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Ignite Memories posted:I need new brushes but I don't like going inside stores anymore. Is there a set someone could recommend? Rosemary & Co are a good choice with their Series 33 brushes. https://www.rosemaryandco.com/ The Army Painter brushes aren't too bad either but in that case I'd say get the white handle ones. I remember another recommendation for Redgrass Games being mentioned during previous brush chat: https://www.redgrassgames.com/product-category/brush/
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Cooked Auto posted:Rosemary & Co are a good choice with their Series 33 brushes. Just gonna vouch for Series 33 R&C's. I freakin' love my 0, 1 and 2.
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Ignite Memories posted:I need new brushes but I don't like going inside stores anymore. Is there a set someone could recommend? Raphael 8404 #2 or #1 Then a bunch of lovely synthetics that are as cheap as possible for doing base coats and sloppy stuff
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I'm gonna have to go against the grain here and not recommend Rosemary & Co. After hearing everyone rave about them and how good quality they are considering the price I bought three 0 brushes direct from the Rosemary & Co website to stock up for a while and found that none of them could hold a proper point after a couple of weeks of use. Meanwhile the Winsor & Newton Sable 0 brush I bought two years ago is still going strong, only needing the occasional deep lather with brush cleaner to maintain its tip. Maybe it was just a bad batch, but it left a pretty bad taste in my mouth. I've only ever bought W&N brushes since, though I am tempted to try Raphael.
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Skails posted:The Lichemaster Hell yeah. Solid necromancer
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Thanks for all the suggestions on the grass situation!MeinPanzer posted:On movement tray chat, I've found this to be the absolute best option out there, if you can find it: Yeah I was gonna buy 2mm but then I thought it was too short? I wanted the effect of some hardy grass growing in a dusty savannah. I'll try some 2mm grass next time!
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Continuing on with my Sylvaneth army that I picked up second hand and am stripping/repainting. Did a color scheme test on a Tree Revenant and a Spite Revenant today. I'm pretty happy! Its the first time I tried something like a blue glowy effect. And I think it... Mostly works? edit-- hm, I'm noticing now the blue on the hair doesn't read so much as "glow" as much as it does "sloppy". Ah well I can touch that up.
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Lord Ludikrous posted:Latest WIP of my big boi who has at no point taken any action that could be construed as wrong. This looks incredible
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May 10, 2021 19:26
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Spanish Manlove posted:Raphael 8404 #2 or #1 after reviewing my options this seems like the right call. I'm getting some nice raphaels for detail work and sticking to cheap brushes for the groundwork
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May 10, 2021 20:05
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Eej posted:Thanks for all the suggestions on the grass situation! If that's the effect you're going for I'd recommend Army Painter's grass tufts: https://shop.thearmypainter.com/products.php?ProductGroupId=3 They can just be glued to a base and can also be cut into shape to look more irregular.
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May 10, 2021 20:35
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I have a bunch of those army painter tufts because I love the way they work and I'm a sucker for buying more poo poo than I really need. You can trim them with scissors or a beard trimmer
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May 10, 2021 20:42
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Don’t buy Army Painter brushes; every single one I’ve gotten has frayed almost immediately. I’ve had two dollar craft store brushes last longer.
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My current brush is an Army Painter Regiment and it's been working so wonderfully and kept its tip so well that I use it for pretty much everything. But I guess quality can be a little bit of everywhere.
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thanks for all the carrying case chat fellas. In fact, I purchased some steel sheets and cut trhem up and glued them to a nice box.
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TotalHell posted:Don’t buy Army Painter brushes; every single one I’ve gotten has frayed almost immediately. I’ve had two dollar craft store brushes last longer. I have had the same result with the two regiment brushes I tried.
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I have an Army Painter basecoat brush that I use for metallics so I plan for this thing to be destroyed soon but it's still here
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Is there a trick to keeping a good tip on a brush? Is it just not loving it up with paint in the ferrule and cleaning it with brush cleaner occasions?
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w00tmonger posted:Is there a trick to keeping a good tip on a brush? Is it just not loving it up with paint in the ferrule and cleaning it with brush cleaner occasions? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCWd1TPHZOw But also synthetics will curl sooner or later it's their fate
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I use metallics with my 8404 because I like to be an idiot, but I also baby it in other ways. Not letting paint dry on the bristles, not letting paint go beyond the belly, and using brush soap on it after every painting session. I've had it for about 9 months now and so far it still keeps a very very sharp point. It's hard to really say, but since I switched to it I feel like painting has become a lot easier and I've gotten a lot better at it now that I have a quality tool to use. Maybe the secret to making brushes last longer is tender loving care?
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Spanish Manlove posted:
It’s not a secret. Most people (including myself) just don’t take the time.
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If the mica flakes in metallics don't make their way into the ferrule they should probably be fine really. Same reason why they say don't use washes on brushes you love.
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Bucnasti posted:It’s not a secret. Most people (including myself) just don’t take the time. Why not? It's not all that much effort to do during your clean up when you finish for the day
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I use brush soap every day pretty much and it does seem to help with curling tips even on synthetic brushes. Letting some brush soap dry at the end of cleaning it does help restore tips, at least for a little while. I did laugh when I saw GW advertising a new synthetic brush series with Anti-Tip Curling Tech https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/05/06/paint-like-a-pro-with-the-new-stc-range-of-synthetic-brushes/. I mean maybe they're legit but at the price point I'm guessing it'd be cheaper to pick up a good sable brush.
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Verisimilidude posted:Continuing the work on the Warmaster army. This takes me a surprisingly long amount of time! I gotta keep working on my workflow. x-post from the specialist games thread
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How come all of the highlighting I do looks like poo poo? I've been trying but it's just like, use a lighter version of the same color and then an even lighter version and the lightest version almost looks like gross white streaks down the cloth. what's the deal bros
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May 11, 2021 07:34
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Edge highlights are done with 3 shades. Base, then a lighter but not so light color and then a super thin lightest color. The trick is to get the 2nd color not to light so it's more of a fade. That's how I do it but I refer to my miniature painting as coloring in the minis 
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:How come all of the highlighting I do looks like poo poo? I've been trying but it's just like, use a lighter version of the same color and then an even lighter version and the lightest version almost looks like gross white streaks down the cloth. what's the deal bros Few things you can try: Thin your paints more so the transition between colours isn't so drastic Depending on how big the edge is you can try wet blending, which is basically done by painting a sharp divide between two colours then putting each colour on each side and mixing them together on the surface until the transition is smooth Probably the best option is to have a wet palette, put down dots of each colour you're using then mixing them across the palette to create a gradient that stretches across all 3 colours. This way you can pick the specific shade you want in that gradient to make your blended colours look smooth.
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I'm really a big fan of stippling for highlights / shadows on cloth in particular - edge highlighting just always looks a bit odd to me on things that aren't meant to be rigid / angular and stippling gives it some nice texture and softer transition between values. Might be worth playing around with some glazes to knock the highlights down a bit and blend them into the midtone a little easier. Also are you adding pure white to make highlights? That can sometimes have a really stark / chalky look - depending on the color it can help to mix in more of a cream / tan color or even flesh tones in some cases to make highlights look warmer and more organic, like they're the result of sunlight. Same reason shading with dark blue instead of black usually looks less jarring.
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I started some tests with GSW "Liquid Pigments" from their "Rust" line. I also wanted to use chipping medium. So I primed with black, then a base of Pale Burnt Metal from Vallejo, then two of the rust colors and a bit of actual pigments for texture where rust would build-up and corrode the metal. Sealed with cheap varnish, then applied the chipping medium. Then base coated again with Ultramarine Blue from Vallejo. Then started chipping away with a toothpick. I still need to put another coat of cheap varnish and apply a wash, then a proper matt varnish. This'll do nicely for a Necron base I think? I think the chipping gives a bit more of a texture, like the paint was actually removed (because it was). It's subtle but you can tell if you look closely. I think it's not half bad, given it takes no skills (obviously somebody with skill would make this look 10x more awesome) and the whole process took me 15, maybe 20 minutes. Sorry for the crappy photos, I took them mostly for self-documentation.    
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I think it looks cool and that you should make an entire marine army like that.
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Nebalebadingdong posted:dwarfs with crossbows I see eyes with pupils in this regiment. how
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TotalHell posted:I see eyes with pupils in this regiment. if the mini is sculpted well, it's only a little bit harder than eyes on a 28mm mini. the eyes are huge at this scale 
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What brush or pen do you use for the pupils?
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I use a Winsor Newton Series 7 size 00 for virtually everything at this scale. I've experimented with smaller brushes but they don't behave very well. I really liked the Tamiya modeling brushes but they started to curl pretty quick
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Spanish Manlove posted:What brush or pen do you use for the pupils? If you don't use cat whiskers you're doing it wrong. (seriously, they are the best)
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Oh cool. Just curious. I love all the stuff you make.
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InternetJunky posted:If you don't use cat whiskers you're doing it wrong. (seriously, they are the best) That sounds just crazy enough to work.
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One day I'm going to buy a penny the size of a dinner plate and include it in all my photos for scale so I look like a painting god.
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