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Funzo posted:I'm going to ask a dumb noob question, because it's frustrating me. I'm thinning down paint for layers, and once I have the transparency I think I'm supposed to get, it's just a watery mess when I try to paint with it. Like, droplets of colored water on the mini, even if I try and wipe most of it off the brush. I have to missing something obvious here, aren't I? I do it by look and feel, when it's on my wet palette it will just start to 'pull together' or have surface tension holding blobs instead of a paste. It will just start to lose some of the resistance to the brush as well. I have no idea how to get consistency on a dry palette I am afraid.
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Funzo posted:I'm going to ask a dumb noob question, because it's frustrating me. I'm thinning down paint for layers, and once I have the transparency I think I'm supposed to get, it's just a watery mess when I try to paint with it. Like, droplets of colored water on the mini, even if I try and wipe most of it off the brush. I have to missing something obvious here, aren't I? Your goal is basically the consistency of milk. You're likely thinning it down to the point where the pigment is breaking down. If that happens add more paint to thicken things up. You could also thin with an acrylic medium (I use Vallejo Flow Improver) that won't break down the pigment.
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Skails posted:The NMM looks great. Who's the dude? ty. its a FW princeps majoris
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Funzo posted:I'm going to ask a dumb noob question, because it's frustrating me. I'm thinning down paint for layers, and once I have the transparency I think I'm supposed to get, it's just a watery mess when I try to paint with it. Like, droplets of colored water on the mini, even if I try and wipe most of it off the brush. I have to missing something obvious here, aren't I? Thinning paint is one of those things that, at least for me, you've just gotta do for a good while until you get a feel for it. Not all paints, even in the same range, are the same thickness either which complicates things. If you do get it very thin, be sure to wipe away most of the paint on a paper towel or something before putting it on the mini, otherwise you won't be able to control where it goes at all.
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The Moon Monster posted:Thinning paint is one of those things that, at least for me, you've just gotta do for a good while until you get a feel for it. Not all paints, even in the same range, are the same thickness either which complicates things. If you do get it very thin, be sure to wipe away most of the paint on a paper towel or something before putting it on the mini, otherwise you won't be able to control where it goes at all. I think that was my main problem. Too thin, and then too much on the brush. Thanks for the pointers all, hopefully next time things will go better. It just comes down to more practice and paying more attention to individual paints.
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Funzo posted:I think that was my main problem. Too thin, and then too much on the brush. That's all this is. Practice and focus.
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Speaking of paint, anybody have broad opinions about the Vallejo game color line? A buddy of mine is selling the 75 bottle starter set for cheap (about a buck a bottle) and I'm thinking about taking him up on the offer, but I seem to remember people having issues with certain colors.
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Mikey Purp posted:Speaking of paint, anybody have broad opinions about the Vallejo game color line? A buddy of mine is selling the 75 bottle starter set for cheap (about a buck a bottle) and I'm thinking about taking him up on the offer, but I seem to remember people having issues with certain colors. Definitely buy them for a dollar a bottle, drat. Even if you don't want them, buy them for a dollar a bottle and then sell them to me for a dollar a bottle + shipping.
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Even if they've had the starter set a while and some of them are dead a dollar a bottle is great.
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Mikey Purp posted:Speaking of paint, anybody have broad opinions about the Vallejo game color line? A buddy of mine is selling the 75 bottle starter set for cheap (about a buck a bottle) and I'm thinking about taking him up on the offer, but I seem to remember people having issues with certain colors. VGC is awesome.
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Any tips on painting a diamond effect? Not diamond patterns, but making something (in this case an Adeptus Titanicus Warhound) give the impression it is made of diamond?
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Mikey Purp posted:Speaking of paint, anybody have broad opinions about the Vallejo game color line? A buddy of mine is selling the 75 bottle starter set for cheap (about a buck a bottle) and I'm thinking about taking him up on the offer, but I seem to remember people having issues with certain colors. Strong saturated colors, good consistency. Sometimes certain colors will seperate and need shaking. A buck per bottle is nuts
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head58 posted:Any tips on painting a diamond effect? Not diamond patterns, but making something (in this case an Adeptus Titanicus Warhound) give the impression it is made of diamond? You'd be painting gemstone facets, in primarily white to grey with some blue glazing....over an entire warhound? I think I'd rather burn my house down than attempt it though.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Will Dick Blick ship to you? Windsor and Newton Series 7s are great. GW brushes are fine if you have no alternative. Normally, they won't ship W&N brushes outside the US, but I use a shipping service based in Florida, so...probably.
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There are tons of art stores in europe that would ship WN brushes to Saudi Arabia. The whole "sable brushes can't be shipped outside of the country the store resides in" is pretty much BS. The only stores that don't do this are ones that can't be assed to comply with CITES certification.
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head58 posted:Any tips on painting a diamond effect? Not diamond patterns, but making something (in this case an Adeptus Titanicus Warhound) give the impression it is made of diamond? This is going to be insanely hard. You're basically doing a photorealistic painting of glinting diamonds on a plastic model?
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wholesalerhinestones.com
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If you superglue wholesale rhinestones all over a Warhound I will buy you a forums upgrade of your choice
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JBP posted:If you superglue wholesale rhinestones all over a Warhound I will buy you a forums upgrade of your choice 
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head58 posted:Any tips on painting a diamond effect? Not diamond patterns, but making something (in this case an Adeptus Titanicus Warhound) give the impression it is made of diamond? You'd want to divide the whole thing into facets, which would each have a smooth gradient surrounded by a sharp edge highlight. Check out the scythe on this model  https://aradiaminiatures.com/index.php?id_product=62&controller=product Seems like a nightmare to do on a model that isn't naturally faceted, though.
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Thanks folks, I feared it was going to be nightmarish but wondered if I was missing something simple. Although to clarify, this is an AT Warhound so 1/4 the size of the regular one. And I was thinking one big solid diamond rather than tons of little facets, more like the comic book Emma Frost than the movie version if that makes any sense. But this JBP posted:If you superglue wholesale rhinestones all over a Warhound I will buy you a forums upgrade of your choice is seriously tempting and would either be glorious or a surefire ticket to the Unspiration thread.
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head58 posted:would either be glorious or a surefire ticket to the Unspiration thread. Oh, it can be both, my friend.
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Slimnoid posted:Oh, it can be both, my friend. Gloriously uninspiring.
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Long time reader, first time poster. Got into mini painting 20 years after a brief stint in middle school, largely thanks to this thread. Picked up brushes again in December, and I was finally brave enough to tackle these Gellerpox Mutants. Also, a question: anyone have a favorite ready-to-airbrush alternative for the new Wraithbone and Grey Seer? I've been getting by with mixing them with flow improver but I'd like something more consistent.
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I mixed some Badger Stynylrez neutral yellow primer with their white to get a warm bone color. Grey should be fine as is. You can zenithal with white if you want a bit more contrast range to the pre-shading.
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head58 posted:Thanks folks, I feared it was going to be nightmarish but wondered if I was missing something simple. Although to clarify, this is an AT Warhound so 1/4 the size of the regular one. And I was thinking one big solid diamond rather than tons of little facets, more like the comic book Emma Frost than the movie version if that makes any sense. You could try doing a "star cloak" paint job from fantasy wizard models, except instead of the black background it will be off-white with blue stars. I don't think it will look good though.
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Rhinestones have been ordered. I shall serve as an example to others, one way or another.
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Crossposting some French ladsZuul the Cat posted:Finished up my first full unit for my French army.
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You could greenstuff your faceless guy to be the one sucker in the whole unit who didn't throw away his gas mask.
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Slimnoid posted:Oh, it can be both, my friend. Let us not forget the Scrunt of legend; may his beard be long, his axe jagged, and his eyes forever different sizes/pointing in different directions.
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Denevian posted:Long time reader, first time poster. Got into mini painting 20 years after a brief stint in middle school, largely thanks to this thread. Picked up brushes again in December, and I was finally brave enough to tackle these Gellerpox Mutants. These are dope! Well done, and welcome back to the hobby.
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I spray primed 22 of my 53 warcry models and started playing with the contrast paints I have (still missing a purple and the black). They're pretty cool! I really like the effect, although I can understand why people wouldn't. It's going to be tough to adjust from my normal method of painting which is just "i'll fix it" looped into infinity, but I can totally see it saving time and giving great results with effort. Good results with laziness is my creed though, so the 2 squigs I did tonight are probably done.
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I got a dakkajet done! 
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I did a build log of my Stormhammer for Goonhammer. Booley also took some nice photos of it.  
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These last two builds are pretty loving baller. Nice work!
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I'm an absolute moron and managed to sheer off the nozzle cap on my sotar 20/20. What's a good airbrush for around £100 - £140?
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H&S Silverline M should come in at that price point and it's a magnificent airbrush.
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Want to say I've been doing some painting this evening and if you haven't taken the beer advice to use vallejo flow improver for brush painting, you're an imbecile. I put a little in a bottle cap, clean brush in water, then I flow improver the brush then get some paint and work it on the pallette. Smooth as silk.
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JBP posted:H&S Silverline M should come in at that price point and it's a magnificent airbrush. This is a good recommendation
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gilljoy posted:I'm an absolute moron and managed to sheer off the nozzle cap on my sotar 20/20. You can buy spare parts for the SOTAR at USA Airbrush Supply. Ive hosed mine up with my idiot hands several times and have had to replace stuff.
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