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Harvey Mantaco posted:The flow improver is just thinner (water, retarder, isopropyl alcohol) without the retarder. If you don't want dry tip I believe the thinner is better. This is the exact opposite. Edit: if you’re airbrushing and you’re not using this, remedy. 
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Good video on the whole thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpgEDMQyz0s
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Oct 5, 2019 23:04
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Yeast posted:This is the exact opposite. Thanks. I just watched that video the other guy posted and I seemed to remember him saying the thinner had the retarder, guess I heard wrong.
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Booyah- posted:This is backwards I believe, it's the thinner that doesn't have retarder and is more likely to give you dry tip. Harvey Mantaco posted:The flow improver is just thinner (water, retarder, isopropyl alcohol) without the retarder. If you don't want dry tip I believe the thinner is better. Both of these products from Vallejo delay drying time. Both help alleviate dry-tip. quote:Airbrush Flow Improver is a medium to improve the flow & delay the drying of paint on the needle. We recommend adding 1-2 drops Flow Improver to 10 drops of paint in the cup of the airbrush. quote:Thinner for airbrushing. Dilutes color without loss of adhesion, resistance and consistency. Thinner is used to extend the colors, to increase fluidity and delay the drying time. We recommend the addition of a few drops of Thinner to the colors while airbrushing. Again, unless you specifically need the paint to flow better (such as washes), you should probably be using Vallejo's thinner with their paints instead.
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Oct 5, 2019 23:51
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Vallejo flow improver is magical
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ijyt posted:Glaze medium is pretty much just medium, just not specifically gloss or matte (usually semi-gloss). The difference here is that most retarders are additives, which don't contain binders to bind the paint pigment. This should go in the OP. It’s super informative, thanks
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The tl;dr I got from ealier in the thread is: You want to use the Flow Improver 99% of the time because it's like a Thinner that helps not having a dry tip (because it contains Retarder). And you just need a few drops if your paint is already airbrush-ready. Otherwise just use it as the thinner. Now I use the Thinner only to help clean the airbrush (first water, then thinner, then airbrush cleaner).
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Furism posted:The tl;dr I got from ealier in the thread is: Thinner helps not having dry tip... just use airbrush cleaner to clean your brush. It's like posting into a void.
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First thing i painted since i started university, i finished up this 3D-printed prototype from Obsidian Protocol today. A friend of mine is gonna take some pics with a proper DSLR and lighting setup tomorrow but i'm happy with how it turned out so...  
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Bistromatic posted:First thing i painted since i started university, i finished up this 3D-printed prototype from Obsidian Protocol today. This looks incredible! What was it printed with? I've been thinking of getting into resin 3d printing for D&D miniatures
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Thanks! I should clarify that i didn't print this myself, the OP devs gave it to me to paint up and i don't have the slighted idea what machines they used.
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Oct 6, 2019 18:08
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Woah that's great, the paint job gives that design justice. The orange and white accents are 👌
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Bistromatic posted:First thing i painted since i started university, i finished up this 3D-printed prototype from Obsidian Protocol today. Argh gently caress you I didn't wanna back that KS and now I wanna back that KS
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ijyt posted:Thinner helps not having dry tip... just use airbrush cleaner to clean your brush. 10 pages earlier the thread was saying something else so it's more a chaos than a void: Bucnasti posted:Thinner is a drying accelerator - Too much thinner will give you dry tip.
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So I have a bunch of stuff I want to prime and seal but I live in Nottingham and it's been 80%+ humidity every day for a while now, as it apparently is on average always: https://weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-Humidity-perc,nottingham,United-Kingdom In the past I've waited for the occasional really dry day to do my spraying but my patience is growing thin. Does it make a difference whether it's cold or hot humidity? I don't know how the GW painters do it otherwise!
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Ropes4u posted:I’m new, can you explain the highlights? This was a good video I watched ages ago that explained highlights and layers. I like this guys videos generally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAcaBh_o6zI
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MeinPanzer posted:So I have a bunch of stuff I want to prime and seal but I live in Nottingham and it's been 80%+ humidity every day for a while now, as it apparently is on average always: Miniac lives in Minnesota, and he did a test under different temperatures and humidity and came to the conclusion that it makes no difference.
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hooman posted:I like this guys videos generally. Miniac is great. He has a very Goonish sense of humor.
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Oct 7, 2019 11:09
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eating paint will do that
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jesus WEP posted:eating paint will do that 
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I crave a smooth even white surface for some of the “ghostly woo” on the underside of my Briar Queen and some of her associates. Neither Corax White rattle can or diluted Liquitex Titanium White are giving me what I want, something almost like porcelain. Any recommendations that don’t involve an airbrush?
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Torquemada posted:I crave a smooth even white surface for some of the “ghostly woo” on the underside of my Briar Queen and some of her associates. Neither Corax White rattle can or diluted Liquitex Titanium White are giving me what I want, something almost like porcelain. Any recommendations that don’t involve an airbrush? Have you tried a blue-grey undercoat, then white, then a gloss sealant? Might get you the finish you crave.
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My group is probably going to hop on Blood and Valor and I’ve picked the French army. Does anyone know of a Historicals repository of paint recipes? I figure Vallejo probably has the blue I need but god know what they call it.
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Having a crack at faces using Darren Latham's technique, really pleased with this for a first attempt. Eyes are a loving nightmare!
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Oct 7, 2019 16:11
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that looks dope as hell
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Oct 7, 2019 16:12
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JBP posted:Have you tried a blue-grey undercoat, then white, then a gloss sealant? Might get you the finish you crave. This seems like a good place to start, thanks.
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Count_Brass posted:Having a crack at faces using Darren Latham's technique, really pleased with this for a first attempt. Eyes are a loving nightmare! Well that certainly blows the pretty much same face I was working on earlier today out of the water. So good job. Mine ended up looking a bit too geriatric (almost a bit Palpatine at one point) and I suppose the greenstuff bandana didn't help either.
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Painted up Gotrek for a friend, what a great model. Took most of the color cues from the studio paint job. Ended up with a satin finish which has a nice effect in person.    
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That is phenomenal, skails! I finished up 12 poxwalkers this weekend and also finally based my Daemon Prince of Nurgle.  I used the flag from the Scions box that I had painted up for Kill Team on the base.
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Finished a bunch of stuff this weekend. A pair of Raven Guard Reivers.  Your mission is to infiltrate the fortress Galuade, rescue the hostages and neutralize Metal Gear before its assembly is complete. And the Phobos Lieutenant from the Shadowspear box.  Two out of three are done following the painting guide on Goonhammer while the other one was based on the confused suggestions on the Citadel app. Somehow the first one ended up looking like a geriatric Solid Snake after I had painted up the head. Should've gone with the Stormcast head I had in the first place I think. Also making a greenstuff bandana was hellish. But mostly due to inexperience with sculpting. Still, one of the better suggestions how to paint pale skin so it's on my list for the future.
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Thanks for the kind comments y'all! As promised there's much better photos now: You can find some more shots here: https://imgur.com/a/qT6HFgF 
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JBP posted:Have you tried a blue-grey undercoat, then white, then a gloss sealant? Might get you the finish you crave. Question, does paint stick to gloss sealant or varnish? Or am I going to need to complete the entire job, then varnish?
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does anyone actually like assembling or is it just a thing you have to do before you get to the fun part
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Cross-pointing from the Historicals thread; I finished my first Austrian infantryman:
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jesus WEP posted:does anyone actually like assembling or is it just a thing you have to do before you get to the fun part I’d be happy if GW did a preassembled line, and have felt this way since having to glue the faces onto the heads of my Eschers. I’m sure modders and detailing freaks get a lot out of the modularity though.
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Did another one day painting session. Silver Tower coming along nicely, but still a lot to go.
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I don't mind assembly but I will always hate having to do mold line and flash cleaning and just prepping the mini in general. I hate the look of uncleaned mold lines on a painted mini so I can't just not do it, but I maintain I would have been exponentially more productive and have a much smaller backlog if I could just impulsively grab something, prime it and go. One dude could come in twenty pieces for all I care as long as I didn't have to scrape a god drat thing off of it.
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I find mold line cleaning surprisingly soothing so I don't mind doing it. Just a nice way to turn off your brain for a while and relax.
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New job is sucking up time, but not too much. Here enjoy. 
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jesus WEP posted:does anyone actually like assembling or is it just a thing you have to do before you get to the fun part I love it, but that's because I convert everything so each model involves rummaging around in my bits box like I'm playing with lego.
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