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The plastic scouts are hot garbage. I find them to be inferior to the metal ones that came before them in everything but weight.
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Slimnoid posted:The plastic scouts are hot garbage. I find them to be inferior to the metal ones that came before them in everything but weight. They were cheap, and I needed a troops unit and didn't want more Intercessors. I have regrets. They're getting half-rear end painted and treated as utility only.
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Feb 14, 2018 03:43
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Liquid Communism posted:They were cheap, and I needed a troops unit and didn't want more Intercessors. If you ever decide you want more Scouts, just trawl ebay for the metal ones. I'm seeing 5 for $20 most of the time and that's roughly on-par with the plastic set.
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Feb 14, 2018 04:11
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Been at Winter Fantasy 2018 for the past five days so didn't get any time to paint. Got some time in tonight tho.  
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Feb 14, 2018 04:25
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I finished my Inceptors tonight. I got a new phone, too, so after I get it activated, y'all are in for a very large picture dump.
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Feb 14, 2018 05:19
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Beer4theBeerGod has inspired me (been a bad influence on me?) to note down how long the various steps of my assembly/painting process is taking. As of right now, my current DAK squad is shaking out as follows: 1. De-sprue and trim legs/torsos, attach to fender-washer base: 9 models, 52 minutes, ~09:45 per mini 2. Apply acrylic texture paste to base: 12 models, 32 minutes, ~02:40 per mini 3. Sand/trim acrylic texture paste: 12 models, 26.25 minutes, ~02:11 per mini 4. Apply and shape PVA glue/sand to base: 12 models, 22.30 minutes, ~01:50 per mini I still need to de-sprue, trim, and attach the arms, helmets, and backpacks, at which point they'll be ready for primer. But as of right now I'm looking at 16:26 per mini in the prep/assembly phase. I'm guessing that will rise to about 25 minutes or so per mini for all of the trimming, assembly, and basing. In terms of cutting down that time, the two things I could do that would help most would be to pre-thin a batch of the acrylic texture paste (mine is starting to get a little old and crusty) and be an order of magnitude less anal about mold lines (which really are pretty minor on these minis). But I never saw a mold line I could resist trimming, no matter how minor, so I think I'm stuck with that one. 
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Feb 14, 2018 05:38
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Painted some arms and glued them on, and did some base work for my quad mortars.     Next up is salt for the mortars, brush detailing on the arms, then pigments for the squad and base coats for the mortar crews. Ideally I can get the squad done by the 19th, because then I leave for 5 days and will inevitably lose momentum.
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Feb 14, 2018 06:28
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No progress. Just Kingdom Come.
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Feb 14, 2018 07:18
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 Six ready for the next step! Six to finish grays on.
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Feb 14, 2018 07:31
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Turns out oils are pretty fun.    I think I thinned it out a bit too much in the end, kept having to go back and add more pigment to places. I really love how you can just move it around whenever you want to, I'll try out a bit more blending with the next one. Burnt umber was definitely the right choice.
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Feb 14, 2018 08:22
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Liquid Communism posted:So, trip report on priming with Waverly chalk paint as suggested by Sydney Bollocks: Awesome!  Regarding how it bonds with plastic: just a little while ago I was cleaning the mass of dried paint off my paint palettes (the cheap plastic ones with little "wells" you can usually get for like $0.99). After a little soaking in some warm soapy water, the spots of regular paints came right off under a running tap, but the parts where I'd mixed up some chalk paint for primer had to actually be scrubbed to get them clean. I dunno if it bonds as well as the commercial primers like Vallejo or whatnot, but it definitely seems to adhere pretty well.And yeah, it can't be said enough that you definitely have to thin the chalk paints before applying. As a test, I took a spare SM arm and just glopped it on, and while it still shrank as it dried, it did clog some details. But a thin coat or two seems to do the trick as far as priming goes.
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Feb 14, 2018 11:33
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Reading this thread has made me realise how much stuff I have to paint when SW: Legion gets released. I haven't painted anything since the mid 90's I'm doomed
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Feb 14, 2018 12:03
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Sydney Bottocks posted:Awesome! I'm hopefully going to put a color basecoat over some of it today, we'll see how it covers. I think a greenish base under Caliban Green should make it faster, though.
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Feb 14, 2018 14:42
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Knocked out this motorboi last night after lugging my desk upstairs. https://www.instagram.com/p/BfLYFZGFXwF/ 6 more of his buddies to go, coincidentally I have a poo poo ton of scout biker bits of anyone needs em.
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Feb 14, 2018 15:48
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Got my 5 wraithguard primed for paint last night and put together the Yncarne and Eldrad. Man, the Eldrad sculpt is so good. Huge fan of that one. Gonna try to paint it the same way i painted my friends old metal Eldrad: 
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Feb 14, 2018 17:18
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I quit. This is so good.
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Feb 14, 2018 18:37
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Liquid Communism posted:I'm hopefully going to put a color basecoat over some of it today, we'll see how it covers. I think a greenish base under Caliban Green should make it faster, though. It'll definitely help speed things up painting-wise. Below is the Primaris I originally posted, with basecoat and shade wash added, next to the Primaris sergeant (did a head swap with a BA Death Company head) that I just primed up the other day. 
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Feb 14, 2018 19:27
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tallkidwithglasses posted:I quit. This is so good. Thanks! Hopefully I can do it again. Don't quit!
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Feb 14, 2018 19:31
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I finished my toxicrene faster then expected only took 3 days of off and on work, I think having done the one is enough however.
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Feb 15, 2018 02:18
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Didn't get much painting done today. A little more gray paint my Stealth Suits. Trying to stay motivated while I can't mathhammer until the new codex comes out. I also stayed up too late watching The Expanse last night.
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Feb 15, 2018 05:24
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dexefiend posted:I also stayed up too late watching The Expanse last night.  It's such a good show, it's okay to skip painting minis to watch it.
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Feb 15, 2018 05:31
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It's 1AM and I just stopped playing Kingdom Come. I really need to get back to painting.
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Feb 15, 2018 07:04
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R0ckfish posted:I finished my toxicrene faster then expected only took 3 days of off and on work, I think having done the one is enough however. So good. I worked on rusting out the megaphrones and chainsword last night. Next step is to go in and detail it out.  
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Feb 15, 2018 18:00
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Got about an hour in each morning the last three day. Pretty much done with this test model. I'm liking the scheme. 
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Feb 15, 2018 18:24
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Finished my Saurus Warriors. Painted up real easy.    
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Feb 15, 2018 19:01
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Work has been crazy so my painting progress has suffered. For now I'm going to focus on putting together an army for a Tactical Strike campaign next month. Here's a mockup of a Tyrant. Thoughts on the concept? Bolter will get another barrel and the SOH markings will get shaved off
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Feb 15, 2018 19:21
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Deified Data posted:Finished my Saurus Warriors. Painted up real easy. 
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Feb 15, 2018 20:56
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:It's 1AM and I just stopped playing Kingdom Come. i was thinking the same thing after playing Monster Hunter World. Then I scalded my painting hand so I'm hugging some frozen carrots instead.
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Feb 15, 2018 21:13
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I am cursed to literally never notice them until they've been painted.
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Feb 15, 2018 21:17
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Deified Data posted:I am cursed to literally never notice them until they've been painted. I remove mold lines, prime, and then check them all over again. It seems to help.
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Feb 15, 2018 21:42
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I remove mold lines, prime, and then check them all over again. It seems to help. Seconding this, I use a lighter grey primer for a first coat, for some reason it helps me pick up the details better.
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Feb 15, 2018 22:04
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Immanentized posted:Seconding this, I use a lighter grey primer for a first coat, for some reason it helps me pick up the details better. It's because the paint is flat.
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Feb 15, 2018 23:45
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:It's because the paint is flat. How do you remove them when primer is on, can you still scape them or do you have to sand?
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Feb 16, 2018 00:10
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Booyah- posted:How do you remove them when primer is on, can you still scape them or do you have to sand? Scrape away!
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Feb 16, 2018 00:11
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The worst mold lines for me are the ones in the recesses of things like plasma coils. I can scrape the outer ones but haven't figured out a clean way to get at the lines in the recesses.
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Feb 16, 2018 00:15
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Booyah- posted:The worst mold lines for me are the ones in the recesses of things like plasma coils. I can scrape the outer ones but haven't figured out a clean way to get at the lines in the recesses. I use the knife and just make a little cut. Barring that the edge of a file.
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Feb 16, 2018 00:37
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I mentioned this a few pages ago, but depending on the severity of the mould line you can fix 99% of them by "painting" a tiny amount of Tamiya Extra Thin plastic glue into the recesses. And I mean a TINY amount. As in keep wiping the brush on the bottle rim way longer than you think you should before applying. Its the only way I've found I can get those lines along plasma cells or ribbed piping without going insane or losing detail.
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Feb 16, 2018 01:07
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The citadel moldline remover works wonderfully on ribbed things like hoses and plasma coils. It's goddamn magic.
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Feb 16, 2018 01:13
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Done with painting the scouts for my copy of Lost Patrol, next up are the 6 spawn markers, then basing everything.
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Got quite a bit done today: Finished building and basing 5 Intercessors Built and based a Primaris Captain Built and based 5 Hellblasters Based another Primaris Captain Proof:  Tomorrow is spray day!
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