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moths posted:
Your bases are amazing. What are you using for your leaf litter and where do you get it?
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Wasn't it tea leaves or something?
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Jan 10, 2020 19:53
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EvilHawk posted:I have a really loving dumb painting question that I should probably already know the answer to but whatever. Adding to what has already been said, you can also do stuff like undershading over the primer or watering them down to make glazes, etc. Depending on how much effort you feel like putting into a mini, you might even use all of the techniques together on the same piece.
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Continuing the paint-shaking conversation for a second, anyone have any tips or recommendations about vortex mixers (or finding one that doesn’t cost an exorbitant amount)?
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Jan 10, 2020 22:13
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Cooked Auto posted:Wasn't it tea leaves or something? Rooibos tea, to be exact.
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Jan 10, 2020 23:15
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Werix posted:Looks good. I had a very fruitful xmas and was given the Tsons start collecting box, another box of rubrics, and a box of exalted sorcerers. If I buy a box of the scrab occult, I'll have more than enough for anything kill team. Go with the Kantor. The blue I used here is Vallejo Dark Prussian Blue (which is equivalent to Kantor Blue) with a wash of Druchii Violet.
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EvilHawk posted:I have a really loving dumb painting question that I should probably already know the answer to but whatever. Basically you just have to keep in mind that a shade will effect all of the paint under it. While the effect is the strongest in the recesses, it will tint/dirty all the surfaces you apply it to. So if you want that effect on the entire area, shade last. If you only want it in the recesses you should basecoat, then shade, then clean up/highlight from there.
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Jan 11, 2020 00:33
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Endman posted:This thread needs more Look at this thing, it's a freakin emerald
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Another example of shading: I use a dark green shade (Athonian Camoshade) to blend the base layer (Death World Forest) and the highlight layer (Straken Green) on my Orruks. After that's done, I do a final highlight (very light, only on the very raised areas of the models) of an even brighter green (Nurgling Green). I tried doing the shade between the base and the highlight layer and I didn't like it. But it took me a few models before realizing this. And I think it might just be a matter of personal taste, too. Another other example of shading, I think, is using something like Agrax Earthshade (a darkish brown shade) to make anything look dirty from natural environment. To make it look dirty from an engine sort of thing, just use a black shade (like Nuln Oil or Vallejo's Black Wash). But then again I know nothing compared to some of the top-notch painters in this thread.
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Did some painting this year.     
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ShallNoiseUpon posted:I'm lazy and have been trying to find a decently priced lab surplus vortex mixer because I hate shaking paints. there are some knockoffs on ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gel-Nail-Polish-Paint-Shaker-Eyelash-Glue-Shaking-Machine-For-Tattoo-Pigment/174113576032 haven't bought but i've been keeping an eye on it
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Booley posted:Did some painting this year. Your chippings really improved, especially like the effect you got on the fist. e: those transfers are seamless too goddamn.
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I need to rebuild a paint stirrer. My method is one of the rubber stool/chair feet and a bolt run through it. Put the bolt into a cordless drill and spin those bottles at a few hundred rpm.
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I've found time to get some paint on my brushes and knock out some stuff to use in my D&D campaigns Here's some WIP pics of what i'm working on:   and an old PC Heroforge mini that i'd only started to paint before I changed characters due to dumb plot reasons.  The 4 Tabaxi and the Carnasaur i'm using mostly Contrast paints with and I love playing around with them, but I'm definitely learning their limits on these projects.
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Are those WizKids models? I looked for D&D minis too but the few Nolzur ones I got, I wasn't impressed with. Between the thick primer and the mold lines, I didn't enjoy painting them much
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Ilor posted:Your bases are amazing. What are you using for your leaf litter and where do you get it? Thanks! I'm using a 50:50 mix of rooibos red tea (the Celestial Seasonings vanilla) and cilantro leaves from the dollar store.
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Booley posted:Did some painting this year. I get so jealous whenever I see good clean yellows like this
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Ayn Marx posted:Are those WizKids models? I looked for D&D minis too but the few Nolzur ones I got, I wasn't impressed with. Between the thick primer and the mold lines, I didn't enjoy painting them much Yeah the Tabaxi are Nolzur's, the mold lines are pretty bad, but as i'm basically just batch painting them for tabletop I wasn't super concerned with getting rid of them, i've noticed that some of the fine details are a mess on the sculpts as well, but that's even more reason for me to be fast and loose with contrast paints.
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TotalHell posted:I get so jealous whenever I see good clean yellows like this I painted a model with a lot of yellow on it once. I realized that it's the devil's color and insanely frustrating to work with and I have since sworn to never again paint a model that includes yellow as a major part of the scheme. It's just the worst.
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The big monsters in the Nolzur's line are great and have some really expressive sculpts, but anything smaller than, say, a Beholder is just a mess. Soft detail, crazy mold lines, and the thickest primer I've ever seen. You could probably strip them and reprime to coax some of the detail back out, but I could never be bothered. Shame because they're almost as cheap as Bones and have some stuff that's hard to find good minis for.
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:The big monsters in the Nolzur's line are great and have some really expressive sculpts, but anything smaller than, say, a Beholder is just a mess. Soft detail, crazy mold lines, and the thickest primer I've ever seen. You could probably strip them and reprime to coax some of the detail back out, but I could never be bothered. Shame because they're almost as cheap as Bones and have some stuff that's hard to find good minis for. I don't know if you had a bad batch or what but that is the exact opposite of my experience with the smaller Nolzur's.
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nesbit37 posted:I don't know if you had a bad batch or what but that is the exact opposite of my experience with the smaller Nolzur's. It's possible, but I've handled a decent number of them and I've been really unimpressed with anything human-sized or smaller. It's not really fair to compare them to more expensive minis, but I just find that the biggest issue is a lack of texture - handles never have sculpted wood grain, hair is usually just kind of blobby without any defined strands, etc. I wanted to paint up a couple of Dwarves a while back and I honestly found Bones stuff to be sharper and more detailed than the Nozlur's. That was like a year ago so they very well may have improved since then, though.
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Replaced my cheap brushes with some nicer ones. Can't believe the difference.
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A friend experimented with stripping the D&D pre-primed but there really wasn't much detail under the primer. The real problem is that they're truescale 25mm figures in a heroic 28mm market.
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So besides reaper's stuff, and the DnD/Nolzur stuff, where's a good source for minis for rpgs?
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Printing your own, or the millions of kickstarted boxed mini board games. Dnd stuff isn't too bad and their boardgame boxes are a pretty good way to get a bunch of chaff enemies, but they get dwarfed by GW models.
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Phi230 posted:So besides reaper's stuff, and the DnD/Nolzur stuff, where's a good source for minis for rpgs? for Player characters, Heroforge is always improving their tech and options for doing custom minis.
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I completed a test model for my synthwave inspired Sisters of Battle - The Order of the Turbo Martyr. Really quickly made, I mostly wanted to see how the colors worked when down.
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Fake James posted:I completed a test model for my synthwave inspired Sisters of Battle - The Order of the Turbo Martyr. Really quickly made, I mostly wanted to see how the colors worked when down. This is very cool! I love that a e s t h e t i c look on 40k models. Does anyone know if there is a thunder hammer model in a pose like this?  Or any 28mm model in this in-air, contorted, over head, two handed slam? I couldn't find a good example of the pose I'm thinking of, but I'm looking to make a smashlord for my chaos army and I have something specific in mind.
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Kabuki Shipoopi posted:
its an axe but you might be able to make it work. might be some other stuff at hasslefree that works too.
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Kabuki Shipoopi posted:This is very cool! I love that a e s t h e t i c look on 40k models. I couldn't tell you where it's from now, but this is close, and could probably be angled up higher / hammer rotated?  I think there's an old metal model GW store exclusive that is somewhat similar, also. Edit: Games Day space marine: 
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Cat Face Joe posted:its an axe but you might be able to make it work. might be some other stuff at hasslefree that works too. That is super close! That might work. Thanks! Fyrbrand posted:I couldn't tell you where it's from now, but this is close, and could probably be angled up higher / hammer rotated? That was my first thought, but the arms looked too short to clear the head. I might be able to edit it so the hands are right next to each other, pushing it up at a different angle, like he's chopping wood. Holy poo poo. That. Chopping wood pose, only from a flying leap. Basically I'm making a Chaos Lord with jump pack and thunder hammer, only the EC version. Instead of a hammer, it's a guitar. 
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Kabuki Shipoopi posted:This is very cool! I love that a e s t h e t i c look on 40k models. 
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More gribblies for the swarm:
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Yes! This! Thank you.
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moths posted:Thanks! I'm using a 50:50 mix of rooibos red tea (the Celestial Seasonings vanilla) and cilantro leaves from the dollar store. It’s very good!!!
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moths posted:Thanks! I'm using a 50:50 mix of rooibos red tea (the Celestial Seasonings vanilla) and cilantro leaves from the dollar store.
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Fake James posted:I completed a test model for my synthwave inspired Sisters of Battle - The Order of the Turbo Martyr. Really quickly made, I mostly wanted to see how the colors worked when down. This looks great, it almost makes me want to dig out my Tron inspired Tau and give them another go... My first painted minis of the year courtesy of the Oath thread: Zark the Damned posted:
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Haven’t painted in a few years, and decided to get a few dnd minis and a simple paint set. Here’s what I’ve got so far!   
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Fake James posted:I completed a test model for my synthwave inspired Sisters of Battle - The Order of the Turbo Martyr. Really quickly made, I mostly wanted to see how the colors worked when down. I think a darker steel tone would blend in better and put more of the focus on your highlights going forward. Looks great tho
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