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Thanks guys. And I'm so stealing the satin varnished primer trick.
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Eediot Jedi posted:The few army painter paints I have went from compete loving garbage I can't believe anyone uses this poo poo, to actually pretty good after getting a mixer. Yes, their paints range from trash to mediocre to decent with very inconsistent quality from batch to batch, but their washes are consistently great VVV: I really hope so, I just bought their big set in a vain hope of painting my boardgame poo poo. Pierzak fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Jul 10, 2022 |
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Wait. Are we talking actual seafoam, or some chemical for imitating seafoam on dioramas?
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SiKboy posted:Okay, there is a plant, Teloxis Aristata, which is known as "Seafoam", which is used to make realistic model trees. Heres a train guy using it to make trees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIaofCBvJKo (which will be too fragile for wargaming on its own I think, but great for dioramas and train layouts) and heres luke from geekgamingscenics using seafoam to add branches to a tree armature which is a better way to use if for gaming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkJr692r9Bo&t=246s Thanks for the explanation. I couldn't rule out actual solidified seafoam because, you know, :modelers:
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War and Pieces posted:Died heroically in defence if the perfectly manicured lawns of the hell world Armageddon HOAs confirmed for being tools of the devil.
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My Spirit Otter posted:what pattern
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bird food bathtub posted:What's a good way to do snow on a base? All I can think of so far is white flock and that seems like it would have the wrong texture. I haven't yet seen a base that couldn't use some topical application of thinned gloss varnish to represent slush and half-melted snow.
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Toebone posted:I've always used Vallejo paints along with some Citadel washes & technicals. I checked out a new local game shop recently and they've got full lines from both, plus AK Interactive, P3, Army Painter, Scale Color, Turbo Dork, and Woodland Scenics. Anything special among those brands I should grab next time I'm there? Army Painter: - definitely grab their basic washes (soft, strong, dark, flesh tones), a good match for oldschool GW stuff. P3: - mostly feels and paints like the really old GW paints line, down to the soft cap pots. If you're missing those paints go for it. - don't get their metallics, they're bad. Scale Color: - super smooth pigment - might have worse coverage, but it seems a feature and not an oversight (goes smooth but might need another coat for full coverage). - their inks are extremely concentrated, e.g. I have a red ink that gives decent effect directly on black primer! - very nice metallics, including some colored ones, with absolute dogshit labeling (naming them after metal music subgenres was a cute idea that never worked in practice) Plus some of those launched their own Contrast-equivalent paint lines, I know S75 and AP did, but I don't know enough to name the differences between them.
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Muir posted:Every paint brand comparison video I've seen reaches the same conclusion. Might linking a few of them? These two posts are literally the first time I encountered bad opinions on the AP washes.
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Muir posted:I wasn't referring to their washes in particular, just their paints in general. And I was referring to their washes specifically. The uneven and often mediocre quality of plain Army Painter paints are a well-known fact and I don't need any more material on that, but their washes are excellent so I was surprised. The Demilich posted:I'll die on the hill that people should just buy liquitex flow improver and various acrylic mediums to make their own stuff. It just lasts so much longer.
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Count Thrashula posted:Army Painter just put out a video saying that they know everybody dislikes their paints so they're reformulating them and working with content creators to make a better product. I respect that. Welp, time to buy a gallon of their washes before they gently caress up the formula.
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NinjaDebugger posted:If they reduce or eliminate the reactivation on the speed paints I will be honestly sad, you can do some cool poo poo with that. Elaborate? I have the full set, a bit concerned but I figured I can fix the reactivation with some varnish if need be and it could help with blending/fixing.
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Muir posted:Contrast and Xpress Paint don’t need fixing with varnish by the end user, though. Reactivation is a problem. That's exactly the problem I was asking about, from what I've seen the most common recommendation is to give the model a light coat of varnish between speedpaints and normal paints, specifically to prevent reactivation.
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Spanish Manlove posted:more durable than the Vallejo model colors
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Angry Lobster posted:Whoever designed Citadel's contrast paint pots is history's greatest monster. Old Citadel screwed up top pots say otherwise.
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protomexican posted:ideally, bristles down
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Al-Saqr posted:the eyes, I am deathly afraid of them, I tried dabbing red to give the ork angry red eyes but not only is it not vibrant at all no matter how softly I dab it just splats in there in a really ugly way, I got flashbacks to that badly painted imperial guardsman and stopped when I could still do so. 2. paint eyes red 3. paint a tiny dot of yellow in the center, yellows have lovely coverage so it'll end up as just a highlight which is what you want If/when you gently caress up and paint outside the lines, just use a darker version of whatever wash/ink you use to shade the flesh to clean it up, in 90% of cases it should be enough.
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Siivola posted:Try painting a couple of models and see what happens. You can always strip them later. And remember to wash them first (warm water, a bit of soap) to get the dust off.
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