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AndyElusive posted:So important question while on the topic: is it "Pro Ack-rill" or "Pro Ahh-crill" ? I only have the one bottle, but when I twist the lid up, about 1 times in 3 the dry paint just lifts off the plastic in one big chunk and you can pull it off. I also have a damp paper towel at my workstation and wipe the lid after each dispense
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I think Pro Acryl produces some excellent paints with a questionable bottle design. I’m glad that some like the twist bottles, and that you can buy alternatives from them, even if it is them selling a solution to a problem that they created.
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Something I read in a comment on a video about Pro-Acryl bottles: after putting paint on the pallet, get it right side up and tap it on the table a few times. That blob of paint will get a _lot_ smaller. The one time reading the comments paid off.
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Lumpy posted:Something I read in a comment on a video about Pro-Acryl bottles: after putting paint on the pallet, get it right side up and tap it on the table a few times. That blob of paint will get a _lot_ smaller. The one time reading the comments paid off. Amazing. Thanks for this
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Second last Hearthkyn Warrior done. I'd done some planning with blutack and figured a heavy plasma gun would fit on their torso and... I was wrong.. So I had to pop the radio-kin's gear on him and paint those up real quick. One guy left     
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What are citadel's good contrast paints? I got the army painter speedpaint starter set, which has the basic colors but I feel like I could use a few more. Maybe a different color of green, red, brown or something. Because I'm not sure about trying to mix mediums with the acrylic paints I already have and how they will come out. Or to be honest I already half assed it once and the results weren't good.
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Lostconfused posted:What are citadel's good contrast paints? Basically anything other than some of the purples are always really good. Pick a color or thing you want to paint and they'll like all be good
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Lostconfused posted:What are citadel's good contrast paints? Snakebite Leather, Skeleton Horde, Black Legion, Wyldwood, Flesh-Tearer Red, Plaguebearer Flesh are all ones I've used and liked
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Lostconfused posted:What are citadel's good contrast paints? The trick to mixing them with regular acrylics is a poo poo ton of flow improver. Check out this Vincey V video on contrasts/speedpaints, it's really good. Around 33:00 he addresses mixing them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jla40wPw7_U Mederlock fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Feb 7, 2024 |
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Gonna do something different for my next project and go for BFG style starships. Trying to make the bases as modular as possible for storage and transportation. Thinking of printing the bases and using 1/8" rod to hold the ships, and for identification using a number + color code system for reverse identification. For example putting a red 2 on the base and writing "Red 2" on the fleet sheet next to Emperor's Chamberpot so the bases can be used for any faction instead of the other way around.
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Mederlock posted:The trick to mixing them with regular acrylics is a poo poo ton of flow improver. That random Lord of the Rings reference, neeeeerd.
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Lostconfused posted:What are citadel's good contrast paints? Guillaman flesh is good because it is good on its own, good as a wash on lighter flesh bases, good as a wash on golds. Wyldwood is really good for wood and leathers. Black Legion is good if you want just a dark black color and like the flow of contrast paints. Pylar Glacier is good if you are doing ghosts or ice. The yellows are really good, I like Imperial Fist or Ironjawz for a good single coat bright yellow, and Iyanden Yellow for a dirty yellow-brown that. To be honest I have found a use for a lot of the contrast paints, some are very special/specific. Space Wolves grey is good for old grey/white hair.
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Blasmeister posted:Snakebite Leather, Skeleton Horde, Black Legion, Wyldwood, Flesh-Tearer Red, Plaguebearer Flesh are all ones I've used and liked Also Nazdreg Yellow, Garaghak Sewer, Dark Angel Green, Volopus Pink, Doomfire Magenta, Basilicanum Grey, Leviadon Blue. I also got some Dreadful Visage today and liking it so far. As someone said it seems purple is the main weak area, which is annoying given his that's something I've been looking for but Luxion just won't settle right on a marine shoulder, although Shyish has it's charms. I did find a base of Genestealer Purple helps Luxion out though.
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lol don't know why I didn't realize it until I went to transfer it to a dropper bottle, but contrast medium separates in the pot just like contrast paints.
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Anyone have advice on painting non-brown wood colors? I'm doing up some Wildercorps Hunters and I'd be interested to try painting the crossbows & arbalest's wood in either a lighter tan or an aspen coloration, rather than the traditional dark woody colors. (Maybe I should just water down the Wyldwood or Goregrunta Fur contrast paints I have, but I don't have contrast medium. I've got a reasonable selection of brown ordinary acrylics too, from painting the doggos.)
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Arcturas posted:Anyone have advice on painting non-brown wood colors? I'm doing up some Wildercorps Hunters and I'd be interested to try painting the crossbows & arbalest's wood in either a lighter tan or an aspen coloration, rather than the traditional dark woody colors. (Maybe I should just water down the Wyldwood or Goregrunta Fur contrast paints I have, but I don't have contrast medium. I've got a reasonable selection of brown ordinary acrylics too, from painting the doggos.) Do you have flow improver and regular acrylic medium?
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Mederlock posted:Do you have flow improver and regular acrylic medium? Water? Isopropyl alcohol? (All the mediums are on my shopping list, and I don't have an airbrush.)
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Arcturas posted:Water? Isopropyl alcohol? (All the mediums are on my shopping list, and I don't have an airbrush.) You can go to your local art/craft/hobby store and pick up the liquitex or golden ones for a fraction of what GW charges for the same or better products. Matte medium, your choice of a varnish (matte or satin are generally a safe bet), and a flow improver is where I'd start imo. I don't even have an airbrush and I have flow improver, you can make stuff like diy washes and diy contrast medium with it, it's great.
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Great to see some historicals. Only another 412,999 to go before completing your march to Moscow. Alternatively a few dozen with a lot of weathering on the way back from Moscow.
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Al-Saqr posted:I am proud to present, my mound of pride, my trove of opportunity, my entire 100% completed Tyranid army. Awesome work! I’m very jealous at how cool this looks and how you finished an army.
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Marechal Davout
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Count Thrashula posted:Marechal Davout wow, beautifiul. excellent.
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To the king!
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Spoilers for Stormlight book 2+ The color correction really does not help the face, unfortunately, and it's not the best face I've ever done to begin with. Sorry, Jasnah.  
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Painting with an airbrush is a struggle. Pull back the trigger too far and the overspray streaks all over the model, not far enough and nothing happens because there's already some built up paint on the needle blocking the opening if it's small. Same thing with pressing the trigger, not enough and you get no flow, too much and it's streaks everywhere.
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Lostconfused posted:Painting with an airbrush is a struggle. Pull back the trigger too far and the overspray streaks all over the model, not far enough and nothing happens because there's already some built up paint on the needle blocking the opening if it's small. Same thing with pressing the trigger, not enough and you get no flow, too much and it's streaks everywhere. Thin your paints. No, seriously. If nothing else, you should be using some kind of flow improver to avoid dry tip. If you're not starting at around 1:1 paint to thinners for acrylic, you're not thinning enough.
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Al-Saqr posted:I am proud to present, my mound of pride, my trove of opportunity, my entire 100% completed Tyranid army. those look super sick, inspiring me to work on my own hive fleet!
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grassy gnoll posted:Thin your paints. I was using 1:1 and then 1:2.
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grassy gnoll posted:Thin your paints. Seconding this, even for paints that are marketed as "air" or "airbrush ready", you absolutely should be thinning them. Airbrush thinner should be the first thing in the bottom of the airbrush cup before any paint is added. Lostconfused posted:I was using 1:1 and then 1:2. What paints and thinner are you using? E: I ask as there are some paints that only tend to work well with thinners from the same brand (Vallejo is a pretty good example of that). Sydney Bottocks fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Feb 9, 2024 |
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What about for Vallejo grey airbrush primer?
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Citadel Contrast paint and water/alcohol for thinner, thinking about it, it was probably too much thinner instead of not enough. I was trying to do a light tint/coat.
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Lostconfused posted:Citadel Contrast paint and water/alcohol for thinner, thinking about it, it was probably too much thinner instead of not enough. Skip the thinner and try a mix of Contrast and flow improver instead. Most Contrast paints, inks, washes, etc. are thin enough that you can just airbrush them neat, but you still want something to prevent paint from drying on the tip for extended periods. You can buy some branded flow improver, or else make your own with distilled water and a few drops of glycerin. Maybe add in some drying retarder as well. I've been working on something similar for painting some Salamander space marines, and while I haven't quite gotten where I want to go with it yet (despite staying up absurdly late last night experimenting with it), I have found that the flow improver does help. (E: just to clarify, by "make your own" flow improver, I mean "get a bottle or other container and mix some water with several drops of glycerin". Didn't want anyone thinking I meant to just mix it up in the airbrush cup  )
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Sydney Bottocks posted:Skip the thinner and try a mix of Contrast and flow improver instead. Most Contrast paints, inks, washes, etc. are thin enough that you can just airbrush them neat, but you still want something to prevent paint from drying on the tip for extended periods. You can buy some branded flow improver, or else make your own with distilled water and a few drops of glycerin. Maybe add in some drying retarder as well. I've been working on something similar for painting some Salamander space marines, and while I haven't quite gotten where I want to go with it yet (despite staying up absurdly late last night experimenting with it), I have found that the flow improver does help. Yeah thanks, I'll try that next time. In retrospect too much thinner was kind of an obvious answer since I said the problems were that paint was flowing too much and drying too fast.
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Kylaer posted:What about for Vallejo grey airbrush primer? I can shoot that stuff raw, but if I am doing more than a few models I add a little bit of flow improver. With primer you can use a bigger needle as well, which somewhat reduces the need to thin the Vallejo grey primer.
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