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X-PostThe Sisko posted:
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Aug 17, 2017 04:56
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God drat that white rob looks bad rear end!
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Aug 17, 2017 05:11
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Yeah, changing up the robe to white is really great. Nicely done.
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Aug 17, 2017 05:11
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Yeah, it makes the model a lot more readable, the official photos are a total mess.
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Aug 17, 2017 06:39
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The Sisko posted:X-Post That's a smooth and sexy white. ---------------------------------------  Diary of madman post So as couple of weeks ago I decided I'd paint up a few dudes to practice painting skin. Just 5 models for that game that I riddiculed. These guys:  They came in the £20 starter box along with some Stormcast dudes (they're a few pages back somewhere) and 3 other Khorne Blood Warriors. The Blood Warriors looked a bit lonely in a group of 3, so I bulked them up with a Champion and a Standard Bearer to make them into a full unit.  The Champion  Standard Bearer  With their snap-fit buddies. So that's two groups of Battleline (Troops) might as well throw in a Hero:  Walking through the local toyshop with my son looking at Lego, and I spot a small stand with some discounted GW stuff, "Oh hey 10 Blood Letters for £10, they'll bulk out the guys I'll never play with nicely"  So it's mid August and I've done a 500ish point Khorne Warband, 5 Stormcast Eternals, The entire Death Guard part of Dark Imperium, 2 Black Templar Bigmans, 2 Random Chapters for the Goon Chapter Challenge.  I think I've discovered why fidget spinners have become popular. They're for people like me who can't sit still. Now Serpahon/Lizardmen for my wife to never use or a fidget spinner hmm.
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Aug 17, 2017 09:27
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First you need to base that Greyfax, slacker. 
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Aug 17, 2017 11:52
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Ilor posted:First you need to base that Greyfax, slacker. She needs more paint first.
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Aug 17, 2017 12:13
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I made a little test with regards to ultrasonic cleaning and paint removal. I have small 120W cleaner I bought for airbrush and 3D print cleaning, a Dema CD-4810. For this test it's filled with a specific detergent that came with the cleaner. The fluid is preheated to about 50 degrees C. The candidates are these horrors, painted in my youth, probably the mid 80ies:  After 20 minutes in the cleaner, and a light rubbing with at fingernail:  So the basic process works. I'm sure it could be optimized if you pre-soak the minis before the ultrasound or run it for more than 20 minutes. Dr Hemulen fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Aug 17, 2017 |
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Aug 17, 2017 12:21
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Finished up my Axer this morning. Ready to paint something a bit more fun in trolls. 
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Aug 17, 2017 16:36
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TTerrible posted:This is the kit I point people towards. Thanks, I went for that in the end. A little more than what I was planning to spend but I'd rather not buy garbo and regret it.
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Aug 17, 2017 17:59
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Alokgen posted:Finished up my Axer this morning. Ready to paint something a bit more fun in trolls. Wow, that's gorgeous. Nice work! e.: The Sisko, I've never understood that model until seeing your take on it. So clean! 
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Aug 17, 2017 20:14
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Alokgen posted:Finished up my Axer this morning. Ready to paint something a bit more fun in trolls. This is both cool and good. Something is up with the lighting in my photo tent, and/or my camera settings, so here's some dumb pics of a Grissel Bloodsong resculpt I just finished.   
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Aug 17, 2017 20:31
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Fyrbrand posted:This is both cool and good. How did you do the skin? It looks fantastic
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Aug 17, 2017 21:58
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gilljoy posted:How did you do the skin? It looks fantastic Thanks! For the blue trollblood skin, I start with Trollblood Base over white primer. I usually mix in some other lighter blue to that basecoat. My usual that I also used here is a little Frostbite. I wash with Asurmen Blue, then reapply the basecoat. From there, it's layering up progressively lighter colors. I usually start by adding some more Frostbite (or whatever other blue I've chosen), then later start mixing in MWH in the final layers. (BTW I really like Trollblood Highlight, but ironically not at all for highlighting trollblood skin. It's an interesting shade, but doesn't work well with my technique and white primer, imo.)
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Aug 17, 2017 22:58
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Quick paint job on a Skorne warbeast, the Archidon.
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Aug 17, 2017 22:59
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How thin should my paint be for painting? I hear consistency of milk for airbrushing and is that so for brushing as well?
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Aug 18, 2017 01:08
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Phi230 posted:How thin should my paint be for painting? I hear consistency of milk for airbrushing and is that so for brushing as well? You’d go that thin if you want to do glazing, or multi stage highlighting. I know this sounds counter intuitive, but an ‘airbrush paint’ out of the bottle is about the consistency you want to bring your regular paints down to* * there are so many outliers here tho. Metallics are a totally different beast, some ranges need to be even thinner, etc. Basically there’s no real rule, start practicing and you’ll find what works.
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Aug 18, 2017 01:30
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Phi230 posted:How thin should my paint be for painting? I hear consistency of milk for airbrushing and is that so for brushing as well?
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Aug 18, 2017 01:57
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Paolomania posted:Doing some planning for Reaper Bones "Goremaw". Any of these thumbnails stand out as particularly good/bad? Finally had some time to work on this. 
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Aug 18, 2017 02:42
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Paolomania posted:Finally had some time to work on this. How discreet is the shipping from Bad Dragon? Looking great so far!
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Aug 18, 2017 02:45
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mango sentinel posted:How discreet is the shipping from Bad Dragon? 
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Aug 18, 2017 03:38
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Phi230 posted:How thin should my paint be for painting? I hear consistency of milk for airbrushing and is that so for brushing as well? For normal layering I thin it to the point that it's almost like water but can be dragged around a (plastic) palette without breaking up into individual droplets/beads, if it does then its just slightly too thin. I find it's too thick if it can't be almost completely reabsorbed onto a dry and empty brush by just touching the paint. For thinner highlights I keep it this consistency but add about 50% medium to the mix, to keep the fluidity but up the transparency a bit. I find metals (at least GW's and VMC) tend to thin the same as regular paint, but will need constant stirring otherwise the flakes tend to separate, they will need more coasts usually too even over an appropriate flat colour.
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Aug 18, 2017 06:50
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Pierzak posted:Start thinning and keep watching how the paint behaves. When it starts behaving like a wash (i.e. flowing into details by itself) you'll know to thin just a bit less than that. "A little more... more... more... keep going... more... too much."
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Aug 18, 2017 13:22
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Yeast posted:You’d go that thin if you want to do glazing, or multi stage highlighting. I just paint with airbrush paints.
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Aug 18, 2017 13:59
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I just paint with airbrush paints. Yep, it's a great way to go for most people. I switched to scale tho, so I'm thinning paints with the viscosity of recently cooled glass.
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Aug 18, 2017 16:33
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Colour palette sanity check. My 2 criteria were dinosaurs and make it pink.   Before I finish painting this little pink bastard (finish detailing and highlights basically), are the feathers too colourful? Likewise is the red of the molten staircase too overpowering? EDIT: Oops, forgot to ermm feather the yellow part of feathers at the back. richyp fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Aug 18, 2017 |
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Aug 18, 2017 17:20
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I would blend the colors a little more, but I don't think they are too colorful.
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Aug 18, 2017 20:23
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Felime posted:I would blend the colors a little more, but I don't think they are too colorful. Yeah the feathers just have a couple layers on as I was trying different colours out, the back ones weren't blended at all.
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Aug 18, 2017 20:27
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Which is the better Liquitex product for thinning paints and getting better consistency with washes? Matte medium? Flow improver? Something else?
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Aug 18, 2017 20:53
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Geoff Zahn posted:Which is the better Liquitex product for thinning paints and getting better consistency with washes? Matte medium? Flow improver? Something else? I use Les' recipe for thinning paints for airbrush use - I think it would work just fine for brush work as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoKJUrISnTo Also, Lahmian Medium is supposed to be really, really good.
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Aug 18, 2017 21:29
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Lahmian Medium is crazy good, it's by far the most matte thing I've ever used, liquitex matte medium looks downright glossy next to it. It's just a drat shame it's so expensive comparative to other mediums.
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Aug 18, 2017 21:36
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I don't think normal liquitex mediums really make the paint thinner, just more transparent. Airbrush medium may be what you want.
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Aug 18, 2017 22:06
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For what it's worth, other than for making glazes, flow improver is probably the best thing for thinning on all counts. It's a bit of a retarder, bit of a medium, and bit of a thinner rolled in to one.
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Aug 18, 2017 22:24
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ijyt posted:For what it's worth, other than for making glazes, flow improver is probably the best thing for thinning on all counts. It's a bit of a retarder, bit of a medium, and bit of a thinner rolled in to one.
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Aug 18, 2017 23:29
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I started using flow improver instead of thinner based on Yeasts testimony and it has made my airbrushing a hundred times easier.
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Aug 18, 2017 23:31
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TTerrible posted:I started using flow improver instead of thinner based on Yeasts testimony and it has made my airbrushing a hundred times easier. This should be the number one tip for anyone airbrushing. Made my life a hell of a lot easier as well
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Aug 18, 2017 23:55
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Have any of you that use the Nuln and Agrax gloss to recess shade tried using Lahmian Medium over it afterwards to matte it out? Seems like it'd be a good contender for that kind of work.
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Aug 19, 2017 00:07
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richyp posted:Colour palette sanity check. This looks great. The front arm and maybe the face would look good with some source-lighting from the lava. I don't think you've done too much with the colors at all.
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Aug 19, 2017 00:49
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TTerrible posted:I started using flow improver instead of thinner based on Yeasts testimony and it has made my airbrushing a hundred times easier. How serviceable is Liquitex Flow-Aid for the same purpose - are we mostly talking about Vallejo Flow Improver?
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Aug 19, 2017 01:19
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parabolic posted:How serviceable is Liquitex Flow-Aid for the same purpose - are we mostly talking about Vallejo Flow Improver? I've only used the Vallejo, sorry  The look like they should be equivalent tho?
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Aug 19, 2017 01:32
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