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Al-Saqr posted:Sounds good, craft paints like normal acrylics/oils or what? Do craft paints come in metal and rust? It would help if you posted an example so I can look for it in the stores also yeah you can buy a big thing of acrylic metallic paint for cheap. uk at least has stuff like this https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/silver-metallic-home-craft-acrylic-paint-60ml/6309501003.html
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Lumpy posted:Finished this a few weeks ago, but this was my entry into the Wyrd Games fall painting contest. Despite some "fun" during the process (do NOT use poster tack to mask for airbrushing... This rocks, if I didn't know better I'd think it's glowing "for real".
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SiKboy posted:This. Wow thanks I will definitely go for this thanks so much for the great advice!!! Electric Hobo posted:Congrats! That was a huge number of votes compared to second place! Hoooolylyyyy shiiittt thatssss sooooo raaaaddd!!!!
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jesus WEP posted:you can buy rattlecan metallics if you need to cover big bits of terrain in metallic paint Absolutely perfect I am getting a couple of stuff from England as we speak I’ll definitely gobble these up and ship them over with my anvil industry stuff!!! Thanks so much!!
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S.J. posted:What is this. I need it. Tortle pirate from bite the bullet, I believe. I'll look it up when I'm finished, for my post. Goon friend MollyMetroid last page provided it. Fanatic mini to work on so far. https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-tortle-pirate-161973 NinjaDebugger fucked around with this message at 13:38 on Nov 24, 2022 |
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Al-Saqr posted:All of my priming for everything will be done with rattle cans, I got absolutely loving wrecked cost wise shipping those loving things because they’re considered ‘dangerous material’ (flammable aerosol spray cans) so only DHL would ship them, I tried my best to find a local replacement at the art and hardware stores here but no dice, so I’m going to get all the value I possibly can out of them. Dont but hobby brand spray paint. gently caress, i used bbq primer for the first 20-30 models i painted. Hobby brand spray paints are overpriced as poo poo.
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This may be the highest quality paint job I have done ever. Captain Cooper Blueshell, of the Blue Shell Pirates.     https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-tortle-pirate-161973
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NinjaDebugger posted:This may be the highest quality paint job I have done ever. God this is such a pleasant color scheme I love it what a fun character
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NinjaDebugger posted:This may be the highest quality paint job I have done ever. This is fantastic.
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I want to know how to do the value sketch as clean as it was prr-contrast or glazing, whichever technique you used.
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My Spirit Otter posted:I want to know how to do the value sketch as clean as it was prr-contrast or glazing, whichever technique you used. It's black primer and airbrushed white ink zenithal, that's it Getting a decent quality airbrush made my zenithals look way smoother. The color over it is a combination of standard acrylics (vallejo and reaper, a bit of pro acryl) and AP speedpaints.
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Lumpy and NinjaDebugger those are some fantastic paint jobs. Wow!
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NinjaDebugger posted:It's black primer and airbrushed white ink zenithal, that's it Getting a decent quality airbrush made my zenithals look way smoother. The color over it is a combination of standard acrylics (vallejo and reaper, a bit of pro acryl) and AP speedpaints. Well i guess im going to invest in a good airbrush now, i guess Thanks for the info.
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Reporting back after a while of trying different brands for parchment paper: the paper I started with was the least hosed and everything else has caused even worse problems with watery and lovely paint as soon as it makes contact with the paper. So I must be doing something wrong, then. Despite that, and despite my constantly rapidly fraying Raphael 8404 that's loving new I haven't even painted 10 models using it, managed 4 heads painted today and... well, two of them are acceptable, at least. Even if one is "Handsome Squidward in a wig and corpse paint". Can't get them to photograph properly but when I do the models they're meant to go on I'll hopefully be able to. Just needed a distraction from the Battletech company and still need motivation to continue at all, but not gonna get that externally. Love the last couple pages of paint jobs. Good work folks.
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SiKboy posted:This. In addition to all this good advice, a little bit of flow improver and matte medium goes a long way to making craft paints much better. This honestly goes for miniature paint as well. I keep a dropper of 50/50 medium and flow to make thicker paints flow better. That same solution added to you craft paints will make them more the consistency of miniature paints.
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SkyeAuroline posted:Reporting back after a while of trying different brands for parchment paper: the paper I started with was the least hosed and everything else has caused even worse problems with watery and lovely paint as soon as it makes contact with the paper. So I must be doing something wrong, then. I wouldnt be spending money on expensive brushes if i couldnt figure out a wet palette, personally. Instead of spending a bunch of money on different parchment papers, you shouldve just spent the 10 bucks and bought one thats guaranteed to work
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My Spirit Otter posted:I wouldnt be spending money on expensive brushes if i couldnt figure out a wet palette, personally. Instead of spending a bunch of money on different parchment papers, you shouldve just spent the 10 bucks and bought one thats guaranteed to work I already had two brands (Reynolds and store-brand) for actual baking, plus the Masterson paper that came with the palette, and borrowed two others (different store brands) from family who already had it. I'm not out any money trying it. The 8404 is a replacement for the 8404 I've had and used for years with little to no issue. That one held up for a long time, this one started fraying within the first model worth of work.
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I tell you what, I have never spent so much time fiddling around with a wet palette, because I just sucked it up and bought the redgrass wet palette, and while it's definitely more expensive than doing it yourself I also don't have to deal with any of that crap
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SkyeAuroline posted:I already had two brands (Reynolds and store-brand) for actual baking, plus the Masterson paper that came with the palette, and borrowed two others (different store brands) from family who already had it. I'm not out any money trying it. Are you using so much water that its on top of the palette or something?
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On the topic, AP's wet pallet is inexpensive and comes with everything you need. If someone doesn't want to bother with a homemade one or shelling out a bunch of bucks for an expensive alternative then just get Army Painters.
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The only "problem" I've had is that I come back days later and the paints have separated on the palette but you just swirl most of them back together and it's fine GSW has a cheap palette but it has a curling issue where the paper they use bleeds more than redgrass' version, which means the metallics bleed through into the sponge (doesn't happen with the redgrass one) and the paper physically curls up at the corners which ticks me off and I don't end up using it. GreenBuckanneer fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Nov 25, 2022 |
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AndyElusive posted:On the topic, AP's wet pallet is inexpensive and comes with everything you need. If someone doesn't want to bother with a homemade one or shelling out a bunch of bucks for an expensive alternative then just get Army Painters. thats what i use, it and a refill pack, so 4 sponges and more parchment paper than you can shake a stick at for under 30 cad.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I tell you what, I have never spent so much time fiddling around with a wet palette, because I just sucked it up and bought the redgrass wet palette, and while it's definitely more expensive than doing it yourself I also don't have to deal with any of that crap
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GreenBuckanneer posted:The only "problem" I've had is that I come back days later and the paints have separated on the palette but you just swirl most of them back together and it's fine at warfaire weekend, game envy had donated a shitload of exemplars for people taking classes to use, and goddamn that is a nice one. I have an AP and I think if you're going to spend the money, the exemplar is worth it over AP.
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AndyElusive posted:On the topic, AP's wet pallet is inexpensive and comes with everything you need. If someone doesn't want to bother with a homemade one or shelling out a bunch of bucks for an expensive alternative then just get Army Painters. The LGS in town has the redgrass one and I'm helluva tempted to pick up the smaller one for €39.
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The Red Grass wet palette is the only one I've ever used and It Just Works, with their paper or with baking paper or whatever. I dunno, if you're strapped for cash it's a rough hobby but if you can just Buy Boxes Of Plastic then it's worth it imo
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NinjaDebugger posted:at warfaire weekend, game envy had donated a shitload of exemplars for people taking classes to use, and goddamn that is a nice one. I have an AP and I think if you're going to spend the money, the exemplar is worth it over AP. I agree, I bought my workfriend who I convinced to start painting miniatures the Exemplar and I seriously debated just keeping it and ordering a second one for myself, but I ended up not getting it for myself at the time.
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I have the Army Painter one and it works pretty well, but... I never feel like I need to use it. I guess my painting sessions never last long enough for the paints to dry on the palette while I'm using them? and I don't really do a lot of paint mixing that I feel like I need to save (I just write down the recipe since it's all dropper bottles). Or maybe I just really enjoy peeling the dried paint out of the palette because I just dropped money on Turbo Dork's silicone palette...
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SkyeAuroline posted:Reporting back after a while of trying different brands for parchment paper: the paper I started with was the least hosed and everything else has caused even worse problems with watery and lovely paint as soon as it makes contact with the paper. So I must be doing something wrong, then. I've been meaning to ask, have you been mixing drying retarder into your paints on the wet pallette? because apparently that's a big nono, if makes the paints suck in water.
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Eej posted:The Red Grass wet palette is the only one I've ever used and It Just Works, with their paper or with baking paper or whatever. I dunno, if you're strapped for cash it's a rough hobby but if you can just Buy Boxes Of Plastic then it's worth it imo I strongly agree. Red grass palette is fantastic especially with their sponge and paper. 0 regrets on that purchase. I backed their second kickstarter and was very satisfied. I used AP before and Redgrass was a major step up. I really like their reusable paper. If I’m being neat and regularly cleaning it, I get probably 8 washes out of 1 piece.
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Jonny Nox posted:I've been meaning to ask, have you been mixing drying retarder into your paints on the wet pallette? No. Just the paint. I don't even have to add water for the initial brush loading to be thinned down to "barely acceptable for base coating". My Spirit Otter posted:Are you using so much water that its on top of the palette or something? That was the first thing I checked long before I posted here. Sufficiently frustrated that I just ordered the Redgrass palette, here's hoping the money isn't wasted.
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I went back through a bunch of your posts and didn't see it mentioned, but what brand/type of paint are you trying to use on your wet palette?
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Lumpy posted:Do you live in an area with 137% humidity? Assuming the two hygrometers I keep in my apartment are both accurate, around 60%. Bloody Hedgehog posted:I went back through a bunch of your posts and didn't see it mentioned, but what brand/type of paint are you trying to use on your wet palette? Citadel, Vallejo, and ProAcryl. I have a bottle of Golden around here somewhere (for a different, non-miniatures project) but I find it unlikely it'll have different results from the other three. Vallejo and ProAcryl last marginally longer before they get too diluted, but I'm chalking that up to "dropper bottles mean there's a larger volume of paint at a given time vs brush-load from a Citadel pot".
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What is a good way to model something translucent? I want to add a psychic blast coming off my Maleceptor's side brains and hitting a space marine to make his head pop. In my mind it looks like a DBZ kind of cartoon power blast/lightning arcing around off of the side brains with a slight tint, possibly light blue, but I can't figure out how to make it. Looked around for something being sold, experimented with drying Elmer's glue, no major success yet.
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If you have access to a resin printer there are lots of translucent resins and dyes. Pretty expensive and difficult if you're not already living that life though.
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Resin is possible in theory but it's the bottom of my personal list. Admittedly my list is not exceptionally long as I haven't found much so far. Was taking a shot in the dark that someone had an idea. Best I've come up with so far is the water effect technical paints and a lot of layers. Never used the stuff so I may be completely wrong and the stuff is like a limp noodle when dried or something.
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I have a bunch of minis to repaint so I decided to get an airbrush so hopefully it's faster. If I do something like airbrush the basecoat, apply a wash, top-down airbrush the highlights, and then go back and pick out details by hand is that good enough for a "complete feeling paintjob"?
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bird food bathtub posted:Resin is possible in theory but it's the bottom of my personal list. Admittedly my list is not exceptionally long as I haven't found much so far. Was taking a shot in the dark that someone had an idea. Best I've come up with so far is the water effect technical paints and a lot of layers. Never used the stuff so I may be completely wrong and the stuff is like a limp noodle when dried or something. You dont actually need a 3d printer, you can just buy some clear UV curing resin and cure it with a UV light. People use it for jewelry making and stuff, I've got some I use for water effects on bases. You can tint it with inks (I *think* alcohol based rather than water based, but that might depend on the resin.) or just do it clear and paint it with a very thinned contrast or similar? Idea the second is hot glue, applied in the pattern you want on some parchment paper so you can peel it off when its dried. Either clear and paint with contrasts again or buy one of the coloured hot glue sticks maybe? Maybe better for a fireball type shape than a lighting bolt. Idea the third is Mod Podge dimensional magic, which is what I used as shallow water before I started using clear UV resin for it. You can tint this with acrylic paints just fine.
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