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I did it! I finally finished my Bombast conversion, I'm pretty happy with it.       I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, there are a couple major mistakes I made early on that I should have fixed, but didn't. I can live with that. The paintjob has got to be my all time best. I'm sure I could improve a lot more, but if I can paint the rest of the army at this quality I'll be very pleased. The pace is very slow though, but I know that will improve drastically as I go on. I'm much happier with the weathering/chipping on this, it feels much more in scale with the model than the basilisk I did. There is so little ordnance battery kit in there I should have just bought a sprue on ebay. I'm also converting the rocket launcher though so it isn't too bad. That one is built, but not painted, I kept the conversion much simpler. I'll likely buy a sprue and make a second bombast for 40k, this turned out too good to just relegate to combat patrol only. What first drew me to the Vostroyans was the striking Streltsy/Cossack in space aesthetic. The Bombast just doesn't match that at all, it would look far more at home on a FOB in Vietnam. I'm almost 100% sure the designer was looking at a M1 155mm Howitzer.  I wanted to keep the base gun itself, as those would be standard parts used across the imperium, but get as much else as I can to align with the Cossack aesthetics. The best place to go was late tsarist artillery, which led me to looking at details on the following gun.  I took everything off the bombast gun that looked out of place, got it up on new wheels, and (poorly) cut plasticard for the gun shield. The officer directing the crew is a major conversion itself, and the loader got his mortar turned into a shell. The guy on the ground is arming shells, because I didn't feel like converting him and I think he looks great as is. Plus, I rebored the barrel so it matched the diameter of shell supplied. I get that this is 40k, but c'mon, why doesn't the shell in the kit match the bore size of the gun? I like to keep my bases as minimalist as possible, so a single discarded shell casing must do all the work of implying action. Ok, time to touch up the base rim.
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Your bombast conversion is really awesome, I'm excited to see your whole army when you get it done. Also this face is just excellent.
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Dec 2, 2023 02:31
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tangy yet delightful posted:Your bombast conversion is really awesome, I'm excited to see your whole army when you get it done. I'm so glad you clipped that, it caught my eye too and I was asking if I found a new av.
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Dec 2, 2023 02:39
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AndyElusive posted:How's the VMC gold paint? I'm kind of getting sick of Retributor Armors bullshit. It's very Yellow-Green so you often have to mix some ratio of Metal Color Copper to get a colour closer to what you think of as Gold.
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Dec 2, 2023 03:09
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf-D6dCMhM4
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AndyElusive posted:How's the VMC gold paint? I'm kind of getting sick of Retributor Armors bullshit. From the bottle, not great. Mixed with a bit of gold pigment and a touch of sepia ink? Phenomenal. Virtual Russian posted:Bombast I'm relatively certain nobody at GW has ever seen an artillery piece, just like they've only had a tank described to them by a trio of blind men. Have you looked at some of the smaller gun kits in 1/35th? I'm thinking WWI-era stuff in 1/35th is probably in-scale with modern GW sculpts for the big chunky aesthetic they go for.
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Dec 2, 2023 03:14
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I used a 1/35 tamiya flak 88 kit on my Basilisk because I just cannot stand the quality of the gun on the basilisk. I really enjoy the challenge of converting something to look more Vostroyan, while maintaining a degree of faithfulness to the actual gw kit. Otherwise, I agree that an actual tsarist howitzer would look way better. edit: 
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VR you always post the coolest stuff I love their big hats over their masks and putting your kitbashed commander in there is chefs kiss good I love the tobacco smoke looking browning at the bottom Edit: that tank is so cool??? Ominous Jazz fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Dec 2, 2023 |
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Dec 2, 2023 03:47
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thanks, I think the 88 really fit on there well.
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It's surprisingly relaxing when you don't give a poo poo about how something looks
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Anyway, I can't get the contrast paints to do a consist coat which makes all the dry brush shading seem pointless.
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That looks killer, that's a great looking don't give a poo poo
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I’m planning on doing some Pallid Hand Death Guard and am loath to buy another green for their shoulder pads, which most guides suggest Loren Forest for. I have the following greens- which can I mix up to make a close approximation for the HH green they use? Caliban Moot Warboss Waaagh Flesh Death guard Nurgling
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Lostconfused posted:Anyway, I can't get the contrast paints to do a consist coat which makes all the dry brush shading seem pointless. But your sentinel looks perfectly fine? If you want to re-emphasize the highlights after a contrast layer just re-drybrush. I will usually zenithal -> drybrush -> contrast -> drybrush +/- manual highlight There are tricks with them. By design most contrasts aren't supposed to give you a perfectly even coat as the unevenness is rhe "contrast" - even if it's less desirable when painting big flat vehicles. You can 1. Use the "flat" contrasts - these don't have much of a contrast effect at all and are essentially deeply pigmented very liquid paint. These are colours like Baal Red, Imperial Fist and Black Legion. 2. Manual handling - you can play with the contrast as it's applied to draw off any pooling to give you a more even coat. You'll need to work quickly and limit how much contrast you apply at any one time - work on one panel at a time.. Duncan, Darcy Bono and Vince Vinturella have all got videos demonstrating this effect to some degree
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So I was looking up great coat colors and I stumbled on something. lol, spot the differences https://cracdeschevaliers.blogspot.com/2010/11/painting-british-infantry-part-2.html  And I still have no idea what color to paint the officer's coat in even though it makes up like half the miniature. edit: Also Cadian tanks are based on British North African campaign, which explains all those Leman Russ desert camo pattern ones. 
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Dec 2, 2023 15:58
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Nota bene re vallejo metal colour, those paints are brush terminators. You might as well be swishing the thing in razor blades. Use a nice brush at your own peril.
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My Army Painter dry brush set came in and I just have to say, those youtubers make it look so easy. It's a lot harder to figure out exactly how much moisture is needed on the brush, and I don't think it helps when the goat hair brushes retain a massive amount of moisture. I just gave up with adding little bits of water to the brush and went back to pure dry brushing. Anyways, after 4 shield attempts, I think I'm finally happy with the finish on 2 of them:  The second one is definitely my favorite. The first has 3 different gold colors added, but you can't really tell, which is unfortunate since it took like 30mins of dry brushing.
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The "texture palette" thing really helps for testing to see if you still have too much paint on the brush or not.
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Cardboard Fox posted:My Army Painter dry brush set came in and I just have to say, those youtubers make it look so easy. It's a lot harder to figure out exactly how much moisture is needed on the brush, and I don't think it helps when the goat hair brushes retain a massive amount of moisture. I just gave up with adding little bits of water to the brush and went back to pure dry brushing. 2 looks great, like old gold
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Lostconfused posted:The "texture palette" thing really helps for testing to see if you still have too much paint on the brush or not. I need to make one next week. The main thing I learned through a lot of trial and error is that less is more with dry brushing. That texture palette will be very helpful to know how much I have on the brush. Professor Shark posted:2 looks great, like old gold Thanks! Now I have to figure out how to match my Saurus Warrior gold pieces with this shield. The models have smaller metal armor all around them. I think I can apply this method to the armor pieces first, and then paint the rest of the model, but I imagine making a mistake after the armor is already complete will be difficult to correct.
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Cardboard Fox posted:My Army Painter dry brush set came in and I just have to say, those youtubers make it look so easy. It's a lot harder to figure out exactly how much moisture is needed on the brush, and I don't think it helps when the goat hair brushes retain a massive amount of moisture. I just gave up with adding little bits of water to the brush and went back to pure dry brushing. Is there a drybrushing style that starts with a damp brush? I've never heard of it but curious
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Urethane posted:Is there a drybrushing style that starts with a damp brush? I've never heard of it but curious There is something called damp brushing and what the Artist Opus guys do is closer to damp brushing than true dry-brushing. You can use it to build up layers to form gradients as a kind of pseudo-airbrush. Start with a damp brush and go from there. It won't work equally for all colours and it can be quite laborious. Strictly speaking IMO drybrushing is just to catch the raised details.
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Urethane posted:Is there a drybrushing style that starts with a damp brush? I've never heard of it but curious
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I think he is right about the moisture level though. It is really easy to be applying some drybrushing and having that go well and even look good and accidently get a dusting on things nearby that you did not want any paint on. So a little bit of moisture to prevent that is good.
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First time painting a Rhino. Went overboard on the weathering, and I REALLY need to fix the trim on the gunner, but it turned out okay.  
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Hey man you should probably thin you- God drat it.
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Ravus Ursus posted:Hey man you should probably thin you- The close up photo isn't doing it any favours tbh, from arm's length it looks much better. Though I probably should push the shading/blacklining a little more in places.
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Ominous Jazz posted:i feel like i made a mistake using elmers glue for my basing. the good news is that i have a lot of it it's super useful stuff. PVA glue has a ton of uses, and over time you'll find a bunch of cool things you can do with it Virtual Russian posted:[snipped cool-rear end artillery] i really love this design's mish-mash of design elements. it feel like an ad mech creation without being super over the top about it. cyber-cossacks manning a WW2 artillery piece with solid wheels and a gigantic blast shield, it's just altogether great. boring nerd trivia: the bombast gun is based directly on the M2/M101 howitzer, the successor to the one you posted. the single round pneumatic cylinder on top, the odd shape of the blast shield, and the fat rubber tires are all distinctive. Gravitas Shortfall posted:First time painting a Rhino. Went overboard on the weathering, and I REALLY need to fix the trim on the gunner, but it turned out okay. this came out amazing and also i hate you lmao
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Deathwatch Terminator Captain of the Imperial Fists:     
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Crosspost from the Battletech threadCount Thrashula posted:Finished up a Steiner lance and Kurita lance today. I think they're both about as thematic as each house can get.
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Back in competition painting mode. Spending hours and hours on a single part of a model is very therapeutic.  Also got an early Christmas present. Heard a lot about this book, and even a quick browse makes me think it should be in the hands of anyone interested in mini painting. 
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AndyElusive posted:Deathwatch Terminator Captain of the Imperial Fists: Jesus loving christ dude (in a good way, this looks amazing).
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"Creator of Dinotopia" is really funny to me to put on the cover of a book like that. I say this as a creator of nothing.
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A buddy of mine who is a huge Iron Maiden fan has had a crap-tacular year. So when I saw the Kickstarter for minis based on Iron Maiden album cover art, I knew what I had to do. I'm pretty happy with them, but mostly the freehand behind the Seventh Son (of the Seventh Son) showing us his entrails.   I think figuring out how to ship them 1,000 miles without them arriving in many, many pieces is going to be harder than painting them.
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:The close up photo isn't doing it any favours tbh, from arm's length it looks much better. Though I probably should push the shading/blacklining a little more in places. The problem you have is that's a World Eaters rhino without any blood on it. It is very pretty regardless.
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Z the IVth posted:The problem you have is that's a World Eaters rhino without any blood on it. There's blood on the ram! (and a little on the front) These own 
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AndyElusive posted:Deathwatch Terminator Captain of the Imperial Fists I love the color you have in the black armor.
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Radiation Cow posted:
Oh hey this is by the guy on YouTube that paints outside and gives little gouache lessons. He's very adorable.
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:First time painting a Rhino. Went overboard on the weathering, and I REALLY need to fix the trim on the gunner, but it turned out okay. 2023 thread award for best use of a spoiler
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