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Two Headed Calf posted:How did you do the marble on the coffin? It looks fantastic. Thanks, the process was pretty simple and fast. Paints used: Vallejo- Stonewall Grey, Black, Dark Green The base coat was grey mixed down with black to a dark grey. Then the lines are green mixed with black, maybe 1:1. Finally pure black was roughly put into the spaces between the lines.
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Cricken_Nigfops posted:Hey guys, how would I glaze a mini without glazing medium? Do I just brush water on the mini and then paint a thinned ink down on it? I want to darken this guy's armor down a bit: This guy has really good video tutorials on glazing.
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Nov 8, 2019 07:33
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Sharks Dont Sleep posted:The previous advice was 100% on point and I agree with it. Costwise you can get basically any Badger airbrush for 56 bucks if you wait for their birthday sale. Add an extra ten-twenty for a hose and quick-release link and you’ve got a top of the line system to play with just missing an air source. Buying from the birthday sale is totally an insane thing to do for your first airbrush. That sale is great if you are buying one of the higher end models, but I can tell you from experience that waiting several months to have a Patriot 105 arrive in the main is in no way worth saving 20 bucks. Patriot 105 is the perfect starter airbrush, just grab in on Amazon.
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Nov 8, 2019 12:39
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Lord_Hambrose posted:Buying from the birthday sale is totally an insane thing to do for your first airbrush. That sale is great if you are buying one of the higher end models, but I can tell you from experience that waiting several months to have a Patriot 105 arrive in the main is in no way worth saving 20 bucks. This 100% you can often find the 105 for as low as 65$ with two day insured shipping.
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Nov 8, 2019 15:49
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Finished up my first airborne guy. Now to hammer out the rest this weekend. Zuul the Cat posted:Finished the one guy up completely. Went through and added highlights & based him. Also changed the patches & helmet to Olive Grey with a wash of Athonian Camoshade.
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I bought a Patriot 105 and an Iwata NEO in the last year and I can honestly say that the NEO was cheaper and I prefer the trigger action on it over the badger. The patriot definitely has a place in my toolkit for airbrushing, but for general purpose work, I really like the Iwata.
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Nov 8, 2019 18:17
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Cricken_Nigfops posted:Hey guys, how would I glaze a mini without glazing medium? Do I just brush water on the mini and then paint a thinned ink down on it? I want to darken this guy's armor down a bit: He looks like the bad guy from Star Trek 6
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Nov 8, 2019 21:49
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Is there a smart way to paint checks on relatively small surfaces? I had a go with the smallest size Tamiya masking tape I could find, but I found it hard to lay the tape down straight and ended up marking out the grid with a pen and painting over it freehand. 
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Nov 8, 2019 22:18
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Zuul the Cat posted:Crossposting an Airborne lad I'm working on. What's your formula for your skin? I did not write down mine for my Commisar 
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Nov 8, 2019 22:25
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Ghost of Babyhead posted:Is there a smart way to paint checks on relatively small surfaces? I had a go with the smallest size Tamiya masking tape I could find, but I found it hard to lay the tape down straight and ended up marking out the grid with a pen and painting over it freehand. That's basically how I've always done it. Just be sure to hit it with some matte varnish first before going over it freehand--it'll stick better, won't pull up the paint, and won't ruin the pen tip. Micron pens are best for this. Gives a nice smooth line and dries quick. Their .005 pen is what I use for eyes, so keep that in mind if you need to do eye dots.
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Nov 8, 2019 22:28
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Ghost of Babyhead posted:Is there a smart way to paint checks on relatively small surfaces? I had a go with the smallest size Tamiya masking tape I could find, but I found it hard to lay the tape down straight and ended up marking out the grid with a pen and painting over it freehand. https://mastercrafted.co.uk/shop/infantry-components/shoulder-pads/grav/chequered-disc-aggression-pads-left/ This guy makes good stuff, plus you can email him with ideas and he'll have something ready in a week if this doesn't fit your needs!
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Nov 8, 2019 22:41
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Professor Shark posted:What's your formula for your skin? I did not write down mine for my Commisar Super quick and easy. Cadian fleshtone, Reikland Fleshshade wash, Kislev Flesh highlight.
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Thanqol posted:This guy has really good video tutorials on glazing. Thanks, this helped a lot!
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Dana Howl has also been doing some great videos on underpainting/glazing, and while there's only two out so far, they're really drat good - she's done some crazy cool nighthaunt stuff that you might've seen around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=channel?UCI7EmMVCD8A0sZBha1EFg2Q Texmo fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Nov 9, 2019 |
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Nov 9, 2019 02:28
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Cross-Postin' from the 40k thread. Finally finished painting this dingus after procrastinating with just his force sword remaining for over a month (and then getting the power waves the wrong way 'round from the runestones!!) Pretty drat happy with how he's come out.   
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Nov 9, 2019 02:33
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Texmo posted:Dana Howl has also been doing some great videos on underpainting/glazing, and while there's only two out so far, they're really drat good - she's done some crazy cool nighthaunt stuff that you might've seen around. Yeah I love her work, but I don't use an airbrush so it kinda leaves me out :/
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Texmo posted:Dana Howl has also been doing some great videos on underpainting/glazing, and while there's only two out so far, they're really drat good - she's done some crazy cool nighthaunt stuff that you might've seen around. She’s also really loving funny too. Her’s are my favorite videos for pure watchability.
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Cricken_Nigfops posted:Yeah I love her work, but I don't use an airbrush so it kinda leaves me out :/ Understandable, but her zenithal priming technique can be replicated using rattle cans pretty easily. I think that's the only real barrier to doing glazing like she describes. I mean, unless you're stuck using brush-on primer, in which case: ouch. Sharks Dont Sleep posted:She’s also really loving funny too. Her’s are my favorite videos for pure watchability. Her video on pre-shading and glazing finally helped make glazing "click" in my head. Like, I know how to do both sort of, but she managed to make it all come together such that my stupid monkey-brain finally went "ah yes, this is how you do it."
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Yeah, she does a great balance between practicality and theory. There’s also this new-media youtuber... tonality/format? I guess you would call it? She doesn’t do it at all and I deeply appreciate that. The whole HEY GUYS WHATS UP IM GONNA TALK REALLY FAST AND OVERLY EXCITED - and in a youtube new-media format it makes even less sense and frustrates me even more as you arent fighting set advertising breaks and time limits. I accept that this probably annoys me more than other people because I work in media production and we’re all super sensitive to that.
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Oh nice, thanks for pointing out her channel. Really like her style so far and glazing is just what I was looking to learn some more about here soon.
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Slimnoid posted:
Bingo, I'm doing it -all- by brush. That said, thinning down reaper black ink a LOT let me do this with my crimson fist. I'm happier with how this came out. 
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Nearing the end of the year so I thought I'd post a comparison from a year ago to now.  If you're worried about your hands being shakey think of it like this: painting is a physical activity as much as it is creative, the more you practice the more those muscles strengthen and learn. At the start of this year I was pretty drat shakey, after months of practicing my hands are stronger and more steady. I started the year not being able to draw a straight line with a ruler but now I can paint a convincing one! SA is the absolute best place to ask for advice, there are some seriously talented people here!
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i painted my first man face tonight, its kinda mankey but whatever these are my first 3 space marines ive ever painted. middle one was first, left one was second, right one was third  tbh i kinda like the middle one the best even though i washed his entire body and didnt really touch him up, because it makes him look more grim and dark and washes out the blue. also i got the vallejo starter kit or whatever so my space wolf blue is like 3 drops of grey and 1 drop of blue but it seems inconsistent. still fun to paint them i guess but not as much fun as this grimy bitch  these guys are so fun to paint because the less consistent they are, the better. i still have 3 rievers and 3 death guard to paint and i feel like i will have way more fun painting the death guard because them being all rusty and lovely looking means i dont have to worry about straight lines or whatever and can just go wild.
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Ghost of Babyhead posted:Is there a smart way to paint checks on relatively small surfaces? I had a go with the smallest size Tamiya masking tape I could find, but I found it hard to lay the tape down straight and ended up marking out the grid with a pen and painting over it freehand. A fellow nutcase  I did the pen route and just eyeballing it until it felt right. For the pattern, I went with 6 vertical bars and 4 horizontal, mostly to keep myself sane and make it repeatable - https://imgur.com/gallery/GbwiRmT
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I finished up some Assault Centurions, it kinda feels like I just painted three dreadnoughts at the same time.
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Kore_Fero posted:A fellow nutcase Those look super clean! I have a new appreciation for how difficult it is to brighten up the light squares without touching the others. Definitely going to add some battle scars to my guys (I've been trying to follow Darren Latham's recipe for the yellow and for battle damage).
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I painted a few more figures for our DnD group:    I got lazy with the leaves and just kept them all green. I should have gone back and made some of them orange, red, and brown 
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im pooping! posted:i painted my first man face tonight, its kinda mankey but whatever You're off to a great start!
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Shout out to the goons who posted that series of glazing tutorials. Freaking savage, educational, and entertaining.
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Nov 9, 2019 21:07
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Had this guy sitting around primed for ages, decided to paint him tonight.
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Nov 9, 2019 22:49
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Anyone know if Vallejo does much in the way of holiday discounts? I’m at the point where I’d like to just drop a bunch of money on getting closer to something resembling a wide spectrum of paints rather than one here two there, but if I can wait and save a few bucks I will.
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I cannot tell if I hate the little fake trim on Man-o-war shocktrooper's shoulder pads or metallic paints or both.
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richyp posted:Had this guy sitting around primed for ages, decided to paint him tonight. Excellent work, the flesh looks great!
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richyp posted:Had this guy sitting around primed for ages, decided to paint him tonight. I am impressed by your gross purple skin. I'm assuming it's white/Druchhi/Pallid or something similar?
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Back on September 14th I entered a local painting competition called Battlecry, located at The Battle Standard in CT. It was my first time entering the competition. I placed in the top 3 in five of eight categories. And yesterday, I finally got the awards.   First place, sci-fi small model  First place, fantasy small model  Second place, open category  Second place, kitbash/conversion  Third place, fantasy large model Though it was my first time, I came in and kind of swept the awards, which is still a bit mind-boggling for me. The competition was pretty fierce too, and I plan to grind to higher competition level for next year and really bring my A-game.
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Count_Brass posted:Excellent work, the flesh looks great! Professor Shark posted:I am impressed by your gross purple skin. I'm assuming it's white/Druchhi/Pallid or something similar? Thanks the flesh was contrast medium + druchi violet about 4:1 ratio washed over wraithbone primer. Touch ups can be done with Dechala Lilac plus wraithbone. Highlight with Wraithbone and then white.
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Slimnoid posted:Back on September 14th I entered a local painting competition called Battlecry, located at The Battle Standard in CT. It was my first time entering the competition. Dope, congratulations. I love that Beholder, what great color.
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No. 1 Apartheid Fan posted:Dope, congratulations. I love that Beholder, what great color. Thanks! I absolutely 100%
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WIP but I’m kinda pleased with how my weirdboy head is looking. might drybrush some brighter pink/purple onto the top of the brain just to give it a little extra pop but this is probably the best face i’ve painted yet
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