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Winsor and Newton brush restorer is super great! I was skeptical but my brushes are nicer now than I ever remember them being. I bought them as a rank newbie so I guess I must have ruined them immediately. Speaking of poo poo you can buy, does anyone have recommendations for good but not too expensive desk lamps? I've gone from "drat this looks awesome!" when painting something at night to "Oh! Oh no!" when seeing it in the light of day a few too many times now.
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Question: Anyone have any experience drybrushing using a paint that's been diluted with medium? The above is the result of... a lot of different steps that I go into detail on in the steady progress painting thread, and ultimately I'm not happy with it, but one of those steps is a Leadbelcher drybrush. I'm considering iterating using a drybrush of 1:1 or 2:1 Lahmian Medium / Leadbelcher, on the theory that that might highlight the edges more subtly. Is that liable to fail catastrophically because of something that happens when you drybrush with medium-diluted paint?
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Feb 27, 2018 00:34
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You shouldn’t really ever be using diluted painted when drybrushing, it just makes it harder. You control the softness of a drybrushed effect by how much paint is loaded on the brush, and how aggressively it’s applied. For what it’s worth that model looks really good to me. e: if you want a more subtle highlight while still using drybrushing, mix in some of the base colour into the highlight colour.
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Feb 27, 2018 00:56
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ijyt posted:You shouldn’t really ever be using diluted painted when drybrushing, it just makes it harder. You control the softness of a drybrushed effect by how much paint is loaded on the brush, and how aggressively it’s applied. For what it’s worth that model looks really good to me. Hmm. Maybe I can just brush it more gently, then. I do think the model looks good! It just doesn’t look at all like a heavily weathered Raven Guard. ijyt posted:e: if you want a more subtle highlight while still using drybrushing, mix in some of the base colour into the highlight colour. Difficult, when the surface being drybrushed is itself an airbrush gradient.
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Feb 27, 2018 01:58
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Hi guys I'm really smart and stuff and went to spray rattle-can matte varnish on some models I spent quite a few hours painting. They started to turn white and I thought the humidity or temperature was off or whatever so I tried in my garage and they got frosted looking too. Turns out the can of matte varnish I was holding was actually skull white base coat. The maybe good news is that I was spraying my "matte varnish" onto them over a pretty thick gloss varnish. I did this like a month ago but it just donned on me that maybe I can get just the skull white off because of the gloss varnish coat. What is a good way to do that?
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Feb 27, 2018 02:03
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Goddamn hahaha I’m sorry.
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Feb 27, 2018 02:25
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You could try mineral spirit
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Feb 27, 2018 02:40
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BULBASAUR posted:You could try mineral spirit I’ll buy some and give that a shot - I’ll let you know if it works 
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Feb 27, 2018 03:04
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Good luck. Just don't soak it in it. Apply it with a brush and then try to rub the paint off.
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Feb 27, 2018 03:37
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A q-tip might be the best way to carefully rub the areas you want gently with it, just adjust the tip with some clippers. Edit: keep water and another q-tip on hand in case you need to get the spirit off quickly too.
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Feb 27, 2018 06:33
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You dumb bastard.
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Feb 27, 2018 06:42
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Big Willy Style posted:You dumb bastard. If you read my original post I pretty clearly state I'm smart and stuff. Anyway here's a pic:  He's next to one I didn't gently caress up for reference but I have 8 of these that got some degree of white on them. I'm kind of hoping that because this paint is sitting on top of a hard gloss varnish I can chew off the paint but not through the varnish and salvage it. I'll see if I can find some mineral spirits locally tomorrow, if not I'll order it online. Either way once I get it I'll post the results just in case someone does this exact same really stupid, really specific thing in the future.
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Feb 27, 2018 07:18
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Is the varnish acrylic or enamel? If it's acrylic the spirit should work. If it's enamel your mileage will vary.
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Feb 27, 2018 07:33
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Is it a base coat or primer? If it's primer it's likely cold lacquer, which means by design it wont bite into your mini, and should be removable with some spirits and Qtips. If it's a base coat it might still be cold lacquer (I dont own any GW sprays), but if not then it's hot lacquer and has likely bonded itself at this point. Spirits thins enamel and can weaken fresh (1-2 weeks) lacquer, but depending on your sealant can break that as well; dullcote is a cold lacquer, Future is an acrylic, and I believe Testors Gloss is enamel. Neurolimal fucked around with this message at 07:36 on Feb 27, 2018 |
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Feb 27, 2018 07:34
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I'm not really sure from reading the can about whether it's enamel or not. I don't think it is because it's rust-oleum and every rust-oleum thing I see that's enamel has "ENAMEL!!" plastered all over it and this can doesn't. The gloss varnish is Rust-oleum universal advanced formula - clear durable topcoat (any surface any angle!) - gloss. It also provides UV protection. Here's a link to the exact can: https://www.michaels.com/rust-oleum-universal-gloss-spray-paint/M10517331.html?dwvar_M10517331_color=Clear The spray over it is just Citadel Skull White. Pretty sure from reading other stuff it isn't a primer think it's just acrylic in a spray can.
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Feb 27, 2018 07:55
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General Olloth posted:A q-tip might be the best way to carefully rub the areas you want gently with it, just adjust the tip with some clippers. You mean just like use sprue cutters to make a q-tip into a point? I always doomed myself to the lovely round profile of Q-Tips out of a box. That's so drat simple and useful for tons of stuff and I never thought of it - I love this thread 
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vaginite posted:You mean just like use sprue cutters to make a q-tip into a point? I always doomed myself to the lovely round profile of Q-Tips out of a box. That's so drat simple and useful for tons of stuff and I never thought of it - I love this thread you can also get pointed manicure qtips and inter dental brushes, which i've found to be pretty handy for cleaning in nooks and crannies https://www.amazon.com/Q-tips-Cotton-Swabs-Precision-Tips/dp/B005XIM6J2 https://www.amazon.com/DenTek-Profe...N3F1926Q4BV7ZD1
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I've been working on my Shadespire orcs and they're almost finished, but I thought I'd post them up to get some thoughts. The basic idea was to mimic an old WHFB Black Orc paint scheme with black armor, white checks, and some weathering. This was my first attempt at weathering (I typically favor clean schemes) and I tried out sponging. I used a dark metal followed by GW's leadbelcher and edged those sections with dark brown. In hindsight, I should have sponged with the brown first, but I think that all turned out fine and I'm pretty happy with it. However, I'm still iffy on the weapons. I was trying to make them look like big, lovely hunks of metal and used a lot of drybrusing followed by normal edge highlighting. I later added the brass as they were just too plain. I'm not 100% happy with the drybrushed look, but that could just be because it's not my usual style. Do y'all think it would be worth redoing weapons or am I just being weird? The bases aren't quite done either. They've been done in a greyish tone as I figure Shadespire's not exactly teeming with life and don't do much to offset the black armor. I will be adding a tuft or two of dead grass once the models are varnished. Safety Factor fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Feb 27, 2018 |
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Feb 27, 2018 17:28
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If it's just spray acrylic then you should have a pretty easy time removing it with water and a little pressure, especially if it's not that old. And yeah, Rustoleum is almost always lacquer, so your top coat should be pretty durable.
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Feb 27, 2018 17:43
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Aren't the Citadel basing sprays lacquer-based, though?
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Feb 27, 2018 18:15
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I kinda think your white frosted dudes look better. It's a cool color palette.
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Feb 27, 2018 18:22
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Stephenls posted:Aren't the Citadel basing sprays lacquer-based, though? Most sprays are. If they are water based, they are going to say so quite explicitly on the label.
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Feb 27, 2018 19:21
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Been slowing working on the giant backlog of projects I have on my shelf. I picked up this set years ago and finally said screw it. I don't even game anymore but if I ever get the chance to, I'll have a lot of fun terrain to use! 
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Feb 27, 2018 19:41
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Safety Factor posted:I've been working on my Shadespire orcs and they're almost finished, but I thought I'd post them up to get some thoughts. Looks really good. Nice work
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Has anyone used this gold recipe for golden armor? Balthasar Base, Agrax Shade, Gehenna's Gold Layer, Auric Armor Gold highlight. I saw the recipe online but there wasn't any accompanying photos, so i'm wondering how it looks. I want to make my Vertus Praetors have darker, older armor than the jetbikes themselves, and i thought this would do the trick.
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Feb 27, 2018 20:53
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Zuul the Cat posted:Has anyone used this gold recipe for golden armor? I haven't used it myself, but that recipe is in the gw paint app. This is their example: 
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Feb 27, 2018 21:17
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berzerkmonkey posted:Most sprays are. If they are water based, they are going to say so quite explicitly on the label. The Citadel ones definitely are because trying to strip Chaos Black is a massive bitch.
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Feb 27, 2018 23:08
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I painted a thing.   
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Feb 28, 2018 02:26
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My favorite of those guys is the one deploying the tactical hug.
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Feb 28, 2018 02:55
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Booley posted:I painted a thing. gently caress yeah, that's my kind of tasty candy apple death machine
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Feb 28, 2018 03:04
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Booley posted:I painted a thing. Um wtf? I thought this thread was amateurs... that’s amazing.
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Feb 28, 2018 03:36
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That red is incredible.
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Feb 28, 2018 03:56
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Well I was about to paint some stuff this evening but now I'm just going to set all my paints on fire instead.
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Feb 28, 2018 04:19
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drat dude, that's impressive. Like wow.
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Feb 28, 2018 04:37
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Big McHuge posted:Well I was about to paint some stuff this evening but now I'm just going to set all my paints on fire instead. The only way to get better is to paint more. Don't get discouraged. Post more, ask questions.
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Feb 28, 2018 04:42
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So what's that red made out of?
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Feb 28, 2018 04:54
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Lemme guess: zenithal priming, Tamiya Clear Red, then gloss coats?
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Slimnoid posted:Lemme guess: zenithal priming, Tamiya Clear Red, then gloss coats? Nope. It's straight out of the FW masterclass book. Iron Hands Steel base with a zenithal highlight of Vallejo Metal Color, some shading with Calth Blue and Mortarion Green, then a bunch of layers of Angron Red.
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Booley posted:Nope. Derp. I should've figured it'd be a metallic base! Too shiny for just basic zenithal.
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Booley posted:I painted a thing. Looking great, my dude!
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