Kabuki Shipoopi posted:

I'm going to fiddle with making muzzle flares, lightning bolts, maybe intestines and the like. I might be able to make little plastic molds with it for basing or something, who knows. I didn't think it would be useful for making guns or anything with extreme detail, but having it in my case can't hurt.

Chill la Chill posted:

I wanted to practice painting humans to take a break from painting wangs. I rushed the grass cuz I just wanted it to look finished but will probably go back and touch up the black fabric with something more than the current sketch of layers. I'm guessing the skin looks too pale but I thought it was a nice complement to the darker colors. Sword should probably be a green power magic sword.

Zuul the Cat posted:

Black Rims.

Zuul the Cat posted:

Black Rims.

Zuul the Cat posted:

Black Rims.

Booyah- posted:

I'm really trying to find the right basing technique across my models. I even went back to unfinished models and tried them with new bases. These are the same figures except for the base, and a sepia tone on the weapon



e: The base on the right is what I've seen a lot with gw painters, steel legion drab rim and brown to flesh drybrush. Does anyone have a better scheme they like?

Sab669 posted:

Sort of a dumb question, is there somewhere to read about different types of paints?

Games Workshop has 10 different lines of paints. Some are obvious; such as 'shade' or 'air', but what is the difference between 'dry', 'edge', 'layer', 'technical' etc?

Sab669 posted:

Sort of a dumb question, is there somewhere to read about different types of paints?

Games Workshop has 10 different lines of paints. Some are obvious; such as 'shade' or 'air', but what is the difference between 'dry', 'edge', 'layer', 'technical' etc?

Sab669 posted:

Sort of a dumb question, is there somewhere to read about different types of paints?

Games Workshop has 10 different lines of paints. Some are obvious; such as 'shade' or 'air', but what is the difference between 'dry', 'edge', 'layer', 'technical' etc?

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

are those winged skulls freehand because if so

Sab669 posted:

I mean, I know the general differences between the techniques. I just don't know how their 'dry' series (for example) are any better for dry brushing than any other set of paints.

thespaceinvader posted:

You'll be able to do intestines, but that's probably about it.

mango sentinel posted:

What's the preferred water temperature for reshaping Reaper plastic minis?

My tap water isn't hot enough, and I've got an electric kettle but don't want to straight up melt them.

mango sentinel posted:

What's the preferred water temperature for reshaping Reaper plastic minis?

My tap water isn't hot enough, and I've got an electric kettle but don't want to straight up melt them.

Weirdo posted:

I've been using boiling kettle water, which doesn't melt them, but can make them droopy so make sure to dunk them in cold water after shaping them.

I use a hot water bath and a cold water bath with ice, and that's been very useful for reshaping Bones and certain plastic figures as well.

mango sentinel posted:

What's the preferred water temperature for reshaping Reaper plastic minis?

My tap water isn't hot enough, and I've got an electric kettle but don't want to straight up melt them.

Drake_263 posted:

Re: Basing - Contrast is probably the most important thing when you're choosing your basing theme - good contrast makes the minis 'pop' a little more, brings out the colors of your paint scheme, while poorly chosen contrast can sort of muddle things together and make them meld into this one big blob of undifferentiated color. (The latter can be a great effect for swarm armies, though - I used to own red-yellow Tyranids with glowy red-orange lava bases, and en masse on the table they were just this enormous mass of glowing fangs, claws and carapace).

Now, bearing in mind that everyone has different preferences and there rarely are any real 'correct' answers, there's a couple of elements you can keep in mind when picking out your basing schemes.

First, look at the dominant color or colors on your mini. You want a base that contrasts with it in one or more of the following ways:

Color: The most obvious one. You know those little color wheels you can find on the internet? Look at that, find your dominant color (or something close to it) and pick a color that's somewhere on the opposite side of the arc:
Red <--> Green
Blue <--> Orange
Yellow <--> Purple

You don't have to pick a screamingly bright opposing color, but generally this is the ballpark you want to be going for; if you have blue dudes, you want to aim for an orangish-brown type of ground, for example, while yellow dudes will like darker, cooler colors. It's not an exact science, of course.

Light/Dark: The literal kind of contrast. If your minis have a lot of light colors, you may want to aim for a more darker shade and vice verse. For example., White Scars would work well with something like a ruined city base type with plenty of dark concrete and asphalt, and Black Templar would fit better on something like a sandy desert base.

Hue - Cold/Warm: Even if you're sticking with similar colors, you can have a lot of variation. If your minis have a lot of warm colors - you know, they tend to tint towards more yellow/brown than blue/gray - consider using the opposite style for your bases. This is one of those things that is difficult to explain without pictures, but trust me. For example, think of a Gray Knight army based in a manufactorium; both are metallic, but Grey Knights have that shiny bright bluish tint to their silver, while the manufactorium's metal bulkheads are more brown and speckled with rust. Similar clolors, but surprising amount of contrast if pulled off well.

Saturation: How bright and 'pure' a given color is. Highly saturated colors are bright, clean, deep colors, while low-saturated colors have more black, gry or brown mixed in them - they tend to look more dirty and earthy. Again, consider picking the opposite - your cultists in thier tattered, ratty robes are going to pop a lot more if they're tromping through something bright and clean like freshluy fallen snow, colored tiles, or glowing magma/toxic waste; similarily, your bright and cheery eLar are going to stand out a lot better if they're standing ankledeep in mud, dust and dirt. (Also, they're going to be positively miserable, and nobody likes a smiling Eldar.)

Ultimately, just go with what you think looks good for your miniature. For example, I have both a Death Guard (bone white with green details) and a Mechanicus (Forge World Metalica, white robes with red decals) scheme going on. Both are heavily tinted with sepia to a more golden, creamy sort of a color, and based on a rust-red-brown-orange 'Martian outback' style of a base. For the Death Guard, the bases contrast nicely with the green pauldrons and weapon casings on my minis; for the Mechanicum, the orange on the bases actually contrasts with the electric blue glow effects on their plasma/arc/whatever weapons.

Ghazk posted:

working mom posted:

One of these things it not like the others

working mom posted:

One of these things it not like the others

In The Know Theatre posted:

"Are you in the know? The Big Daddy may look imposing, but he's a gentle giant. Do you know all he does for Rapture? These metal gents are the hands that maintain Rapture, digging the foundation out of the sea bed and guiding structural supports into place. Where do these metal mysteries come from? Sorry, chum, that's a Ryan Industries trade secret. Now you know."

Gilbert Alexander posted:

"We put our eldest Sister through a new regimen of physical and mental conditioning, and suited her up with modified Protector equipment of my design. The younger ones have dubbed her a "Big Sister." Sadly, this is a stopgap. Between rogue Splicers and the aging of the girls, we'll run out of viable Little Sisters soon. After that... the surface may be our only source..."

Gilbert Alexander posted:

"Final assessment: the Alpha Series has gone completely off the rails, I'm sorry to say. Ryan insists we cut costs by taking clinical subjects, physically and mentally broken by Plasmid overtesting, and turn them into a line of Protectors. Then he wonders why they stall out on behavioral issues? Ryan can write off the financials, but now WE have got to deal with a gaggle of half-mad, metal-suited inmates running around, attacking anything that comes in from outside the labs. Well... at least they're loyal."

Zuul the Cat posted:

Finished up my Dunecrawler for the most part. I have some basing material that's coming in the mail that i'll be adding to it.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. I hit all the cables with a gloss varnish so they shine like cords.

(I thought about taking advice on here and painting the rims black, but I still like my turquoise rims.)







And completed with transfers



I have a lightbox coming in the mail as well, so hopefully i'll be able to snag better pictures of my stuff.

Star Man posted:

Yes, this is much better. Think about the base edge like a picture frame. Sure, you liked the teal, but it didn't match the furniture. A flat neutral color is always the way to go.

Gravitas Shortfall posted:

D-d-d-double post



They're messy and need a shitload of touching up, but they're done. Sorry for the lovely pictures, I only have a cellphone.

Wazzu posted:

Boo. I'm guessing this thread would really hate my malifaux, with their base rimes coloured by faction. I ought to do an updated picture at some point, showing both how little I've painted in the last year and the faction I've painted.

Wazzu posted:

Boo. I'm guessing this thread would really hate my malifaux, with their base rimes coloured by faction. I ought to do an updated picture at some point, showing both how little I've painted in the last year and the faction I've painted.



I know it works for the theme, but could you post a colour group picture? Preferably larger file size?

Wazzu posted:

I know it works for the theme, but could you post a colour group picture? Preferably larger file size?

Wazzu posted:

Boo. I'm guessing this thread would really hate my malifaux, with their base rimes coloured by faction. I ought to do an updated picture at some point, showing both how little I've painted in the last year and the faction I've painted.