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If anyone wants a self esteem boost here's my first completed model after 10 years of not touching a brush, and I wasn't any good then either. That Blood Angel above is wild.
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The other thing, like someone said, lots of those painters, that's their job, they only spend their whole day doing that. Also, you don't see what it looked like before the last photo they posted. Some of these guys spend hundreds of hours on a golden demon, while I'm getting bored of what I'm doing after 6 hours, feeling like there's not much more I can do at my skill level. So in that context, yeah, your two hour paint job won't look like a 20 or 200, but is it going to look fine when playing or from a smartphone? It's likely. And it does seem like the more you paint, the faster you get at doing the intro steps, even if you don't feel like you are moving faster
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Roller Coast Guard posted:Problem: I haven't painted a miniature for about eleven years when I burned out of 40k first time, and when I finish converting and assembling stuff and pick up a brush I'm probably going to have regressed and forgotten how to paint. So slap some paint on one of your new minis to establish your new baseline. Make sure to save it and post it here in a year with your latest mini to show off your progress.
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Feb 17, 2023 19:48
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aphid_licker posted:Don't really get the guys who blast out minis in batches of dozens. At that point it's a fuckin chore, not a hobby. It's a different skill but it's just as valid as Mr-NMM-everything-so-hard-it-hurts. GreenBuckanneer posted:The other thing, like someone said, lots of those painters, that's their job, they only spend their whole day doing that. Also, you don't see what it looked like before the last photo they posted. Some of these guys spend hundreds of hours on a golden demon, while I'm getting bored of what I'm doing after 6 hours, feeling like there's not much more I can do at my skill level. So in that context, yeah, your two hour paint job won't look like a 20 or 200, but is it going to look fine when playing or from a smartphone? It's likely. And it does seem like the more you paint, the faster you get at doing the intro steps, even if you don't feel like you are moving faster You really need to ask yourself what you're hoping to get out of your models. From a utility standpoint as gaming pieces a Golden Daemon paintjob isn't going to look significantly different to a Contrast job with well selected colours. In some cases it will look worse since the style is optimized for close up viewing and photography, not being seen from 3-6 feet away when all the different shades melt together to make it look like a brown blob. This is the same issue with gimmick styles like sky/earth NMM. If you're painting because you want to flex on the internet or win a Daemon then you need to spend the time and effort perfecting all of that. If you find yourself sick of the mini after 6 hours then pick a style that produces something functional in that time frame. Better to spend 60 enjoyable hours on a squad than torture yourself making a Golden Demon out of a single figure.
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For me it's, "other people enjoyed looking at it close up with their eyeballs on the table or from arms length." and "I did better than the model before"
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Roller Coast Guard posted:Problem: I haven't painted a miniature for about eleven years when I burned out of 40k first time, and when I finish converting and assembling stuff and pick up a brush I'm probably going to have regressed and forgotten how to paint. I took a 15 year pause in the hobby. When getting back into it, I watched a few videos to "brush up"  on old skills and to pick up some new ones. I found out that in the span of time where I didn't touch a single model or pick up a single brush, I somehow became a better painter than I was before.Before:  After: 
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I seem to be getting more crap at painting as time goes on. Circa 2007?  2022  Need to stop drybrushing and airbrushing and contrasting and all that poo poo. 
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Z the IVth posted:I seem to be getting more crap at painting as time goes on. The gently caress you on about? That's a great mech paintjob.
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I need to level up my bases, mine look like garbage. Yours is good.
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Stop grenade fishing for compliments and laugh/cringe at this guy's titty scenery.
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Two Beans posted:The gently caress you on about? That's a great mech paintjob. When I look back at all my old stuff I used to do a ton of freehand on everything. Probably because I had so few toys so wanted every one to look good. These days I'm just trying to crank them out ASAP before I fall over from toddler-related exhaustion and I think it's starting to show.  GreenBuckanneer posted:I need to level up my bases, mine look like garbage. Yours is good. See - on the old model I hand painted that marble texture onto a piece of plasticard. On the new one I just slapped on texture paint and drybrushed the poo poo outta it before adding some turf. I think one is a better reflection of skill while the other is modelling pay2win since I can afford those fancy basing materials now. Edit ^^^ Isn't it standard to hide some tittys in every diorama. Z the IVth fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Feb 17, 2023 |
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I feel like I am finding out I'm not really excited about the heavy metal style, especially when it comes to highlights on everything, it gets tedious. My best dopamine is provided when I just Yolo the paint job Paint How You Want shall be the whole of the law Axetrain posted:If anyone wants a self esteem boost here's my first completed model after 10 years of not touching a brush, and I wasn't any good then either. That Blood Angel above is wild. this owns though???
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Z the IVth posted:When I look back at all my old stuff I used to do a ton of freehand on everything. Probably because I had so few toys so wanted every one to look good. These days I'm just trying to crank them out ASAP before I fall over from toddler-related exhaustion and I think it's starting to show. Intricate freehand designs on every model in an army-sized collection is going to cause anyone except for the most insane people major burnout if they want to get their poo poo done, if it ever does get done. Also, aside from maybe shark teeth patterns once in a blue moon, no one is freehanding poo poo on battlemechs. The'ye too small, there's no room on the models, and the human eye can only make out so much detail anyways.
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Z the IVth posted:Edit ^^^ Isn't it standard to hide some tittys in every diorama. The model train community is notorious for hiding topless women, dudes hanging dong, or people loving somewhere in their layouts.
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you're all cool and good, keep painting
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Midjack posted:The model train community is notorious for hiding topless women, dudes hanging dong, or people loving somewhere in their layouts. Yeah to the extent that some model train companies openly produce titty models with the assumption that people will hide them in train sets.
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Kwyndig posted:Yeah to the extent that some model train companies openly produce titty models with the assumption that people will hide them in train sets. Speaking of, I've been looking for cheap 1/35 scale tanks and these two kits keep making GBS threads up my search results https://www.amazon.com/Masterbox-Ge...%2C159&sr=8-152   https://www.amazon.com/Master-Box-3...%2C159&sr=8-146  
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Midjack posted:The model train community is notorious for hiding topless women, dudes hanging dong, or people loving somewhere in their layouts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer
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aphid_licker posted:Don't really get the guys who blast out minis in batches of dozens. At that point it's a fuckin chore, not a hobby. Its sometimes nice to brain off and production line stuff - I'f I'm doign a rank adn file game, I find painting them all at the same time helps getting them looking more unified. it also doens't matter to much what the single model looks like when there are 20 of them in a mob. it also helps if your doing rag tag forces, as you can do 5 with blue trousers, 5 with black ect then mixed them up for the tops, and get a really mixed up unit that still looks somewhat cohesive. I can 100% understand why some people would hate that though.
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PinheadSlim posted:Speaking of, I've been looking for cheap 1/35 scale tanks and these two kits keep making GBS threads up my search results Surprised they didn't label it a Battle of the Bulge set. E: Prisoners of Phwoar!!! Coward fucked around with this message at 09:51 on Feb 18, 2023 |
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Axetrain posted:If anyone wants a self esteem boost here's my first completed model after 10 years of not touching a brush, and I wasn't any good then either. That Blood Angel above is wild. Hey! There is nothing wrong with a simple table top ready paint scheme. All of those fine details you see in the best works are not going to be spotted in competition, or even really noticed with the naked eye. This model is very nicely painted and ready to rock. You did a good job!
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PinheadSlim posted:Speaking of, I've been looking for cheap 1/35 scale tanks and these two kits keep making GBS threads up my search results  https://www.oglaf.com/rivulets/
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 I heard the song in my head and I hope you did too
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkQUGojcgRU&t=93s 1:33 second mark. I don't know why it never occurred to me before that was an option. Man, gently caress pinning, I've got a new technique I'm going to master.
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Coward posted:E: Prisoners of Phwoar!!! Goddamnit!
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Slyphic posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkQUGojcgRU&t=93s Ive seen some old documentaries where sculpting is all done with solder, wild times
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working mom posted:Ive seen some old documentaries where sculpting is all done with solder, wild times Oh man that brings back memories. When I was a teenager, I had a metal Giant Eagle model for warhammer where the wing refused to stay on even with pinning. So my dad helped me solder it on. It... did not go well. The wing stayed on, but the join had some very obvious melt damage.
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chin up everything sucks posted:It... did not go well. The wing stayed on, but the join had some very obvious melt damage.
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Standard solder would probably have a melting point comparable to the mini, so a wrecked joint would make sense. Low temp solder used with good temperature control should be ok.
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goatface posted:Standard solder would probably have a melting point comparable to the mini, so a wrecked joint would make sense. Low temp solder used with good temperature control should be ok. Live and learn. I still used that Giant Eagle for years.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:
"Run away" by Sunstroke project and Olia Tira from Eurovision I assume, but I also could be "Who Can It Be Now?" from Men at Work.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:
gandalf sax, though I also feel like the sax solo from Last Word to the Firing Squad by RTJ would also fit
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chin up everything sucks posted:Oh man that brings back memories. When I was a teenager, I had a metal Giant Eagle model for warhammer where the wing refused to stay on even with pinning. So my dad helped me solder it on. It... did not go well. The wing stayed on, but the join had some very obvious melt damage. My dad did the same thing for me with my 5th edition Slann Mage-Priest, because the contact points for the throne and its bearers were so loving small that it literally would not support its own weight with super glue
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Foolster41 posted:"Run away" by Sunstroke project and Olia Tira from Eurovision I assume, but I also could be "Who Can It Be Now?" from Men at Work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-istquWjZ8M e. I never knew it was from Eurovision! vvv Lord Awkward fucked around with this message at 00:04 on Feb 21, 2023 |
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