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you know, for my first painting project, i probably should have picked a primer other than the exact same color as the plastic
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StashAugustine posted:you know, for my first painting project, i probably should have picked a primer other than the exact same color as the plastic They make black plastic models?
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Feb 27, 2021 01:49
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No, I just decided to get grey primer without really thinking it through. I gave one sprue a coat of primer and got impatient once it was mostly dry and went ahead with some of the basing I think the primer wasn't evenly applied, seems like the helmets in particular are patchy? Not sure if it needs a second coat before trying details.
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:I personally would highly recommend a tank - I find it extremely hard to believe they found a way to make it actually work "just as well" or else everyone would be switching to tankless designs. Unless your hobby space is at an extreme premium, you're gonna get more consistent pressure / less time spent hoovering up air with a tank. I'm of the same opinion, get the one with the tank. But if you have a partner/roommates, do a better job than I do of turning it OFF between painting sessions, the drat thing will come on to top up tank pressure at 3am.
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Feb 27, 2021 14:15
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mllaneza posted:I'm of the same opinion, get the one with the tank. But if you have a partner/roommates, do a better job than I do of turning it OFF between painting sessions, the drat thing will come on to top up tank pressure at 3am. Maybe I slept through it but I've never had this happen and I've definitely accidentally left it on for days at a time
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Feb 27, 2021 14:51
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  Working on this big boi. Knocked over my pot of Wyldwood in the process tho T_T
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Painted a tiny gnome buddy with a fancy bazooka.
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Feb 27, 2021 20:28
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 first batch done for now, pretty happy for a first try. coloring is a little off from what i'd like but the wash worked out super well
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Feb 27, 2021 20:50
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Phi230 posted:
Save your money. I was using 8404s, decide to get some Artis Opus to try. They’re totally fine, ok brushes. Absurdly small belly in the brushes, but no finer tips or better quality than the 8404. I still have them, I use them extremely rarely when i need to do line work where the 8404 is physically too large to go without hitting something else (extremely rare)
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i bought a couple bags of those little glass beads to use as weights in my paints. put a few in some pots, put the bags away, can't find them again. minor inconvenience. but now i've got the fear, because eventually i'm gonna open a box or knock something over, and 200 tiny glass balls are gonna go loving everywhere and ruin my life
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jesus WEP posted:i bought a couple bags of those little glass beads to use as weights in my paints. put a few in some pots, put the bags away, can't find them again. minor inconvenience. but now i've got the fear, because eventually i'm gonna open a box or knock something over, and 200 tiny glass balls are gonna go loving everywhere and ruin my life It's gonna be like looney tunes and you're going to slip and slide all over the place.
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Feb 28, 2021 02:09
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Where can you order the little chunks of slate or similar for basing?
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Feb 28, 2021 03:35
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PRADA SLUT posted:Where can you order the little chunks of slate or similar for basing? Those come out of the ground. You don't need to buy them.
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PRADA SLUT posted:Where can you order the little chunks of slate or similar for basing? If you're looking for basing options that look like rock, I would suggest heading down to your local Michaels or similar crafts store and look for a pack of cork sheeting. You can break off pieces to create flat-topped with irregular edges pieces sized to your base. Then just prime it and paint it.
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The French Army posted:Those come out of the ground. You don't need to buy them. If you live in the right places, they can have teeny tiny fossils too. I once found what was either a fossilized seashell or a rock impression from a seashell fossil that was the size of a mini's hand and made for a great addition to a beach base. Alternatively, Woodland Scenics maybe or just break up some cork sheets and paint them like slate.
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Cork is great for filling out bases but it doesn't really look like sheets of rock in the same way that slate does. You can buy little bags of slate from I think Gale Force 9? Should be a few different brands on Amazon / ebay. It's a bit overpriced but the size is about right and it's enough to do quite a few bases and it's the easiest method if you don't want to put extra work into it. Alternatively, go to a home improvement store, find some slate tiles, and whack it with a hammer. Downside is the pieces are going to be pretty uniform in thickness and flat on both sides, so it doesn't always look right depending on what you're going for. The other good option for fake rock is using bark chips, which are cheap and look like slate when you paint them. Plus side is the are light and easy to drill / break apart. Downside is finding the right kind of chips can be a challenge - most places only have the really shredded pet-bedding type.
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I live in the city so I can’t just go out and pick up rocks and poo poo for basing. I bought a bag of slate chunks on Amazon for like ten bucks, they had different sizes available and I’ve made dozens of bases with them.I especially like that they’re fairly uniform in appearance so they give may bases a consistent look.
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Cthulu Carl posted:If you live in the right places, they can have teeny tiny fossils too. Since I know you live in my general area, Trammel Fossil Park is a great place to find tiny fossils. I actually bought a gold panning sifter set so I could get appropriate sizes. 
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Pet stores also often have slate (and a bunch of other types stones in various sizes) available. It’s used for both aquariums and terrariums. It’s a lot cheaper than model companies.
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Winklebottom posted:Looks good! I did my Ironskull's Boyz with grimy dark armor. It's pretty fun going all out on dirtying them up. Thank you! I tried to do one up kinda like yours but I both misremembered how yours look and am missing some options when it comes to metallic paints.    Also did another one in another scheme. Have been trying something different for each so don't mind the mismatched bases. I don't play, so they're not really meant to be a unit.  Verisimilidude posted:
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Barf Wight posted:Thank you! This guy looks awesome, what are you using for rust on the axe?
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Feb 28, 2021 15:31
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Been working on more options for my Helbrute.   
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Barf Wight posted:Also did another one in another scheme. Have been trying something different for each so don't mind the mismatched bases. I don't play, so they're not really meant to be a unit. The red and white is a neat scheme for orcs. Might give it a whirl once I get to one of the other orc warbands. I finally got started on Garrek's Reavers.  I bought these guys secondhand and they were already assembled and primed. During painting I noticed they were absolutely rife with moldlines and sprue marks but I can't be bothered to remove them at this point 
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Pb and Jellyfish posted:This guy looks awesome, what are you using for rust on the axe? Thanks. The rust is an effect paint from vallejo. Really simple shortcut to some extra gunk on a model. 
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PRADA SLUT posted:Where can you order the little chunks of slate or similar for basing? i went into my front garden and picked up pieces of mulch from the ground. i bought many things from the army painter like paintbrushes and tufts and also bought a box of about a million tiny pieces of jagged cork bark. when you paint them they look good enough   
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Bucnasti posted:I live in the city so I can’t just go out and pick up rocks and poo poo for basing. I bought a bag of slate chunks on Amazon for like ten bucks, they had different sizes available and I’ve made dozens of bases with them.I especially like that they’re fairly uniform in appearance so they give may bases a consistent look. Same, I might just grab a pack on Amazon. I'm unsure about wood chips because I'm pinning some larger models and don't want things to slip / tear through.
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  WIP on this Artel W ork warboss. Doing a study on oil paints and the "grimdark" style
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Verisimilidude posted:
Hell yes dude, this is what I picture when I think of orks. Big green dude with beat up metal and checkered patterns, love it!
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I have been painting a lot of terrain scatter and stuff for d&d and I have a question for you all, that I can't seem to find a consistent answer on. Do you drybrush then wash? Or wash then drybrush? I've seen tutorials done both ways, and I'm not really sure if it's ...like do you drybrush again after you do the wash? Tell me your secrets.
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drybrushing shouldn’t be the last thing you do on a surface imo, it doesn’t have a particularly nice finish. putting a wash or a contrast paint preserves some of the contrast the drybrush gave you, while hiding some of its chalky dusty finish
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thoughts on doing drybrush as a "final" step if you plan to seal the model with gloss/matte varnish as an actual final step?
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jesus WEP posted:drybrushing shouldn’t be the last thing you do on a surface imo, it doesn’t have a particularly nice finish. putting a wash or a contrast paint preserves some of the contrast the drybrush gave you, while hiding some of its chalky dusty finish See for me it depends on what surface you’re drybrushing and to what extent. Drybrushing a near-white onto my textured is literally the last step I do (other than painting the base rim) on most of my models. And that’s a VERY light drybrush that just catches the edges and gives the base texture more pop. But there are other surfaces on figures, like scales, where I might wash after if it feels like the drybrush hasn’t unified well enough with the color layers under it.
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I also think it kind of depends on what paint you're dry brushing with. Whites and tans definitely work better if you wash afterward while metallics look fine as a last step.
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Another way to think about it is that a wash brings highlights down a little and dry brushing (usually) is about making highlights and edges/things stand out. So, depending on what you’re trying to accomplish, either one might go on before/after the other. I think broadly, I’ve seen people use a wash after dry brushing a little more, because it sorta pulls models together. You can also use a quite aggressive dry brush (as in dry brush with a much lighter colour) if you plan to bright it down with a wash at the end.
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Some more Malifaux figures from the last wee while Some Wind Gamin (Wind Elementals basically)  Howard Langston/Steamborg Executioner (1e Metal figure)  2 Saboteurs. 
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   Finished the ArtelW Iron Boss. It was a ton of fun to paint! Wanted to try a different style (blanchitsu-esque/grim dark) than what I'm used to and using a lot of oil paints. The base is kinda meh so I'll probably come back to it later with something more interesting. Overall it took about 5 hours to paint, but it was very easy and satisfying to work on. edit: Here he is next to the official Ghaz model. 
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For something a little different, painted this Reaper viking mouse to try some NMM for the first time ever   and just messing with the settings on my iphone camera  
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Verisimilidude posted:For something a little different, painted this Reaper viking mouse to try some NMM for the first time ever Man, that green cloak is terrific. It almost glows.
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"Big alien gorilla wolf motherfuckers. I swear."
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Verisimilidude posted:
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