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AndyElusive posted:Duncan still uses a dry pallet ceramic tile for things like metallics and washes. Which is kind of ideal imho. Yeah, dont put metallics on a wet palette, they dont agree with it, and it doesnt agree with them either. I've never tried a wash on a wet pallete, but I rarely put it on a dry pallete either tbh, I just usually go straight from the pot unless its a dropper bottle.
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Yea don't put metallics or inks or washes on a wet palette. Especially not any good metallics like Vallejo Metal Color that don't need any thinning to begin with. I buy really cheap plastic palettes for stuff like that, you can wash them off or peel the paint off to re-use them.
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Is there a good video on how to use a wet palette? I have one, but I'm pretty sure I'm not using it right...
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AndyElusive posted:Duncan still uses a dry pallet ceramic tile for things like metallics and washes. Which is kind of ideal imho. Oh yeah absolutely, I wasn't saying that you should always use a wet palette, especially with metallics, contrast paints, and washes. I use a crappy old round dry palette for all that stuff.
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Always use your WAP when painting minis.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Always use your WAP when painting minis. My favorite collab between Vincey V and Duncan Thee Stallion.
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:Is there a good video on how to use a wet palette? I have one, but I'm pretty sure I'm not using it right... Funnily enough the thing that made me most go "god drat I'm a simpleton" was just watching them lay out the colours they expected to use this session in advance on the wet palette. Acrylic paint instantly drying had completely pruned that branch of thinking. Squidmar is a good dude and worth listening to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwzych8IKq8 Miniac will make you cringe but he is pretty thorough at showing every step of setting up and using the wet palette. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYVP469_KJ0
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I've been using metallics on a wet palette and have never had an issue with it. IDK what paper you guys are using and if it's more porous than the publix brand parchment paper i'm using. poo poo, I accidentally dripped a bit of VMC chrome on the sponge and immediately just went to wash it off, then no issues of shiny glitter in my other paints once I cleaned everything.
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To whomever was asking about art paints, I use Golden Fluid Acrylics with a little high flow medium as my paints and high-flow acrylics as a high pigment wash (i think y'all call that contrast paints?). I use the high-flow acrylics plus a ton of high flow medium as a wash. I'm very happy with them, they don't cost me a ton, and the company is employee owned.
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 Painted up the Spellweaver from Gloomhaven!
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Verisimilidude posted:
Those colors! Such a cool interpretation of the character. Cross post: Harvey Mantaco posted:My ymca custodes needed some friends to cheer on
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Spanish Manlove posted:I've been using metallics on a wet palette and have never had an issue with it. IDK what paper you guys are using and if it's more porous than the publix brand parchment paper i'm using. poo poo, I accidentally dripped a bit of VMC chrome on the sponge and immediately just went to wash it off, then no issues of shiny glitter in my other paints once I cleaned everything. I use the paper that comes with the Army Painter wet palette (the same one that Duncan has). Haven't tried using store bought parchment paper though. The included paper is probably a lot more porous though, like you said.
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On the subject of palettes, is there any guide to making your texture palette, like the one they use in Artis Opus drybrushing videos? I've got a bunch of MDF, fiberboard etc. lying around, and it could be cool to make one of my own.
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inscrutable horse posted:On the subject of palettes, is there any guide to making your texture palette, like the one they use in Artis Opus drybrushing videos? I've got a bunch of MDF, fiberboard etc. lying around, and it could be cool to make one of my own. You've linked to the channel rather than the video you mean, but the only time I've ever seen someone mention a "Texture Pallete" is MS_Paints, his guide to how he made his is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq4mcX1epsE (spoiler warning: Glue a bunch of stuff with different textures to a thing, paint it all black).
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Yeah, that was deliberate, since they use the same tools in all their videos. Still, maybe I should find a more illustrative link 
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Seems like it would be cheapest to just get a square foot of particle board at home Depot
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Hey what's a good glue to use for metal miniatures? My gorilla glue doesn't seem to work.
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StashAugustine posted:Hey what's a good glue to use for metal miniatures? My gorilla glue doesn't seem to work. I use Loctite Professional and it seems to work perfectly fine.
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Spanish Manlove posted:Seems like it would be cheapest to just get a square foot of particle board at home Depot I have something like 2 or 3 square meters of 6mm MDF and other random scrap wood lying around - hence the want to build something cool out of it 
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StashAugustine posted:Hey what's a good glue to use for metal miniatures? My gorilla glue doesn't seem to work. cyanoacrylate with some kind of accelerator is my go to, plus pinning
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This is a long-shot, but I need some help with chipping. I'm using the hairspray method. I do about two coats of hairspray, then let that dry. Next, I airbrush my top coat over that and let it dry. When I start paintbrush chipping with water, my chips end up being huge and sometimes the whole airbrush layer starts to lift off and peel away. What am I doing wrong?
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Why not just do layers of sponging?
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SERPUS posted:This is a long-shot, but I need some help with chipping. I'm using the hairspray method. I do about two coats of hairspray, then let that dry. Next, I airbrush my top coat over that and let it dry. When I start paintbrush chipping with water, my chips end up being huge and sometimes the whole airbrush layer starts to lift off and peel away. What am I doing wrong? sounds like too much hairspray. the less chipping medium the less the paint kind of floats on that surface. I'd start with one coat of hairspray, and not really trying to get great coverage like you would with a primer
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:Is there a good video on how to use a wet palette? I have one, but I'm pretty sure I'm not using it right... My number one advice is its a wet palette, not a damp one, or a fairly moist one. Once I started using one like that it made a big difference. The other thing is size. I used a little P3 one and then an AK one for a long time, but they were both quite small - when I moved to the RedGrass one, it was like "oooooooh" I can actually mix and play with the paints more, and have enough room for literally any project I'm working on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59lhf88WZlc This video sold me on the Red Grass games large version, I really love it. edit: you can totally make your own! I personally don't mind throwing some money at something and making the problem go away. Yeast fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Mar 20, 2021 |
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Spanish Manlove posted:Seems like it would be cheapest to just get a square foot of particle board at home Depot I used a Tupperware and baking sheet as a wet palette for the longest time. One day I had enough spare cash to buy an Everlasting Wet Palette. And to be honest, the best part about it is not the palette itself, it's the foam pads and hydration paper. They have just the right properties for miniature painting. An off the shelf sponge (the thin, flat, spread ones) and baking paper are just not meant for painting. They are okay but the ones I got from Red Grass Games just work better. So if I had to do it again I'd simply buy those.
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i never really liked my homemade ones and i never wanted to spend the money on one, but someone bought me the redgrass for christmas and it's really really good.
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Finished my practice models. I made a lot of mistakes but drat it was a lot of fun. I'm itching to do another project and see how I can improve.
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Is that commission list in the OP still accurate? I've got 4 minis I'd like to have painted for my D&D group as presents for the end of our first campaign.
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So finally finished my three tanks for my thousand sons army, giving me 2k points. I really like how the weathering came out. Rhino side  Vindicator  vindicator side  Predator Hope to take some full army shots soon. I started painting the army in like February of last year, so took me a year to finish, but that was also with some long break in between due to personal life poo poo.
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  Any tips for making this shoulder pad read more like a Deathwing pad?
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Crosspost from the 40k thread:The French Army posted:Work on my Thunderhawk has slowed down a lot since I got recalled to full time work, but I haven't stopped.
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Paint the little crack in the blade? Ya know, that little Deathwing crack their emblem has in the middle of the blade for some reason.
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Paint the rim green
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Crosspost! Finished up the Bladeguard Vets this weekend. I ran into a few hiccups with them. I think I took some sessions a bit too long and was fatigued.  I tried out some power sword effects for the first time. It got much better by the third one and overall I'm happy with it.  I'm working on a 10 man unit next. I'm going to try and not be so detailed on them. Its going to be a challenge for me to leave them so I don't take a month to paint them all.
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After years of collecting gray plastic and never doing anything with it I finally overcame the anxiety and tried to paint. The red flame thrower accident was my first attempt. I tried brushing on a base coat and quickly understood why everyone hates red. Gave up on the brush and decided to give the airbrush a whirl. Things went better until I got to the face. After a few attempts to fix it, I gave up. I think it can be saved but I'm not quite sure how yet. The yellow dude was my 2nd attempt after getting a bit discouraged with melt face. Did a red prime followed by a coat of pink->white highlight->yellow ink. I think I got too much white and the shading didn't come through as well as wanted but I'm still happy with my "First Finished Mini". Youtube is a hell of a tool. Also, I really dig good brushes. I was comfortable enough to switch to using a sable halfway on the Yellow guy and the difference was immediately noticable vs a 'Royal' walmart brush. Edit: Techinically not finished because I forgot the backpack     
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Both of those are far beyond my first couple minis. Good work!
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Chacmool posted:I tried brushing on a base coat and quickly understood why everyone hates red. Obligatory and well deserved "Well done!" post, particularly on the yellow; such a gorgeous and saturated colour! ...but with that out of the way, is the red-hate an actual thing? Maybe it's because I started out painting AdMech, but painting red is, for me, one of the easiest things in the world. Mephiston Red is such a well-behaved paint, as are all the red nuances in GW's range. At least, they are in my experience :/
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AndyElusive posted:Duncan still uses a dry pallet ceramic tile for things like metallics and washes. Which is kind of ideal imho. A couple youtubers did a test of this and they found it might stain the sponge but it doesn't mix in with your actual paint Eediot Jedi posted:Funnily enough the thing that made me most go "god drat I'm a simpleton" was just watching them lay out the colours they expected to use this session in advance on the wet palette. Acrylic paint instantly drying had completely pruned that branch of thinking. I've watched these, Squidmar is ok, but Miniac seems like someone I'd actively want to hang out with
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