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Broken Record Talk posted:I hope you drilled the barrel! I actually havent yet but it no longer fires so meh forgot a reference pic:  
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 I’ve been using Secret Weapon miniature weathering pigments for some time and I just stumbled upon where they get their pigments from by total accident. The price is about the same, but you get 5-10 times more pigment for the cost. Also better selection. Here’s the site:http://www.earthpigments.com How I know? SWM was lazy and used the exact same images. Check out the Yellow Earth: SWM: http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=140 EarthPigments.com: http://www.earthpigments.com/light-sienna-pigment/ You can match some of the other pigments too. I’m going to buy some to test on my table to confirm it's the same color. Will post results. BULBASAUR fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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Moola posted:not strictly a miniature but I don't think there's a thread for cosplay stuff? Why does a toy replica of a real gun exist :smfh:
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Ohthehugemanatee posted:This is more of a modeling question but I can't think of where else to post it. I am trying to put together some cheap siege engines from scrap. There are tons of resources online about building everything from furniture to dungeons out of foam core and dollar store beads but I can find very little about hacking together a cannon or a catapult or something like that. In particular I'm trying to build something that would go well with some Reaper bones goblins and some Reaper bones dwarves, so anything on the spectrum from finely metal worked cannons to primeval catapults is cool. Scratch building guns and cannons is really easy to do with poly-styrene tubes. You can get them in packages of different sizes that fit inside each other, cut them to different lengths to make barrels, chambers breaches etc.
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Booyah- posted:I finished the primaris marines from the First Strike box set last night. Hadn't painted in over a year but really happy with how they turned out, especially the Reivers. Once I finish the death guard from the box some Skiitari will be next which I'm super excited for. These are really nice. Now, put squad markings on their knee pads 
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I'm really much more of a tabletop-standard type guy than a lot of painters in this thread, but talk of clear bases and bigmarine helmet swaps in the unspiration thread made me think of sharing this guy of mine I finished up the other day: I like how the bigness of the banner (plus the bigmarine proportions) makes his ridiculously ostentatious headgear seem almost reasonable - I had the head kicking around in my bits box for a while and this was the first model I thought it might look halfway non-stupid on. (This is also, I should probably mention, my own take on the Scythes of the Emprah scheme since the official one is objectively terrible.) Giant Ethicist fucked around with this message at 07:38 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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Oct 25, 2017 06:45
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goodness posted:Why does a toy replica of a real gun exist :smfh: So that children don’t shoot each other.
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goodness posted:Why does a toy replica of a real gun exist :smfh: yeah ikr Very useful for me because I wanted that exact model gun for cosplay, but it's pretty scary how accurate it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi0lHxTlBzU
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Moola posted:yeah ikr Please don’t get shot by the firearms squad Moola. I just watched Babylon and that’s the only way I can see your story ending. 
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Giant Ethicist posted:I'm really much more of a tabletop-standard type guy than a lot of painters in this thread, but talk of clear bases and bigmarine helmet swaps in the unspiration thread made me think of sharing this guy of mine I finished up the other day: This looks fantastic dude, probably much better than a tabletop standard. Post more of your dudes!
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ineptmule posted:Please don’t get shot by the firearms squad Moola. I just watched Babylon and that’s the only way I can see your story ending. *teleports* they'll have to catch me first > 
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SRM posted:I'd honestly look into children's toys for that sort of thing. How to Train Your Dragon had a bunch of miniatures scale siege engines, definitely worry looking for those.
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Giant Ethicist posted:I'm really much more of a tabletop-standard type guy than a lot of painters in this thread, but talk of clear bases and bigmarine helmet swaps in the unspiration thread made me think of sharing this guy of mine I finished up the other day: Yeah, dude, I don't know what you're worried about. I'd be thrilled to be able to paint yellow on black like that.
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Well, shucks. Thanks, all. Here's some more dudes - forgive the phone photos and occasional terrible mold line.   Hey, one of those Reivers even has his original helmet! The yellow's pretty simple, actually. A thin coat each of Averland Sunset, VMC Yellow Ochre and VGC Gold Yellow, pin shading with VMC Smoke, then a highlight pass each with a 50/50 mix of Gold Yellow and VMC Lemon Yellow and straight Lemon Yellow. Sits pretty well on black and the only real problem is friggin' Averland Sunset drying right on the brush.
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Giant Ethicist posted:Well, shucks. Thanks, all. Yeah, I wouldn't worry about being a "Tabletop standard guy" or whatever, your mans look excellent.
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Oct 25, 2017 15:45
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Those guys are majority covered in three colours that give people issues and you've nailed them completely.
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Oct 25, 2017 15:54
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And the highlights are super neat. You should be proud of these toy soldiers!
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Airbrush people, what the hell went wrong here? It's Vallejo Surface primer on Hawk Wargames plastic. i've never experienced this before.
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Frobbe posted:Airbrush people, what the hell went wrong here? Did you accidentally get some nurgle in your airbrush?
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Kabuki Shipoopi posted:Please post pics of painted pupper. Pupdate: Turns out, he didn't get painted - I was freaking out over an illusion. I had purchased some card protectors for some old Magic cards I was going to sell, and they happened to be in the same bag as the Nuln Oil jars. He pulled the bag down and opened the protectors, and the puppy cam showed the reflective surfaces of the protectors as black for some reason. Everyone I work with swore up and down it looked like a liquid stain, but when I got home, it was just a plastic pile. He did eat a jar of Nuln Oil, but he conveniently did it through the bag - all spillage was contained by the bag, and I was able to toss it with no problem. The three additional jars of Nuln Oil were untouched on the floor. I got super lucky, but the Internet was denied of a dog covered in Nuln Oil. All, in all, I'd say it was... 
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Oh, I'm proud of 'em - I'm just from Ohio, where we are genetically disinclined to say nice things about ourselves, heh. I've probably got a bit of a complex, too, on account of being immersed in a meta, for the past 15+ years, of insanely talented painters. I'm in Japan, where wargaming is a niche of a niche that tends to draw middle-aged grognards with loads of hobby experience like myself on the expat side, and obsessively perfectionist modelers and painters on the Japanese side. (To go all Midwestern again, the highlights on the black are totally cheating too - I do a super heavy gray / white drybrush and then just paint over everything but the edge in black again. Brush control is a lot easier that way for me.)
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Frobbe posted:Airbrush people, what the hell went wrong here? Just eyeballing the picture, that might be an issue with the model surface. It's possible some mold release got left on it, or didn't wash off. Maybe try stripping and re-priming it after another scrub with dish soap? (If that doesn't work, leave it and call it Extreme Battle Damage!) Giant Ethicist, I don't think you have anything to worry about painting-wise. Your dudes seem like a step in evolution between GW's 2nd edition and modern-grimdark studio styles, mildly cartoony but really bright and clean. Nice work!
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Frobbe posted:Airbrush people, what the hell went wrong here? Did you thin it with anything? But yeah, it looks like it's something on the plastic causing it to bead like that. Give it a scrub and try painting it on to see if it does it again.
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Moola posted:not strictly a miniature but I don't think there's a thread for cosplay stuff?  you're going to get shot to death by police.
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Work continues on Garreks Reavers. Decided to do a bone trim on the armor panels, and went with a dark brown basing scheme, and the basing is done.  Still tons left to do. Highlight the bone trim with Ushabti Bone, highlight the flesh with Kislev Flesh, wash the red armor panels with Nuln Oil, then highlight with Evil Sunz Scarlet. Block out all the metal with Leadbelcher, do the trim on the weapons with warplock bronze and Runelord Brass, then pick out some teal bits. Also decided to add a tuft to Blooded Saek just to give it a little more flavor.  I added some blood to the axe blade as well.  I don't want to overpower it or make it too bloody, but it looks okay i think.
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Iron Crowned posted:
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Corrode posted:I didn't know Moola was black Just his skull is Broken Record Talk fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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Broken Record Talk posted:Juat his skull is And his heart
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Zuul the Cat posted:Work continues on Garreks Reavers. Decided to do a bone trim on the armor panels, and went with a dark brown basing scheme, and the basing is done. Those are looking awesome. What colors did you use for the cracked earth on the bases? I love how you can make out all the cool details but it doesn't distract from the models.
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Cat Face Joe posted:Did you thin it with anything? But yeah, it looks like it's something on the plastic causing it to bead like that. Give it a scrub and try painting it on to see if it does it again. I suspect something must've coated the plastic, because it stuck fine to models primed using regular spray primer. I've never had this issue with hawk plastics before, must be a bad batch! injection molded plastic doesn't even use mold release!
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Booyah- posted:Those are looking awesome. What colors did you use for the cracked earth on the bases? I love how you can make out all the cool details but it doesn't distract from the models. Thanks! That's Dryad Bark base, Agrax Earthsade wash, then a drybrush of Steel Legion Drab, and a very light drybrush of Ushabti Bone.
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Frobbe posted:I suspect something must've coated the plastic, because it stuck fine to models primed using regular spray primer. I've never had this issue with hawk plastics before, must be a bad batch! injection molded plastic doesn't even use mold release! Yeah, that would be my guess too. Looks like the paint hit something hydrophobic or whatever, and then coagulated. Do you use water to thin?
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Have you aerosolised any cooking oil recently? Also, plastic models can end up with residue on them from manufacturing. Not specifically for mould release reasons but it does happen. I wash all plastic stuff.
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Giant Ethicist posted:(To go all Midwestern again, the highlights on the black are totally cheating too - I do a super heavy gray / white drybrush and then just paint over everything but the edge in black again. Brush control is a lot easier that way for me.) 
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Frobbe posted:I suspect something must've coated the plastic, because it stuck fine to models primed using regular spray primer. I've never had this issue with hawk plastics before, must be a bad batch! injection molded plastic doesn't even use mold release! Improperly mixed or cured plastic can leak oils. If nothing will stick bring it up with Hawk. They may be aware of a bad batch.
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Can you put Tamiya masking tape over paint as soon as it's dry to the touch, or should I wait longer? I'm feeling behind on my Oath.
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Moola posted:not strictly a miniature but I don't think there's a thread for cosplay stuff? Now buy a real colt 1911 and paint it orange, blue and yellow.
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wdarkk posted:Can you put Tamiya masking tape over paint as soon as it's dry to the touch, or should I wait longer? I'm feeling behind on my Oath. Ideally I'd varnish before masking, but I'd definitely wait at least an hour or two for it to dry
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zokie posted:That's genius As a bonus, it makes the kind of weathering / scratched-paint job like I did on this Ironclad dead easy.  Just leave big irregular blotchy bits instead of fine lines of gray on the edges, and then hit the gray areas irregularly with metal.
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