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Eej posted:Starting off at level 1 as grey plastic and adding a layer of detail with every level up. It's called name level because it's when you paint their name on the finished base.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll swing by my local store and see what they have for individual paints and go from there. I might grab a couple speedpaints (if they have individual bottles... they only list the big set on their website even though they list individual Vallejo paints) and a few standard acrylics and see what I enjoy/what works for my skill level best.
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Feels good to be alive: XPost from Heresy central.Major Spag posted:If the Heresy train HAD breaks, they'd never work anyway because the mechanicum doesn't perform the right chants.
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anchorite posted:Thanks for the suggestions. I'll swing by my local store and see what they have for individual paints and go from there. I might grab a couple speedpaints (if they have individual bottles... they only list the big set on their website even though they list individual Vallejo paints) and a few standard acrylics and see what I enjoy/what works for my skill level best. Not sure if people mentioned it to you but also a spray can primer, or at least brush on primer if you're in a very cold/ rainy climate is good. Speed paints need a white or at least a bright, light colour undercoat to work. They tint the surface colour somewhat, then pool in the recesses to make darker shadows. I have no dog in the fight but people often swear by cheaper automotive primer as hobby stuff is generally a bit better but a lot pricier.
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The best way to describe transparent paints like Contrast or Speedpaints is that they "Add Colour". Here's an image from the Army Painter Speedpaints website to illustrate what a zenithal prime is. Left is just a model primed black. If you put Contrast/Speedpaint it would all be one colour. On the right is that model after having white sprayed from above (to simulate sunlight) which whitens the top the most and leaves the underside shadowed. It's a very simple process because as long as you're spraying white from the same direction (angled or directly above) you'll produce this gradient. When you then put Contrast or Speedpaints on top the top parts that would be receiving light would be a brighter colour and the bottom parts which are grey or black will be a darker colour.
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Jul 4, 2022 05:53
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Just finished my first witchseeker  
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I like it! I feel that adding some highlights to the purple (tint with white or pink?) would help it to stand out!
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Jul 4, 2022 13:47
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Am I correct in assuming that "glazey" paints like GW Contrasts or AP Speedpaints will behave normally on Reaper Bones minis (the original type, if it matters) that have been primed with e.g. Vallejo airbrush primer?
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   i like to imagine the squig making pacman sounds Winklebottom fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Jul 4, 2022 |
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Pierzak posted:Am I correct in assuming that "glazey" paints like GW Contrasts or AP Speedpaints will behave normally on Reaper Bones minis (the original type, if it matters) that have been primed with e.g. Vallejo airbrush primer? I don't see why not. There is nothing special about GW's contrast primer that makes contrast work, the primer just has to be a bright off-white. I used contrast with spray painted primer all the time.
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Geisladisk posted:I don't see why not. There is nothing special about GW's contrast primer that makes contrast work, the primer just has to be a bright off-white. I used contrast with spray painted primer all the time. Doesn't contrast primer have some gloss varnish in it, to let the contrast paints flow a little better?
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Geisladisk posted:I don't see why not. There is nothing special about GW's contrast primer that makes contrast work, the primer just has to be a bright off-white. I used contrast with spray painted primer all the time. What I was asking was if the paint-hating properties of bonesium disappear after priming to allow me to use contrast/speedpaints on Bones minis.
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Pierzak posted:What I was asking was if the paint-hating properties of bonesium disappear after priming to allow me to use contrast/speedpaints on Bones minis. Yeah, once you've primed you arent painting on plastic any more, but on the primer, so everything should behave more or less the same as it always does over your primer. chin up everything sucks posted:Doesn't contrast primer have some gloss varnish in it, to let the contrast paints flow a little better? If it does the effect is subtle enough that I cant tell the difference.
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Winklebottom posted:
I suddenly really need to see someone paint a bright yellow Squig being chased by four Nighthaunt painted red, orange, baby blue and pink. Alternatively, they can all be navy blue and the Squig is chasing them. AndyElusive fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Jul 4, 2022 |
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chin up everything sucks posted:Doesn't contrast primer have some gloss varnish in it, to let the contrast paints flow a little better? IIRC, the original primers GW put out for use with Contrast paints reportedly had a more satin-y finish to them, so that the paints would flow off the high points like they would on a glossy undercoat, but still "stain" the undercoat as they would on a matte finish. So basically you could make just about any light color an undercoat for Contrast, if you put a satin varnish over it first.
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Sydney Bottocks posted:IIRC, the original primers GW put out for use with Contrast paints reportedly had a more satin-y finish to them, so that the paints would flow off the high points like they would on a glossy undercoat, but still "stain" the undercoat as they would on a matte finish. So basically you could make just about any light color an undercoat for Contrast, if you put a satin varnish over it first. This would be the stuff I picked up then. And then only used once. I just airbrush a satin varnish on if I want to use contrast paint these days.
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Jul 4, 2022 18:29
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Winklebottom posted:
I just love your night gobbo paint scheme, it's so slick :O
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Not quite Attack the Block, but looks great anyway.
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AndyElusive posted:I suddenly really need to see someone paint a bright yellow Squig being chased by four Nighthaunt painted red, orange, baby blue and pink. lilljonas posted:I just love your night gobbo paint scheme, it's so slick :O 90s Cringe Rock posted:Not quite Attack the Block, but looks great anyway.
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Thanks guys. And I'm so stealing the satin varnished primer trick.
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Professor Shark posted:I like it! I feel that adding some highlights to the purple (tint with white or pink?) would help it to stand out! I dont feel like im at that level yet, im still working on painting within the lines and getting enough paint on without it being too thick lol. I'd say after this lot of prosecutors i'll be confident enough to try more adcanced techniques. Winklebottom posted:
I like it, how did you decide what colour scheme to go with? Ive got like 3 squiggs to paint but have stalled because i just cannot decide on how to paint them.
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 Idk what chapter this is and don't care but it looks cool Took about 2 hours
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Third Street Saints
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It’s pretty close to Extinction Angels, which I only know because it’s firmly in the “so bad it’s good” category of chapter/warband names
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Just a spikey boy squad leader. First time doing OSL, tried to just get light placement right.
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My Spirit Otter posted:I like it, how did you decide what colour scheme to go with? Ive got like 3 squiggs to paint but have stalled because i just cannot decide on how to paint them. I think my thought process was something like, I want to do a deep sea creature-ish scheme, but my grots are already pale so perhaps something fluorescent -> think of fluorescent/glowing creatures -> oh hey the Attack The Block aliens were really neat with the glowing mouths. Then I tried it out on the squigs that came with Zarbags Gitz. If you paint sufficiently thin layers, you can always paint over it, so just try whatever comes to mind.
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Eej posted:Just a spikey boy squad leader. There's so much to love about this IDK where to start 
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I’m too much of a coward to dirty up the boots of my mens, even though it looks awesome on models I see online
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Professor Shark posted:I’m too much of a coward to dirty up the boots of my mens, even though it looks awesome on models I see online If you use weathering powders (either specialist bought ones or crushed up chalk pastels) as a final step (post varnishing) you can pretty much just wipe them off if you dont like the effect.
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Hey do I need to know anything special about hardware store rattlecan primers? Do they need longer curing times compared to Army Painter or anything?
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Siivola posted:Hey do I need to know anything special about hardware store rattlecan primers? Do they need longer curing times compared to Army Painter or anything? No, pretty much identical to use!
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SiKboy posted:No, pretty much identical to use! Edit: "Back", as if I ever painted for fun. Time to change that! Siivola fucked around with this message at 11:44 on Jul 5, 2022 |
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I do actually like the "chaos black" spraycan by citadel but there's not much in that can it seems krylon white spraycan is trash though
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Krylon’s Ultra Flat Camouflage Black is amazing after using terrible whites and fine to okay greys for years I wish they made a true grey for their line
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I was reminded that I need some new primer and just discovered Hammered Finish primers. They look cool and I’m curious if anyone has used them before for modelling?
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Are the spraycans better about thick coats than they were 10 years ago? I tried some krylon and automotive primer back then and they were about 3x thicker than I wanted, so I never went back to the try again later
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I do 1 to 2 second bursts with a “wiping” motion and move all around the model Sometimes I’ll overdo it and there will appear to be too much that dries fine, though I have had experience where I had to remove the primer
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Eej posted:Just a spikey boy squad leader. The bone color for the armor is rad. Cool Chaos skeleton armor man.
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Siivola posted:Fantastic, thanks! Time to buy the cheapest poo poo out there and get back into this hobby. I find krylon ultra-flat camo black is great. Good coverage and thin coats
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Professor Shark posted:I was reminded that I need some new primer and just discovered Hammered Finish primers. They look cool and I’m curious if anyone has used them before for modelling? Nooooooo those textured paints will fill in small details, they're basically a filler primer Edit: great for props and costumes though
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