life lesson: never sneeze into a tub of static grass.
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Jul 28, 2016 23:03
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Pierzak posted:Pro life lesson: never sneeze into a tub of static grass. See also: Pigment powders, breathing near open containers of
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Jul 28, 2016 23:08
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Is there a way to seal pigment powders? I tried the normal gloss+matte for sealing and while it kept the colors, it didn't keep the "dusty" look. Not sealing really isn't an option as it's for a mass of Orks that get scooped en-mass off the table during gameplay.
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Jul 28, 2016 23:45
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From my experience there is only one way to preserve the dusty look- varnish with an enamel (important, because it dries slowly). Then, while it's just barely tacky, apply your pigments. Everything else will remove parts of your dusty effect
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Jul 29, 2016 00:08
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Floppychop posted:Is there a way to seal pigment powders? As Bulbasaur said, you can either lay this down first then dust over, or, for seams and cracks - I like to put the pigment down then use capillary action to add this in. http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37_19&products_id=579 Worth its weight in gold.
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Jul 29, 2016 01:05
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You can use mineral spirits as well.
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Jul 29, 2016 01:14
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Yeast posted:As Bulbasaur said, you can either lay this down first then dust over, or, for seams and cracks - I like to put the pigment down then use capillary action to add this in. I keep this stuff in a spritzer, it's great
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Bought a new camera recently and decided to take some new pics of this guy, whom i'm going to try getting finished(!) over the next week.     
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Jul 29, 2016 10:37
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Looking for advice on making the metals pop on my Khador. For Trolls I took the metallic scheme from this article (http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2012/03/trollkin-war-wagon-painting-the-thing.html), which is basically layer of orange, drybrush with steel, and hit it with a 50/25/25 black/brown/blue wash. I love the richness and depth this gives the metals. I have a lot of metallic warjack parts to paint (primarily Red scheme on the non metals) and I'd like something that pops a bit better than my current VGA Stee' + Black Wash. Any advice on doing something more visually interesting?
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Jul 29, 2016 22:28
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Has anyone painted a rock creature? I've painted rock terrain but I want to do something different for a miniature
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Jul 30, 2016 03:49
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goodness posted:Has anyone painted a rock creature? I've painted rock terrain but I want to do something different for a miniature Germ paints rocks real purdy like. He could probably steer you in the right direction.
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Can anyone recommend an alternative model for Epidemius [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-FI/Chaos-Daemons-Epidemius] ? He plays on a 60mm round base, so there is some room there, but I really don't want to chance a finecast model and spend a week cleaning it up.
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Moving from a different game system, Guildball models are so drat enjoyable to paint. I have been enjoying Fish way too much.       
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Those look great.
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Jul 31, 2016 00:38
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Welp...     Note to self: invest in better basing materials.
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Irate Tree posted:Welp... If you're in a child-free home, I'd recommend crushed glass for snow. It's pretty amazing. http://bloodofkittens.com/wargaminghub/2015/09/18/let-it-snow/ http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13&products_id=106 if you've got kids tearing around or just don't like the idea - Woodland Scenics: http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/Item/SN140/page/1 But yeah, white static flock isn't great.
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Zhent posted:Can anyone recommend an alternative model for Epidemius [https://www.games-workshop.com/en-FI/Chaos-Daemons-Epidemius] ? He plays on a 60mm round base, so there is some room there, but I really don't want to chance a finecast model and spend a week cleaning it up. To be fair, a bunch of holes and divots on a Nurgle model would only add to the appearance  you could go ahead and try to find a metal one, or you could go with this guy from Puppetswar:http://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=12 Or this version of him if you want him to look more dapper: http://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=20 Yeast posted:If you're in a child-free home, I'd recommend crushed glass for snow. It's pretty amazing. I've seen the crushed glass stuff on models and it looks great but I'm not huge into the idea of getting stuff that could lacerate my lungs. Typical snow flock is pretty transparent, so it's a good idea to paint the area under it with some white or light grey first unless you want it to look like slush. Building up the base with green stuff or something so you can get some variety would also help.
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I used the snow static flock on some Malifaux stuff. I did the paint the area white, make a paste of snow static flock, PVA glue, water and a little white paint, spread it around and then sprinkle some more on top. Here's a cute little Wendigo rockin' out on a snowy rock. 
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