krushgroove posted:

I'm working on a 'what brush to use' section right now, but these are the things I'd like to add to the OP at some point:

enri posted:

Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wamp/wamp-select-series-paintbrushes

Called the 'Select Series', the basic entry level pledge is £20 (disregarding the obligatory £1 to open up add-ons) and you get 4 brushes as their 'starter set' - another £7 gets you brush soap and the choice of a bamboo roll or a brush case. They're UK based too which I was surprised at, I always thought the WAMP lot had set up in the US but apparently I'm completely wrong. Free postage is in there somewhere too.

krushgroove posted:

I'll add brands in the near future but after the paint section is the new brush section. It's mostly what type of brush to use as well as different types of brushes. The only brand mentioned so far is GW, and not really in a fully positive light.

krushgroove posted:

Question for those of you that zenithal prime: do you do any edge highlighting at all? I'm working on these red Eldar and zenithal primed them but wonder if edging the armor with orange will help them 'pop'.

Sauer posted:

You want a moisture trap because water spitting out of your airbrush is annoying with lacquer or enamels and will ruin acrylic finishes.

HardCoil posted:

I tried some tube cutting stuff.

I did most with small metal mitre box+saw and then sanding. In the end I finally tried the tube cutter, using the trick with a smaller tube inside the one I was cutting. It seems to be a good technique, both when cutting all the way through, but also for just scoring and then cutting by other means to avoid crushing.
Incidently it's also very useful for creating lascannon coils:



Scale is not perfect, but I'm happy with it for now.

signalnoise posted:

Have you considered getting a paint cup or two for your Anthem? That's what I use for small amounts and it works great

PierreTheMime posted:

Today's mini-conversion, Herald of Nurgle on a "palanquin."



Gotta get the most out of each kit. Probably going to use the spare Maggoth parts for when I finally get a Soulgrinder.

w00tmonger posted:

cool. at 25psi'ish should I be aiming for a certain ratio to thin it. Ive always been going for a milk consistency

Hixson posted:

pro x-post from the 40k thread:

Phi230 posted:

So this primer is a gloss primer. I'm gonna try to restart completely with a flat primer. What's the best technique to strip primer?

goodness posted:

Giant Ethicist posted:

Basically the trick is pre-shading: I start with a gray seer undercoat, then a wash of basically thinned-down Nuln Oil? (Actually a mix of VMC black ink, smoke and matte medium, but eh.) Then a heavy white drybrush, then the Contrast goes on. (The white bits of the ghouls and the crusader are just the pre-shaded base, without contrast over the top.) It's really nuts how easy it is to get good results - most of these units took like 2-3 days tops, with none of the stress of blending and what have you. I honestly dread thinking of painting with acrylics again.

Gameko posted:

The best thing about following this and the 40k thread is how some questions get mirrored.

Zenithal tends to create shadow areas that are too deep with contrast.

Drone posted:

I've painted off and on again over the years (usually a couple minis, and then I put my paints away and don't touch them for 1-2 years), and have never really done anything that I can say I'm really happy with (because I usually shelve the hobby before I get the chance to really practice it).

Now I'm not entirely sure where I want to go from here, and have a few things I'd like opinions on because I'm having a hard time visualizing this:

1.) The PPC on the right arm and the lasers on the chest... I have no clue what to do about these guys. I have some kind of irrational dislike for metallic paints for some reason, especially since I don't really see how I might approach the PPC and the lasers in a way that isn't just "slap some Leadbelcher on them and call them done". I really want to make these more interesting, but I'm not entirely sure how, so they're all just still basecoated black. For the PPC I'm probably going to work in a bit of cannon scorching (or maybe a blueish glow on the end?), but beyond that I'm a little lost.

2.) I'm really tempted to go a step further in my brightening and go with an even brighter, bolder orange on the plating over the Beasty Brown, and then edge highlight it with a pale yellow. Would also mean making the green arms much more bold along with it. Thoughts? Should I try any kind of gradient blending on the armor plates, which is something I've never really done before? Sorta like trying to make the entire 'Mech NMM or something?

3) Help me pick a jewel color effect for the cockpit glass? Something that looks nice with the overall orange/green scheme I have going on. Blue? Red? Amber? Or just straight-up black?

Drone posted:

I put a couple more hours work into my Battlemaster. Not 100% done yet, but feeling better about it now than I was earlier.



Overall I'd call it not bad for a few years since my last mini, and probably only like my.. seventh or eighth mini overall.