Aranan posted:

I am interested in doing a limited color scheme. Black armor with black clothing (and silver/gold detailing but whatev). The only thing I'm worried about is making the armor and clothing look different. I guess I could just count on the sculpts being enough to show the difference between baggy pants or armor plating, but I'm not sure if that would be enough.

I'm trying to figure out how this guy pulled it off. It kind of looks like he just highlighted the pants more than the armor and did it in a softer, somewhat blended way as opposed to the hard edge highlighting on the armor. Does that sound about right?

crime fighting hog posted:

well they look like complete rear end


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I hosed up with the tape I guess, that or I sprayed too close or too far away, I dunno. Should I start over, fix it by hand or tape off again and try it again?

PierreTheMime posted:

That red bone has to be from something. This is a fun game--find the random boardgame bitz!

LewdMonocle posted:

Lastly; loving around with scrap models.

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crime fighting hog posted:

green with lightning if you can. It'll offset everything else.

Zarkov Cortez posted:

You could always just take a little gs and fill in the grooves.

PaintVagrant posted:

I like the collar/cuff on that armor a lot

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Fyrbrand posted:

fukkkkkk

quote:

Included:
- assembly/paint
- ballast/static grass/barbed wire/water effects/etc, or a resin base of your choice from the warstore/wherever I order your model. When I order the model, Ill order the bases if I don’t already own them.

yum posted:

Not really sure on the base either.

!amicable posted:

What is it exactly?

It's a pretty easy effect. Just paint whatever hue you want getting darker as you get further from the source. Keep the source really bright and small/sharp. As you get further make the color darken and get "blurrier".

Generally, if you can draw a straight line from the source to any surface, it will have some light hitting it from that source.

Manifest posted:

This is a GREAT color scheme. I may do something similar with my Space Hulk nids.

tendrilsfor20 posted:

Is there like a training school for painting? I went through the OP of the warhammer thread, but 50% of the links are dead. A friend pointed me at like a $25 kit from Games Workshop that has like 6 paints and 3 figures to mess around with and get a feel for painting before I go ordering my own little ships.

Fix posted:

I was just thinking that, but I imagine it'd probably leave me with a sticky, fabricky mess. Not to mention it'd probably go a long way to alleviate the whole "quick" part of the project. But I guess quick looks crap in the long run.

I'm wondering if just throwing down something of the appropriate scale (sand, trash) would help.

No, probably not if the problem is fake depth, huh? It'd just mean grit floating over not-lower grout.

Edit: hahaha quick and cheap. $1.75 for floor tiles, sixteen bucks of GW bases ruined. GG,GW.

crime fighting hog posted:

I've been wondering about this stuff, too. What's a good use for it?

crime fighting hog posted:

Oh I know all about this one. I'll give it a shot on my soul grinder maybe. Thanks

Tentacle Party posted:

Still, the guy is a winner because drat he has some skill.

S.J. posted:

And IIRC the guy who beat him painted loving woodgrain at 28mm. He deserved the win.

crime fighting hog posted:

if it had been a cool chapter (anything but ultramarines) we wouldn't be having this conversation

Sole.Sushi posted:

This.
Also compare them.
The Ultramarine doesn't really tell a story. He seems oddly placid, serene. Grimdark it is not, but it is still a triumph of technical skill.
The Clockmaker isn't a dynamic pose, but it tells a story of sorts: why the huge gun? What's up with all the scrolls and books? Why does his face look so grizzled and worn? It says something about the character. The Ultramarine just says "Hey, I killed a gaunt. Good for me."

crime fighting hog posted:

how the gently caress do I do that on a goddamn trygon you psychopath

Tactical Bonnet posted:

Maybe consider raising the whole thing off the base with one of those clear rod things and make both of the legs a bit more extreme, so it's way more obvious that he's flying.

Right now it just kind of looks like you're going to put something under his raised leg for his foot to rest on.

bhsman posted:

You better not be going for a mostly-black overall scheme or else it looks like you're going for Not-Raven Guard

Sole.Sushi posted:

On decal paper, of course.

Tentacle Party posted:

You know you want to freehand those, don't you.

Okay now you have an insignia, what about chapter name? And commander?

Legio Romanusborn?

moths posted:

Don't bother freehanding SM logos unless you're only doing one squad or you do that poo poo professionally.

I picked up the Testor's decal system, which basically lets you print your own decals onto special paper. I haven't been able to try it out yet (I'm doing Relictors) because you need an ink jet printer and I haven't dug mine out of storage.

I'm pretty sure you can get away with just buying the special paper and using future clear acrylic.

Still, it's only . I anticipate having to do some touch-up work, but it's better than trying to freehand logos.

Bachtere posted:

I also got a couple of boxes of the River Trolls. Awesome set.

Fix posted:

So I'm flipping through an Imperial Armo(u)r book, and looking at how they do all kinds of filters to the pictures they put in there to get all cool and stuff, saturation and grain and whatnot. Anyone here do that with their models? Seems like something that might be an interesting distraction from the same old same old of the modeling thread.

Or not, I don't know. Anyone else care to play along? Can you talk with expertise about what you did to get your model shots to pop?