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berzerkmonkey posted:Nah, it will just get covered in paint. You can usually squish it back up and reuse it, but it will only last so long. Yeah, I did this a bit when I was working on my Orks back in the day. You'll be fine.
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Anyone else make their own washes? I picked up a bottle of matte medium and a dropper bottle to mix 1/2 water 1/2 medium in and add to any color to make it. Did the ratio sound good?
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Anyone else make their own washes? I picked up a bottle of matte medium and a dropper bottle to mix 1/2 water 1/2 medium in and add to any color to make it. Did the ratio sound good? I don't use water when I make my washes. Straight up just mix with medium.
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Aug 1, 2014 17:39
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serious gaylord posted:I don't use water when I make my washes. Straight up just mix with medium. Well if that's what SRM does... I tried doing the similar mixture with the wash I made. Will have to try straight medium next month.
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waah posted:Well if that's what SRM does... I've never made my own washes  I just use the GW ones since they're comprehensive enough for my painting needs.
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Aug 1, 2014 17:44
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Anyone else make their own washes? I picked up a bottle of matte medium and a dropper bottle to mix 1/2 water 1/2 medium in and add to any color to make it. Did the ratio sound good? Recently I have been using the new GW washes becuase they are awesome, but with the old ones I made my own using the Les Bursely recipe. Make a mix of flow-aid, matte medium, and water, and then add ink to that to make washes. I dont remember the ratio but you can google "les bursely wash recipes" to find it.
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Thanks! I was mostly afraid of some kind of reaction and my guys feet melting or something haha.
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Aug 1, 2014 17:55
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When making your wash, remember to add the colour last. Its far too easy to put too much paint in, and end up having to use half a tube of medium/water to thin it out if you go paint first.
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Aug 1, 2014 17:59
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SRM posted:I've never made my own washes It was the same for me, but I recently tried the same method with a metallic medium to nice effect and figured it was worth a try rather than keeping an assortment of washes on hand.
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I just bought a couple of premade pasta sauces just to have the plastic pots, so I can expand my homemade wash set. The pasta pots are just the right size and much easier to open than a glass jar with a metal lid. Like everyone else I use Les Burley's recipes, but I also did a cost breakdown compared to GW's washes: http://tinyplasticspacemen.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/my-homemade-washes/
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Aug 1, 2014 18:22
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serious gaylord posted:I don't use water when I make my washes. Straight up just mix with medium. I'm confused. I thought a mediumy translucent coat was a glaze and a watery flow-into-cracks coat was a wash?
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Aug 1, 2014 18:42
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BULBASAUR posted:
Any time, they look great! signalnoise posted:Hey man, my understanding is you actually make these things. Would you be willing to sell these as kits? I'd be willing to buy them if it means paying a reasonable price and not paying shipping from Australia. Yep I sure do, I was thinking $20 per brick, + the flat rate shipping. Thats cheaper than I can find any other laser cut paint rack, thoughts?
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Aug 1, 2014 18:45
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LumberingTroll posted:Any time, they look great! Sounds perfectly reasonable to me  I will PM you when I have funds ready, that good?
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signalnoise posted:Sounds perfectly reasonable to me Yep sounds great, just let me know how many of each size you want, Small, Medium, and Large.
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Fyrbrand posted:What specifically are you using for the lighting? My photo tent kit came with lighting, but it's garbage. I use 3 pairs of these: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007RKKEHA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AZOV9K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I experimented a ton with placement, and the best setup for me is one on each side and the 3rd one shinning at the 'roof' of the light box from the inside (I hold this one in place for each shot). I also use 2 of them for when I paint. Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Anyone else make their own washes? I picked up a bottle of matte medium and a dropper bottle to mix 1/2 water 1/2 medium in and add to any color to make it. Did the ratio sound good? I tend to do something like 1/5th flow improver, 2/5ths water, and 3/5ths medium. If you like your washes to be thicker (like GW washes) add more matte medium.
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Just finished my test model for my German Panzergrenadiers. I think I've struck a happy medium between quality and speed of painting with this one. C & C welcome, if you can even see anything in my lovely cell phone pic. 
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TheBlobThing posted:Just finished my test model for my German Panzergrenadiers. Looks good - if you can knock out the rest at that quality, you've hit the nail in the head.
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Aug 2, 2014 00:40
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Holy poo poo that's great. If I could reliably paint 30mm models to that quality I'd be pleased, let alone 15mm ones!
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Aug 2, 2014 00:50
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Acrylic paint markers are loving rad!
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TheBlobThing posted:Just finished my test model for my German Panzergrenadiers. drat son, that looks awesome!
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Okay, so I traded some bits to another guy, and these are the materials I'm using for my entry into my FLGS's painting contest. It's going to be a looted Soul Grinder. Theme is over the top.
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Aug 2, 2014 06:27
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LumberingTroll posted:Any time, they look great! Can I pick your brains about laser cutting at all? got a lot of questions, would I be able to email you?  Assuming that is that you have access to your own laser cutter, which I'm assuming you do because you're making these yourself
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Thanks for the feedback. I guess I'll keep on trucking then Edit: thespaceinvader posted:Holy poo poo that's great. If I could reliably paint 30mm models to that quality I'd be pleased, let alone 15mm ones! For what it's worth, doing nice highlights on 15mm is considerably easier than 28mm. Because it's a smaller area you're working on, you don't need as many layers to make it look good. Just basic highlighting skills and an emphasis on contrast, and 15mm can look great. Fish and Chimps fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Aug 2, 2014 |
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Oh, I also got the painting on my dwarf cannon crew done. Apologies for the crappy cell phone pictures.     Just need to base them all, and I'll be ready to send them off to their intended recipient.
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Sweet dwarves, JackMann! The beard on the blond guy (spotter?) is particularly subtle. Crossposting from the Oath Thread: Extreme Eyestrain (Cloak on Fire Edition)  Chaos Lord Kranon the Relentless. Garish enough for Slaanesh, but made for Khorne.
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Of course when I come here looking for some advice, I have to follow up a post like that. Great work, I love that tye-dye cape and not over done OSL. Here is my WIP barge. Looking for tips in the areas of edge highlighting and washing.  Currently cleaning up transition areas and starting on the crew/control panel. Thinking I need to highlight the gold areas with bright silver. Not sure what to do with the silver areas. Wash with blue/black and highlight with light silver? Also not sure what I want to do about the blue areas.
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Dr. Gargunza posted:Sweet dwarves, JackMann! The beard on the blond guy (spotter?) is particularly subtle. There is a lot going on, on that model. Despite this, I like it a lot!
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I'm going out to get some modeling grass later on today, and I was just wondering if folks had any other recommendations for relatively low-effort wasteland basing. For some reason I seem to remember someone suggesting elmer's glue instead of superglue for grass, but I can't remember where I heard that or if it's correct. The bases currently look like this:  Maybe pick up some gravel on the way back home for a few larger stones?
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Ignite Memories posted:For some reason I seem to remember someone suggesting elmer's glue instead of superglue for grass, but I can't remember where I heard that or if it's correct.
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Crosspost, made and painted this Captain today and he turned out to be the best miniature I've ever painted.
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I think it's the Minotaurs Chaplain guys head from Forgeworld but I can't remember his name. I'd check but can't get the FW site to load on my phone.
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enri posted:Can I pick your brains about laser cutting at all? Sure, and yes I own the laser cutter, its in my garage, LumberingTroll@gmail.com.
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Well that was a waste of at least $4.50. I got some fine yellow grassturf and the citadel grasstufts, and they absolutely do NOT look good together. I'm kinda liking the tufts, though, so my basing adventure continues. Should I apply these grasstufts before or after sealing the miniature? P.s, SRM if you want some yellow turf you are MORE than welcome to an entire bag of it. Ignite Memories fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Aug 2, 2014 |
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Ignite Memories posted:Should I apply these grasstufts before or after sealing the miniature? I talked to Germ about it on the kickstarter, and it seems the danger of sealing with static grass/tuffs/etc on the base is that the varnish can bead up on it. If you don't go heavy on the sealant you should be okay.
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Ignite Memories posted:Should I apply these grasstufts before or after sealing the miniature? Doesn't matter.
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LordAba posted:I talked to Germ about it on the kickstarter, and it seems the danger of sealing with static grass/tuffs/etc on the base is that the varnish can bead up on it. If you don't go heavy on the sealant you should be okay. I won't be sealing all that heavy, because most of these guys have been sealed once already, but this does seem like something to be concerned about. If I see this happening as I'm varnishing, do you think running a crappy old drybrush through the tufts would help?
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PyroDwarf posted:Of course when I come here looking for some advice, I have to follow up a post like that. Great work, I love that tye-dye cape and not over done OSL. That mottled effect is pretty rad. What do you do to apply it? Something like a sponge?
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JackMann posted:Oh, I also got the painting on my dwarf cannon crew done. Apologies for the crappy cell phone pictures. I think you need to clean the lense on your phone. Not because the minis are bad, but because you are adding a the "greasy fingers" filter to everything you photograph.
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BULBASAUR posted:That mottled effect is pretty rad. What do you do to apply it? Something like a sponge? Yep. Took the base color and swirled in a drop of white so that the color wasn't uniform and dabbed it on with a small bit of spongy foam. Used the same effect on the cryptek. 
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