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nostrata posted:I got an army painter brush because the handle was a little bit thicker but after about 2 weeks of moderate use the ferrule got loose where it connects to the wood. It would wobble about 10° off to either side. I recently ordered some broken toad bushes that just came in today. I do wish I could find a nice brush with a beefier handle as holding most brushes cramps my hands pretty quickly. Wrap a bunch of tape around it? 
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Cat Face Joe posted:Wrap a bunch of tape around it? Or maybe some idea not dumb, like these little things you can get at any dollar store https://www.amazon.com/Classics-Pen...17239868&sr=8-6
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Apr 1, 2021 02:18
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I got a full set of bomb wick brushes from Monument Hobbies and I would not recommend them, because they don't hold a point at all.
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I finished some boyz in the last couple weeks, and am finally feeling really great about my first army scheme. Oils and enamels are also an absurd amount of fun.     
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Spanish Manlove posted:Or maybe some idea not dumb, like these little things you can get at any dollar store lol ok dude. lemme just buy some things notorious for not staying on and are way bigger than a paint brush. way smarter than just wrapping it in med or painters tape
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AndyElusive posted:Guess it's just me who can't stand Goobertown. Some voices really annoy me which is also the thing that prevents me from watching Auspex Tactics. You are not alone
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Skails posted:Finished this entry for #smashbash2021. It’s a kitbashing event on Instagram hosted by @totally_not_panicking. That's just nuts 
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Cat Face Joe posted:lol ok dude. lemme just buy some things notorious for not staying on and are way bigger than a paint brush. way smarter than just wrapping it in med or painters tape Well those were cheap examples and the first things I thought of. I modified some tools at work with tape to make them easier to hold and they started to unravel a little bit and got sticky and annoying. Overall was kind of a failure as I kept having to add more tape to cover the parts that would unravel.
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Warlord games announced a new product today. I felt insulted and sad over it. Dear Warlord Games- please do not make fun of my lack of Painting ability. I'm sure everyone else will find it hilarious, it just made me sad and depressed over the entire army of unpainted figures I need to paint tonight for a con tournament it looks like no one else is coming too  quote:We've Just Revolutionised the way you will paint - FOREVER! I hate April 1st.
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Would appreciate some criticism or suggestions how to improve the skin on this guy. This is just waagh flesh, lightened by mixing with a pale skintone and shadowed by mixing with payne’s grey. I overall like the result but I think it still looks a bit flat. Is it just a matter of making the brightest bits lighter, or do I kinda raise all the midtones and highlights up to make the shadows look darker by comparison? (I know other stuff like the chain are very flat but they’re getting an oil wash later)  
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Comstar posted:Warlord games announced a new product today. I felt insulted and sad over it. Dear Warlord Games- please do not make fun of my lack of Painting ability. Based on the description you quoted, I'm disappointed the video wasn't just them shooting minis with a paintball gun
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jesus WEP posted:Would appreciate some criticism or suggestions how to improve the skin on this guy. It’s not bad at all, but I would focus on punching up the highlights to create greater contrast. Would make it pop more. Sab669 posted:Based on the description you quoted, I'm disappointed the video wasn't just them shooting minis with a paintball gun Yeah I thought it would be something like https://i.imgur.com/VPR29cK.gifv Winklebottom fucked around with this message at 12:06 on Apr 1, 2021 |
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Xposting from specgames: Another nasty boy ready to hit the Beastgrave:  
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jesus WEP posted:Would appreciate some criticism or suggestions how to improve the skin on this guy. I would both go higher with another highlight and think about deepening the shadows - something like a pure black/dark green in the deepest recesses - particularity on the hands and face.
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I just recently figured out that I can adjust the layer height on my 3d printer and now my prints are soooo smoth. I printed this big boy (technically 28 mm scale, but he is about 5 cm tall) and I am really happy with both the print and the paint job: 
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Apr 1, 2021 18:48
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Did some grimdark Stormcast: Enjoyed these a lot, it's pretty freeing doing such heavy weathering and not having to be super neat all the time. My first time using a wet palette too, which I really like so far.
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blue collar orc posted:I just recently figured out that I can adjust the layer height on my 3d printer and now my prints are soooo smoth. I printed this big boy (technically 28 mm scale, but he is about 5 cm tall) and I am really happy with both the print and the paint job: What settings did you use? Also, post the STL if you can!
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Verisimilidude posted:What settings did you use? Also, post the STL if you can! The model can be bought from myminifactory: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-tt-minotaur-002-116142 I printed it on a anycubic photon s with the following settings: Layer thickness: 0.025 mm Exposure time: 6 sec Off time: 1 sec Bottom exposure time: 45 sec Bottom layers: 3 Lift distance: 6 mm Z lift speed: 3 mm/sec Z retract speed: 3 mm/sec Anti-alias: 8 IIRC it took about 11 hours to print
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Did some grimdark Stormcast: Hell yes, I love seeing more of this style. Stormcast really lend themselves well to this.
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Skails posted:Finished this entry for #smashbash2021. It’s a kitbashing event on Instagram hosted by @totally_not_panicking. OMG that is insane! I love that mix of xenomorph and cennobite
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Did some grimdark Stormcast: oohhh I really like these
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:Did some grimdark Stormcast:
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blue collar orc posted:The model can be bought from myminifactory: https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-tt-minotaur-002-116142 The layer height for minis is pretty much perfect. I have a really hard time justifying buying models after getting a resin printer ages ago
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Winklebottom posted:It’s not bad at all, but I would focus on punching up the highlights to create greater contrast. Would make it pop more. Two Headed Calf posted:I would both go higher with another highlight and think about deepening the shadows - something like a pure black/dark green in the deepest recesses - particularity on the hands and face. Before  After  Please ignore the hideous mould line on the leg and boot  oh god how did i miss that
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Hell yeah now we're talking
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Oh yeah, that stands out so much more, nice job! I feel you on the missed mould lines. I just pretend all my models have varicose veins.
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ever think to yourself “i wonder if i can just scrape it off and touch up the paint?” I made that mistake once. Never again. Since taking that picture I put a thick layer of matte varnish on the legand glazed my light blue over it, which has helped it a little bit.
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Paint it brown and it's the seam on his jeans
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jesus WEP posted:Please ignore the hideous mould line on the leg and boot You didn't miss the mold line at all. You just didn't leave out a proper offering to the hobby fairies and they punished you by adding a new one.
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Everyone knows that the camera adds 3 mold lines.
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Not wrong. I certainly keep noticing stray strands or dust whenever I take pictures. Which is kinda why I usually take several of them whenever I do the more serious display pictures in my lightbox.
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Cooked Auto posted:Not wrong. I certainly keep noticing stray strands or dust whenever I take pictures. Which is kinda why I usually take several of them whenever I do the more serious display pictures in my lightbox. I've seen some painting setups that include a camera and monitor to check for these sorta things in realtime.
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Yeah I've got my camera hooked up to my computer whenever I use it nowadays just so I can get better preview pictures. Used to run with remote shooting as well but stopped because the auto-focus never worked.
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Airbrushes make good compressed air canisters, too.
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w00tmonger posted:I have a really hard time justifying buying models after getting a resin printer ages ago I absolutely love that I can download and print models I find online, but it does not prevent me from bying physical miniatures. Instead I now have a digital pile of shame in addition to the one I already had 
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Xposting from specgames: nice work, this is making me want to buy the box this guy comes in
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So I got a new Gloomhaven mini to paint after unlocking it this past weekend! It's the Eclipse. I would LOVE to paint them so that they match their character art, but I'm a little unsure how to go about doing that. Here's how they look (and I'll spoiler the images since this is an unlockable character in the game):  So they have this semi-transparent/ethereal look to them that, like I said, I'm not sure how replicate. And I don't even mean going so far as to make him appear transparent (which would be kind of cool...), just even evoking the same "feeling" would be cool. Looking up images of this mini painted didn't really help either. So does anyone here have any ideas?
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Prime black, then zenithal white to get started, or drybrush white all over so the recesses are black but the raised areas are white. The very lightly glaze in some galactic bright colors, like purple blue green red etc to give a nebula look all over. Traditional highlights etc paint like normal, oh and splatter a little white on it for stars. Now here's a weird idea: look at the top of the cloak, see how it It looks wispy? Well now that you have the front colors, make the back black. Start with black streaks on it and do it in more and more layers towards the back to lead into the entire back being black. So the front is colored then the back is black so like it's phasing into the material realm. You could stipple a little black on the now white parts of the steaks to make them look translucent. It's hard to explain in words
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i would look up dana howl's videos, as her vaporwave aesthetic on her paintjobs might be a good source of inspiration
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