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I finally got around to     The axe is supposed to look like a roughly hewn piece of Wraithbone fixed to a metal pole- a family heirloom! Before pic from eBay: 
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Indolent Bastard posted:Is it the original paint of the car or acrylic paint you have added that you are trying to strip? The latter. Though once I put it onto the wheels, I kinda like it now so I might not strip it anymore?
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Aug 18, 2019 23:59
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I’m new and I see lots of things I would do differently but I made some progress on the dude. I have some touch up to do then I will add some wash. 
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Aug 19, 2019 02:12
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Ropes4u posted:I’m new and I see lots of things I would do differently but I made some progress on the dude. I have some touch up to do then I will add some wash. This is going to look great with some washes on the rivets and stuff man. A nice clean start like this is the path to a great model.
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Aug 19, 2019 02:18
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Ropes4u posted:I’m new and I see lots of things I would do differently but I made some progress on the dude. I have some touch up to do then I will add some wash. Your paint is clean and even in a way that experienced painters struggle with, be proud!
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Aug 19, 2019 02:20
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Condoleezza Nice! posted:DM me. I don’t want or need my DG half. Sorry for the late response, shot you a PM!
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Aug 19, 2019 04:10
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Getting off to a good start on these troops. I'm really enjoying painting these models. I've never really done a dark coloured army and shading is actually fun plus pretty quick. I'm trying to keep my palette to purple, fuscia highlight, boltgun metal, nuln oil, silver and grey/black. Oh yeah plus the eventual lightning bolt feature.
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Aug 19, 2019 04:12
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Tried out painting one of my Dragon Princes! Took a while, but it was pretty fun, High Elves be pretty.   
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Aug 19, 2019 11:41
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JBP posted:This is going to look great with some washes on the rivets and stuff man. A nice clean start like this is the path to a great model. Harvey Mantaco posted:Your paint is clean and even in a way that experienced painters struggle with, be proud! Thank you both for the encouragement.
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Aug 19, 2019 12:10
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Mistafab posted:Tried out painting one of my Dragon Princes! Took a while, but it was pretty fun, High Elves be pretty. I’ve been playing TW:WH2 and I want a squad or two of Lothern Sea Guard to paint up now. Do you have any to show off, or know a place I can get them semi-reasonable?
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Aug 19, 2019 12:36
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Icon Of Sin posted:I’ve been playing TW:WH2 and I want a squad or two of Lothern Sea Guard to paint up now. Do you have any to show off, or know a place I can get them semi-reasonable? Unfortunately I don't know of a place to get any. If you look around you may be able to find the ones that came with one of the older starter boxes, the one that was Elves vs Skaven (I looked it up. Island of Blood). That's where I got mine. Lots of really nice models in it. Here's an old one I painted. 
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Aug 19, 2019 12:53
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Magnetic North posted:The latter. Though once I put it onto the wheels, I kinda like it now so I might not strip it anymore? Post a pic. Lemme see that car.
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Aug 19, 2019 15:04
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Ropes4u posted:I’m new and I see lots of things I would do differently but I made some progress on the dude. I have some touch up to do then I will add some wash. Oh dude this is gonna look absolutely killer once the wash is on. Great job.
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Aug 19, 2019 22:24
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 Does this base work? I think I like but also this base (and more like it) were made in a huge batch for my Space Wolves. I feel like it works ok but would like suggestions. I gave my EC purple men those metallic GW industrial bases and tore them off though because the colour looked poo poo on them. E: I can easily make street and urban bases using this asphalt/black rock Vallejo basing poo poo as well. It's actually growing on me the more I look at it and I like matching bases across my armies... JBP fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Aug 20, 2019 |
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Aug 20, 2019 02:57
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Yeah that's rad, it's a nice splash of color that fits into the rest of the scheme well and it's just muted enough to pop without becoming the focal point.
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Aug 20, 2019 05:04
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Cross-posting some Custodes I finished up for Kill Team.    edit: Also cross-posting the warpspawn picture that Photoshop spit out when I messed up an image auto-blend by not aligning the source images.  And when I don't screw up Photoshop: 
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Aug 20, 2019 11:03
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Indolent Bastard posted:Post a pic. Lemme see that car. Here it is just resting on the chassis, where I think it looks okay.   This is where I think it looks bad, just on its own. The wash pooled in ways that look kinda barfy, like the big dark blots on the driver's side rear armor.    
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Aug 20, 2019 11:15
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JBP posted:
Rim it in black and I think you have a winner.
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Aug 20, 2019 12:37
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It was a vision thing.         
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Aug 21, 2019 10:23
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Aug 21, 2019 11:26
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Waiting for the post to arrive because I mistakenly ordered stuff to be delivered the day I was off not the day I had ear marked for painting. So while waiting I've quickly painted up the Branchwych from the Sylvaneth SC box so that I can say I've painted everything in it (besides the fact I bought a 2nd). The Aelves with the glowing weapons and poo poo earlier were added to the list for variation.  As soon as the post arrives i'll be taking on a Kharadron Warband.
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Aug 21, 2019 12:29
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Thanqol posted:It was a vision thing. Holy gently caress. Amazing.
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Aug 21, 2019 13:05
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It looks like my Spellcrow order will take a while to arrive, so I started this guy yesterday:  
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Aug 21, 2019 13:14
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I did a piece for Goonhammer about the simple little OSL effects I've been doing: https://www.goonhammer.com/how-to-paint-everything-quick-and-easy-osl-the-20-min-methods/ (there's even colours in there that aren't blue).
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Aug 21, 2019 16:44
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Double-Post. The Kharadron dudes arrived earlier so I've decided to go with this scheme.
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Aug 21, 2019 21:04
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I finished up the other half of the battletech starter box: Excited for whenever there other plastic minis come out.
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Aug 22, 2019 03:00
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Today's painting is for the latest Codex chasers
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Aug 22, 2019 19:58
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I've noticed nuln oil is leaving a shiny finish, which is annoying because it's the non gloss version. I don't varnish my minis generally, but if I use Matt Vallejo to seal them is it going to dull everything down or change the metals? I'll try a test model but want to know what I should think about when I do it.
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JBP posted:I've noticed nuln oil is leaving a shiny finish, which is annoying because it's the non gloss version. I don't varnish my minis generally, but if I use Matt Vallejo to seal them is it going to dull everything down or change the metals? I'll try a test model but want to know what I should think about when I do it. Yeah usually it does take the sheen out of your metals, usually doesn't *change* them though unless you're really hosing them down. If you're really worried about it I find putting a layer of gloss varnish over your metal parts helps them keep their luster when sealing. Speaking of sealing, if you're just wanting to hit certain parts of the model with matte Vallejo/Testors both make brush on matte varnishes.
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Brock Samsonite posted:Yeah usually it does take the sheen out of your metals, usually doesn't *change* them though unless you're really hosing them down. If you're really worried about it I find putting a layer of gloss varnish over your metal parts helps them keep their luster when sealing. Speaking of sealing, if you're just wanting to hit certain parts of the model with matte Vallejo/Testors both make brush on matte varnishes. I think I'll probably airbrush these to seal them. I might try satin as a mid point as the purple I've used has a bit of sheen that I like. I'll do a couple of tests on metal with and without a gloss coat, thanks.
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Aug 23, 2019 01:47
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JBP posted:I've noticed nuln oil is leaving a shiny finish, which is annoying because it's the non gloss version. I don't varnish my minis generally, but if I use Matt Vallejo to seal them is it going to dull everything down or change the metals? I'll try a test model but want to know what I should think about when I do it. I've experienced this sort of glossing with nongloss shades when I haven't shaken them up enough. Matte varnish will dull things a little bit, maybe test it out somewhere before committing it to a finished mini if you're concerned?
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Texmo posted:I've experienced this sort of glossing with nongloss shades when I haven't shaken them up enough. Matte varnish will dull things a little bit, maybe test it out somewhere before committing it to a finished mini if you're concerned? you might also want to try simply brushing an acrylic medium (completely clear) onto the trouble spots. GW's Lahmian Medium, Liquitex matte medium etc etc
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Aug 23, 2019 03:31
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JBP posted:I've noticed nuln oil is leaving a shiny finish, which is annoying because it's the non gloss version. I don't varnish my minis generally, but if I use Matt Vallejo to seal them is it going to dull everything down or change the metals? I'll try a test model but want to know what I should think about when I do it. Nuln oil, and some other washes can dry shiny if you don't shake them up properly before use. If you turn the pot upside down and notice sediment sticking to the bottom, that's the stuff you need to re-integrate. Shake the poo poo out of it until that stuff is all or mostly gone. This is the most common reason for shades drying shiny. Basically, as far as I remember, the matting agent in the washes will sometimes separate a bit and settle at the bottom.
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Gunder posted:Nuln oil, and some other washes can dry shiny if you don't shake them up properly before use. If you turn the pot upside down and notice sediment sticking to the bottom, that's the stuff you need to re-integrate. Shake the poo poo out of it until that stuff is all or mostly gone. This is the most common reason for shades drying shiny. Basically, as far as I remember, the matting agent in the washes will sometimes separate a bit and settle at the bottom. Yeah, I didn't realize that I needed to shake my shades just as much as my paints, my second skeleton was super shiny 
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Yeah I've had that happen ages ago to my Company Command Squad as they suddenly turned out super shiny from either an Nuln or Agrax wash. Still don't think I've fixed that but they're in storage anyway.
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Yeast posted:you might also want to try simply brushing an acrylic medium (completely clear) onto the trouble spots. This also does the trick, but lahmian medium (I haven't tried the others) can also end up drying a little bit frosty if you let it pool too much.
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Aug 23, 2019 13:12
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I've brushed on a bit of Vallejo matte varnish and it's done the trick. I shook Up the bottle a lot and it seems a little better but still a little bit shiny. Easy to fix on obvious areas though.
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So, I painted up 5 squig hopper dudes and the goblin warband from shadespire to function as a warcy team. Didn't take any photos of the shadespire guys but heres the squig hoppers:     I painted the shadespire goblins first and did the robes thinned leviadon blue and then thinned ultramarine blue on top of that. I realised that I wasn't getting the consistency of that right so these guys are thinned leviadon and then straight ultramarine blue - it gave the robes a solid, saturated colour but dimmed the contrast highlight effect quite a bit, so I gave them some quick edge highlights with the kantor blue highlight (altaioc I think?). Everything else is contrast paint, leadbelcher or agrax earthshade. Going to grab some tufts for the bases at some point, but for now I start work on the Iron Golems.
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Hey, not sure this is really the ideal thread for this question as its more assembly than painting. I am crawling through my collection and slowly pinning everything that keeps breaking to hold it together, and boy I am getting tired of working a pin vice by hand on some of these metal miniatures. I realized that I can probably use a dremel and some bits to make this a lot quicker - does anyone do this, and if so are there recommendations for a good dremel and bit set? Or is this a bad idea and that extra power means I'll be blasting holes through stuff?
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Ashcans posted:Hey, not sure this is really the ideal thread for this question as its more assembly than painting. I am crawling through my collection and slowly pinning everything that keeps breaking to hold it together, and boy I am getting tired of working a pin vice by hand on some of these metal miniatures. I realized that I can probably use a dremel and some bits to make this a lot quicker - does anyone do this, and if so are there recommendations for a good dremel and bit set? Or is this a bad idea and that extra power means I'll be blasting holes through stuff? I use a "powered screwdriver" with a hex to Chuck adapter for bits because I don't trust myself with full Dremel/drill power for drilling holes. It has a lot less torque, but it's enough for minis.
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