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I'm so conflicted... for my theoretical 'evil' Frostgrave Warband I've got a party of cultists and beastmen, and I figure that a suitably evil wizard would be appropriate. But which? They represent completely disparate styles and against my oldhammer proclivities I think it would just be alot more fun to paint the big guy!  or 
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Southern Heel posted:I'm so conflicted... for my theoretical 'evil' Frostgrave Warband I've got a party of cultists and beastmen, and I figure that a suitably evil wizard would be appropriate. But which? They represent completely disparate styles and against my oldhammer proclivities I think it would just be alot more fun to paint the big guy! Why not both, use them as [Extradimensional horror = wizard / Nicol Williamson = apprentice]? Or vice versa, for laughs. Is this a summoner warband?
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Jun 19, 2017 13:01
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Cut both to pieces, magnetise them and then slowly level your wizard up over the course of the campaign 
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Jun 19, 2017 13:33
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I figure it would probably pull double-duty as Illusionist (eyes) and Summoner (bizarro-land). I got some Frostgrave Gnolls and Cultists to mix and match. I decided to use this chap as the apprentice, rather than the D&D styled dude: http://r.ebay.com/jugssK . I guess as the campaign goes on I can start to use more and more tzeentch miniatures. To oppose them, though I already have enough miniatures for both dwarfs and War of the Roses infantry, I decided to fill up on Frostgrave Soldiers and Barbarians, with a GW Empire Battle Wizard pair to act as master and apprentice. I do appreciate it's probably not the most economical use, but realistically at this point I've got to be inspired  
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Jun 19, 2017 14:46
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Southern Heel posted:I figure it would probably pull double-duty as Illusionist (eyes) and Summoner (bizarro-land). I got some Frostgrave Gnolls and Cultists to mix and match. I decided to use this chap as the apprentice, rather than the D&D styled dude: http://r.ebay.com/jugssK . I guess as the campaign goes on I can start to use more and more tzeentch miniatures. To oppose them, though I already have enough miniatures for both dwarfs and War of the Roses infantry, I decided to fill up on Frostgrave Soldiers and Barbarians, with a GW Empire Battle Wizard pair to act as master and apprentice. I do appreciate it's probably not the most economical use, but realistically at this point I've got to be inspired Aww, I was really hoping you'd go with some combination of EyeDude/Excalibur Merlin. The juxtaposition would've been really funny; depending on who you chose as the wizard, you'd either end up with: A. slightly nebbishy-looking middle-aged man who's putting all this time and effort (not to mention trust) into apprenticing a Thing that somehow hasn't straight up murdered him yet for his knowledge and sweet hat B. < Men now call me SHUL'NAZZAR, which is "Master of the Things that Crawl Between the Worlds." My workings have pierced the Ten Veils of Reality, and changed me in...subtle ways. Iä! When I name my allies, you will quake in terror. When I beckon them, you will end. > "And I'm Ken. Nice to meet you guys! You'll have to excuse Shul, he gets like this when he doesn't get his coffee first thing. So! How are we doing this, winner-take-all or just to first blood?" (That Tzeentch sorcerer is really nice, though, and surprisingly restrained for GW. I might need to pick one up.) Oh, and the Empire Battle Wizards kit only comes with enough bodies and arms to build two guys out of a possible 8, but you might be able to find extra bodies/arms on eBay if the stars align properly. I picked some up recently from seller Hoard O Bits, who seem to get them in most consistently.
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Jun 19, 2017 15:25
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JcDent posted:What's a good custom waterslide/transfer decal website? I don't want to hand paint the chapter symbol for my snowflake marines. Fallout Hobbies does customs: http://www.fallouthobbies.com/
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Jun 19, 2017 15:53
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Foolster41 posted:That might be. I have a LED swivel head lamp that I can never seem to setup at a good angle to get lighting that's not either washed out bright or too dark. That might be the problem. A single, point light is terrible for this kind of photography.
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Jun 19, 2017 16:10
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Tendinitis sucks, but I'm finally bouncing back enough that I can paint - here's some Assault Terminators for my Templars:       
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Jun 19, 2017 18:59
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SRM posted:Tendinitis sucks, but I'm finally bouncing back enough that I can paint - here's some Assault Terminators for my Templars: These, plus that Eldar thing last page = own bones
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Jun 19, 2017 19:04
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I need a fancy backdrop for my pictures. Are you guys just doing colored Render Clouds in Photoshop for those, or is there somewhere to buy them?
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Jun 19, 2017 22:27
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There was a kickstarter for a pair of helping hands and patterns printed on mousemats. I can't remember what the thing is called but people get very rowdy about it.
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Jun 19, 2017 22:31
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Yeast posted:Holy poo poo, this is beautiful. Thanks. I spent hours on the plague marine because the model is so fantastic. While taking photos I noticed it could a contrasting color on the horn and knife so they don't blend in with the armor. I have necron and guard armies, but I had to paint a few chaos marines.
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Jun 19, 2017 22:39
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Alokgen posted:I need a fancy backdrop for my pictures. Are you guys just doing colored Render Clouds in Photoshop for those, or is there somewhere to buy them? Macromat. They're like $25 for a 15" x 30" mat.
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Jun 19, 2017 22:47
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JcDent posted:What's a good custom waterslide/transfer decal website? I don't want to hand paint the chapter symbol for my snowflake marines. You can print your own. It's just paper that you then varnish over, cut out, and apply water to. That's how I did mine:    Make sure you get the clear kind. The only drawback is that you can't print white, so you're stuck with probably black decals.
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Jun 19, 2017 23:13
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Zuul the Cat posted:Macromat. They're like $25 for a 15" x 30" mat. These are great. Thanks.
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Jun 19, 2017 23:44
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Zuul the Cat posted:Macromat. They're like $25 for a 15" x 30" mat.
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Jun 19, 2017 23:52
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How does the blue-white gradient work out? Yes I spent too long looking at eavy meatal pictures as a kid.
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Jun 20, 2017 00:04
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Zuul the Cat posted:Macromat. They're like $25 for a 15" x 30" mat. If you're patient, you can also get cheaper versions from artscow or any number of Ali baba custom mousepad manufacturers by getting wallpaper-sized gradients.
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Jun 20, 2017 00:09
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Chill la Chill posted:If you're patient, you can also get cheaper versions from artscow or any number of Ali baba custom mousepad manufacturers by getting wallpaper-sized gradients. You can also print your own out via these handy images. They're set for standard printer paper so you'd have to upscale them yourself if that's too small.
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Jun 20, 2017 01:09
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My only problem with the macromat is the drat stand. I need one, but don't want to spend $70 for the whole set. I wish they sold the stand by itself.
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Jun 20, 2017 06:35
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Dr. Gargunza posted:Oh, and the Empire Battle Wizards kit only comes with enough bodies and arms to build two guys out of a possible 8, but you might be able to find extra bodies/arms on eBay if the stars align properly. I picked some up recently from seller Hoard O Bits, who seem to get them in most consistently. I've got a sprue each of cultists, soldiers, barbarians and gnolls from the Frostgrave plastics so I think i'll have enough bits - I'm not wild on the fact they clearly pose very similarly so hopefully that'll help.
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Jun 20, 2017 12:42
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Zuul the Cat posted:My only problem with the macromat is the drat stand. I need one, but don't want to spend $70 for the whole set. I wish they sold the stand by itself. You could make one out of PVC pretty easily.
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berzerkmonkey posted:You could make one out of PVC pretty easily. I didn't think of that. Excellent idea! Finished a Lieutenant. Still need to base them, but i'll do all that later. Sorry for the phone pics!   
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dmnz posted:How does the blue-white gradient work out? berzerkmonkey posted:You could make one out of PVC pretty easily. Zuul the Cat posted:I didn't think of that. Excellent idea! Did you paint over black!? The dude looks great, that scheme over black just seems 
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Jun 20, 2017 15:22
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SRM posted:
Yep! Chaos black undercoat, because I hate myself. I actually totally get why people airbrush. Painting yellow over black with a brush is a Sisyphean effort. I just cannot get the paint to look smooth no matter how many thin layers I paint.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:26
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I found my old metal Red Terror in pieces in my bitz box, with a terrible paintjob I did when I was about 12. So I stripped it, rebuilt it and now done in my current 'Nid scheme: Not so red, so I guess he's the Blue Horror or the Cyan Abomination or something now. He looks pretty wimpy next to his big sister nowadays: 
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Jun 20, 2017 15:34
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Zuul the Cat posted:Yep! Chaos black undercoat, because I hate myself. Use Vallejo Heavy Gold Brown for all your yellow on black base coat needs!
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Jun 20, 2017 15:49
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Zuul the Cat posted:Yep! Chaos black undercoat, because I hate myself. You want to put down some sort of medium-dark brown before the yellow/orange. I've painted a lot of orange over purple/black because I keep forgetting to do light colors first.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:57
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Yeah, i've been doing 2-3 thin coats of Averland Sunset before moving up to the yellow. It does a really good job of going over the black.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:59
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Zuul the Cat posted:Yep! Chaos black undercoat, because I hate myself. Prime white or prime yellow dude, I batch painted 20 Empire troops in white and red over a black undercoat and I didn't touch another model with that uniform for 2 months afterwards. Once you get to larger models, batch painting, and vehicles, you'll be kicking yourself for that black undercoat. Your mini looks great but don't kill yourself with that process.
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SRM posted:Prime white or prime yellow dude, I batch painted 20 Empire troops in white and red over a black undercoat and I didn't touch another model with that uniform for 2 months afterwards. Once you get to larger models, batch painting, and vehicles, you'll be kicking yourself for that black undercoat. Your mini looks great but don't kill yourself with that process. Oh yeah, I definitely will once the Repulsors and other tanks come out. I'll prime them quartered Averland Sunset and Mephiston Red. No way am I going to do that large of a model with a black undercoat. So far my problem with the yellow has been the build up from Averland to the Yriel. I'm wondering if I hit them all with a glaze of Lamenters Yellow if it'll blend everything in.
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:I found my old metal Red Terror in pieces in my bitz box, with a terrible paintjob I did when I was about 12. So I stripped it, rebuilt it and now done in my current 'Nid scheme: Wowww, forgive me, cause I'm not too familiar with GW, but is that the same model made many years apart??? If so, like many other games, so interesting to see these real life examples of scale creep.
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TheFinalTuba posted:Wowww, forgive me, cause I'm not too familiar with GW, but is that the same model made many years apart??? If so, like many other games, so interesting to see these real life examples of scale creep. It's not the same mini, they just have similar design cues. Looking at them side by side, the Trygon was definitely influenced by the Red Terror model though.
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Holy poo poo is that actually the new red terror model and not just a former FW/apocalypse model that made its way to the normal game like baneblades? Either way, the apocalypse rules now being the norm is the worst. We used to make fun of that poo poo in the EOW forum.
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Chill la Chill posted:Holy poo poo is that actually the new red terror model and not just a former FW/apocalypse model that made its way to the normal game like baneblades? Either way, the apocalypse rules now being the norm is the worst. We used to make fun of that poo poo in the EOW forum. That's just a Trygon, it's been a monstrous creature with a plastic kit since... 2009? 2010 maybe?
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:I found my old metal Red Terror in pieces in my bitz box, with a terrible paintjob I did when I was about 12. So I stripped it, rebuilt it and now done in my current 'Nid scheme: Should have painted it like this!  I actually really like that paint scheme for Nids. Yours look good.
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Does anybody have a good recipe for painting Fists in this kind of golden-brown orange with an orange: (image found on Pinterest) I'm primerally using Reaper colours, but wouldn't mind getting something else for this. Do I just go dark brown>ligth brown>orange>touch of yellow over a light grey primer?
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Jun 20, 2017 20:37
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You want a red brown base like P3 Bloodstone. If you airbrush you can do simliar to what you suggested. At the end though you may need to filter with a red-orange to saturate the color a bit.
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Thanks. I'm going for a pretty saturated look so that's good to know.
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Has anyone here ordered from miniature market before and had a bad shipment? My friend got our package in and there was no packing materials, it had a huge dent on the box (thankfully not a board game and just a minis box), and the paints were rolling around freely. I chalk it up to luck that none of them leaked or exploded in there. Is this normal or are they usually better about it? I'm willing to give them another chance if they typically have better packing policies but my friend said he's out.
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