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Southern Heel posted:I realise I never actually took any photos of my 10mm English Civil War armies when they're substantially complete, so here they are: brilliant, love them
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Feel like I shouldn't have made these smaller throwaway models so complicated, but I also wanted to work through all the potential problems on something less important.  Still not entirely sure how I'm going to paint all the fur trim.
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Southern Heel posted:I realise I never actually took any photos of my 10mm English Civil War armies when they're substantially complete, so here they are: *ahem* Pennies where? (they look great)
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Jan 5, 2024 18:08
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AndyElusive posted:*ahem* Pennies where? *camera pans out to reveal that the table is itself, just a heavily verdigris penny"
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Lostconfused posted:Feel like I shouldn't have made these smaller throwaway models so complicated, but I also wanted to work through all the potential problems on something less important. gold is one of those colours that does not go over white or grey well at all. i think you’d be better served repainting the gold in brown/red/black/deep purple then painting that gold. as for the fur, maybe a deep brown with a lighter brown or blonde dry brushed over it
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Lostconfused posted:Feel like I shouldn't have made these smaller throwaway models so complicated, but I also wanted to work through all the potential problems on something less important. unless you have absolutely insane neurosurgery levels of dexterity and are using literal scalpels for brushes, painting trim is difficult without accidentally spilling over the edges. However, the trick is to paint it first and then fill in the middle bits to cover up the accidental spillovers.
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Is there any reason not to put a drop or two of paint into colored primer in order to change the color a little? I've got some Pro Acryl Dark Camo Green to use as a primer and shading for my Blood Angels and it's a really cool color but not quite as green as I'd like so a drop or two of a dark green paint should get me closer to the color I want but I also don't want to gently caress up the actual primer part of it.
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Jan 5, 2024 22:02
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rantmo posted:Is there any reason not to put a drop or two of paint into colored primer in order to change the color a little? I've got some Pro Acryl Dark Camo Green to use as a primer and shading for my Blood Angels and it's a really cool color but not quite as green as I'd like so a drop or two of a dark green paint should get me closer to the color I want but I also don't want to gently caress up the actual primer part of it. Should be fine just fine. AFAIK acrylic primers are basically just paint w/ an additive, usually polyurethane. So adding a little more paint won't hurt.
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Jan 5, 2024 22:53
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rantmo posted:Is there any reason not to put a drop or two of paint into colored primer in order to change the color a little? I've got some Pro Acryl Dark Camo Green to use as a primer and shading for my Blood Angels and it's a really cool color but not quite as green as I'd like so a drop or two of a dark green paint should get me closer to the color I want but I also don't want to gently caress up the actual primer part of it. We had this long discussion a few pages ago about primer but tl:Dr is a lot of hobby primer isn't really proper primer (certainly none of GW's stuff is) but for plastic minis it doesn't really matter as even bog standard acrylic will hold well enough. It's a different story if you're painting resin and especially metal but for plastic don't sweat it and mix away.
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Lostconfused posted:Feel like I shouldn't have made these smaller throwaway models so complicated, but I also wanted to work through all the potential problems on something less important. Fur's easy as long as you have a decent degree of brush control which you do judging by the trim job. Get appropriate Contrast and slap on. Your trim would benefit from a careful wash, partly to line it so if stands out from the white, and partly to hide any messy edges.
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The only thing I’d say is there may not be much point, for example if it’s so you don’t have to basecoat, you’re stuffed if you want to fix any mistakes because your basecoat colour doesn’t exist.
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Spanish Manlove posted:unless you have absolutely insane neurosurgery levels of dexterity and are using literal scalpels for brushes, painting trim is difficult without accidentally spilling over the edges. However, the trick is to paint it first and then fill in the middle bits to cover up the accidental spillovers. Oh good lord! Embarrassed to say I'd never thought to do trim first.
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Virtual Russian posted:Oh good lord! Embarrassed to say I'd never thought to do trim first. The easiest example here is to prime Black Legion minis metallic gold, use the Black Legion contrast paint (which has absurd coverage) to fill in the flat panels and then highlight or wash as necessary.
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Virtual Russian posted:Oh good lord! Embarrassed to say I'd never thought to do trim first. it's part of the general plan of "do the hard parts first, then the easy parts" Like if you're painting one part with something that has garbage coverage, do that first and be lazy with it. Then on the other parts with paints that cover extremely well you'll have to focus a tiny bit in comparison but only have to do it once instead of 3 times
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Brush control depends entirely on how much beer you had for lunch and or dinner.
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Ooooh just saw that one of my FLGSs stocks Pro Acryl paints now! I'm going to swing by and buy a couple this weekend. Are there some must haves you guys suggest? How are their metallics?
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AndyElusive posted:Ooooh just saw that one of my FLGSs stocks Pro Acryl paints now! I'm going to swing by and buy a couple this weekend. The entire line is excellent but takes some getting used to. The paints have a very thin consistency, almost as thin as airbrush paint lines. They still have very good opacity, but you should expect to apply multiple coats. The Transparent paints are excellent for glazing. Their washes dry matte and have fairly significant staining outside of recesses. The influencer sets are also fine, but make sure you check before buying: some of them are satins, or glosses, or ultraflats. This is not bad but it may not be your style.
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AndyElusive posted:Ooooh just saw that one of my FLGSs stocks Pro Acryl paints now! I'm going to swing by and buy a couple this weekend. I’m a massive Pro Acryl dummy so have their full line, a non-exhaustive list of my faves: Bold titanium white (holy poo poo) Burnt red Burnt orange Shadow flesh Magenta Mahogany From the signature series: Payne’s grey Red grey Dark Bronze The washes are also good. The Metallics are great. I’d still use Vallejo metal colour for silvers, but pro acryl’s rich gold, and copper is excellent.
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AK acrylic Old Gold is one of the more tolerable gold paints I've tried so far, however it is very yellow.
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Lostconfused posted:Brush control depends entirely on how much beer you had for lunch and or dinner. Just chew fistfuls of propranolol. I wish I could get photos to upload on the awful app, just lurking here has done amazing things for my Battletech dorks.
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AndyElusive posted:Ooooh just saw that one of my FLGSs stocks Pro Acryl paints now! I'm going to swing by and buy a couple this weekend. Bold Titanium White, without question. Apart from what's otherwise mentioned, Bold Pyrole Red's a nice vibrant one.
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I just got done doing a large area of white and holy poo poo it was a PITA, I switched from Corax White to White Scar even though that was too white and it improved a lot (Corax dries so weird) but I was throwing it over some Fenrisian grey to get those like.. bluish shadows. There's gotta be a better way to do that though, are there any decent light blue or grey washes for that kind of work? I previously tried some Nuln oil for lack of a better idea and it was gross, Drakenhof Nightshade was.. ok very watered down, but the blue is so dark. Tyran Blue maybe?? E: also it's a slow rear end day in work and I have access to a ring light and wondered if throwing my camera phone onto it's tripod, jamming it right up against a model I keep on my shelf here and then using the windows phone app to control my camera remotely instead of a mile away by hand would make a difference to the weird smudging of colour I seem to get photographing minis and I think it has? 
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AndyElusive posted:*ahem* Pennies where? Under my RT space marines and orks!
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Virtual Russian posted:Oh good lord! Embarrassed to say I'd never thought to do trim first. You could also do a gold sharpie.
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Whoever designed the trigger assembly on the Badger Patriot should be forced to publicly apologize to the entire airbrushing community and also be forced to reassemble the loving thing for every owner each time it comes apart.
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X-posting WIP of my Lord Solar proxy. I'm currently doing some practices before I paint a tiny Icon into the frames on the barding.  I ended up being pretty conservative with this conversion, I really wanted to cover him in medals, but it didn't look right. I've got a lot of touching up on the horse still to do as well, but it is getting closer to done.
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Jonny Nox posted:upcoming video? I'd like to see that. Eyy https://youtu.be/W2iI7vzlYzw?si=Xc5E3uKzik-C2rcI
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 Honestly I tried, but this is just a silly amount of work. I'll paint up what's left of them, and maybe I'll clean up the gold parts a bit more if I feel like it, but probably not.
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rantmo posted:Whoever designed the trigger assembly on the Badger Patriot should be forced to publicly apologize to the entire airbrushing community and also be forced to reassemble the loving thing for every owner each time it comes apart. I’ve gotten pretty good at it, it’s not THAT bad.
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poop chute posted:it’s not THAT bad. Badger Airbrush llc’s new slogan.
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So I’ve got gifted an airbrush spray booth for Christmas, but I appear to have lost my airbrush. What is the best choice for something in the middle ground? Primarily for base coating, zenithal occasionally and terrain?
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Southern Heel posted:So I’ve got gifted an airbrush spray booth for Christmas, but I appear to have lost my airbrush. What is the best choice for something in the middle ground? Primarily for base coating, zenithal occasionally and terrain? Iwata Eclipse if you're already pretty handy with a brush. It's not too pricey in the UK and more than sufficient for model spraying.
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H&S ultra (2023 model) just go updated, on run out. Perfect. https://spraygunner.com/airbrush-kits/by-type/gravity-feed/harder-steenbeck-ultra-airbrush-v2/
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I wanna grab some rapahel 8404 brushes in the USA, is there a suggested place that ships them to us?
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Eej posted:Painting minis with only Q-tips, sponges, my fingers and a funny stick I found on the sidewalk Didn’t use your finger
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Yeast posted:H&S ultra (2023 model) just go updated, on run out. Perfect. This one. GreenBuckanneer posted:I wanna grab some rapahel 8404 brushes in the USA, is there a suggested place that ships them to us? I got mine off of Amazon back in 2019. You know, long enough ago you could order a brush off of Amazon and be pretty sure you'd get something shaped like a brush. Probably not a good idea these days. If you want a Raphael specifically, Jackson's is probably your best bet, but apparently they're weirdly selective on what US locations they'll ship to. Rosemarys are a little easier to come by now that there's slightly less covid, and I think they compare favorably to the Raphaels I've got. You can also hit up your local art store and see what sable watercolor brushes they've got in stock.
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Ordering directly from Rosemary isn't that bad with the prices and the shipping compared to some local stores.
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I think the Harder and Steenbeck Ultra 24 is really great, I like mine, so that would be my recommendation for airbrush. Raphael has their own store on Amazon, and I have never received a false/fake brush from any of my brush orders on Amazon.
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