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Partial Octopus posted:Do you guys have any advice for doing panel lining? I'm thinking gloss varnish + oil wash + matte varnish Tamiya panel liner IS an And you're right, you've got the flow (heh) down - gloss varnish->pin wash in panel lines->clean up with spirits->whatever varnish again Edit: this video is about painting marines in general, but this middle section starts at 5:25 is a good intro explaining blacklining with oils and even mentions Tamiya stuff) https://youtu.be/wFdtYO3ZL4w BaronVanAwesome fucked around with this message at 19:31 on May 3, 2022 |
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 Tamiya panel liner is an enamel paint, which means it's gonna dry a lot faster than oils. You can still clean it up with white spirit, however.Gloss varnish will help your panel liner solution of either type flow into cracks and crannies, while a more matte finish will let it diffuse across the area you apply it a little more. Gloss - sharp lines, matte - fuzzy lines.
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May 3, 2022 19:09
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I'm too lazy to do multiple coats of varnish so I just panel line with contrast paints and a brush
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grassy gnoll posted:
I learned something new today, thank you for the correction + edited my post! I've used the Tamiya liners too, I don't mean to recommend against them or anything, though I still think making your own is like way better overall Edit while I'm here: Spanish Manlove posted:I'm too lazy to do multiple coats of varnish so I just panel line with contrast paints and a brush You gotta try it if you haven't, watching the lines fill in feels like you're a wizard BaronVanAwesome fucked around with this message at 19:35 on May 3, 2022 |
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May 3, 2022 19:32
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i have some tamiya black panel liner that I keep forgetting about using, maybe next time I'll actually use it. Lately my panel lining has been with leviadon blue or akhelian green.
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May 3, 2022 20:08
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The tamiya panel liner works well, especially on gloss varnished models. Just hit it with a matt varnish afterward unless you like the glossy look.
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BaronVanAwesome posted:You gotta try it if you haven't, watching the lines fill in feels like you're a wizard Seriously. Either an enamel liner or oil liner, it's all sweet, sweet magic.
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Spanish Manlove posted:I'm too lazy to do multiple coats of varnish so I just panel line with contrast paints and a brush  Contrast works "good enough" for the most part, about as good as any acrylic paint will, even if oil is objectively better.
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Panel liner onto a gloss coated model is magic. Really. Oh my god.
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Spanish Manlove posted:I'm too lazy to do multiple coats of varnish so I just panel line with contrast paints and a brush Add a bit of flow improver and it’s magic.
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Painted an Achillus Dreadnought for my Custodes army. It's rough and has a ton of stuff that I'd like to work on, but I'll do that later because I have so many more models to get done. It never ends, does it? 
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Partial Octopus posted:Do you guys have any advice for doing panel lining? I'm thinking gloss varnish + oil wash + matte varnish zippo fluid is your best friend with Tamiya
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Partial Octopus posted:Do you guys have any advice for doing panel lining? I'm thinking gloss varnish + oil wash + matte varnish I've been using a Sakura Pigma Micron Black 005 (0,2 mm) for the last few weeks and I am never going back. Also very useful for eyes, scrollwork or whatever. Downside is I ordered three, but one never worked at all and one gave up after the first mini. Third one has been wonderful. The other thing is if you apply too much pressure you can scratch off the paint, but after experiencing that once it shouldn't happen again.
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Aranan posted:Painted an Achillus Dreadnought for my Custodes army. It's rough and has a ton of stuff that I'd like to work on, but I'll do that later because I have so many more models to get done. It never ends, does it? Looks great! I really like the Color combination!
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Aranan posted:Painted an Achillus Dreadnought for my Custodes army. It's rough and has a ton of stuff that I'd like to work on, but I'll do that later because I have so many more models to get done. It never ends, does it? That base is absolutely dope. Model is awesome too but the base is stellar.
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I think that the power blade would really stand out if it were switched to a complementary color. Fiery Orange?
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Thanks, folks! An orange power blade does sound pretty neat... I might have to give that a try. As for the base, I cheated and it's just a premade base from Gamers Grass that I stuck some extra flowers/grass on. I also think they look pretty great (especially after adding flowers). I figured with a small model count army, it's not super absurd to get these bases because it saves time and it already takes me forever to get anything hobby related finished. Aranan fucked around with this message at 14:24 on May 4, 2022 |
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Any tips for gluing plastic with poor contact/surface area? I wanted to customize one of my kill team scions by chopping off the chainsword blade and replacing it with the sledgehammer from the taurox kit, but it keeps falling off. I'm worried it's too small to drill holes to pin as well. Any advice?
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You could use normal CA glue and an accelerator. Hold the pieces in place with one hand and carefully drip or spray the accelerator onto the joint. It dries pretty quick and is decently strong.
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Specifically for the sledgehammer, you could use a larger drill to create a hole in the fist/hilt that's large enough to insert the entire hammer handle.
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I am painting some Skitarri rangers, models that have their cloaks in two pieces. I tried using "liquid" green stuff to hide the join lines, as they are very noticeable on cloaks, but it didn't really work. Should I just layer on the green stuff more? The "liquid" green stuff seems kind of hard to use, to be honest. Is there a recommendation for another ready made product? I have heard of people melting sprues in Tamiya Super thin, but that does not super interest me so wondering if there is some other product.
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For Troops I don't really bother but if the seams are that egregious to you, you can use Tamiya Putty to fill in the seam and then sand it smooth after a day for curing. I believe it's functionally the same thing as sprue glue.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:I am painting some Skitarri rangers, models that have their cloaks in two pieces. I tried using "liquid" green stuff to hide the join lines, as they are very noticeable on cloaks, but it didn't really work. Should I just layer on the green stuff more? The "liquid" green stuff seems kind of hard to use, to be honest. Is there a recommendation for another ready made product? I have heard of people melting sprues in Tamiya Super thin, but that does not super interest me so wondering if there is some other product. for really thin seams like that sometimes I'll take the tamiya extra thin and put it on the gap, press them together a little bit, then when it's try I'll take an xacto and scrape against the joint to remove a bit. basically this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AglSy9nMvl8
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xpost from the marine thread, i'm done with the squad! Other than bases which shouldn't be too bad.Spanish Manlove posted:Speaking of, from start to finish this guy took about 3 hours, but I took some time to paint the skull in the helmet, do the plasma coil, paint the face, and glaze up the horn. The skin's so pale that it's hard to get a picture of it with my simple two light setup but I'm proud of this dude. Bases hopefully some time this weekend
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Spanish Manlove posted:You could use normal CA glue and an accelerator. Hold the pieces in place with one hand and carefully drip or spray the accelerator onto the joint. It dries pretty quick and is decently strong. Feel silly for not thinking of this. Definitely works better than cement when there's poor contact. Didnt even need an accelerator. thanks!
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Spanish Manlove posted:xpost from the marine thread, i'm done with the squad! Other than bases which shouldn't be too bad. I keep seeing color choices I love about that model. the head horn especially.
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I'm about to base one of my Cyberpunk red figures and I think I'd like to have him striding through some steam coming out of a grate, very noir style. How difficult is that to do? Poking around its hard to find any good discussion on how to pull that effect off with most people saying its hard as gently caress and best avoided.
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Ristolaz posted:Any tips for gluing plastic with poor contact/surface area? If it's a gw model use plastic cement. Tamyia brands are great. The two pieces melt and fuse together. I have old monkey rat skaven who's tails used to snap off when I used CA. Since I switched to plastic cement I have had no issues.
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Wrr posted:I'm about to base one of my Cyberpunk red figures and I think I'd like to have him striding through some steam coming out of a grate, very noir style. How difficult is that to do? Poking around its hard to find any good discussion on how to pull that effect off with most people saying its hard as gently caress and best avoided. 3d print or build an actual mini grate. Paint it. Pull through some cotton. Less is more. Spray with something to harden it. That would be how I try it. If you want wisps of steam it could work. If you want them emerging from a cloud of steam I think you might be out of luck.
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Since I have some time off between changing jobs this month, I decided to take a pretty aggressive painting challenge for the oath thread: Paint the entire Great Wall core box by the end of May primarily using Speed Paints. I started yesterday with the Yellow army.  Still WIP but I want to finish all yellow figures this weekend. My goal is to spend 15 minutes or less on each figure except the horsemen just because the core box has 96 figures so I’m looking at at least 25 hours of painting just Great Wall this month.
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OK I'm gonna try zenithal priming today on my Ant-Man for MCP My problem is I am.maybe bad at priming? I don't really have a feel for how much/little primer I need, I think maybe I get too close and it's all gloppy and now all the little detail bits are lost under a sea of primer? but if it's too little there isn't enough to cover and now my paint doesn't stick? what's a good tutorial for how to spray paint prime for absolute beginners?
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Shrecknet posted:OK I'm gonna try zenithal priming today on my Ant-Man for MCP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbLi-pm9EhU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKH98iq6Xhg Both decent enough videos on priming. I dont think either go into zenithal specifically, but if you can spray prime you can do a zenithal, its literally "take a lighter colour and give it a quick spray from a high angle". Edit to add: do you have something you dont give a crap about to practice on? Spare figures, toy army men/toy cars, bits of sprue, even bits of plastic packaging, spare bases. Its not hard to do at all, but it is still a learned skill, so you'll have more confidence if you've just managed to coat some plastic packaging without obscuring the inlaid pattern or whatever (or sprayed the bottom of a base without obscuring the trademark information). SiKboy fucked around with this message at 17:38 on May 5, 2022 |
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Shrecknet posted:OK I'm gonna try zenithal priming today on my Ant-Man for MCP Quick advice - don’t start spraying primer directly at the model. Start off to one side 5 or so inches to the right (or left - I’m not your dad) and bring the spray across the mini in an even motion and keep spraying until it’s the same distance away on the opposite side before stopping. In general I hold the primer 6-8 inches away from the mini, but I can’t give you an exact number, because it depends on the primer, the temperature, the humidity, and all sorts of poo poo. I recommend trying to prime poo poo you don’t care about like sprues, terrain, or minis you’ll never field, before priming what you care about. General rule is if you’re too far away it will dry in the air and make the surface rough and dusty. Too close and it will pool and form drips. Like most paints, a few thinner layers are better than having it be too thick. Oh, I should mention - if the primer pools, let it dry before wringing your hands. Good primer will shrink to the surface even if it’s pooled a little.
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Doctor Zero posted:I’m not your dad And this is how you tell him? You're a cold one Doctor Zero.
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Crossposting a trinary of Jade Falcons.
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I'll take better pictures tomorrow of these guys but I finished up the bases last night. My original plan was a really edgy pandemic reference but decided to dial it down and chose call these nurgle csm The Florida Men. Didn't really change my plan of putting them in a swamp A friend of mine's a professional photographer and I asked him if I could bring over my stuff for a nerdy photo shoot tomorrow. So expect a lot of fancy pictures of models you've all seen before. Spanish Manlove fucked around with this message at 16:53 on May 7, 2022 |
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Spanish Manlove posted:I'll take better pictures tomorrow of these guys but I finished up the bases last night. My original plan was a really edgy pandemic reference but decided to dial it down and chose call these nurgle csm The Florida Men. Didn't really change my plan of putting them in a swamp We'll forgive you if you take notes on how he shoots them and post. 
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Lumpy posted:We'll forgive you if you take notes on how he shoots them and post. Yes please
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Spanish Manlove posted:I'll take better pictures tomorrow of these guys but I finished up the bases last night. My original plan was a really edgy pandemic reference but decided to dial it down and chose call these nurgle csm The Florida Men. Didn't really change my plan of putting them in a swamp Nice looking kill team !
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