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Cease to Hope posted:you can save money on mini painting by not drinking the paint after you're done gently caress you I won't do what you tell me.
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Ravus Ursus posted:I love the comparison of.more expensive minis. If you invest in one of those painting handles with the grip/rest attached to it you could do your painting on the back of a racing bike maybe, or maybe while riding a horse.
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Nov 17, 2023 01:09
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No we're talking. Lemme just bust out my wet pallet on the sound team's mixer while my band gets the sound check going. Imma use the bass from the speakers to mix my paints up real good.
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Nov 17, 2023 01:12
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:it'd be even cheaper if you didn't allow yourself to buy any miniatures until after the ones you have are fully painted and based say that poo poo to my fuckin face you coward
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Nov 17, 2023 01:23
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That’s what I’ve been doing- it’s kind of sad when you run out
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Nov 17, 2023 01:25
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I bought the Ork combat squad today and I’m holding myself to not buying anything until I finish it all.
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Nov 17, 2023 02:23
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Bo-Pepper posted:I bought the Ork combat squad today and I’m holding myself to not buying anything until I finish it all. lol. lol
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Nov 17, 2023 02:31
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last night I dreamed of buying more minis even though I had some I needed to paint.
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Nov 17, 2023 02:34
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some 6mm stuff new medina house from Lazy Forger:   truck from Iliada Games  
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Nov 17, 2023 02:44
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I haven't bought anything this year because of my backlog and needing to save money. Well excepting the SM half of the 10th edition 40K box, and a wolf priest, and a dreadnought  edit: oh and another few thunderwolves parts to max out a squad+Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf Nebalebadingdong posted:some 6mm stuff your little teeny tiny hand-painted brickwork is bullshit fuc u 
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My Spirit Otter posted:lol. lol I’m gonna do it! I believe in myself!
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Nov 17, 2023 03:02
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Not counting the hundreds of models I've added to it, I've done a pretty good job getting though my backlog this year.
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Nov 17, 2023 03:36
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The christmas boxes being sold out at local retailers make it pretty easy to not buy more, you could call that an upside.
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Nov 17, 2023 03:46
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Nebalebadingdong posted:some 6mm stuff Ok, I’m not jealous because that would be unseemly. But it that exposed stone is hand painted you can just gently caress right off (to Awesometown, population you) Edit: I so comically angry at how good those are.
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Nov 17, 2023 03:51
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Nebalebadingdong just has big prop pennies and is taking you all for fools
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Nov 17, 2023 03:58
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Anyone still applying primer by hand with a brush years into the hobby? I'm almost at a point where I'm thinking of buying the spray cans... The longer I paint, the more I realize its all about removing as much of the tedium as possible so you can get to the best parts: adding colors/details to the model.
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Nov 17, 2023 05:22
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You can always get a big air brush to spray your primer, after you thinned it enough. As for me, I'm a bit mad that brush makes can't keep this poo poo consistent.  As I understand it the smaller brush in numbering is actually bigger, why the heck is the whole cotman line a size bigger.
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Nov 17, 2023 05:30
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Bo-Pepper posted:I’m gonna do it! I believe in myself! Bo peeps I've seen your other posts and I am glad you enjoy this little hobby of painting tiny mans 
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Bo-Pepper posted:I bought the Ork combat squad today and I’m holding myself to not buying anything until I finish it all. I've only been back in the hobby since July and I've already said this so much
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Cease to Hope posted:you can save money on mini painting by not drinking the paint after you're done why even paint then
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Chill la Chill posted:Bo peeps I've seen your other posts and I am glad you enjoy this little hobby of painting tiny mans I've mostly hung up my posting pants but am happy to discuss my descent into mini madness ITT
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Cardboard Fox posted:Anyone still applying primer by hand with a brush years into the hobby? I'm almost at a point where I'm thinking of buying the spray cans... It’s the cold moist season over here so I just dug out my brush primer. Spray is way easier but it's fine, now that I got a bigger brush. Takes about 10 minutes to get a good coat on a big orc but whatever 
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Nov 17, 2023 15:39
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Lostconfused posted:You can always get a big air brush to spray your primer, after you thinned it enough. I think once I buy an airbrush I'm officially at the point of no return for this hobby. Next step would be to convert a second bedroom into a paintroom. Siivola posted:It’s the cold moist season over here so I just dug out my brush primer. Spray is way easier but it's fine, now that I got a bigger brush. Takes about 10 minutes to get a good coat on a big orc but whatever You know, I didn't even consider buying a bigger brush to make it easier.
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Nov 17, 2023 15:49
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Ravus Ursus posted:I love the comparison of.more expensive minis. If you can paint well - like nebelabelalbdingdong a few posts up your skills will be a couple of orders more unique than someone who can play Westlife on the guitar or ride a meatball precursor around.
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Lostconfused posted:You can always get a big air brush to spray your primer, after you thinned it enough. Sizes are not standardized, and only pertain to other brushes by the same manufacturer. Not great, but it is what it is.
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Z the IVth posted:If you can paint well - like nebelabelalbdingdong a few posts up your skills will be a couple of orders more unique than someone who can play Westlife on the guitar or ride a meatball precursor around. Also the skills you learn on the miniature scale translate to other more practical skills, like visual design, construction and other sorts of useful poo poo
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How does brush-on primer work? Can you get a thin enough coat without drowning out more detail?
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Lostconfused posted:How does brush-on primer work? Can you get a thin enough coat without drowning out more detail? I've just been using thinned down Wraithbone for my primer/undercoat on the Orks. It takes like 3 coats to get right, and I use a circular brush motion to get it everywhere and to prevent it pooling. I like to think it doesn't ruin the detail too much...
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Lostconfused posted:You can always get a big air brush to spray your primer, after you thinned it enough. these brushes are sooo teeny. doesnt the paint dry almost immediately on them? my preferred brush size keeps going up even as the minis get smaller  
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When I can't be arsed to properly prime a piece, or it's so small and awkward a sub assembly that it's going to be a pain to clamp and cover properly, I keep a bottle of grey bush-on primer and use it. I can't tell a difference side-by-side unless I'm holding it up to my face and specifically trying to find faults.
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i can't even get eyes on right and you've got THAT level of detail??? wild to me.
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Nebalebadingdong posted:these brushes are sooo teeny. doesnt the paint dry almost immediately on them? my preferred brush size keeps going up even as the minis get smaller Where'd you get a prop oversized brush to go with your prop oversized coin? Real commitment to the bit, there. drat, somehow seeing the model next to the brush makes it even more impressive than just having the coin for scale.
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Nebalebadingdong posted:these brushes are sooo teeny. doesnt the paint dry almost immediately on them? my preferred brush size keeps going up even as the minis get smaller So I have no idea if my paint is drying too quickly or not. I'm just aiming for smaller brushes now, because I keep making mistakes when using a bigger brush and splotching paints on other parts of the mini that I already painted.
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Lostconfused posted:I just started painting a week ago, I'm a big baby that knows nothing. your stuff looks good for just starting out! i wouldn't worry too much about the brush size for now, focus on fundamentals and getting comfortable with it all when i started doing 10mm and smaller scales, i used a W+N series 7 size 0. it was nice, but the brush seemed to go bad quickly and they cost too much money to constantly replace. eventually i got a da vanci maestro size 1 series 10 and it was sooo much better because it has longer bristles. now im using the da vanci maestro series 35 size 1 and the brush looks gigantic next to the minis, but it holds a perfect point when its wet. i love it longer brushes can hold more paint and you're less likely to get paint too high on the brush (which is what fucks them up)
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edit Re: Brush on Primer. It's supposed to pull tight as it dries, I've only had one incident with brush on so far and it seems to have come from a bad batch that was very bubbly. Even the bubbles are easy to deal with by brushing over later. All my stuff has been primed this way and it doesn't seem to dry in chunks or anything, even when I kind of try to see how bad I can do it. I've no garden and before I didn't want to gently caress up a balcony I didn't own so I'm kinda stuck with brush on. (plus it's only ever dry in Ireland now for like a month, even during heatwaves)
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Right now I'm using a bunch of cheap synthetic brushes, so they all cost about a third or a fourth of a real sable brush. So I ended up with 8 or something whatever brushes instead of 2 or 3 really good ones. But also yeah you're right they don't have a big belly and don't hold water and paint. Or more like they do hold it but it all ends up in the tip so the paint comes out splotchy.
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Lostconfused posted:How does brush-on primer work? Can you get a thin enough coat without drowning out more detail? Sure, it's like any other paint. I use Army Painter’s, and it's runny enough that I actually have to wipe my brush dry to not thin it so much it separates. Part of the ”problem” is using this thirsty boy: 
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Maybe I'm a bit paranoid now, but I think using a base paint thinned down with water is fine as a primer. I haven't read anything that said you absolutely can't do this. Here's how it looks brushed on after 3ish coats:  I am curious how different a spray/airbrush base coat would look.
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Cardboard Fox posted:Maybe I'm a bit paranoid now, but I think using a base paint thinned down with water is fine as a primer. I haven't read anything that said you absolutely can't do this. I would look like you doing 32 times the number of models in the same amount of time. And a bit smoother, as it looks like there is a bit of detail clogging starting there.
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If three coats of watery white are going to clog detail then lmao lemme just post anything I do straight in the unspiration thread.
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