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Zaphod42 posted:Really digging the red-purple cloak coloring you have here, that's pretty funky and not super easy to do and it looks pretty cool and even kinda subtle.  I like it as an un-natural colorscheme, so I might go for something similar for a KoW undead army.
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:Gold should have brown as a base colour imo. Works for yellow too. Yeast posted:I also mix paint using back flow.
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berzerkmonkey posted:Out of curiosity, from who? The Master brushes and compressors consistently rate 4 stars on Amazon, which is comparable, if not higher, than the Badger products. Obviously, it's your choice, but the Master products are legit good, and you shouldn't have any issues with them. I have a master compressor/brush set. My only complaint with the compressor is it will drop 5-10 psi with prolonged use, which is expected and easily fixed with a tank. Which leads to a second problem of matching BSP fittings to whatever proprietary nonsense each brush manufacturer uses as well as to the M/NPT/F-whatever-the-gently caress-else-is-out-there fitting standard. The brushes are cheap and disposable I guess. I keep them clean as a whistle but the needle regularly gets stuck and won't move. Also the pressure button will randomly disconnect from the needle and make a mess of everything.
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Yeast posted:I dropped my 105 once and skewered my thigh. I mean, in the grand scheme of miniatures hobbyist injuries that's pretty light When I first started, I shaved a bigass block of white metal off the back of a squad full of Warzone minis that was supposed to be a mounting point for flags, and eventually I jabbed the tip of a hobby knife directly into the tip of my thumb, and just thought "well at least it's a clean cut so it'll heal faster"
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Does anyone have color recommendations for yellowish skin? Preferably of the Reaper/Vallejo variety? I have plenty of reds which is fine for a lot of applications but I need yellowish skin for these figures I want to paint in a fashionable Jojo style.
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The other day a friend absentmindedly tapped the business end of a hobby knife like it it was a clicker pen. It was not a good time. The bad word of mouth I see about the Master kit is from random reviews of airbrushes around online. They're mostly focused on the lovely, cheap manufacturing standards with parts that don't align properly or showing up with bent needles. The compressor seems fine for the price, but it's why I was gonna grab the harbor freight one which doesn't seem appreciably different, and then something like a Patriot. Then again, the Master airbrush is a $20 opportunity cost and the only thing I want to do with it in the immediate term is priming and basecoats, so I could probably stand for it to have more play than it should. I considering grabbing that now and moving up to a big boy brush once I'm more confident and want to get fancier with technique.
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Big Ink posted:I have a master compressor/brush set. My only complaint with the compressor is it will drop 5-10 psi with prolonged use, which is expected and easily fixed with a tank. Which leads to a second problem of matching BSP fittings to whatever proprietary nonsense each brush manufacturer uses as well as to the M/NPT/F-whatever-the-gently caress-else-is-out-there fitting standard. mango sentinel posted:The compressor seems fine for the price, but it's why I was gonna grab the harbor freight one which doesn't seem appreciably different, and then something like a Patriot. if you're only going to be doing priming and basecoats, you can't go wrong with the Master. I would almost go as far as saying that the Patriot would be a waste of money for that, but you'd at least have the option of getting needles for finer work later on. I can't remember if the Master comes with a fine needle.
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The Master comes with a single .3 needle. Also the $80 Master kit on Amazon is also tankless.
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Chill la Chill posted:Does anyone have color recommendations for yellowish skin? Preferably of the Reaper/Vallejo variety? I have plenty of reds which is fine for a lot of applications but I need yellowish skin for these figures I want to paint in a fashionable Jojo style. I just did this guy's skin with those colors. 
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mango sentinel posted:The Master comes with a single .3 needle. Also the $80 Master kit on Amazon is also tankless. Here you go. It's a little more expensive, but you get the extra needles. And here is the .3 version without the extra needles. A bit cheaper. TCP is the retailer of the Master line, so you're buying direct from them. I'm not sure why these aren't on Amazon, because they used to be. EDIT: Here and here they are. berzerkmonkey fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Apr 18, 2017 |
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berzerkmonkey posted:Works for yellow too. Yellow should have a purple base 
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Pvt.Scott posted:Yellow should have a purple base The dudes I'm using it on will have lots of purple.
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If anyone is thinking about airbrush upgrades after all the finger stabbing talk, I use a Harder and Steenbeck SilverLine and it is unbelievably good.
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Hoppe's 9 Solvent is amazing for cleaning your nozzle. Next Level Painting showed this, and it really works. I just did it and i was amazed how much gunk was stuck up in my junk.
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Yep, I started lubing up properly after a rigorous cleaning, and found the whole thing to be more comfortable and fluid.
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Yeast posted:Yep, I started lubing up properly after a rigorous cleaning, and found the whole thing to be more comfortable and fluid. 
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Kind of a basic question, but what super glue are people using for metal miniatures these days? I've been using the purple instacure but it's taking forever to dry and it's hard to control. My bottle's pretty old, though, which I guess can be a factor? I'd like something with a long applicator, since I sometimes have trouble getting the right amount of glue to go where I want it.
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Super Glue: Loctite Ultragel Control Super Glue Plastic Cement: Revell Contacta Pro or Tamiya
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I'm not sure if this is best for this thread or a conversion thread (is there a conversion thread?), but here goes. This is going to be baby's first mod, and advice or youtube links would be appreciated. (She's such a nice mini and I don't want to wreck her!) I want to convert this mini: https://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/mage/latest/03648 into a Tiefling, and add horns and a tail. What would be the easiest way to do this? Wrapped wire? Green stuff?
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dexefiend posted:Super Glue: Loctite Ultragel Control Super Glue Bought Loctite for the first time having always used zap a gap and the poo poo is superior in every way. Good glue.
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GoingPostal posted:I'm not sure if this is best for this thread or a conversion thread (is there a conversion thread?), but here goes. Reaper sells conversion kits if you don't want to scratch build with green stuff https://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Conversions/latest/03334
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GoingPostal posted:I'm not sure if this is best for this thread or a conversion thread (is there a conversion thread?), but here goes. Greenstuff for horns, she'd look good with horns lying flat over her hair like here:  Tail depends on what kind you want. For a thin tail I'd go with steel wire with the exact diameter then a greenstuffed end, for a thick lizard-like tail either a thin wire as armature then greenstuff over it, or just find a lizard tail bit and adapt. And remember to attach it to the tailbone so it doesn't look like a fancy buttplug 
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GoingPostal posted:I'm not sure if this is best for this thread or a conversion thread (is there a conversion thread?), but here goes. Find some bits and attach them with greenstuff. Ez peasy and looks good. You could make them out of greenstuff but horns and tails are bits that should be pretty easy to come by: mango sentinel posted:Reaper sells conversion kits if you don't want to scratch build with green stuff https://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Conversions/latest/03334 I mean I have tons of horns and spikes just laying around, but tails are a bit more specific.
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mango sentinel posted:Reaper sells conversion kits if you don't want to scratch build with green stuff https://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Conversions/latest/03334 Wow, an entire sprue of monster penises!! I never knew what I was missing but I can't go back now. I won't!
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I've been getting back into painting after a bit of a non-painting stretch. I bought a 10-pack box of mouselings from Reaper and picked up the bonus April figure, the Jester guy with his scarecrow puppet (My birthday is April 1st, so I like Jesters). Their really nice metal figures. I don't really like painting metal because they require priming (as opposed to Reaper's plastics), and the only primer I have that works with metal is a spray can, which means having a time when it's nice out to do, which can be iffy where I live), but they have a nice weight to them and look really great. Now I have 6 new mouselings.  And I have the meeting of the mouselings (all the ones I have painted so far, I have 4 others yet to paint left from the set) 
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Foolster41 posted:I've been getting back into painting after a bit of a non-painting stretch. I bought a 10-pack box of mouselings from Reaper and picked up the bonus April figure, the Jester guy with his scarecrow puppet (My birthday is April 1st, so I like Jesters). These minis are so loving  it makes me want to get the Mouseguard boxed game.
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Anyone know any good guides to doing freehand? I'm getting ready to paint some Eldar Harlequins, and it'd help.
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Finished up a nurgle praetor conversion!  
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JackMann posted:Anyone know any good guides to doing freehand? I'm getting ready to paint some Eldar Harlequins, and it'd help. Our lord Duncan has one, of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_TZ6hp1ZGs
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mongol posted:Our lord Duncan has one, of course: Summary: "You just paint a diamond pattern on them. It's pretty hard."
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Painted up some more Ultras this month, including a converted Master of Signals since I don't love the Forgeworld one:    And the Big Gun Bros:       
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SRM posted:Painted up some more Ultras this month, including a converted Master of Signals since I don't love the Forgeworld one: Are those heavy stubbers? My Escher gangers from my youth are totes jelly, if so.
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Pvt.Scott posted:Are those heavy stubbers? My Escher gangers from my youth are totes jelly, if so. Autocannons, actually!
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SRM posted:Autocannons, actually! Fair enough. That squad is going to be murder on light vehicles and heavy infantry then.
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dexefiend posted:Super Glue: Loctite Ultragel Control Super Glue Thanks, the loctite solved a lot of problems I was having putting some guild ball models together. It'd been a while since I worked with metal minis.
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Throw it away in three months. Old super glue is also a problem.
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Any tutorials on making faux stained-glass effects like the picture below?  All the tutorials I've found are how to do it via glue or some other barrier for normal sized stained glass. And this style isn't exactly stained glass. I forget the name of the famous work but it's also a popular instagram/prisma filter. I assume it might just have to be done with freehand, even on the larger spaceship models, but was wondering if there was at least an easier methodical approach.
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Chill la Chill posted:Any tutorials on making faux stained-glass effects like the picture below? Seems to me like what you'd want to do is make a very basic color scheme, where you assign major areas a specific color for a broad stretch of it, then split those areas into 2 or 3 analogous colors per area.
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So I've just started painting again after a long hiatus. First new miniature for 8 years. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated! 
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lorddazron posted:So I've just started painting again after a long hiatus. I don't think you need tips because that looks baller!
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