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ive only ever used water but yeah you should thin it in some fashion cuz it will come out thicker also vellejo medium sucks rear end
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Nebalebadingdong posted:ive only ever used water but yeah you should thin it in some fashion cuz it will come out thicker What do you recommend then? I'm using and Winsor and Newton medium, and the big downside here is that it's glossy.
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Sep 4, 2020 01:20
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Phi230 posted:He doesn't seem to use a medium, only water. My problem has to do with using medium since the medium only seems to thicken the paint so I'm wondering if I should thin it way down anyway with flow improver or water. If that's the case of having to use a ton of thinner what's the point of the medium. When I make glazes i use mostly water with a couple drops of glaze medium. It should be almost clear. This works for me but certainly isnt the only way of doing it
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Sep 4, 2020 01:23
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Hixson posted:When I make glazes i use mostly water with a couple drops of glaze medium. It should be almost clear. This works for me but certainly isnt the only way of doing it Ah I was doing it the opposite, mostly glaze medium with a few drops of flow improver. I figure this might be my problem.
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Sep 4, 2020 01:25
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Phi230 posted:What do you recommend then? I'm using and Winsor and Newton medium, and the big downside here is that it's glossy. the vallejo is super glossy and thick. I've found that GW's Lahmian Medium isn't as glossy so that's what I stuck with. vallejo drying retardant is also super thick. like, what the hell
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Sep 4, 2020 01:35
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I just pop over to the local art store and check out their wall of Liquitex (and other brands) acrylic mediums
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Sep 4, 2020 01:40
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Alright I got some matte medium. I'll try the glaze medium I already have just less of it, with more water and adding some matte medium. And I'll try just the matte medium on its own with water to make a glaze and see what works.
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Sep 4, 2020 01:45
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First time trying out a heated metal/hot coals effect, I think it came out okay! 
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Sep 4, 2020 01:50
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What kind of lamp do y'all recommend for painting? My overhead LED lights aren't cutting it. Preferably something cheap!
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Sep 4, 2020 01:58
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https://youtu.be/_OR_CMVexSk Here's a video of Angel Giraldez using lots of matte medium if you need ideas
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Sep 4, 2020 02:01
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Xpost of some more Viking boisNUMBER 1 FULCI FAN posted:1/5 done with my Viking warband. I'm happier with the grass now, I think I was just overdoing it before.
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Sep 4, 2020 02:04
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Under 15 posted:Quoting this from downtown because idgaf. I put the tutorial to use on a model. Chickened out from going all the way, but here's the result: I did the same using that tutorial. I half-assed the model itself, as it's mostly done with contrast. 
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Sep 4, 2020 02:05
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Floppychop posted:I did the same using that tutorial. I half-assed the model itself, as it's mostly done with contrast. yo this is looking good. put a dark trim around the base and it will be awesome!!
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Sep 4, 2020 02:57
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LifeLynx posted:What kind of lamp do y'all recommend for painting? My overhead LED lights aren't cutting it. Preferably something cheap! I use one of those magnifying glass lamp things. I never use the manifying glass, but it is very nice because it has a circular led running around the magnifying glass, so if you hold the mini under it it is lit from all angles and you don't get shadows. Alternatively, before that I just had two cheap desk lamps on either side, which gets almost the same result.
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Sep 4, 2020 11:49
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LifeLynx posted:What kind of lamp do y'all recommend for painting? My overhead LED lights aren't cutting it. Preferably something cheap! Two Ikea Tertial desk lamps with 1150 lumen daylight (5500-6500K) LED bulbs.
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Sep 4, 2020 11:56
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KozmoNaut posted:Two Ikea Tertial desk lamps with 1150 lumen daylight (5500-6500K) LED bulbs. This! Super cheap setup and works great
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I also have one of those head-mounted magnifiers with a built-in LED light, but I hardly ever use the light to be honest.
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Sep 4, 2020 13:11
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  I wasn't paying attention and glued the whole model together (sans Ork) before painting, so I pretty much could not get a brush in to do the engine on the back. Oh well. What a cool model otherwise. Very fun to paint, really happy with how the green, gold and white came out.
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Sep 4, 2020 17:18
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I don't have an Ikea within a reasonable distance of me, but I'm sure I could find something similar enough. The best-looking lamps with bulbs that match the lumens and color temperature are all around $60, which is a little out of my price range. This one looks promising, but it's not super bright. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SRZGJH9/
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Sep 4, 2020 17:31
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I got this lamp for painting and it works great.
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Sep 4, 2020 17:47
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KozmoNaut posted:Two Ikea Tertial desk lamps with 1150 lumen daylight (5500-6500K) LED bulbs. nthing this. If you can get ikea delivery it's 100% worth it. Everything from amazon is whatever overspill from china they can cram in a warehouse and mark up the price by 200%.
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Sep 4, 2020 19:40
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Zuul the Cat posted:I have completed a Somua S35! French tanks rule and so does this paint job.
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Sep 4, 2020 19:42
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Sab669 posted:
This is great, the color choice reminds me of classic hot wheels cars.
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Sep 4, 2020 20:25
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Sab669 posted:I wasn't paying attention and glued the whole model together (sans Ork) before painting, so I pretty much could not get a brush in to do the engine on the back. Oh well. What a cool model otherwise. Very fun to paint, really happy with how the green, gold and white came out. Is there a trick to that metallic green? It looks great BTW 
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Sep 4, 2020 20:50
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Im painting this little fellow and i need to put something on the open pages, but im not sure how i can do that in way that looks good. I can free hand it, but i it will probably look more like a buch of oversized squiggles than writing. Do any of you know a good way of doing this? 
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Sep 4, 2020 21:03
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Draw a dick? But oversized scribbles are basically par for the course on books/scrolls unless you have the dexterity of a steel nerved brain surgeon and can free hand letters that small. Edit: you can free hand a fancy first letter and then have scribbles for the rest of the text. Like a cartoonish old tome
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Sep 4, 2020 21:06
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Stipple on some brown dots in a line, close enough to almost touch, with some wider spaces every so often. Text that small won't be readable, but a dotted pattern in a relatively straight line will look like text. Either that, or do a big magic sigil. Or both! Then be sure to give the pages a brown wash after. I like Reikland Fleshshade for this since most fantasy settings shouldn't have clean modern paper but any brown wash will probably look pretty ok.  
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Sep 4, 2020 21:15
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Spanish Manlove posted:Draw a dick? PoptartsNinja posted:Stipple on some brown dots in a line, close enough to almost touch, with some wider spaces every so often. Text that small won't be readable, but a dotted pattern in a relatively straight line will look like text. Makes sense, a large magic symbol (or dick) is probably the way to go to use up some space. It looks quite good with squiggles in the picturs you posted. I was just hoping there were some secret trick for it
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Sep 4, 2020 21:26
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You absolutely can do detail that small like this painter I found on instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CElpQZDnwk8/?igshid=1w2pg46jh2lxs Spanish Manlove fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Sep 4, 2020 |
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Sep 4, 2020 21:42
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blue collar orc posted:Is there a trick to that metallic green? Thanks - no trick, airbrush and a Pearl Green from Createx Anyone know of a Gloss Black primer that can be airbrushed on? I've heard people claim Krylon is just fine for priming but  pretty sure I just destroyed a Plague Marine I just primed
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Spanish Manlove posted:You absolutely can do detail that small like this painter I found on instagram When I see stuff like this I think must have been an artist before coming to miniature painting.
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Sep 4, 2020 21:56
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Sab669 posted:Thanks - no trick, airbrush and a Pearl Green from Createx Vallejo Gloss Black has worked well for me with a little thinner.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Stipple on some brown dots in a line, close enough to almost touch, with some wider spaces every so often. Text that small won't be readable, but a dotted pattern in a relatively straight line will look like text. I painted up that guy too! He was super fun. 
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Sep 4, 2020 22:47
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chippocrates posted:Vallejo Gloss Black has worked well for me with a little thinner. Oh, sweet, I didn't even realize they had one. My LGS normally has a great selection of Vallejo products but they didn't have this so I assumed it didn't exist
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Sep 4, 2020 22:50
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Verisimilidude posted:I painted up that guy too! He was super fun. That whole pack of kobolds was really cute and fun. Except for that one. You know the one.  ... I accidentally painted the green one like Dende and then once I realized I'd accidentally made Dende I put a dragonball on the end of his club.
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Got my Scale 75 metals! VIKING GOLD: This is like Retributor Armor with a coat of Nuln Oil over it. I won't use it on my Thousand Sons, but it's going to really come in clutch if I ever need to paint something with an old metal feel. SPEED METAL: I was hoping this would be a brighter version of GW's Stormhost Silver. No matter how much I shake this, most of the time it comes out nearly full white. If I give it a good shake and put a bit on a palette (not a wet palette, this is already super watery) and wait for it to dry a little before trying to use it, it sort of works. I struggled halfway through a mini and went back to Stormhost Silver. It's very bright when it does cooperate, but not much more than Stormhost Silver. Maybe I got a bad batch? DWARVEN GOLD: This is very comparable to Retributor Armor, but slightly more on the yellow side as opposed to Retributor's Pumpkin Spice orange. After experimenting, I think I'm going to use Retributor Armor and edge highlight with this. CITRINE ALCHEMY: This stuff is good. It's like the perfect white gold. I did some tests where I painted Dwarven Gold and then edge highlighted with this and it really pops. It's not where I was going for with my Thousand Sons - where I'm using gold as an accent mostly - but I'm going to keep this combo in my back pocket. Maybe for larger models that have areas I can try a good transition.
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 I backed a Kickstarter involving these little raptors with laser guns, and copped the free demo dino to print off. It printed out wonderfully and assembled very easily, so I threw some paint on and this is the result. I'm not so familiar with metallics, so forgive me for that, but this clever girl's got me really excited for the rest of the project!
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Sep 5, 2020 05:07
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LifeLynx posted:Got my Scale 75 metals! Give p3 blighted gold a try because it's it's like a shiny version of that viking gold. I love it for a faded bronze color with some sepia or reikland fleshshade over it.
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Sep 5, 2020 05:51
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PoptartsNinja posted:That whole pack of kobolds was really cute and fun. Except for that one. You know the one. I painted all of them except for the nipple kobold! And now I wish I painted the little one green, that’s a fun idea
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I decided to experiment with plasma glow:    Looking at these pictures made me realize I need to go back and fix some things, but this was a lot of fun to do!
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