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GreenBuckanneer posted:edit: That's how I tend to paint too, I do it as kind of a hangout at the local game store. We borrow paints, feedback is instant, and it's nice to be able to have a second eye around for both opinions, and seeing something cool they do. The friend working there is much more experienced than us newbies (myself, the 20-yo guy who gave me the gnoll, and the 9-yo kid who's really nice), so it's a bit like a teaching class. Speaking of the gnoll, finished up the base colours I think. I wasn't sure about the bronze under the more silver-y armour but I like it, the last one looked odd so I did it in brown so it's part of the belt. Do ignore the dab of paint on the mace, I only noticed it after taking the pictures and it will be fixed. Really pleased with the eyes, it's not quite white+pupil but I'll take it for now. I'm thinking of a medium wash rather than darkening her down too much, then using the highlights for some cool stuff, getting the loincloth and hair to pop a little bit more. The mini was some 3D printed promo he got at a con so detail isn't amazing, but it's mostly noticeable with the harness on the back.   
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Cross post from the Heresy thread!Electric Hobo posted:I painted! Alpha Legion Tartaros Librarian, and a Tartaros Command Squad. I'm trying to keep the time I spend on each pretty low. There are just so, so, many marines to paint.
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I love the colouring choices on those, so eye-catching.
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Lumpy posted:A lot of good minis getting posted ITT Gimme a couple days to finish it and I can post a bad one to balance out the thread.
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Serperoth posted:Yeah you're right, I can't even read the text on the shoulderpad It mostly just says "If you can read this, you're too close" over and over again.
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Kids these days, always on their phones  Still loving making Weird Little Guys.
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I love you making weird little guys, and am inspired to make weird little guys, also.
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Your weird little guys are quite fantastic, please continue sharing them.
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AndyElusive posted:Speaking of Plasma... Fantastic work- quoting in case I get ambitious and can look back
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It's layoff season which means time to get back to work on models. I'm picking back up where I left off on my Thunderhawk Gunship. Today I finished painting the cockpit interior and assembled it. Tomorrow it'll go into the fuselage and then I can start working on one of the neat details: the ventral hatch will be open with Primaris marines climbing out and rapelling down to the surface. Originally this was supposed to hide the flying base but the model ended up too heavy to be supported by a thin steel rod. Anyway, pics. There's a little something extra among the display panels that might not be a loss for the keen eyed.     
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I'm either done, or close to done with Munitorum Armoured Containers How did you glue the containers? I have had the worst loving luck trying to get the first one of them to actually take glue and hold its shape long enough for it to take. I've tried Loctite and Tamiya Extra Thin and the fucker just keeps collapsing.
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rantmo posted:How did you glue the containers? I have had the worst loving luck trying to get the first one of them to actually take glue and hold its shape long enough for it to take. I've tried Loctite and Tamiya Extra Thin and the fucker just keeps collapsing. I used tamiya extra thin, but also I poured out my extra citadel cement into what was left over from tamiya so I could continue using the brush instead of that awful thing, it shouldn't make a difference in the glue, I don't think? Basically I did everything but the door, adding generous amounts of glue on the contact points, then used very stiff rubber bands to hold the son of a bitch in place. Just be careful of those little eagle things I then went to bed and painted it the next day (after gluing the doors on)
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I have not tried rubber bands yet, I'll have to give that a go. I think this first crate might just be hosed though, there's so much failed glue on the edges, I don't think it will ever hold.
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rantmo posted:I have not tried rubber bands yet, I'll have to give that a go. I think this first crate might just be hosed though, there's so much failed glue on the edges, I don't think it will ever hold. You can just continue to add more glue, or, cut some thin sprue bits and shove it, and glue, in the gaps
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rantmo posted:How did you glue the containers? I have had the worst loving luck trying to get the first one of them to actually take glue and hold its shape long enough for it to take. I've tried Loctite and Tamiya Extra Thin and the fucker just keeps collapsing. Testors plastic glue works pretty good on these, it is a little thicker than Tamiya Extra Thin. It is helpful to have it set up so you are going to have all 4 sides glued at the same time. One hobby tool that is really helpful is clamps, so if you have some clamps those can be really helpful. Legos are also very helpful for using with a clam to get square joints, for other projects. Lego's have incredibly tight tolerances so whenever I am working on wooden ship kits and need perfect squares for frames and ribs and whatnot a 2 by 2 by 2 lego brick does the trick.
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I've bought a second hand army, Grey Knights, and I started painting a couple strike marines as test dudes. They are literly my first 40k models ever and I have questbon, what's the best approach to paint the armor? I used a leadbelcher spraycan as primer and base coat, heavy drybrush of iron hands steel, drakenhoff shade and another drybrush with necron compound. While the result looks fine enough, I'm not sure if I should have primed first with a black spray instead.
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Angry Lobster posted:I've bought a second hand army, Grey Knights, and I started painting a couple strike marines as test dudes. They are literly my first 40k models ever and I have questbon, what's the best approach to paint the armor? Your proces sounds perfectly reasonable, and I can't think of a reason why you'd want to prime black first as long as you're happy with the results.
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Silver metallics can look slightly shinier over gloss black but that somewhat depends on the paint you're using. Some of them really benefit from a gloss black undercoat and other's don't. A metallic primer shouldn't need a black undercoat because it's a primer, it's designed to be the base layer. Likewise: Gold and bronze are easier to paint over a dark brown basecoat.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Likewise: Gold and bronze are easier to paint over a dark brown basecoat. This is my top “Things you wished you knew when you first started painting”. So much time spent trying to get a gold base when it goes down in one on top of brown.
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PoptartsNinja posted:Silver metallics can look slightly shinier over gloss black but that somewhat depends on the paint you're using. Some of them really benefit from a gloss black undercoat and other's don't. I asked because I heard many people on other sites claiming you shouldn't use the metallic sprays as primers, especifically the retribution armor spray, and I was curious if people also considered this for leadbelcher/silver.
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I mostly don’t like how expensive they are
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Angry Lobster posted:I asked because I heard many people on other sites claiming you shouldn't use the metallic sprays as primers, especifically the retribution armor spray, and I was curious if people also considered this for leadbelcher/silver. If you're applying it to plastic, ret armour spray is fine. GW even recommends it for the first step painting rubric marines and custodes in their youtube videos.
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Angry Lobster posted:I've bought a second hand army, Grey Knights, and I started painting a couple strike marines as test dudes. They are literly my first 40k models ever and I have questbon, what's the best approach to paint the armor? prime black like every other kind of model slather this stuff all over the model https://www.amazon.com/Vallejo-Exhaust-Manifold-Metal-Color32ml/dp/B012A94HSE/ paint in details and highlights Done.
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Professor Shark posted:This is my top “Things you wished you knew when you first started painting”. So much time spent trying to get a gold base when it goes down in one on top of brown. One I wish I'd learned earlier: Thin metallics with gloss medium, never water.
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Just something to point out but metallics are very influenced by the underlying layer of paint. That's why you don't put metallics over white while black gives you what the paint is supposed to look like. You can also put metallic over various colours to influence the outcome (gold over green gives you a very nice, baroque gold).
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Since I switched to Vallejo metal color i've had a vastly easier time painting steel colors and love the results with how little effort it requires compared to the GW metals I used when first starting. The thin, watery nature of them is very useful when base coating and it just takes a little bit of wiping the paint off on your palette or back of your hand when you're doing highlights with them I vastly recommend this set as it'll cover everything you need and it'll look amazing https://www.amazon.com/Acrylicos-Vallejo-VJP77602-Model-Color/dp/B07T6C6FYV/ref
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Lucinice posted:Does Vallejo have a good replacement for iron warriors paint? I don't have Iron Warriors, so I can't make a direct comparison, but try 77.720 Vallejo Metal Color Gunmetal Grey
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I'm running out of leadbelcher, finally, so I'll probably just go with my single VMC I own, duralrillium or however it's spelled. I don't think the color matches though. Same with pro acrylic silver.
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Duraluminum is way too bright. Gunmetal or steel from vmc matches leadbelcher
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Eej posted:Just something to point out but metallics are very influenced by the underlying layer of paint. That's why you don't put metallics over white while black gives you what the paint is supposed to look like. You can also put metallic over various colours to influence the outcome (gold over green gives you a very nice, baroque gold). As an experiment, I tried metallic over a teal (Elemental Bolt I think) and it made the sword look much more vibrant than just metal over black or grey. It doesn't tint the whole thing, but the tiny bit of teal peeking through minute gaps in coverage, or where the particles line up just right makes it pop that much more.
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Spanish Manlove posted:Duraluminum is way too bright. Gunmetal or steel from vmc matches leadbelcher I'll check it out, thanks!
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So what I'm reading here about metallics is if, at some point in the future, I were hypothetically considering doing a Necron army whose primary color is gold instead of normal metallic silver I should prime in black then do a base coat in brown?
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That's a lot of steps when you can just smother the whole thing in Vince venturella's gold recipe that's a mix of Vallejo metal color gold, copper, and gold pigment. You can be so much more lazy in the application of it than having to base everything in brown then redo it in gold again.
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bird food bathtub posted:So what I'm reading here about metallics is if, at some point in the future, I were hypothetically considering doing a Necron army whose primary color is gold instead of normal metallic silver I should prime in black then do a base coat in brown? I would simply get an airbrush so I can play with undertones like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgJqjIMd6k8
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I haven't tried Vallejo Metal Colour but I picked up an old pot of their Liquid Copper, which us an alcohol based metallic, and it's made doing the 100s of little plates and electronics on the Gallowdark terrain really fun and satisfying. As someone said above for VMC, it covers extremely well in a single coat but even better the alcohol self levels and flows to corners really nicely at the same time. I'm not even bothering getting spirits to thin/clean the brushes with, I just bought a pack of cheap ones, dip them straight in the pot and go to town, then dry wiping them clean when they get too gunked up.
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