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Rattle-can priming is the worst way to prime but so are all the others  On that note I also hosed up another batch of priming by doing it when the temp was too cold. I need to figure out how to use the airbrush I bought.
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Oh I'm in Michigan How cold is too cold to spray? None of the stores nearby sell paint on primer.
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My can of GW Wraithbone spray says to only use between 59 and 77F. I don't know for regular spray paints.
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Jan 13, 2024 19:25
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Ominous Jazz posted:Oh I'm in Michigan You can spray in the cold, just warm up the can in a bowl of warm water for 5 minutes before hand. it's humidity that's the trick. You might have to get a bit closer to the models depending on how dry it is that day.
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Ominous Jazz posted:Oh I'm in Michigan Being also a fellow Mitten State native, who once spray primed and varnished a Crimson Fists army in the middle of winter: you can absolutely spray paint/varnish when it's cold out, but not when it's snowing out. As mentioned before, humidity is what fucks up 99.9% of spray priming or varnishing jobs, so if you can spray under an overhang or in a shed with the doors open or whatever, as long as you don't have flakes of snow falling between the spray can and the mini, you should be okay.
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Sounds like Army Painter has joined the world of the big boys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkMth3ovo34 Most importantly they didn't screw up their washes.
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Jonny Nox posted:Sounds like Army Painter has joined the world of the big boys. I am kind of interested in trying out the new Fanatic paints, they've been getting some pretty good reviews so far.
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Jan 13, 2024 21:54
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Brush on primer, it is slow, but it always works.
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I shake my cans for ~5 min, but will try putting it in hot water to see if I can get better results. I’ll also check to see if I have some old cans that I can swap the nozzle for- the Krylon Camo series has an unusual nozzle to begin with
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Wish GW would discover the technology that would allow them to prime the little plastic pieces automatically. We could pick between white, black, and grey primed miniatures. And yes of course they will be $20 more.
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   I am finally taking baby steps to stop being such a wuss about contrasting hues. Like, graduating from strained carrots to chicken nuggets baby steps, but steps nonetheless.
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Jonny Nox posted:Sounds like Army Painter has joined the world of the big boys. Hyped on trying these, although I'm not sure about their 'flexible triad' system. I could use 6 shades of red or blue. WTF I'm gonna do with 6 teals or 6 Aquamarines? I barely use 1 each.
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Cardboard Fox posted:Wish GW would discover the technology that would allow them to prime the little plastic pieces automatically. We could pick between white, black, and grey primed miniatures. Not sure how pre primed pieces would really work with gates you have to trim and uh, plastic gluing pieces together.
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Can't say I'm thrilled with contrast and speed paints all that much, but it's hard to argue with managing to go from a sprue to this in a 24hr period Edit: Then again I probably could've done this with regular acrylic paints, and that's probably what I'm going to do with the other still unassembled guards I have lying around. Lostconfused fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Jan 14, 2024 |
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tale of painters has their review of the AP line. tl;dr: satin finish with a heavy body (similar to citadel base or VMC). still great metallics and shades. the matched double triads are interesting but generally skewed toward lighter colors, with a shortage of dark options. overall quality very good, not revolutionary. on par with other best-in-class brands like TTC, proacryl, new VGC.
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I was really looking forward to seeing the reviews for fanatic. It looks good but there are some odd choices like the lack of deeper golden browns, but then a lot of near double ups in pink fleshes. The finish makes sense as they’re intended to be used on gaming figures, but I strongly dislike satiny paints. Although I like scale so
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Last assault marine done! Gonna quickly touch up the rest of the boys and post a group shot later.    
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Awesome! The old style marine helmets are so good.
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Eej posted:Not sure how pre primed pieces would really work with gates you have to trim and uh, plastic gluing pieces together. This will sound insane to some, but I just want a can of pre primed and trimmed pieces I can sub-assemble paint.
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Its insane you want them in a can tbh, are you worried they'll go off?
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Cardboard Fox posted:This will sound insane to some, but I just want a can of pre primed and trimmed pieces I can sub-assemble paint. This is like the opposite extreme to people super mad about monopose
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Cease to Hope posted:tale of painters has their review of the AP line. tl;dr: satin finish with a heavy body (similar to citadel base or VMC). still great metallics and shades. the matched double triads are interesting but generally skewed toward lighter colors, with a shortage of dark options. 
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SiKboy posted:Its insane you want them in a can tbh, are you worried they'll go off? Have you got Space Marines in a can? Better let 'em out then 
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SiKboy posted:Its insane you want them in a can tbh, are you worried they'll go off? Simple storage right next to my beans.
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Inevitable Mareans on toast accident.
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 Some 1/2400 British ships from Tumbling Dice - the sculpts are pretty primitive but they're cheap and give a nice effect. I can't seem to find a set of rules that really resonate with me though, so they're just shelf queens... Professor Shark posted:Awesome! The old style marine helmets are so good. > That picture of Matt Damon turning really old from Saving Private Ryan
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Primaris helmets look bad outside of any perspective that isn't looking at the viewer, that's all there is to it.
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I’m an old too, I just prefer the Mk whatever to Primaris, with their fiddly mouth guard pieces
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The old Space Marine armours are iconic, classic, etc. but the Primaris marks are more cohesive and thus narratively appropriate of a new generation moving past the stagnation of 10,000 years. That being said there's a few stinkers in there (lol Desolation Squad) but as a whole the new sculpts are more dynamic and a pleasure to paint. They brought Terminators forward too so it's not like they're abandoning all the old stuff.
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The standard Primaris sculpts are good, but everything else is a real mixed bag.
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The new scouts are very good. Seems like they're at a point where there doesn't seem to be any glaring gaps in the range. I guess doing specialist units for the various chapters buys them some time before they do a refresh of intercessors or just do a primaris scale tactical squad.
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Paragon8 posted:The new scouts are very good. I don't personally have a problem with Intercessors replacing Tactical/Assault Marines since as mentioned the sculpts and poses for the standard Primaris are generally pretty good. I'm kind of terrified to see what they do with Devastators if they do give them a resculpt but maybe they'll just continue to do specialist squads with Grav (probably in Gravis) and Lascannon-specific versions (probably in Tacticus) since we already have the other weapon options in Heavy Intercessors, Hellblasters/Inceptors, Eradicators and the Desolation Squad. I personally quite like both Phobos and Gravis armour but I can absolutely see why people don't, particularly now that the upscaled Scouts are available (and I honestly do prefer them to Phobos).
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I quite like the new primaris heads, but I wish I had more of the old aquila pattern helmet in my bitzbox, the grill just makes them look so much more menacing, in that classic 2000 AD/stormtrooper kind of way. Because the classic helm is a little bit thicker around the base, there's less exposed neck, so it makes the model look a little bit chunkier too Got the boys together for a group shot, which turns out to be really hard, and I now understand how people end up buying these little spinning platforms.  Time to move on to the grotmas gitz- I at least aim to finish the base before I paint more space marines. Aside from a jetpack captain, I've got some exterminators and a pack of infiltrators that needs to be assembled and primed!
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Mercurius posted:I suppose they could re-do the tactical squad in the classic MK7 armour to somewhere around Primaris scale but I sort of figured they'd eventually upscale those for Heresy as the narrative is moving towards the Siege of Terra where that armour first showed up. Same with the terminators. I quite liked the gravis stuff, but the terminators are so good as models as well as being perfectly representative of the nostalgia of that unit it's hard to imagine ever going back.
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Paragon8 posted:Same with the terminators. I quite liked the gravis stuff, but the terminators are so good as models as well as being perfectly representative of the nostalgia of that unit it's hard to imagine ever going back.
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Starting to think I can't stick with a project for more than two or three weeks.
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Take pallet cleansers. I will sometimes pause and paint a figure I’d like to use for DnD someday, then I find myself recharged afterwards.
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proacryl update: they're incredible. Really matte finish which is a bit different from working with citadel/vallejo, they flow off the brush really well, just lovely to work with. I can see why people like them so much. Also the burgundy colour I picked up is something I had been looking for with other lines and was trying to make something I was happy with and they just...have the colour. It's awesome.
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Dreylad posted:proacryl update: they're incredible. Really matte finish which is a bit different from working with citadel/vallejo, they flow off the brush really well, just lovely to work with. I can see why people like them so much.
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