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Crossposting from the 40K thread:JackMann posted:
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Here is my first airbrushed miniature, I need a lot of practice still. This has quite a learning curve. I started by covering it in Citadel Corax White, and then I tried to only spray certain parts that needed it, White Scar. I think I got the results I wanted. Having a very hard time with pressure on my compressor. It goes up to 40 and I don't quite understand how to release it down to the pressure I actually want, which is about 20. I was told in the Discord to just release air from the airbrush until I get it down to the desired PSI. Do I do that and then put paint in my airbrush? This is the compressor I have https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WBT7PTW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Feb 8, 2020 06:55
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I said come in! posted:Here is my first airbrushed miniature, I need a lot of practice still. This has quite a learning curve. I started by covering it in Citadel Corax White, and then I tried to only spray certain parts that needed it, White Scar. I think I got the results I wanted. Having a very hard time with pressure on my compressor. It goes up to 40 and I don't quite understand how to release it down to the pressure I actually want, which is about 20. I was told in the Discord to just release air from the airbrush until I get it down to the desired PSI. Do I do that and then put paint in my airbrush? This is the compressor I have https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WBT7PTW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The black plastic knob above the pressure gauge is the adjuster on your pressure regulator. Turn it to increase or lower your set pressure
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Feb 8, 2020 08:00
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Hixson posted:The black plastic knob above the pressure gauge is the adjuster on your pressure regulator. Turn it to increase or lower your set pressure Yeah, what people meant by "release air from the airbrush until I get it down to the desired PSI" is to do that AFTER adjusting the knob. To increase the pressure you just turn the knob clockwise. To decrease the pressure you need to turn the knob counterclockwise AND release the pressure that has already built up in the gauge. (I think I got the cw/ccw directions right...) You don't need to release much air, 2 or 3 seconds should be plenty. Also airbrush newbie protip: use the trigger with your index finger, not your thumb. I had been airbrushing for months until I saw a video that told me this and it massively improved my control over the trigger. I suddenly had enough control to do things besides priming or basecoating. Maybe this is just obvious to most people, or most people have more dexterous thumbs than me, but none of the five or ten newbie airbrushing videos I initially watched said anything about what finger to use.
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Feb 8, 2020 08:14
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Remember when you set the pressure on the compressor to hold down the trigger on your airbrush. That's your spraying pressure.
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Feb 8, 2020 13:30
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The Moon Monster posted:Also airbrush newbie protip: use the trigger with your index finger, not your thumb. I had been airbrushing for months until I saw a video that told me this and it massively improved my control over the trigger. I suddenly had enough control to do things besides priming or basecoating. Maybe this is just obvious to most people, or most people have more dexterous thumbs than me, but none of the five or ten newbie airbrushing videos I initially watched said anything about what finger to use. Can you describe or take a picture of this thumb-grip? I'm not making GBS threads on you, but I honestly can't picture a way to hold an airbrush where putting your thumb on the trigger is easier than your index finger.
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Feb 8, 2020 14:35
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Painted up a mini I'm actually going to be USING for once: My Bugbear monk for my first D&D campaign. Also, my camera's battery shat the bed, and I broke one of the shittily soldered USB ports on my cheap-rear end photo box, so... Phone camera and workbench lighting it is!
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Feb 9, 2020 00:03
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Just some warriors, pretty nice models. The sad thing is GW changes the base size on them at some point to be smaller, so my old ones are on way bigger bases.
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Feb 9, 2020 04:46
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   Some finished pics of the Carnosaur and Rider I used as the final boss for my D&D campaign
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Feb 9, 2020 04:57
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have started down the road of painting plastic crack, here's my third one with those magic contrast paints (and the blood one) while i wait for my other stuff to turn up
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Feb 9, 2020 23:43
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Batch painting sure is a slog to get through, turned out okay though I think.  
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Feb 10, 2020 05:06
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Painted this little cannibal before the holidays. Gotta get back to painting things!
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Feb 10, 2020 12:31
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Chunkystyle posted:Painted this little cannibal before the holidays. Gotta get back to painting things! I love it! What did you use for the skin?
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Feb 10, 2020 13:13
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Question about basing. I am building a British Peninsula Napoleonic army so the uniforms are all pretty bright red and blues on a white undercoat, though the hats are black. Should I make my bases DARK or LIGHT? Being it's Spain I'm thinking it should be lighter, with dirt and some light dried out grass but I've seen armies that makes the base too distracting from the figures (6 to a base).
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Feb 10, 2020 13:30
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Wizard posted:I love it! Thanks! It's base of Mournfang brown and death guard green. Then DG green, wash of reiksland fleshade. After that highlighting up with mixes of DG green and deepkin flesh, with some selectice reikland washes in mix.
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Feb 10, 2020 13:31
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Chunkystyle posted:Painted this little cannibal before the holidays. Gotta get back to painting things! Reminds me of ‘Saturn Devouring His Son’ by Francisco Goya. 
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Feb 10, 2020 14:04
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Comstar posted:Question about basing. I am building a British Peninsula Napoleonic army so the uniforms are all pretty bright red and blues on a white undercoat, though the hats are black. Should I make my bases DARK or LIGHT? Being it's Spain I'm thinking it should be lighter, with dirt and some light dried out grass but I've seen armies that makes the base too distracting from the figures (6 to a base). I think that light should be fine, it sounds like the miniatures themselves are bright enough that you don't have to worry about it being a problem, as long as you are sticking to more neutral tones for the base. I mean, you could also lean in hard to the brightness and go for a bright green base, just like we all loved in the 90s, but I think general consensus is that wasn't really the best. I would either use a dirt flock with dried grass tufts, or a sandier flock with light green tufts.
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Feb 10, 2020 16:04
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Black Is Black posted:Batch painting sure is a slog to get through, turned out okay though I think. your entire army makes this sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zZlQ1WSn5U
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Feb 10, 2020 16:06
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Ignite Memories posted:your entire army makes this sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zZlQ1WSn5U yare yare daze
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Feb 10, 2020 16:22
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Finished up some rabbit minis based on the rabbits found in the margins of medieval manuscripts. First things I've painted in a while, used them as a starter before I jump into painting the 30ish 40k Sisters of Battle minis I just assembled.
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Feb 10, 2020 16:22
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 One of the Gwaka'moli Crater Gators Sauruses that I picked up as an early birthday present to myself and finished in probably around 5 hours over the span of the weekend. Once you snip off the mouthguard they suddenly become a lot cooler and a lot less goofy looking. It made me want the other two as well. Will have to pick those up at some point. Although next time I’m leaving the arms off because there was a bunch of hard to reach places that I could've avoided with some subassembly.
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Feb 10, 2020 16:32
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nesbit37 posted:Finished up some rabbit minis based on the rabbits found in the margins of medieval manuscripts. First things I've painted in a while, used them as a starter before I jump into painting the 30ish 40k Sisters of Battle minis I just assembled. Beasts of Chaos reboot is looking surprisingly adorable. (These are great!)
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Feb 10, 2020 16:48
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Psyber Spine posted:Reminds me of ‘Saturn Devouring His Son’ by Francisco Goya. I was gonna post the exact same but I didn't know the name of the painting by name so I was gonna have to google for it, thanks Cooked Auto posted:
Love the vibrant blue!
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Feb 10, 2020 17:29
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nesbit37 posted:Finished up some rabbit minis based on the rabbits found in the margins of medieval manuscripts. First things I've painted in a while, used them as a starter before I jump into painting the 30ish 40k Sisters of Battle minis I just assembled. Where did you get these??
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Feb 10, 2020 17:43
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Verisimilidude posted:Where did you get these?? Originally kickstarter but they now sell them here: http://www.skullncrown.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=88
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Feb 10, 2020 17:49
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I've said it before and I'll say it again; The fact that there has never been a Redwall skirmish miniatures game is a drat travesty.
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Feb 10, 2020 17:56
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you ain't looking hard enough, mate https://www.oathswornminiatures.co.uk/c/4553237/1/burrows-badgers.html
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Feb 10, 2020 18:12
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Painted my first miniature — the OP was very helpful. The hardest part so far is getting the primer on all the underside bits of the mini. I think I need to touch up right in the wing-pit, put some more white in there. 
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Feb 10, 2020 19:45
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hollylolly posted:Painted my first miniature — the OP was very helpful. The hardest part so far is getting the primer on all the underside bits of the mini. I think I need to touch up right in the wing-pit, put some more white in there. This is adorable! I love the blue and purple on him! Where is this miniature from?
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Feb 10, 2020 20:44
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Dienes posted:This is adorable! I love the blue and purple on him! It’s from The Deck of Many for the Humblewood setting (D&D 5e compatible) they kickstarted. I have a bunch of little woodland creatures and birds to paint. 
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Feb 10, 2020 20:52
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grassy gnoll posted:Can you describe or take a picture of this thumb-grip? I'm not making GBS threads on you, but I honestly can't picture a way to hold an airbrush where putting your thumb on the trigger is easier than your index finger. Wrap all 4 fingers around the airbrush with the index finger in front of the hose and the others behind it. Thumb on the trigger. I still find it easier to aim in this position but the lack of trigger control makes it pretty useless for anything but priming. My mom had trouble getting me to hold eating utensils right, my teacher had trouble getting me to hold a pencil right, and my orchestra teacher had trouble getting me to hold my bow and instrument right, so maybe my brain is just dumb about grasping things, I dunno.
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Feb 10, 2020 23:29
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hollylolly posted:Painted my first miniature — the OP was very helpful. The hardest part so far is getting the primer on all the underside bits of the mini. I think I need to touch up right in the wing-pit, put some more white in there. Good lord, that’s a fantastic first mini! Well done! And you’ll only get better the more you paint!
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Feb 11, 2020 00:09
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hollylolly posted:Painted my first miniature — the OP was very helpful. The hardest part so far is getting the primer on all the underside bits of the mini. I think I need to touch up right in the wing-pit, put some more white in there. You're on your way to be a very good painter! 
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Feb 11, 2020 00:28
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TotalHell posted:Good lord, that’s a fantastic first mini! Well done! And you’ll only get better the more you paint! I said come in! posted:You're on your way to be a very good painter!  Thank you so much! I got my second mini done — this one is a monk.  
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Feb 11, 2020 02:34
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hollylolly posted:
Infinitely better than my first handful of minis. Looks really good, buddy
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Feb 11, 2020 02:42
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I finished up another Exocrine!
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Feb 11, 2020 12:43
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Another great job! How long does it take you to paint something that (looks that) big?
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Feb 11, 2020 14:08
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:Another great job! How long does it take you to paint something that (looks that) big? Thanks! About 3 hours for the bug, plus around 45 minutes on the base.
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Feb 11, 2020 14:11
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I hate Tyranids as a general rule, but that's a proper good swolebug.
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Feb 11, 2020 17:04
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The Moon Monster posted:Wrap all 4 fingers around the airbrush with the index finger in front of the hose and the others behind it. Thumb on the trigger. I still find it easier to aim in this position but the lack of trigger control makes it pretty useless for anything but priming. Well, again, no judgement. I just don't process things the same way. FWIW, that'd probably make you a pretty good freehand artist.  You'd be more inclined to draw or paint using your whole arm, rather than the bad and wrong way of using your fingers and wrist like i do
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Feb 11, 2020 18:11
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