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Pakxos posted:Glad it was helpful! Question for you, and for anyone else, when you use a painting handle, how do you keep your hands steady? With a model on a base I can put my elbows on a table, put my palms together have the mini in my palms and use one hand to paint. But with the handle I tend to have one hand on it and my other hand separate. Is it just that the trade off of making sure you aren't touching the model while painting enough to overcome the stability hit? I'm new at this, and right-handed, but I rest my grip hand against the meaty part of my palm and leverage my middle finger on top of the grip handle middle finger while using index and thumb to hold brush akin to a pencil. (Or pinky sits on top of grip middle. That's actually more comfortable I think, but I've also got ogre hands.) I find the pressure stabilizes trembling fingers for the most part, but that's just me.
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Another good tip is to orient the model to paint solid lines where you're pulling the tip towards you, don't orient your hands to meet the model's angle (when possible)
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May 22, 2020 21:02
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   Here's my attempt at a layered robe, and a few thin glazes over the whole model. How's it look? I feel I did maybe one glaze layer too many or I didn't highlight well.
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May 22, 2020 21:51
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I would go for a darker shade in the deepest recesses
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OK ill try going at the shadows again. How do I shadow the robe trim? Is it inverted? Like dark on top, light on bottom?
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Question for those familiar with 40K schemes and Citadel paints. I've started painting some Tau Breachers in the Farsight Enclaves scheme, so black under parts and Khorne Red armor and weapon casing with dark gold and light grey as contrast colors on various parts. I am torn about whether to paint the eye and weapon lenses green, blue, or yellow. Looking at these recipes based on the paints I have: 1. Blue: Caledor Sky or Vallejo Blue Fluorescent -> Baharroth Blue -> White 2. Green: Warpstone Glow -> Moot Green -> Yriel Yellow -> White 3. Yellow: Tuskgor Fur or Vallejo Orange Brown -> Yriel Yellow -> Vallejo Ice Yellow -> White (this seems to be the one GW uses for Farsight Enclaves infantry) Another consideration is that on the battlesuits I plan to use a blue glow on the weapons. The lenses would be the same or similar color with the blue or markedly different with green or yellow. I am not sure whether it is better to have another contrasting glow color or if it will be too busy. Thoughts on which of the three would look best on models that are predominately black and dark blood red with some amount of dark gold and light grey?
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I would go blue lenses with the red armor color
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May 22, 2020 23:23
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Does anyone know of good fantasy miniatures of children adventurers? The only ones I've found are these from Hassle-free  I found some on Reaper but they looked bad
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May 23, 2020 00:03
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Wizkids puts out some prepaints if you like the look of those https://wizkids.com/wardlings-w1/
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May 23, 2020 02:57
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Phi230 posted:
Another few highlights would be good, but you also need to remove the mold lines, because they're ruining a really solid paint job.
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What do you guys reccomend as a display shelf for all of my poorly painted minis? I have about a 20" deep by 70" wide by 7' tall wall space that I can use, but i'm not sure what route to go.
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https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/detolf-glass-door-cabinet-black-brown-10119206/ You can even get lighting kits for them.
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May 23, 2020 05:41
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Silhouette posted:https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/detolf-glass-door-cabinet-black-brown-10119206/ That looks so nice, but I now wonder if my dogs would break it or knock it over...
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Silhouette posted:https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/detolf-glass-door-cabinet-black-brown-10119206/ Any recommendations on the lighting?
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Crossposting from the 40K thread: JackMann posted:Finished up my Catachan Colonel! Phi230 posted:How do y'all feel about the Reaper learn to paint series? There isn't really a set order. I personally start with a shadow color and go up, but I know a lot of other artists who start with their midtone and then go deep into the shadows and up to the highlights. There are a few reasons why this is a good method. One, it gives you a much better idea of how the colors are going to work together when you're done (since your shade/base/highlight should average out to your base), and for another, working this way teaches you both how to work up to a highlight and also how to darken down to the shadow. I mostly start with shadows out of laziness; you need much less brush control if you don't have to get back into the recesses to darken things down.
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Haven't been painting a lot recently but here's the Valerian I just finished: I thought his armour was a bit flat so here's an Allarus Custodian with some tweaks: 
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Count_Brass posted:Haven't been painting a lot recently but here's the Valerian I just finished: Both look amazing, but I love the sheen on the Allarus, what were your tweaks?
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Nebalebadingdong posted:Does anyone know of good fantasy miniatures of children adventurers? The only ones I've found are these from Hassle-free Lead Adventure (the store not the forums, which I think spun-off a few years ago) has a couple in their Bruegelburg line: https://lead-adventure.de/navi.php?k=3&Sortierung=0&af=90 E: They recentishly made an Arabian Nights offshoot of this line which is well-modeled but it goes all the way up to the "how comfortable I am with this representation of a non-European fantasy culture" line for me and YMMV. E2: These are actually designed by Ratnik Miniatures but I think Lead Adventures has an exclusive license? E3: They also do Astropolis which is Blanchitsu 40k civilians and Tolstings which are Russian Gentry Ratlings (meaning hobbits, not skaven). Schadenboner fucked around with this message at 18:31 on May 23, 2020 |
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Speaking of handling brushes and miniatures, what do you all think about specialized figurine holders for painting? There's a cheap one on kickstarter right now that I'm eyeing, but I don't know enough about painting to know if this kind of thing is a gimmick or not.
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Bloody Pancreas posted:Speaking of handling brushes and miniatures, what do you all think about specialized figurine holders for painting? There's a cheap one on kickstarter right now that I'm eyeing, but I don't know enough about painting to know if this kind of thing is a gimmick or not. I really like Citadel's holder: https://www.amazon.com/Games-Workshop-Warhammer-Citadel-Painting/dp/B077DMTJ2V Its simple and adjustable. If I need to paint something that doesn't fit, I can blue tack it to a generic base that does fit.
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May 23, 2020 18:10
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I got my remaining Reaver titan done!
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Pakxos posted:Both look amazing, but I love the sheen on the Allarus, what were your tweaks? Thanks! I switched to a gloss black primer and a sienna ink rather than reikland flesh shade which finished too matte.
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Schadenboner posted:Lead Adventure (the store not the forums, which I think spun-off a few years ago) has a couple in their Bruegelburg line: Hey these are neat! I'll check 'em out
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Does anyone have any good video tutorials for painting this kind of dark, carcinogenic smoke from rockets? I've looked all over and couldn't find anything that's similar to this. I get the basic concept, but it would be nice to see someone just do it. I did however find one image tutorial, but the guy made the smoke parts more white, than the dark putrid black I've seen elsewhere.
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Kabuki Shipoopi posted:Does anyone have any good video tutorials for painting this kind of dark, carcinogenic smoke from rockets? There is a video by Darren Latham, However, you have to have a good material, anything that is molded plastic or metals looks like poo poo imo. I've seen some people pull it off using customer materials. The texture of it is critical to it looking good.
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Nebalebadingdong posted:Does anyone know of good fantasy miniatures of children adventurers? The only ones I've found are these from Hassle-free 1st edition Malifaux Stolen are pretty good. https://www.amazon.com/Outcasts-Stolen-Malifaux-Wyrd-Miniatures/dp/B017A3H51G (they don't come with those bases) https://www.amazon.com/Outcasts-Stolen-3-Pack-Malifaux/dp/B004VMH03S If you're wanting more 'adventure' looking they have Crooligans and Iggy who are a like undead lost boys.
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Working on some fantasy models for once. Painting ghosts is sure fun and fast!  The first two test models worked out rather well after a few minor tweaks.
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PierreTheMime posted:Working on some fantasy models for once. Painting ghosts is sure fun and fast! Those are sweet! I think I might have to put some ghosts on my list of things to paint. They look fun.
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Tried to bulk strip some bargain buys and some poorly primed models... Went with denatured alcohol and had a rough go of it. Let stuff soak for a couple hours. A few minis got rubbery so I dumped everything and washed them good, but I had tries some vigorous scrubbing at various points and some models had the paint lifted, some didn't budge. I used klean strip denatured alcohol (U.S.) any one have a preferred go to?
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Purple Power and Dawn Power Dissolver also do a good job, though the latter is hard to come by nowadays. Isopropyl Alcohol of at least 90% will apparently strip paint off without issue.
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Doesn't alcohol also eat the plastic apart? I have some older mixed metal/plastic models I need to strip and I'm afraid to ruin them.
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Pakxos posted:Glad it was helpful! Question for you, and for anyone else, when you use a painting handle, how do you keep your hands steady? With a model on a base I can put my elbows on a table, put my palms together have the mini in my palms and use one hand to paint. But with the handle I tend to have one hand on it and my other hand separate. Is it just that the trade off of making sure you aren't touching the model while painting enough to overcome the stability hit? Due to a combination of testing out a phone setup for camera painting nights with a friend and having a video editor on my computer, have 6 minutes of me moving paint about (I left it at 100% speed but in youtube you can crank the speed up in the options if you like). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GYky5PAcEM
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tangy yet delightful posted:Due to a combination of testing out a phone setup for camera painting nights with a friend and having a video editor on my computer, have 6 minutes of me moving paint about (I left it at 100% speed but in youtube you can crank the speed up in the options if you like). Awesome - that answered a lot of questions and made me feel dumb for how I'd been trying to use the handle. Appreciate the visual aid!
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tangy yet delightful posted:Due to a combination of testing out a phone setup for camera painting nights with a friend and having a video editor on my computer, have 6 minutes of me moving paint about (I left it at 100% speed but in youtube you can crank the speed up in the options if you like). Pro tip: Watch it at 0.25 speed to get the most out of it.
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:Doesn't alcohol also eat the plastic apart? I have some older mixed metal/plastic models I need to strip and I'm afraid to ruin them. I've left modern plastic models in 93 % alcohol for 24 hours without any issues
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Styrene (most plastic models) should be safe with ethanol, but Reaper Bones (PVC) can get soft. I don't know about resin. High pH soapy products work better, LA's Totally Awesome is frequently recommended.
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It's an unscientific and dumb rule of thumb, but you're generally safe if your miniature and the solvent bottle / can are the same material. That said, I don't strip a lot of resin.
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Alcohol ruins resin.
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