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I said come in! posted:Does anyone have experience with BattleTech mini's? i was wondering what the assembly difficulty was like, looking at them they seem a bit intimidating, but there's a couple battlemechs that I really want to get and paint because I love that universe. I have a squad because I like all of the video games based on BattleTech, but I wasn't happy with the minis. There was zero assembly. I lost momentum painting them because I just don't like looking at them, they look so bad compared to the video games. 
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richyp posted:Strange, I've yet to get my airbrush setup to use (couple more weeks hopefully), but I switched full time to using VMA metals with a standard brush a few months ago, and besides the gold colours I haven't dusted off leadbelcher in ages.
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Someone posted a technique a long ways back to do this really crazy cool blue scheme using baharoth blue and nihilakh oxide and... something else. Anyone recall exactly what it was and the method used. Kind of want to do it on some bugs.
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Feb 9, 2019 23:09
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richyp posted:^^^ The VMA Silver, Steel and Black brush on like a dream and cover in one pass, the golds take 2 coats for me (especially over white) to avoid the brush strokes, a base of retributor armour or brown paint first works a treat before brushing on VMA Gold and/or Copper. Is there anywhere in the US to order these from? Shipping for a couple of brushes is almost the same as the cost of the brushes themselves.
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Feb 9, 2019 23:11
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Now I want to take a few of those old derpy plastic mechs and give them decent bases and a good paintjob 
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Feb 9, 2019 23:18
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There's a new release of Battletech out(?) that has updated minis that look like the modern games. I believe there's a Beginner box with two minis for $20 and a starter box for $60 that has eight. Might pick up the starter box since it has some cool ones like the Awesome and Battlemaster.
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Feb 9, 2019 23:23
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Shared these guys in the discord last night but figured I'd do some cross postin      
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Pierzak posted:Black Metal, not Gunmetal. Gunmetal is the Leadbelcher-equivalent and is OK (I prefer the AP paint, it looks warmer). Black metal is like dark graphite. Yup, I mentioned Leadbelcher as an aside as it was my go to silver base, but no problems with black metal either.
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That Gobbo posted:There's a new release of Battletech out(?) that has updated minis that look like the modern games. I believe there's a Beginner box with two minis for $20 and a starter box for $60 that has eight. Might pick up the starter box since it has some cool ones like the Awesome and Battlemaster. Do you know of an online store that is selling these?
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That Gobbo posted:There's a new release of Battletech out(?) that has updated minis that look like the modern games. I believe there's a Beginner box with two minis for $20 and a starter box for $60 that has eight. Might pick up the starter box since it has some cool ones like the Awesome and Battlemaster. They definitely do a good job hiding those online, then. I went to the Battletech site's online store to verify the same ones are still for sale there: https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/...ble_semantics=1 edit: There is a beginner box that comes with 2 mechs that look better, and some cardboard mechs: 
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Feb 10, 2019 01:00
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I said come in! posted:Do you know of an online store that is selling these? They're completely sold out everywhere, you'll have to keep an eye out for the second printing in a couple months. edit: that's just the beginner's box, you can get the other one: https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-a-game-of-armored-combat
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dexefiend posted:loving phone double posted. Out of curiosity how hard was it to cut down those aggressor hoods?
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Does anyone have a link to that video where a guy does a one brush wetblend? He dips in 3 colors at once or something.
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Mr Teatime posted:Out of curiosity how hard was it to cut down those aggressor hoods? I just used my X-acto hobby saw. It was really easy.
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Feb 10, 2019 16:47
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Since I'm making a fairly large order, I thought I'd try out a Space Marine idea I've had since I made a bad joke in GBS a few years ago. The main color would be white, and Citadel suggests Corax/Ulthuan/Agrax/White Scar... however WarhammerTV guy simply primes with white, then washes with a 1:1 Nuln and Drakenhof. His tutorial looks good, could it really be that simple? Edit: It was actually The War gamer, which makes more sense Professor Shark fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Feb 10, 2019 |
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Feb 10, 2019 17:32
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Electric Hobo posted:Does anyone have a link to that video where a guy does a one brush wetblend? He dips in 3 colors at once or something. Sounds like loaded brush blending is the technique you're looking for? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTmhmthvUOg
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Electric Hobo posted:Does anyone have a link to that video where a guy does a one brush wetblend? He dips in 3 colors at once or something. There's this one too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNU_EIE5pwI&t=806s
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Feb 10, 2019 18:58
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I'm looking for ways to make a rough appearance on armor, similar to how this looks Any ideas? I have liquitex resin sand I was going to try. The picture almost looks like an effect of bad priming.
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Feb 10, 2019 20:08
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goodness posted:I'm looking for ways to make a rough appearance on armor, similar to how this looks That's what I was thinking, maybe prime black and then prime white with a clogged/too low pressure airbrush? I've definitely had stuff look like that as a side effect of screwing up, not sure how I'd reproduce it intentionally though.
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Feb 10, 2019 21:01
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I've done a 'cast iron' technique on a gundam kit where you put down a little bit of plastic cement on an area then use a stiff brush to scuff it up a bit. Not sure how effective it would be on a miniature since the scale might be off.
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darnon posted:Sounds like loaded brush blending is the technique you're looking for? Asmodai_00 posted:There's this one too:
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Feb 10, 2019 21:20
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I have lots of room to grow but I am going to call there dudes done. Forgive the lazy phone photos, but feel free to critique the man’s.   
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goodness posted:I'm looking for ways to make a rough appearance on armor, similar to how this looks Saw this on reddit a while ago:  Apparently done with Rust-oleum textured paint.
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Saw this on reddit a while ago: Man, now I wish I had ordered some terrain.  I thought you couldn't use textured paint like that, since it sprays on too thick.
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Saw this on reddit a while ago: Perfect At first I was looking for a way to do the texture of a lemon but I don't see it being possible without extensive greenstuff usage 
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goodness posted:Perfect Liquid Green Stuff might help you get there? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK97CLGFwY4 You could also try to do rattlecan spray "wrong" because orange peel is a side effect of bad temp/humidity I think. Not sure how you'd force that to happen though.
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Inspector_666 posted:Liquid Green Stuff might help you get there? ...spray it and then put it in the freezer?
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Making final adjustments to my first order: I've decided to leave any Space Marine stuff until after I finish painting some skeletons, I don't want to rush into this and find out I don't like it as much as I did in high school. Is there anything I've left out/ don't need in my order that I should consider?
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Professor Shark posted:Making final adjustments to my first order: You should try to find a non-GW retailer. I'm not sure who's in Canada or I'd give you a specific suggestion. Typically they have a 15% discount.
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maybe meeplemart, I have heard of customer services issues but I have not in the few orders I did. ymmv In a related question does anyone know of a decent place to get a patriot 105 fine needle in canada, I bent mine and I cannot seem to find a source.
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Inspector_666 posted:
Priming gone wrong would also be good if I could nail it consistently, something like this  No chance I can do it in a humid environment, but I can try it really cold and far from the model.
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Booley posted:You should try to find a non-GW retailer. I'm not sure who's in Canada or I'd give you a specific suggestion. Typically they have a 15% discount. I checked out "Thunder Games and Gifts" here in Canada... they only do free shipping on $200+ They have the waterpot I wanted in stock, but no Corax White spray, and it's a few bucks more. I guess if I went more in on the Space Marine thing and got some Mk IV's and some paints it would hit the $66 more I need... but again, I don't really know if this is nostalgia or if I really want to pursue this hobby...
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Some of the Tamiya diorama grit paint might work acceptably if you heavily dilute it with medium, but it's pricey. I have a couple of tubs I got on special and it's fine enough grit to base 1/72 models with so while you'd want to avoid areas of fine detail like the aquila, for flat armour plates it should work fine.
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Deified Data posted:Shared these guys in the discord last night but figured I'd do some cross postin How hard would it be to assemble the two squigs independantly? I've got an idea to have them pulling chariots as snakebite ork buggies.
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Sorry for the poo poo cam and light. Did a foul blightspawn!     
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I love the sloshing look of the fluid in the tank.
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Can I get a link to the discord chaps?
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Professor Shark posted:Making final adjustments to my first order: This might be too late but I wouldnt spend the money on the gw brushes, your getting reamed Also yeah, that's expensive paint. I can buy from a local shop for less than that in Canada. Consider Vallejo unless you really stuck on named GW paint. There are conversion charts online if you look around. GW nuln oil and aggrax earthshade are worth their weight in gold though. w00tmonger fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Feb 11, 2019 |
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Is there any reason zenithal priming has to be done with just primers? After the black primer coat, can't you just use grey and white paint?
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Serenade posted:Is there any reason zenithal priming has to be done with just primers? After the black primer coat, can't you just use grey and white paint? Nope. Most people using an airbrush use paints. If someone is using rattlecans then they might be restricted to the whites and greys they have.
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