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High elf colors: purple and silver?
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Jun 8, 2021 18:49
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Electric Hobo posted:Wyrd's had another painting contest, which also helped me break of out my painting slump. Didn't win anything, but it was pretty fun to make a crazed demolitionist with a wheelbarrow and backpack full of lit dynamite into a happy flower guy. Looks good! Also gives you a bunch of spare dynamite which may come in handy basing other things. I've similarly been in a bit of a (entirely predicted, work related) hobby slump, but am currently trying to pull myself out of it.
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Jun 8, 2021 19:57
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Spanish Manlove posted:High elf colors: purple and silver? Purple and silver feels more dark elf to me. Blue and silver?
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Jun 8, 2021 21:15
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Spanish Manlove posted:High elf colors: purple and silver? Red and gold.
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Jun 8, 2021 21:23
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Bronze and seafoam green.
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Jun 8, 2021 21:42
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Different shades of white paint whose colors only show up under a blacklight.
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Jun 8, 2021 21:55
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with a rebel yell she QQd posted:Purple and silver feels more dark elf to me. Blue and silver? Royal purple and silver is high elfy as are lighter shades of purple
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Jun 8, 2021 21:57
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Eej posted:Royal purple and silver is high elfy as are lighter shades of purple Yeah like royal purple with lilac highlights and a really bright silver was my idea. Actually that's literally the night elves color scheme from WoW. poo poo.
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Jun 8, 2021 22:21
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Spanish Manlove posted:High elf colors: purple and silver? Eej posted:Royal purple and silver is high elfy as are lighter shades of purple with a rebel yell she QQd posted:Purple and silver feels more dark elf to me. Blue and silver?  Dienes posted:Red and gold. sassassin posted:Bronze and seafoam green. PoptartsNinja posted:Different shades of white paint whose colors only show up under a blacklight. So my thought was more of a sunset-theme, with yellow-orange robes, red trim on the armor and almost a cream/bone color for the various leathers (boots, gloves, etc). Thankfully I have a few extra models to test colors in, so once I get a few moments to paint, I'll do up the suggestions here and see how it all looks actually on a model. Appreciate the ideas so far, though.
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Jun 8, 2021 22:45
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A lot of colour schemes are taken by other properties already because they work well together though so you can't just evade good colour combos forever
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Jun 8, 2021 22:57
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^^^^ I painted a whole army of tiny space aliens once with a cool scheme I came up with only to realize on dude #25 that I was painting everyone in the XCOM color scheme. With all the elf talk, does anyone know of a good guide to painting blue skin or any suggestions? I'm thinking of the Warcraft aesthetic of high contrast light blue and deep purple, but everything I've tried to achieve the effect looks absolutely ghastly.
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Jun 8, 2021 22:57
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Ohthehugemanatee posted:^^^^ I painted a whole army of tiny space aliens once with a cool scheme I came up with only to realize on dude #25 that I was painting everyone in the XCOM color scheme. Craftworld studio did a guest video for Squidmar and they do some fantastic skin tones with a variety of colors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ehZW-pJ0hs
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Jun 8, 2021 23:05
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Spanish Manlove posted:Craftworld studio did a guest video for Squidmar and they do some fantastic skin tones with a variety of colors. That looks perfect, thanks.
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Jun 8, 2021 23:31
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My primer base coat using Army Painter matt black is kind of.... shiny? is this normal or is this because of humidity?
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Jun 8, 2021 23:32
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  12 guardsmen and a Ogryn sergeant. Nearly done with this army, just in time for a tournament this sunday.
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Jun 8, 2021 23:34
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Geisladisk posted:
these are incredible. are they Forgeworld of 3D printed?
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Jun 8, 2021 23:42
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If I remember previous discussions right they're Valour Korps from the makers cult. https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/miniatures/sci-fi/valour-korps-shock-infantry-builder
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Jun 8, 2021 23:45
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 Yup, that is correct. I've done 2000 points and change of them in the last couple of months. I'll probably do some proper photography of the army entire once I'm done with the last model, a third Leman Russ.
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Jun 8, 2021 23:52
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I've had these finished for a while, but I finally found a moment to photograph a couple of Reaper Wyverns. I like the brown one better. 
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Jun 9, 2021 01:17
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a pale ghost posted:My primer base coat using Army Painter matt black is kind of.... shiny? is this normal or is this because of humidity? Mine is also a little shiny. It doesn't come through the finished model. if youre wondering.
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Jun 9, 2021 03:27
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Had a productive day.   
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Jun 9, 2021 04:05
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Quick question about priming. If im going for a light colour scheme, lots of blues/light greens/whites etc. Is using a black primer a bad idea or does it not really matter?
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Jun 9, 2021 09:35
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CyberPingu posted:Quick question about priming. It's going to be a lot harder coverage wise to go white-over-black. I'd at least prime grey, or a white primer then a light nuln-oil wash to bring the detail back out and enhance the shadows.
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Jun 9, 2021 09:36
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:It's going to be a lot harder coverage wise to go white-over-black. I'd at least prime grey, or a white primer then a light nuln-oil wash to bring the detail back out and enhance the shadows. Ok cheers, thats what i figured. Off to get a grey primer. Ive heard the valejo one is pretty good.,
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Jun 9, 2021 09:39
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CyberPingu posted:Ok cheers, thats what i figured. Mr Hobby has really great primers. I use Mr.Surfacer 1500 gray all the time and it's really good.
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Jun 9, 2021 10:49
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a7m2 posted:Mr Hobby has really great primers. I use Mr.Surfacer 1500 gray all the time and it's really good. Cheers, i ended up going for the Tamiya spray in the end.
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Jun 9, 2021 11:22
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CyberPingu posted:Cheers, i ended up going for the Tamiya spray in the end. I also like Tamiya, especially their range of colors. I find Mr Hobby a little easier to work with but the difference is negligable.
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Jun 9, 2021 12:35
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a7m2 posted:I also like Tamiya, especially their range of colors. I find Mr Hobby a little easier to work with but the difference is negligable. Only reason I went with Tamiya (besides reviews) is that I can get it through Element Games and I was buying some other things through there anyway
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Jun 9, 2021 13:48
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What is Nuln Oil and why does every talk about it? Is it just a wash, like these army painter washes I have?
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Jun 9, 2021 16:24
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Its kinda just a dumb meme based on a lot of people using it as it was one of the first washes.
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Jun 9, 2021 16:30
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It's also in a lovely GW bottle so you get a lot of (Nuln) oil spill disasters.
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Jun 9, 2021 16:34
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i have never spilled a nuln oil or put a drill bit through my thumb but i have drunk paint water and glued my hands together, so im halfway to being a proper mini painter
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Jun 9, 2021 16:39
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I've spilled one GW wash once. But I've had a dropper bottle wash that I didn't realize was clogged, so I'll take my chances with more GW washes because when those go wrong they don't send a spray of brown colored watery paint up onto the walls. That's when I learned that the Secret Weapon Wash 'Sewer Water' was accurately named.
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Jun 9, 2021 16:44
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I have spilled regular pots when trying to close them one handed and totally stabbed myself with a paperclip when I was pinning something and it went through the model.
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Jun 9, 2021 16:47
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I've never owned Nuln oil, so I'll never be a true painter  But I have exploded a Scale75 bottle that I thought was open. Not a fun painting session.
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Jun 9, 2021 16:48
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my most fun glue story was from thinking a tube was empty instead of clogged and squeezing it real hard. it took me like 2 days to get the last of the glue off my fingers
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Jun 9, 2021 16:52
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Wrr posted:What is Nuln Oil and why does every talk about it? Is it just a wash, like these army painter washes I have? Its a pretty decent black wash, yeah, its just a shorthand for "black wash" because GW are the giant in the playground. Same reason someone might say "leadbelcher" instead of "dark grey metallic". Army painters washes are also very good (generally agreed even by people who dont like their paints) but you're more likely to see people say "just give that a quick wash with agrax earthshade" than "just wash that with strong tone" because people are far more likely to have a pot of Agrax to hand. moths posted:It's also in a lovely GW bottle so you get a lot of (Nuln) oil spill disasters. I thought the "spilling your nuln oil" was dumb when i started getting back into painting a few years ago; i never spilled my paints when I was a teenager and I'm more careful now. I've since spilled exactly one pot, guess which one it was? Luckily old habits die hard and I put newspaper down before I paint... In fairness if you are going to spill a GW paint, its almost certainly going to be a wash. They're taller, so have a higher centre of gravity and you are more likely to catch the top by accident, and are more fluid so a spill gets more liquid out faster (I could turn my pot of Abaddon black upside down for 2-3 minutes and basically nothing would come out...). And of the washes a black (or brown) wash are more versitile than say druchi violet, so is going to be open on your desk more often than the others.
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Jun 9, 2021 16:56
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Back when I did a lot of rock climbing, I had crazy grip strength. This lead to me trying to get some paint out of a dropper bottle and accidentally squeezing it so hard that I popped the top off and sprayed paint all over the table. Twice. Once at my girlfriends house, on her parents fancy dining room table when I was teaching her to paint. :whoops:
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Jun 9, 2021 17:12
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At this point I'm just gonna jam a paper clip into each of my bottles as I reach for them in a session because I fear that happening to me
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Jun 9, 2021 17:19
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jesus WEP posted:my most fun glue story was from thinking a tube was empty instead of clogged and squeezing it real hard. it took me like 2 days to get the last of the glue off my fingers Had a loctite tube of glue explode on my fingers once from a burst in a seam, that was fun. Had spend a while scraping it off with a knife after dunking my hand in cold water.
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Jun 9, 2021 17:22
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