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   Finished this Archvillain Games mini I printed. Pretty happy overall with the end result, but there is a lot of visual noise going on. I like the idea of this swashbuckler journeying into a dungeon and by the end of it she's all tattered and dirty, but still keeping her cool. My only complaint about these AV minis is how busy they are. Edit: Still learning how to take decent photos   
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May 21, 2021 01:51
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Cinara posted:Cleaning my airbrush could take 10x longer than it actually does and it would still be a huge increase in overall painting speed. Can you explain this? I know nothing about it, and it just seems to me that once you base paint, you’re back to the brush. What obvious things am I missing?
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   Finished my Legion of Everblight Proteus. Took most of a week; I learned a lot but man I'm glad it's done. (He still needs basing elements but I'm waiting for a package to arrive before I can do that.)
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May 21, 2021 03:27
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I ride bikes all day posted:Can you explain this? I know nothing about it, and it just seems to me that once you base paint, you’re back to the brush. What obvious things am I missing? You can prime, basecoat, lay shadows and highlights, trivialize blending and osl, do enamel and oil filters, varnish, and probably all sorts of other stuff. Here's an example of someone knocking out a Tau unit using basically only an airbrush with a few details done with a brush at the end. Takes a matter of minutes to get them to a tabletop standard with blends that would take hours by hand. http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2011/10/tutorial-tabletop-use-of-airbrush.html
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You can trivially do perfect colour blends/gradients in about 30 seconds with an airbrush that would take an hour by brush and still not look half as smooth
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 The party's mule survived a troll attack and got named Lucky so now he's everyone's favorite and of course he needs a mini
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Toebone posted:
weathering on the pan is a really nice touch
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Weird question, but will zinc hex nuts rust if left in mini paint pots? We are in super lockdown where I am, so I can't get anything else for agitators, and the answer is quite difficult to google
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Pb and Jellyfish posted:Weird question, but will zinc hex nuts rust if left in mini paint pots? We are in super lockdown where I am, so I can't get anything else for agitators, and the answer is quite difficult to google ed: Unless you meant zinc-plated steel? In that case gently caress no, you want stainless or ceramic stirrers. Pierzak fucked around with this message at 21:08 on May 21, 2021 |
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May 21, 2021 21:05
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Hematite beads are also excellent stirrers. They're basically polished stone, so zero chance of rusting. You can get them at just about any place online that sells beads for cheap as well. For the price of 50 name-brand stainless steel ball stirrers, I got like 1000 hematite beads on Etsy.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Contrast paints would be my suggestion, then. Any recommendations? I do need to pick up paint for my big rear end pile. I have painted minis before, but using my grandpa's art paint.
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 This my second batch of necrons. They’re so much better than the first; better brushes and I watched some YouTube stuff about techniques. S you can see they’re still in need of basing - they’re not glued down so I can do pretty much anything. Any suggestions?
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Maigius posted:Any recommendations? I do need to pick up paint for my big rear end pile. I have painted minis before, but using my grandpa's art paint. Wyldwood, Snakebite Leather, and Skeleton Horde for sure. The Roc alone will probably be majority brown, so Wyldwood and Skeleton Horde will make painting all those feathers easy. All of the fleshtones are great, and you can't go wrong with Black Templar and Bascilicanum Gray. Most of the colors are solid, too. Other than that, it really depends on what minis you have and what colors you want.
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Maigius posted:Any recommendations? I do need to pick up paint for my big rear end pile. I have painted minis before, but using my grandpa's art paint. Just to add to the other suggestions, pick up some contrast medium as well. It's great for moderating how intense you want colors to be, and can be used with wetblending to create fades/transitions.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:weathering on the pan is a really nice touch I think that's actually some bits of flock that I forgot to brush off for the picture but I'll take the compliment 
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Pb and Jellyfish posted:Weird question, but will zinc hex nuts rust if left in mini paint pots? We are in super lockdown where I am, so I can't get anything else for agitators, and the answer is quite difficult to google They are not a good choice. Zinc plating is the base line for corrosion protection. Knocking around in there will wear the corners down and expose the steel.
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the fart question posted:
Something light to contrast your dark colour scheme Might I suggest "immortal robots emerging onto a sunny beach"
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Hematite beads are also excellent stirrers. They're basically polished stone, so zero chance of rusting. Hematite is an excellent choice, though to be more precise it's a stable form of Iron Oxide, or rust, so it's more that it can't rust any more than it already is. The easiest way to check that you got real hematite also is to make sure it's NOT magnetic, if it is you have something else that could end up rusting. I like them because they are extremely cheap, heavy but also zero chance of failure compared to something like stainless steel. I have seen way too many horror story examples of so called stainless steel rusting in peoples paint pots. Glass beads are another decent choice, though not as heavy.
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Thanks everyone, looks like hematite is the way to go.
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I finished a few tiny spaceships! The Leopard-class DropShips Traumatic Insertion  Landfill Destiny  and Watercress Sandwich  The Claymore-class DropShip Fox-2  The Broadsword-class DropShips Kerensky's Ride  and With Interest  And I decided to name my big Fortress-class DropShip the Our Lady of Perpetual Fire Support 
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Cinara posted:The easiest way to check that you got real hematite also is to make sure it's NOT magnetic, if it is you have something else that could end up rusting. poo poo. Well, it hasn't rusted yet, at least.
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what do you guys do with all of your sprues when you're finished with them? I've kept my Necromunda orange one because it might be useful one day, but I have a pretty big pile otherwise....I have no shortage of minis to practice painting on from my Descent: Journeys in the Dark boxed sets
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Cat Face Joe posted:Glass is good too. Are they? I work in ceramics and we ball mill stuff, we never ever use glass as they can leach soda and significantly alter what you are mixing. You have to be 100% certain of the origin, type, and quality of glass due to that possibility. Maybe it is more forgiving with paints though?
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I just bought a cheap paint/ink/specimen vortex agitator on Aliexpress, will report back in a few weeks.
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Virtual Russian posted:Are they? I work in ceramics and we ball mill stuff, we never ever use glass as they can leach soda and significantly alter what you are mixing. You have to be 100% certain of the origin, type, and quality of glass due to that possibility. Maybe it is more forgiving with paints though? I mean, what I'm worried about is pretty much entirely; Will it noticeably change the colour or massively alter texture of the paint. I think most glass is probably fine in that respect, my problem with glass agitators (which I have in several bottles/pots) is pretty much entirely that it isnt quite as dense as I would like, so it doesnt have the mass of a ball bearing rattling round, and is a bit of a pain in your thicker paints. Still works but a bit more effort. Next time I'm gonna try using a couple of small rocks (after washing and putting in the oven for a bit in case of any unwanted biology hanging onto them). and see how that works.
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PoptartsNinja posted:I finished a few tiny spaceships! I mean to say this every time you post your mechs, but I keep forgetting to. Well, your mechs (and dropships) are seriously cool, and they're a joy to look at.
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dishwasherlove posted:I just bought a cheap paint/ink/specimen vortex agitator on Aliexpress, will report back in a few weeks. Mine has been great. Combined with a mixing bead, it really takes care of those annoying paints that you would otherwise have to roll and shake for like 15 minutes. 
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Those look great----color scheme reminds me of the Shade character from Cyberbots actually. Really love the blue/black with the pink, really awesome retrofuture feel. Just painted the new Vampire Lord; wanted to so a blueish chrome armor with some bloodbronze parts. New Sigmar stuff is so incredible, I loving love the vampires.    
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inscrutable horse posted:I mean to say this every time you post your mechs, but I keep forgetting to. Well, your mechs (and dropships) are seriously cool, and they're a joy to look at. Thank you! 
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Speaking of vampires, just finished Ennias Curse-Born!
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I finally started painting my army that’s sat for ages, and I have learned that good god I’m terrible at this. I just feel like my paint is way too thin, but I’m only adding a drop or two of water. Is there a picture or something that shows the consistency I should be aiming for? At this rate, it’s going to take five coats just for the base coat
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Speaking of vampires, just finished Ennias Curse-Born! love it! awesome colors
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Luminous Cow posted:I finally started painting my army that’s sat for ages, and I have learned that good god I’m terrible at this. I just feel like my paint is way too thin, but I’m only adding a drop or two of water. Is there a picture or something that shows the consistency I should be aiming for? At this rate, it’s going to take five coats just for the base coat Usually you want something like whole milk. What brand of paint are you using?
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Speaking of vampires, just finished Ennias Curse-Born! Is that space wolves grey(contrast) on the wings? It's really good.
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Luminous Cow posted:I finally started painting my army that’s sat for ages, and I have learned that good god I’m terrible at this. I just feel like my paint is way too thin, but I’m only adding a drop or two of water. Is there a picture or something that shows the consistency I should be aiming for? At this rate, it’s going to take five coats just for the base coat what paints are you using? I know that sounds strange but when I started out I tried using a thinned out contrast paint (bad idea) and was completely baffled by how thin it was because I didnt know
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Luminous Cow posted:I finally started painting my army that’s sat for ages, and I have learned that good god I’m terrible at this. I just feel like my paint is way too thin, but I’m only adding a drop or two of water. Is there a picture or something that shows the consistency I should be aiming for? At this rate, it’s going to take five coats just for the base coat A great idea is finding a youtube video of someone using the same paint brand as you and just doing what they do, with preference to keeping it simple. If you are starting out then primer, basecoat, and a wash is all you need. I like this guy a lot as he keeps it simple, paints both a variety of figures, and uses a variety of paints (eg one video may have all contrast paints, one vallejo, one citadel, one army painter etc): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG0ZCl2VfG9PcCJyucWJR3w He also isn't obnoxious at all
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I’m using Army Painter brand paints.
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