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tangy yet delightful posted:these are awesome and now I kinda want to add a titanicus scale titan to my pile of shame Same, always wanted to pick up some of the AT Knights or even a pair of Warhounds just so I can say I've painted a Titan.
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They really are nice models designed for subassembly. All of the mold joins for the armor plates are on the outer trim so you can just paint them right on the sprue.
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Nov 18, 2020 20:36
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Werix posted:Yeah, my FLGS is mostly GW paints, but they did recently get an army painter display, so I really only have AP as an option. I prefer the AP metallic paints over GW mostly. The other big brands I'd have to order online. Do you have a Hobby Lobby near you? Mine stocks a bunch of Vallejo paints. Do some gay stuff on the way home to atone for shopping there.
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Nov 18, 2020 21:51
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jadebullet posted:Crossppsting from the Specialist Games thread These rule, love the freehand. My only complaint is no house spinning on chicken legs worked into / onto Baba Yaga!
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Nov 18, 2020 23:40
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jesus WEP posted:Rakarth Flesh I just got home from the store with a pot of Rakarth, never used it before, but I notice the pot was separated. Gave it a shake in the store and it seemed fine. Wonder if I'm owned
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Nov 19, 2020 00:44
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Spanish Manlove posted:I'm trying to source some of the metal color for cheap but everywhere is sold out of them Vallejo had a supply issue with one of the thinners used in the Metal Color paints and are being forced to change the recipe. According to them it will be just as good, though it might be safe to wait on reviews to make sure. There's no known date yet on when they will be re-released, but that's why you cannot find any for sale anywhere. jesus WEP posted:i have otherwise stayed away from scalecolour paints because i heard they’re bad if you’re bad at painting, and I’m REALLY bad at painting. but these have been a joy to use honestly. I wouldn't say Scale is bad if you're bad at painting, but it does handle differently than something like GW or Vallejo. I am a huge fan of them though, they are especially good paints for layering/glazing, but not ideal for wet blending due to their extremely fast dry time. Their metals are fantastic and easy to use, second only to the Vallejo Metal Color but unlike VMC they actually offer multiple shades of gold instead of having to mix your own. Mirthless posted:I'm generally willing to use just about any paint as long as it looks good and stays on the model but I'll take craft paint over citadel most days tbh Maybe certain colors work for you, but it would be my last option if I had anything else available.
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Oh that makes a lot of sense why I can't find any. Oh well, I ordered the steel and golden paint sets direct from Scale75s website to support my countrymen. I'll likely get it some time in 2021. I use a wet palette in a very humid climate so i'm not too concerned with things drying out. I've seriously been able to use paints for a whole weekend on the same palette.
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Cinara posted:I am not a huge fan of Citadel either, though they are good paints, the pots and cost are enough that unless it's a specific color I need I try to use anything else. But I just cannot get behind craft paint for actual mini painting, terrain and bases are fine but the pigment size/density just doesn't cut it in many situations. It's easy to end up with very obvious grain/texture, and if you try to do anything like glazing it will completely break down compared to any high pigment density paint. If you're staying away from GW due to cost, almost any brand is cheaper and some are far higher quality at the same time. I've had good luck with glazing some shades of craft paint - it's a crapshoot whether or not the paint is going to be suitable. Browns are usually terrible, so is white craft paint, but a lot of the color shades are quite decent and I've had great luck with purple and red craft paints. The biggest issue /w the Craft Brands imo is that they bleed when you apply a wash or glaze additional layers over it, you can varnish to get around this but it's an irritating extra step Edit: An update on this post I made earlier: Mirthless posted:Five airbrushes with hoses, apparently being nice helps  these are brand new, they came in a five piece value bundle pack that I am assuming Iwata sells to teachers or t-shirt shops or whatever? They don't have any of the pack-in extras aside from the incredibly nice hose. (plumbers tape on the threads, quick chuck release for the airbrush, I'm in love) I will probably make an SA-Mart thread soon for these but I am thinking I am going to bulk buy some airbrush bottles first, since they don't come with any. To try it out tonight, I bought some little caps that I can just screw onto squeeze bottles, and I'm really impressed with the results so far. I'm still not convinced my Badger is performing the way it's supposed to, but this is definitely a night and day difference in terms of how it's slinging paint onto the model and how much detail I can get on the surface. The siphon feed is going to take some getting used to; I will probably solve the awkward problem of switching paint by just buying lots and lots of airbrush bottles and just filling them with the stuff I spray the most. I'm really happy with it personally. It's also nice not having to look over that cup or worry about it spilling tbh, and the paint bottle kind of becomes a handle or like finger rest or whatever; it's much more comfortable for me to hold. Mirthless fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Nov 19, 2020 |
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Nov 19, 2020 02:17
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I've been spinning my wheels on deciding what color to do for cloaks/capes/robes for my Carcharodon dudes. Anyone have any ideas? This is what one of my cape-less dudes looks like: 
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Nov 19, 2020 02:23
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Floppychop posted:I've been spinning my wheels on deciding what color to do for cloaks/capes/robes for my Carcharodon dudes. Anyone have any ideas? Would doing the cloaks in your dark grey allow you to do the arabesques with your light grey or would that wash-out? What doctrines: Stealthy/Whirlwind?
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Nov 19, 2020 02:28
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Schadenboner posted:Would doing the cloaks in your dark grey allow you to do the arabesques with your light grey or would that wash-out? Like the grey that's basically black? I have thought about that, but didn't know if it would be too monotone. I'm thinking Hungry For Battle and Whirlwind, but I'm not sure yet. Figure I have time to decide since I'm in the US and COVID will be a thing for a long while.
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Nov 19, 2020 02:49
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Floppychop posted:Like the grey that's basically black? I have thought about that, but didn't know if it would be too monotone. That sounds like it'd look pretty good. If you're worried about monotone, it's probably still fine if they they stand out sharply from their bases. Give the caped guys rustier bases with more vibrant orange highlights; or even sections of painted metal or hazard striping?
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Nov 19, 2020 05:04
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Electric Hobo posted:Wyrd has some pretty brutal rules in their painting competitions, but they've finally announced the winners, so I can show what I painted for it without getting disqualified. Hey you nerd, I have it on good authority Ironsides Rider scored some Wyrd Staff vote picks, so good job.
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Nov 19, 2020 06:33
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Dark, bloody red seems appropriate for space sharks. Like if you highlighted up to the red you have on the purity seal, with the shadows being darker.
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Nov 19, 2020 06:35
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Floppychop posted:I've been spinning my wheels on deciding what color to do for cloaks/capes/robes for my Carcharodon dudes. Anyone have any ideas? Some ideas... Inverse of your armor, white/light grey with dark grey tribal markings Sharkskin patterns like blue to white gradient, tiger stripes or spots. Pure white with bloody red splashes
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If you could do a really flat white and then flung dark red at them so each one had a unique splatter and the edged everything in gold, that would look insane.
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Nov 19, 2020 08:02
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jadebullet posted:Crossppsting from the Specialist Games thread These are too good.
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Brock Samsonite posted:Hey you nerd, I have it on good authority Ironsides Rider scored some Wyrd Staff vote picks, so good job. 
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Cinara posted:I wouldn't say Scale is bad if you're bad at painting, but it does handle differently than something like GW or Vallejo. I am a huge fan of them though, they are especially good paints for layering/glazing, but not ideal for wet blending due to their extremely fast dry time. Their metals are fantastic and easy to use, second only to the Vallejo Metal Color but unlike VMC they actually offer multiple shades of gold instead of having to mix your own.
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with a rebel yell she QQd posted:These rule, love the freehand. My only complaint is no house spinning on chicken legs worked into / onto Baba Yaga! I'm actually planning on incorporating that into the banner for it. I have some printable cloth and im just waiting until the titans are all done, then I will be making little banners.
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Nov 19, 2020 15:38
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jadebullet posted:Crossppsting from the Specialist Games thread Very nice work. Especially like the muddy base on the second one!
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Spanish Manlove posted:However, if Vallejo made a retributor armor replacement in their metal color line I would pay all the money for it. You can get really close by mixing their Copper and Gold!
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Nov 19, 2020 16:00
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Painted my first Sister of Battle   Also finally got around to painting some cool orks from Artel W and Hardcore Miniatures  
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Nov 19, 2020 16:18
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I especially like this one. Is the shovel part of the kit, or did you make that / find it elsewhere?
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jesus WEP posted:Yeah I have the full VMA set of metallics. Maybe the proper metal series is better about this, but my main issue is they’re all way too bright! The gunmetal is the darkest non-black grey metallic in their set and it’s way brighter than e.g. leadbelcher. The gold is much the same story. It’s why I got the s75 set. being able to build up layers through an airbrush from necro to elven gold gives my sang guard a really nice depth to their armour that I don’t think you can really achieve with a zenithal undershade. Certainly not with how opaque metallics end up I sprayed one layer of Vajello Metal Colour and I saw the light
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Baring the Vallejo liquid Silver I have which has some issues working with it, Vallejo metallic air is the best for metallics
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Sab669 posted:I especially like this one. Is the shovel part of the kit, or did you make that / find it elsewhere? Thanks! I made it out of some left over milliput and a toothpick hit with a wash.
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w00tmonger posted:Baring the Vallejo liquid Silver I have which has some issues working with it, Vallejo metallic air is the best for metallics 100% agreed, liquid color is simply the best, but has a learning curve... but metallic air is nearly as good and is acrylic. My only real complaint is the limited color range
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Sculpted onto a mini with Green Stuff for the first time ever. This was the original:  With GreenStuff hair, horns, and loincloth:   Quick n' dirty paint job:  
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Nov 19, 2020 20:04
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Stone by day... warriors by night! 
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w00tmonger posted:Baring the Vallejo liquid Silver I have which has some issues working with it, Vallejo metallic air is the best for metallics vallejo liquid metal can't be thinned with water or any water based thinner, if it's chunked up like little jelly cubes that's why even just pot dipping will ruin it, i screwed up my pot of rich gold liquid metal immediately with a wet brush and i'm still pretty sour about it. the only thing you ever want to dip in these pots is a clean, dry pipette before immediately re-sealing the air and model colors are fine, the liquid metal paints are resin-based acrylics that don't do well with water at all, it can also discolor the pigment; that said, the air and model colors are also different and not anywhere near as nice of a finish Mirthless fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Nov 19, 2020 |
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Mirthless posted:vallejo liquid metal can't be thinned with water or any water based thinner, if it's chunked up like little jelly cubes that's why How do you easily clean the airbrush afterwards? Just alcohol?
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Please note that Vallejo Metal Color is very much not model color. Their normal metallics like the air and model/game are fine, but not really any better than other brands. Metal Color is another story, easily the best non-alcohol based metal paint you can get. The liquid metal stuff is good but enough of a hassle that I rarely use it.
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Harvey Mantaco posted:How do you easily clean the airbrush afterwards? Just alcohol? Don't run liquid metal through it. Model color is good, clean with Windex (can do 50/50 with water), followed by a flush with water a few times. Windex is apparently lovely on the seals, but as long as it's not just sitting in it should be fine.
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Electric Hobo posted:Wyrd has some pretty brutal rules in their painting competitions, but they've finally announced the winners, so I can show what I painted for it without getting disqualified. I love the weird Lisa Frank faerie gremlin guy. What sort of grass did you use for that base? Did you need a tool to make it stand on end like that?
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:I love the weird Lisa Frank faerie gremlin guy. What sort of grass did you use for that base? Did you need a tool to make it stand on end like that? They are alien grass tufts and really cool: https://www.gamersgrass.com/52-alien-tufts
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Just finished converting my citadel/p3 paints over to dropper bottles. Really satisfying!
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   Think i'll become one of those tedious "warhams not wearing a helmet in combat are unacceptable!!!" type of guys as an excuse to never paint a face again. More pics here: https://imgur.com/a/LxYpeWe
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Dienes posted:They are alien grass tufts and really cool: https://www.gamersgrass.com/52-alien-tufts Awesome, thanks!
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:I love the weird Lisa Frank faerie gremlin guy. What sort of grass did you use for that base? Did you need a tool to make it stand on end like that? as already said, it alien tufts from Gamer's Grass. They have a whole range, but I only use the most eye-searing ones for all the weird stuff that is Malifaux. They are just tufts, so just cut them to size, and slap them on.
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