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Anyone have any experience applying chipping medium with a brush instead of an airbrush? Trying to read up on a bit but most tutorials assume you've got an airbrush and a couple people that tried it with a brush mentioned that it was really difficult to work with because it was so gooey and dried in a weird texture, etc., but I'm not sure if they were not letting it dry long enough or if it's just not worth attempting without an airbrush.
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Ready to figure out how to play Combat Arena now. 
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Jan 22, 2020 07:41
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Endman posted:If you can't hack super neat edge highlights, just do what I do and be consistently messy: This is lovely!
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Jan 22, 2020 08:07
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jassi007 posted:On the subject of paint consistency, I bought some Scale 75 metallics to try as opposed to GW. I really like the color of Dwarven Gold, very good for 2nd company Ultramarines, but I'm having a hell of a time applying it. It feels thick and sticky even after thinning with water, flow improver, acrylic medium. I don't know if I'm just not thinning it enough or what, but if anyone has any tips that'd be great. Scale 75 paints are definitely thicker than GW paints, just as GW paints are thicker than, say, Reaper. Keep thinning. I find they go down very nicely once they are thinned, but it definitely takes a bit to get to that point.
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Jan 22, 2020 08:51
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the main problem i have with thinning is when the paint starts to bead up, and a drop of flow improver sorts that right out also i had asked before if my vma gold was too thin to brush on and turns out yeah, not shaking the bottle enough 
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Jan 22, 2020 09:14
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jesus WEP posted:the main problem i have with thinning is when the paint starts to bead up, and a drop of flow improver sorts that right out Vallejo really needs to be shaken a lot. Often I think I've done enough but after it's sat on the wet palette for an hour or two it'll separate completely.
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Jan 22, 2020 09:28
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for sure. gonna buy some little ball bearings for my pots i think
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Jan 22, 2020 10:57
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I got my hands on Underworlds Shadespire and Nightvault with every warband expansion (unpainted). I thought painting them could be a fun project so I bought a box of paints and some Chaos Cultists (cheapest minis at my LGS) for practice, and painted my first mini. It was fun! Looking forward to painting the rest and hope I feel confident enough by then to start painting the Underworlds models. also how do you do lenses that small, that white dot took all of my precision and patience
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Jan 22, 2020 11:23
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Here's the base, and it's bronze dragon friend. I haven't varnished them yet so C&C welcome. Imgur
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Jan 22, 2020 12:26
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Anyone have any experience applying chipping medium with a brush instead of an airbrush? Trying to read up on a bit but most tutorials assume you've got an airbrush and a couple people that tried it with a brush mentioned that it was really difficult to work with because it was so gooey and dried in a weird texture, etc., but I'm not sure if they were not letting it dry long enough or if it's just not worth attempting without an airbrush. Can't say I've tried it with a regular brush, but if you don't have an airbrush you could just use hairspray. It basically has the same effect.
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Jan 22, 2020 13:36
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Winklebottom posted:I got my hands on Underworlds Shadespire and Nightvault with every warband expansion (unpainted). I thought painting them could be a fun project so I bought a box of paints and some Chaos Cultists (cheapest minis at my LGS) for practice, and painted my first mini. This is pretty dang good for a first model!
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Jan 22, 2020 13:55
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I was looking up different techniques on Youtube and found this video on creating fire effects using a hot glue gun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2eXdPGA1e0 Has anyone here tried anything like this?
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Jan 22, 2020 14:10
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Words about chipping As another wise goon said, try a good hair spray. Military modelers figured this poo poo out, and it works. I use Aquanet. It goes on so well, that I wonder if it was originally a modelling product that was repurposed into a haircare product. As a side benefit, it reminds me of the smell of the 1980s. I watched a video lately of some YouTuber using a specific hair spray that some other pro painter uses, but I forgot the brand and the video. Maybe it was Tresemme?
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Jan 22, 2020 15:12
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Got some mini knights for xmas: Don't talk to me or my son ever again  I have since somehow have ended up with a bunch of Acastus and Cerastus knights and a Warlord, so welp, guess I'm doing Titanicus now.
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Jan 22, 2020 15:27
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Endman posted:If you can't hack super neat edge highlights, just do what I do and be consistently messy: This looks amazing and is surprisingly good advice!
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Jan 22, 2020 15:58
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I've heard that some materials can affect the paint when used as agitators. I bought a big thing of BBs (these ones: https://www.walmart.com/ip/DAISY-2400-COUNT-PRECISIONMAX-BB-BOTTLE/15729970) that appear to be zinc coated steel. From some quick googling I don't think they'll be a problem, but has anyone got first hand knowledge about this? It's too late for me now as I've put a couple in each of my paint bottles already. Assuming these are good, though, they're a real cheap way to get a shitload of agitators.
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Jan 22, 2020 16:37
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Hematite beads are pretty cheap and don't have the rust issue since it's already ferrous oxide.
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Jan 22, 2020 16:43
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I have a big pile of glass beads I got off etsy for a song.
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Jan 22, 2020 16:58
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I got a bag of glass aquarium pebbles for a few bucks from some big box store.
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Jan 22, 2020 17:01
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I got a string of glass beads from Michaels for a buck
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Jan 22, 2020 17:16
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My starter box of paint come with stainless steel balls that have been working great.
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Jan 22, 2020 18:19
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Enola Gay-For-Pay posted:I've heard that some materials can affect the paint when used as agitators. I bought a big thing of BBs (these ones: https://www.walmart.com/ip/DAISY-2400-COUNT-PRECISIONMAX-BB-BOTTLE/15729970) that appear to be zinc coated steel. From some quick googling I don't think they'll be a problem, but has anyone got first hand knowledge about this? It's too late for me now as I've put a couple in each of my paint bottles already. Assuming these are good, though, they're a real cheap way to get a shitload of agitators. I bought this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015RXKUGS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and just put like 5 of them in a cup of water for a week. I figure if that doesn't make them rust, then I'm gtg.
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Jan 22, 2020 18:25
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What's the go-to basing goop these days? Kinda sick of constantly buying the little GW pots. I was looking at the Vallejo Stone Textures if they're any good, thinking maybe the rough pumice for 40k and the fine one for Titanicus?
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Jan 22, 2020 21:21
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The Vallejo basing materials work really well. I have a couple different pots of them. Alternatively, AK Interactive have released some new basing material pots of the same size that are really good quality as well.
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Jan 22, 2020 21:24
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:What's the go-to basing goop these days? Kinda sick of constantly buying the little GW pots. I was looking at the Vallejo Stone Textures if they're any good, thinking maybe the rough pumice for 40k and the fine one for Titanicus? Liquitex Red Oxide is pretty great for more organic ground textures
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Jan 22, 2020 21:28
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:
This gave me flashbacks of the Godzilla movies where he was nurturing Baby Godzilla
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Jan 22, 2020 22:09
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Verisimilidude posted:This is pretty dang good for a first model! Thanks! I finished all five of them now, but I think I need go out and buy some new light skin colors. The Army Painter Elf Flesh is disconcertingly jaundice-y
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Jan 22, 2020 22:51
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Winklebottom posted:I got my hands on Underworlds Shadespire and Nightvault with every warband expansion (unpainted). I thought painting them could be a fun project so I bought a box of paints and some Chaos Cultists (cheapest minis at my LGS) for practice, and painted my first mini. Yeah, I'll jump on the band wagon, that's really good for a first model. Your paint scheme on the gun is the right combo of metal and grime wash.
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Jan 22, 2020 23:38
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Winklebottom posted:I got my hands on Underworlds Shadespire and Nightvault with every warband expansion (unpainted). I thought painting them could be a fun project so I bought a box of paints and some Chaos Cultists (cheapest minis at my LGS) for practice, and painted my first mini. Wayyy better than my first, and my 2nd, 3rd, and possibly my first couple dozen now that I think about it. I'm almost embarrassed to admit how long it took me to stop suck at painting. Really good job on the mask, and very impressive highlighting for a first mini.
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Jan 22, 2020 23:54
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So my next project is a T-Rex. I have the paint scheme ready but does anyone have any materials on how to paint reptile eyes? Or how about open mouths/tongues and teeth. No idea how to do those
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Jan 23, 2020 01:28
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Werix posted:Yeah, I'll jump on the band wagon, that's really good for a first model. Your paint scheme on the gun is the right combo of metal and grime wash. PinheadSlim posted:Wayyy better than my first, and my 2nd, 3rd, and possibly my first couple dozen now that I think about it. I'm almost embarrassed to admit how long it took me to stop suck at painting. Really good job on the mask, and very impressive highlighting for a first mini. Thank you! Reading this thread and watching an embarrassing amount of the WHTV vids over and over again helped a ton. The full crew:  Getting slight anxiety over where to go from here. Might have to get some more practice models
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Jan 23, 2020 01:38
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Nice cultists! Red and purple is fun.
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Jan 23, 2020 01:41
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New models! One is Kusanagi from Infinity, which I just got the courage to paint by knowing a better model will some day be released, and the second is another model out of the 50 cent bin at the Toledo Game Room.    Kusanagi looks pretty good but I'm really happy with the civilian girl - feel like I am seeing actual improvement in my technique compared to just a year ago.
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I saw a real cool Helbrute conversion and I wanted to copy some stuff from it for my Sonic Dreadnought. I still have to make the tongue, and I'm waiting on my guns from spellcrow, but this is the basic idea.    I wasn't sure if I wanted to run the power scourge, or the missiles, so I decided to take out the fist, and make it a missile bay of sorts. Now I can run either or! I'm going to make a long tongue for the power scourge, and just use the gaping hole in the middle for a doom siren. That should fly, right? Wysiwyg wise? Edit: I know I have to fit this together better, but I wanted to do most of the mods, and prime/paint before I committed to gluing it. Edit2: with tongue  Kabuki Shipoopi fucked around with this message at 03:12 on Jan 23, 2020 |
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Jan 23, 2020 02:12
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Also what are good alternatives to Vallejo Primer? Kinda getting unsatisfied with it
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Jan 23, 2020 02:49
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Badger Stynylrez is by far the best primer I have ever used, but I've only ever done it through an airbrush so if you're brushing it on I can't say if it's still as good.
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Jan 23, 2020 02:54
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Under 15 posted:New models! One is Kusanagi from Infinity, which I just got the courage to paint by knowing a better model will some day be released, and the second is another model out of the 50 cent bin at the Toledo Game Room. Civilian girl looks great! Good highlights / layers.
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Jan 23, 2020 02:59
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Final question, and this may be stupid, but I've never done glazing before and was wondering if you could use glaze medium or matte medium? I have both.
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Jan 23, 2020 03:06
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Phi230 posted:Final question, and this may be stupid, but I've never done glazing before and was wondering if you could use glaze medium or matte medium? I have both. If you actually taste the paint medium, make sure to post impressions.
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Pierzak posted:Glaze medium thins your paint while avoiding the runny consistency of a wash, matte medium makes your paint more matte. Mix to taste. So I should use glaze medium to glaze?
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