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Working on one of my first models: Things I have learned: yeep, I am still a two-dimensional oil painter and that's all there is to it.
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So is there like a retailer that sells good modeling paints with colors similar to Citadel paints in sizes bigger than 12 mL?
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May 30, 2014 22:23
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I've been working off-and-on for two years on this little poo poo and I'm over it god drat.  Why two years? Because the 1,000ish points of Salamanders that I bought and put together in 2012 was something I lost interest in and stashed away in the closet or garage. Since I've kicked the Magic habit for almost a year, I think it's time I finish these little pukes off as I dive into a new addiction of arts and crafts.
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May 31, 2014 11:37
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I need to get some of those Lego orange flame pieces and glue them to the ends of my flamer weapons. I am a literal child.
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Aug 17, 2014 21:27
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I'm having all sorts of fun trying to paint space marines that I assembled first. Getting behind their arms is not exactly easy to paint and I'm a picky person and would prefer that kind of thing be painted even if it will be mostly invisible. It's a frustrating thing for me to concede that I'll have to leave things like the ornamentation on the armor untouched. So for this last tactical squad set I bought last weekend, I decided to try painting the models in pieces. I did remove them from the sprue and glued together the heads, torsos, and legs together and the right arms that are holding guns. The shoulder pads and backpacks are all still loose. This should satisfy my desire to at least get a more complete paint job done and I haven't tried this method of painting models yet. I'm not aiming for a quality of work that I can submit these to a gallery, but I do like it when my things look good. I got a little carried away with my base coats today and painted over spots that I know I'll be gluing to the bodies. Is it absolutely necessary to scratch off the paint before I start gluing parts together or will I be okay as long as I'm not using a Mickey Mouse-brand superglue?
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Aug 21, 2014 09:52
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Put most of an imperial knight together today. I need to paint it before I start attaching the legs and arms to the body. I was a bit bummed that I couldn't assemble both of its cannons so I could swap them out on a whim, but oh well. Now I just need to Salamander the poo poo out of this.
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Aug 24, 2014 07:07
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HardCoil posted:I got a thing: I may or may not have just impulse bought that. EDIT: I almost did until I saw the cost of shipping from Poland, which was almost $59. Star Man fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Aug 24, 2014 |
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Aug 24, 2014 21:05
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So, as I'm painting, I keep noticing little streaks of paint on my models. They're raised a little bit so the surface isn't smooth. I'm trying to lightly dry brush, but I can't quite keep a smooth surface. I know some of it is from the base coat, but there are some dried paint blobs in corners. Is this just something that's unavoidable when painting with a brush or is there something I can do to improve technique?
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Aug 26, 2014 08:52
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I'm marinating a bunch of models in a bucket full of 409. Even after two hours, the paint's starting to come off pretty easily because I painted so thick. Repainting all of these is gonna suck because I'm so slow at it.
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Aug 31, 2014 09:13
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At what point can I re-prime models that I've stripped? I had a bunch soaking in 409 for a weak and am now trying to scratch off and sand down what's left of any base coating or other layers.
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Sep 7, 2014 22:19
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Pierzak posted:Wrong. 30 mins in nitro solvent, brush paint off, leave overnight in acetone to dissolve glue, wash, dry, good as new. Is that safe for plastic and resin?
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Sep 7, 2014 22:52
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I'm painting my Salamanders' helmet lenses yellow. It feels sacrilegious because it's not red but whatever.
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Oct 5, 2014 09:00
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Fyrbrand posted:The studio scheme uses yellow, or at least it did when I was still doing 40k. I preferred and did red on mine, but yellow is cool too. Zark the Damned posted:Heretic! They are my little duders. And I feel so much better about painting them since I decided that I would paint my infantry in pieces rather than gluing the whole model together first.     Paint's still thick but I'm starting to get this down. I'll have to strip my first ten tactical marines since my original paint job was so thick that I've lost a few details like eyes and stuff to the paint. Also wish I had a steadier hand but I'm a shaky, delicate little flower.
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Oct 6, 2014 03:03
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Everyone knows the true Salamanders colours are dark green with red lenses and red left arms on the apothecaries with yellow helmet markings for sergeants! (and also Dark Angels wear black and never stole the original Salamanders scheme)
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My second attempt at painting this model is coming along better after I stripped it a month ago. Paint's still thick in spots but much better. And after an evening of finishing it up and watching WCS America, it's mostly finished. 
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Oct 13, 2014 01:22
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Today was the day that I finally learned that Vellejo paints are better than Citadel. They're cheaper by about 70 cents and you get almost 50% more paint out of them. If only I had learned this sooner!
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Oct 19, 2014 03:24
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Current work in progress:
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Oct 20, 2014 03:06
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I am going to attempt to paint this on my Salamanders command squad's company standard:
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Dec 19, 2014 12:28
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You know what's awesome about working on a drawing table with a metal pencil guard? It's a place to put your magnets.
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Mar 10, 2015 07:39
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