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I finished painting my table:quote:
Also; painting questions. I'm trying to achieve a washed out desaturated red color. This is my first attempt:  As you can see, he now has beautiful pink pants. My approach was to take a red and add a grey for my base. Then add grey and black for highlights or shade respectively. My questions is: How do you effectively de-saturated a color? I tried just adding a complimentary color and the base looks nice; but adding a white or grey seems to make it pink again 
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One of the 40k guys at the local shop I play at did this commission for me, pretty jacked about it. The resin model intimidated me, and I wanted him to look sexy next to the terminators I bought on eBay recently ($6 bucks a model!!!)      A bit too much lighting in that last one, but I've already put them all away (except Lysander, who will be at my desk for the foreseeable future) so yeah. Oh and here's my latest painting for comparison:   Still putting some finishing touches, gonna do some edging soon as well. Sorta botched the front armor panels.
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Feb 7, 2018 05:11
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LifeLynx posted:What's the best way to paint dots? I want to make a pattern of dots of the same size, but I can't get them consistent with a brush tip. I've heard of people using toothpicks but haven't tried it myself.
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Feb 7, 2018 05:14
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Hixson posted:I finished painting my table: I hate you. Please tell me you live somewhere near Seattle so I can play on that table?
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Feb 7, 2018 06:07
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Funny thing about that. You wanna play in our March VisV campaign? Hixson is taking some tiles to it. There's also a regular group of goons playing up here. 30k only. Painted only. Final destination.
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Feb 7, 2018 06:52
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BULBASAUR posted:Funny thing about that. You wanna play in our March VisV campaign? Hixson is taking some tiles to it. Where at? I don't know 30k or have the books, but I could maybe have them by March and I'm a firm believer in painted only.
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Feb 7, 2018 06:56
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Stephenls posted:Their white primer is both white and covers like poo poo unless you shake it really well and use it unthinned. It also dries so fast it clogs my airbrush mid spray, I don't use it anymore.
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Feb 7, 2018 06:58
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BULBASAUR posted:Funny thing about that. You wanna play in our March VisV campaign? Hixson is taking some tiles to it. quote:Painted only. So you've yet to play a game?
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Feb 7, 2018 15:39
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Bazanga posted:I bought a ton of white vallejo primer and white just isn't doing it for me. I don't want to prime black, because I find it is is way too dark for most models and I hate having to paint 6 layers of a light color to even get it visible. I'm thinking Dark Gray is a good middle ground. Is there any reason why I shouldn't mix black Vallejo PAINT (not primer) in with the white Vallejo primer to darken it? I know primers contain resins vs pigment, but I don't know if I am going to chemically screw something up. The Vallejo page says it can be mixed with "auxiliaries" but doesn't mention paints. http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/en_US/primers/family/22 You could prime white and then spray a black wash to darken it.
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Feb 7, 2018 16:17
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Cross posting my House Escher ganger:
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Feb 7, 2018 16:25
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Cross posting my House Escher ganger: Very nice. How did you do the rust on the base? It has the look I want for my necromunda models.
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Feb 7, 2018 18:06
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MrFlibble posted:Very nice. How did you do the rust on the base? It has the look I want for my necromunda models. Thanks! For the base I did a basecoat of leadbelcher, then all over that with typhus corrosion, drybrushed that heavily with ryza rust, then a final drybrush with leadbelcher avoiding the more recessed areas.
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Feb 7, 2018 18:16
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Thanks! For the base I did a basecoat of leadbelcher, then all over that with typhus corrosion, drybrushed that heavily with ryza rust, then a final drybrush with leadbelcher avoiding the more recessed areas. Thanks - definitely going to try that.
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Feb 7, 2018 18:19
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NTRabbit posted:It also dries so fast it clogs my airbrush mid spray, I don't use it anymore. Yeah, that too. I've heard good things about Badger's Stynylrez primers, and actually have a bottle of their white, but haven't tried it yet.
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Feb 7, 2018 19:19
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Finished minis #3 and 4! #3: Pirate from Reaper Bones Layer Up! Kit     #4: Brute from Gloomhaven (also my first model painted without an instruction book)     Very happy with how the pirate came out. Although I couldn't get the red ribbon right, I'm very happy with the shading on the pants and jacket. I also think I'm improving on faces. Overall I'm happy with the brute but I definitely stumbled a lot without an instruction booklet telling me exactly how to mix my paints. It was probably a little ambitious to try free handing a leopard-ish pelt for his cape but I'm pretty happy with how it came out and I think it distinguishes this paint job from most of the others I've seen. It was also ambitious to do the inked metallic armor thing, which didn't come out as smoothly as I would have hoped but was a good learning experience. I also learned about the dangers of over-applying washes on this one, especially on the sword and around the skulls on the knees. Next time I'll be more careful with that. All in all, it looks pretty cool and thanks to some reading on color theory, I will go into the next model with more of a game plan and a better sense for how to mix shadow and highlight tones.
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Feb 7, 2018 20:43
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Stephenls posted:There’s five Vallejo primers worth mentioning along the spectrum from black to white. I didn't even know you could thin that stuff. Should I be thinning it if I'm brushing it on?
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Feb 7, 2018 22:18
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Hixson posted:I finished painting my table: Avoiding the dreaded pink with red is always tricky. I've not tried it personally, but I think you could go one of two ways 1. Instead of a 'pure' grey, try using an off-grey instead to lighten the red. Either blue-grey (VMC Wolf Grey) or a greenish grey (VMC Deck Tan). Try also adding in some Olive green to the mix if it's starting to look too pink. 2. Highlight your red normally without using greys, then glaze over the top with a grey mixed with a bit of red ink (GW Carroburg Crimson). Also your city looks amazing. MrFlibble posted:Very nice. How did you do the rust on the base? It has the look I want for my necromunda models. GuardianofAsgard's already posted his recipe, but GW's "official" way of doing rust with watered down Skarred Brown is also really good and IMHO better than using Ryza Rust. The dichotomy is that rust tends to settle in the recesses, but Ryza Rust is very thick and is better drybrushed on. Question for anyone who has a mobile painting setup - are the clip-on LED lamps you can get on Amazon or eBay any good for painting? I've been forced away from my regular work table and need something small to illuminate a lap desk. Z the IVth fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Feb 7, 2018 |
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Feb 7, 2018 23:15
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The Moon Monster posted:I didn't even know you could thin that stuff. Should I be thinning it if I'm brushing it on? Sorry, I don’t have any experience brushing on Vallejo primer. When I airbrush it, I tend to thin it at a ratio of 3:1:1 primer / Vallejo airbrush flow improver / water. For brushing... maybe 3:1 primer/water? I wouldn’t use anything marketed as thinner as such; that stuff tends to be alcohol-based and reduces drying time, which can interfere with anything in the mixture that’s put in to make it self-leveling, I believe.
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Feb 8, 2018 01:02
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The Moon Monster posted:I didn't even know you could thin that stuff. Should I be thinning it if I'm brushing it on? You don't need to thin brush on primers.
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Feb 8, 2018 01:18
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I thin everything, even airbrush paints, but it depends on if you're using a brush or airbrush
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Feb 8, 2018 01:31
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If I'm running vallejo matt varnish through an airbrush should I be thinning it?
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Feb 8, 2018 03:50
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Partial Octopus posted:If I'm running vallejo matt varnish through an airbrush should I be thinning it? I thin vallejo varnish both when applying by brush or airbrush. It can clog details otherwise.
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Feb 8, 2018 04:50
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bonds0097 posted:I thin vallejo varnish both when applying by brush or airbrush. It can clog details otherwise. Unthinned Vallejo varnish might clog details, but it will definitely clog airbrushes.
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Feb 8, 2018 05:05
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I run unthinned Liquitex Matte Varnish through my airbrush. It hasn't really clogged details but it definitely stops up the airbrush. What would you guys thin it with?
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I run unthinned Liquitex Matte Varnish through my airbrush. It hasn't really clogged details but it definitely stops up the airbrush. What would you guys thin it with? Is there any difference between matte varnish and matte medium? My bottle of liquitex matte medium that I've been using as a sealer says it can be mixed with 25% water.
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Bucnasti posted:Is there any difference between matte varnish and matte medium? My bottle of liquitex matte medium that I've been using as a sealer says it can be mixed with 25% water. iirc Liquitex mediums are acrylic, whereas something like Dullcote is a lacquer. The medium can be used as a sealant, but it's quite a bit weaker - it's more meant to be mixed into paints.
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I run Vallejo matte varnish through my airbrush unthinned and have never had any clogged details or clogged airbrushes lol.
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Bucnasti posted:Is there any difference between matte varnish and matte medium? My bottle of liquitex matte medium that I've been using as a sealer says it can be mixed with 25% water. Yeah, I should have said medium and not varnish.
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I 100% thin liquitex varnishes and medium/varnish combos. Otherwise they'd goop up my airbrush forever. I use water, but you probably should use a medium/water mix as they can bead up slightly or run too much with too much added water in my experience. Generally not the end of the world, but it makes you wait a while for the coat to dry instead of being able to immediately do a second coat. Vallejo goes through unthinned fine, but I like to add a little extra water anyways. NTRabbit posted:It (vallejo primer) also dries so fast it clogs my airbrush mid spray, I don't use it anymore. I pretty much always put a little water and a drop of slo-dry in my vallejo primers when I'm priming a lot of stuff at once. (Retarder medium. On principle, I should recommend you use vallejo's because it's a vallejo paint, but I use liquitex and it works ok. I have vallejo but it's in a drawer.) Helps that out a lot. Cat Face Joe posted:You could prime white and then spray a black wash to darken it. This won't help your white primer excess really, but I always prime black, then go over with a zenithal white. Not really because I'm using the zenithal priming right, but because it makes lighter colors cover more easily and lets me see the details better, while still having the black in the crevices as a safety net.
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Feb 8, 2018 14:41
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I've never thinned liquitex varnish and it's never clogged my patriot fwiw
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Feb 8, 2018 15:24
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Skarsnik posted:I've never thinned liquitex varnish and it's never clogged my patriot fwiw Same. I think that has more to do with the 105 being a workhorse of an airbrush than anything else, though.
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Feb 8, 2018 15:27
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Slimnoid posted:Same. I think that has more to do with the 105 being a workhorse of an airbrush than anything else, though. Yeah I'm using the Krome and for whatever reason I can only get the ultra-fine needle to work, so that's probably part of it. Hopefully my 105 arrives soon.
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Feb 8, 2018 17:32
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Hixson posted:I finished painting my table:
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Feb 8, 2018 18:55
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Zuul the Cat posted:What type of tape do you guys recommend for masking off painted portions of vehicles for designs? Going to try to mask off my Hemlock & add black stripes with a rattlecan. Not typically useful for masking off large areas, but a buddy of mine just got some Windsor Newton liquid mask, and says it works really well on his sisters. He used gloss metallics and said it didn't affect the paint at all when he removed it.
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Feb 8, 2018 19:04
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Slimnoid posted:Same. I think that has more to do with the 105 being a workhorse of an airbrush than anything else, though. That's fair. I'm on an Iwata Eclipse.
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Feb 8, 2018 19:52
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Yeah I'm using the Krome and for whatever reason I can only get the ultra-fine needle to work, so that's probably part of it. Stephenls posted:That's fair. I'm on an Iwata Eclipse. I absolutely recommend the 105 for any and all varnishing you're doing. Priming and basecoating too. It can't quite get to super-fine detail like some Krome or Iwata can, but it gets pretty close, and you really have to work to break the drat thing or even clog it. I've had mine jam maybe 4 times in the ~2 years I've owned it, and only had to strip-cleaned it twice. The Patriot is an absolute beast.
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Feb 8, 2018 19:57
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I got one through Badger's sale, it just hasn't arrived yet. I really love my Krome but I'm definitely not using it to its full potential.
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Feb 8, 2018 20:38
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When people say clogged they mean no being able to clear like the tip of the airbrush and then go back to spraying. A clog would be to have to empty out the fill cup and run cleaner through before being able to do anything?
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Feb 8, 2018 22:31
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I got my 105 to choke on some Vallejo white primer thinned with a bit of flow improver once. Hasn't happened before or since, all from the same bottle and same brush setup. Airbrushes, man.
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Stynelrez. Come, join the light.
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