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Phi230 posted:Does anybody have any experience using Woodland Scenics water stuff? It's okay. Good for shallow puddles and the like. It can take quite a while to dry though, and can shrink and bow inward if there's any real depth to it. If you want to have depth more than 1/8th of an inch, you'd be better served going with a 2-part clear casting resin. You can get stuff like Cast'nCraft or EasyCast at places like Michael's for pretty cheap. Even a 2-Part epoxy glue can work for very small puddles. That can tend to yellow over time though, which may work for you if the water is scummy. You can avoid yellowing though by adding just the faintest amount of purple paint to the glue. So little that you can barely even tell you added it.
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Finished up my first real mini painting! Death Guard kill team! I wanted to do something that wasn't the usual brown and green I see with the nurgle guys. Album here: https://imgur.com/a/o7QqEtQ   
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Aug 3, 2018 23:43
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Citadel's Age of Sigmar Paint + Tools set actually doesn't seem like too bad of a deal. I've seen it for like ~$35 and it comes with 13 full sized (for GW anyways) paint pots, clippers, mini-mouldline scraper, and brush. The palette selection is a little limited but it does come with some neat ones like the new Nighthaunt Gloom and Retributor Armor is a fairly decent gold.
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Aug 3, 2018 23:52
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darnon posted:Citadel's Age of Sigmar Paint + Tools set actually doesn't seem like too bad of a deal. I've seen it for like ~$35 and it comes with 13 full sized (for GW anyways) paint pots, clippers, mini-mouldline scraper, and brush. The palette selection is a little limited but it does come with some neat ones like the new Nighthaunt Gloom and Retributor Armor is a fairly decent gold. The new ones with the full paint pots look good, yeah.
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That Gobbo posted:Finished up my first real mini painting! Death Guard kill team! I wanted to do something that wasn't the usual brown and green I see with the nurgle guys. That looks really great! The tints of green on the weapons are a nice touch. It reminds me that I want to do something in a purple/green scheme (maybe those Guardians I got). How did you do the green slime effect/color?
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Aug 4, 2018 01:18
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Max Wilco posted:That looks really great! The tints of green on the weapons are a nice touch. It reminds me that I want to do something in a purple/green scheme (maybe those Guardians I got). Thanks! I did the green slime with a base color of TAP Witch Brew, then a layer of TAP Poisonous Cloud, wash with TAP Green Tone, drybrush of TAP Poisonous Cloud, then finish with a brushing of Future for gloss.
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Aug 4, 2018 01:35
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Archenteron posted:As someone who uses a lot of TAP paints and their metallics a lot: I liken Rough Iron to an un-seasoned cast iron. Hitting it with a green wash kills the red and gives it some good age/tarnish/not-rust darkening. Bright Gold is also pretty anemic. Haven't tried gun metal yet, but Shining Silver and True Copper are both pretty good. I don't mind Greedy Gold's hue, but I don't have any Bright Gold to stack it up against. It's just that it's a very straight, ordinary gold hue with evident mica flakes, and the Tamiya X-12 has a finer finish and captures a little more of how gold looks (at least to me) when it's seen under light. I've got a pot of true copper that I haven't had a chance to use yet but I'm pretty much in love with Weapon Bronze so I look forward to it. EDIT: And by in love, I mean I completely changed up my minotaur army's paint scheme to use bronze rather than steel.
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Aug 4, 2018 03:56
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Those purple plauge boys are devastating. I can't handle them. I have to lay down. I can't believe I didn't do that. Gorgeous.
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Aug 4, 2018 05:13
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I know a lot of people have been waiting with baited breath for some model pics from me, so here we go! I finished this guy a little while back:     Just kidding, here's the Astraeus:     Don't shoot at me or my son ever again. 
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Aug 4, 2018 05:18
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holy gently caress 
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Aug 4, 2018 05:25
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God please don't ruin my beautiful little boys 
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Aug 4, 2018 05:25
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Does there exist a good reference for paint schemes for Space Marines, or other GW stuff? I was searching a bit online, and I found that there were some books released that outlined schemes, but also shoulder-pad symbols for company and rank. Here's a snapshots from one book I came across while searching online: http://pro.bols.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSC05972.jpg I ask because I ordered a set of the Blood Angel Tactical Marines today, and I thought it might help out with some of the details. On top of that, I'm also not sure what colors to paint some of the other models. The default colors for the Guardians are red, but I've seen other colors for them. Max Wilco fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Aug 4, 2018 |
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Aug 4, 2018 08:14
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Ok, so I'm painting metal miniatures. I've apparently hosed up by using a Tamiya spray paint for primer (since that's what the local hobby shop had, and I wanted to spray that very day). The guys are chipping like crazy even now that I'm putting down base coats over the sprayed paint. Would it work to spray a layer of varnish over the paint, to keep it from chipping, or would I be better off either just dealing with it and repairing the paint job until I can varnish, or give up and strip 'em and prime them properly? I'd really not want to do the last option as we're talking some 80 minis with various stages of base coats, but if the end result will be an unplayable force, I might have to go apocalyptic on them. 
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Max Wilco posted:Does there exist a good reference for paint schemes for Space Marines, or other GW stuff? I was searching a bit online, and I found that there were some books released that outlined schemes, but also shoulder-pad symbols for company and rank. The Citadel Paint app on phones has all that stuff. You can search by primary colour, or by miniature. So, if you wanted to see what paints you need to get the canonical Space Wolves armour colour, then just search for Space wolves and select the Space Wolf Intercessor and you get an annotated picture of one, complete with painting steps for layering or drybrushing. Gunder fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Aug 4, 2018 |
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Aug 4, 2018 12:23
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Jesus Dan that looks amazing.
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Aug 4, 2018 12:45
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https://twitter.com/ravenmaster1/status/1025644345033191424?s=12 The corvid approves. Schadenboner fucked around with this message at 13:39 on Aug 4, 2018 |
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Aug 4, 2018 13:04
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Yeah, it's a lot of edge highlighting, but everything just looks so... flat with it being largely unshaded.
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Aug 4, 2018 13:16
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The Sex Cannon posted:
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Aug 4, 2018 13:38
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The flat black + light grey edge highlighting on the Astraeus makes it look like it's on some Tron poo poo and I'm definitely here for that.
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Aug 4, 2018 13:55
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darnon posted:Yeah, it's a lot of edge highlighting, but everything just looks so... flat with it being largely unshaded. Where's your Astraeus? Also, lemme know when you come up with a good way to shade black.
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Aug 4, 2018 15:38
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Well the trick is to not start with black and have black as the shade It's cool and an epic big thing though  , just be willing to accept criticism along with the praise
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Aug 4, 2018 16:16
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i think that giant tank looks really cool
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Aug 4, 2018 17:50
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There’s nothing wrong with starting with a pure black base. Games Workshop does that for Deathwatch armour, and (with good highlights) it looks great. Nice Astreus!
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Aug 4, 2018 18:36
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I like the recommendation of using a black with a very light dark blue or purple tint. It adds more depth to the black and gives you an opportunity to shade it with a black wash. I think P3 has a coal black color which is close to that. Regardless, I loving love that Astraeus and it almost makes me want to buy one. Almost.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I like the recommendation of using a black with a very light dark blue or purple tint. It adds more depth to the black and gives you an opportunity to shade it with a black wash. I think P3 has a coal black color which is close to that. Your bone recipe on the turret would be pretty rad
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Wait, is it done? I use coal black for the Bolter casings on my Marines and it's a very very blue black I don't think it would look good as a base layer
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Pendent posted:Your bone recipe on the turret would be pretty rad Yeah all the edges would really go well with it. I was actually thinking that would be a fun way to do vehicles for my marines; reverse the approach and use primarily bone with purple accents. Eifert Posting posted:I use coal black for the Bolter casings on my Marines and it's a very very blue black I don't think it would look good as a base layer Have you tried washing it with a dark tone afterwards?
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Skarsnik posted:Well the trick is to not start with black and have black as the shade I'll accept criticism if it's worth a poo poo. As long as people keep telling me to shade my black, I'll keep being flippant.
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The Sex Cannon posted:I'll accept criticism if it's worth a poo poo. It was valid criticism, sorry you can't see that
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Aug 4, 2018 21:57
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drat some extremely gracious acceptance of constructive criticism going on 
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Yeah all the edges would really go well with it. I was actually thinking that would be a fun way to do vehicles for my marines; reverse the approach and use primarily bone with purple accents. You should definitely do that yeah. I feel like the metallic purple would be a bit too much as the primary color but the bone would look super good. What vehicles are you thinking about painting in the nearish future? I'm pretty curious to see how something like a Repulsor would turn out. Pendent fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Aug 4, 2018 |
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I mean the dude probably has, conservatively about 3,000 points of that army painted up. Choosing black is a base is obviously a conscious decision at this point that he's committed to. If he were to suddenly just change the tone of the black for one model that won't look good, and the scheme that he's using for Raven guard is basically the default scheme suggested by GW. Also it's a loving astraeus. Let he who has painted 5 kilos of resin this month cast the first stone.
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I think a few extra white panels would help break it up. The metallics look really flat it some pictures as well, like the ammo thingo on the turret and jets on the back look fairly flat. You could also very subtly glaze some panels with agrax earth shade to add some variation to the black without compromising it looking out of place with everything else. But looking at it next to the repulsor it really looks like an unreadable blob. Also did you varnish it differently then the repulsor looks shinier?
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The Sex Cannon posted:Where's your Astraeus? I wish I had a giant flashing gif that said VALLEJO MODEL COLOUR BLACK-GREY over and over
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^ This man gets it.
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Aug 5, 2018 00:34
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Dan strip all of your Raven Guard and paint them dark gray instead
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Aug 5, 2018 03:42
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It's like a wireframe model, which I'm down with.
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Aug 5, 2018 04:52
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NO FIGHTING IN THE MODEL WAR THREAD!!
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That tank matches the rest of his army and looks badass. My question is, how are the Raven Guard being all stealthy while rolling around in that big gently caress off tank?
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Bucnasti posted:That tank matches the rest of his army and looks badass. If you don't leave any witnesses, does it still count as being stealthy?
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