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I've only painted a handful of miniatures so far, so I'm still learning a lot. I want to try to paint some Black Legion WH40k units. Most people use grey highlights and some of them turn out okay, but I absolutely love this paint job: I think the key is that there's a lot of detail that isn't black which makes it visually more interesting than 90% of the paint jobs I've seen, but the blue highlights are something I think looks awesome and haven't seen elsewhere. Can someone tell me which citadel paints are used for the blue highlights on black armor? I'm no good at recognizing colors yet. Paints tend to look different than I expect them to on my models. edit: I think it's Dark Reaper with either Thunderhawk Blue OR Administratum Grey. Thoughts? a7m2 fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Jun 1, 2017 |
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Booyah- posted:I don't think that's quite as blue as what you linked. I hear people recommend fenresian gray more commonly.  What about this? This looks closer to me.
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 What's the best way to achieve this look? I heard gray often looks boring on models so I want to avoid that while still using this really nice looking scheme.
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Is there a good reference out there for what paints work well as various skin colors? I'm specifically looking for Southeast Asian colors at the moment, but will need other colors in the future also. edit: Found this in the OP and it does in fact tell you specific paints http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1310 a7m2 fucked around with this message at 14:08 on Sep 17, 2018 |
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I didn't put a lot of effort into the model because it was mostly a test for the color scheme but this is the first time I've ever put any real effort into making a cool base before and I'm really pleased with the result:  (also my first try at free-handing writing and didn't manage to center it well)
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Aug 7, 2020 13:41
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 My eighth or so model ever painted and my second "big" one. I'm pretty happy with it! Here's my first "big" one:  I'm also pretty happy with this one but the Broodlord came out better. If you guys have any tips regarding technique or color scheme I'd love to hear it! e: accidentally wrote color twice a7m2 fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Aug 15, 2020 |
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Aug 15, 2020 16:59
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Phi230 posted:So I want to paint some Black Templars but I've never painted pure black before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7o2JUUjDTI This worked great for me
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Sep 16, 2020 09:04
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That rocks so much
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Nov 14, 2020 11:36
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jadebullet posted:Crossppsting from the Specialist Games thread These are too good.
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Nov 19, 2020 09:19
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What helped me slightly with lines is drawing the lines directly towards myself. It's much easier than drawing away from yourself.
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Nov 23, 2020 14:54
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Does anyone know of a good tutorial/guide for painting East Asian skin tones?
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Thoogsby posted:My friend made me the coolest nurglings of all time with my spare plaugebearer poo poo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha4NQF1vHik That's really good
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Bucnasti posted:Unsalted though... dunno if I can support that. they're better because you can just add your own salt, as much or as little as you like. you can't easily remove salt from too salty cashews
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HopperUK posted:First ever mini! Lots of newbie mistakes. Didn't prime properly, haven't finished the base. Rushed a bit, shaky hands, bad eyesight, etc. Still it was loads of fun and I intend to keep going with the rest of these rat boys and get better as I go. That's great! When you finish the base you should post it again. A decent base really makes a huge difference.
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Dec 19, 2020 17:35
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Bad Decision Dino posted:I got back into painting after a few months with this old Vampire Counts battle standard bearer. The banner turned out gross enough, so I'm pretty pleased. That's horrifying, great job
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Dec 23, 2020 11:02
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Eej posted:Double Posting cause why not Do you have the original Chinese?
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Dec 27, 2020 05:21
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Much appreciated!
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I'm nowhere near as good as most posters here seem to be but I'm pretty happy with my work here
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 This was from a month back or so but I'm really pleased with my result here. I think this is the first figure I've painted that I feel some pride for. Of course I aim to continue improving. e: the bits of dust in the photo are thankfully not stuck to the model but got there when it was sitting on my shelf
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May 5, 2021 08:10
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 Working on a new kill team. I wonder if it's clear what the scheme is based on?
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May 8, 2021 07:51
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Furism posted:I was going for Mars-looking bases but I think they're not orange enough for that :/ I think you nailed it actually, I could tell instantly. In reality it's far less red than people think (see photo below). Yours is more red than that but that's fine because people's image of Mars is more red than reality. 
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May 13, 2021 05:22
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Luminous Cow posted:Here’s my first ever CSM painted. Be gentle, I’m new at this To bring it to the next level without too much difficulty I strongly recommend a wash and highlighting (I really recommend it and it's not as hard as it might seem, especially with practice). It'll really bring out the shapes. You could also color in some of the details like the tubes and trim. Keep these miniatures since it can be really fun and motivating to compare your skill later on to when you just started.
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May 25, 2021 06:23
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they look incredible and it's insane to me you painted them so fast
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May 26, 2021 04:43
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Flavius Aetass posted:I've heard not to spray prime your little guys when it's humid outside, so what is an acceptable humidity? I don't think it's going to be less than 65% or so here for a long time. I've sprayed at 65+% before. Went fine for me. Don't spray too thick and give it time to dry. I usually try to spray when there's a breeze.
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May 26, 2021 14:28
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TheDiceMustRoll posted:
Nice job! I don't have anything to add really but they look good. Winklebottom posted:
Awesome! How did you do the water?
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May 31, 2021 16:38
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AndyElusive posted:Finished a Deathwatch Primaris Captain from the Scythes of the Emperor Chapter! How did you do the shell casings on the base? The whole thing looks awesome
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CyberPingu posted:Ok cheers, thats what i figured. Mr Hobby has really great primers. I use Mr.Surfacer 1500 gray all the time and it's really good.
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CyberPingu posted:Cheers, i ended up going for the Tamiya spray in the end. I also like Tamiya, especially their range of colors. I find Mr Hobby a little easier to work with but the difference is negligable.
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Mirthless posted:So back in January, shortly after getting abruptly fired from a job and in the midst of wrestling with my state for unemployment benefits, I happened upon a stray cat in my neighborhood, who was probably sick or something, because he absolutely loving unleashed on my right arm and the wound got so infected so badly and so quickly that I ended up in the hospital, and spent a couple of months dropping poo poo continuously. I still can't type as fast or hold things very well with my right hand, something healed out of place. it's been tremendously discouraging when it comes to the hobby, so I just kind of fell into a hole of easy entertainment for a while drat that's rough but it looks like you didn't lose your painting skills because that frog is awesome!
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Giant Ethicist posted:I finished up a couple more (mostly) all-Contrast Underworlds warbands over the past couple weeks: These are incredible! What did you use for the vampire hair and the vampire weapons?
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Guzwar posted:Apologies if this was brought up recently, but has anyone had bad luck with paint agitators? I think I'm getting tennis elbow from shaking my paints, and some of the older ones have pigment that's not mixing as well as I want it to. It's time to invest in one of those fancy vibrating ones, but I don't want to buy a lemon. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...-c1161fd32666-0 I got this one (I got mine off Taobao not Aliexpress though). It's great! It can be a little uncomfortable after 30 seconds of getting your hand shaken along with the paint but it's harmless and the discomfort goes away fast.
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I don't know about makeup brushes for detail and such but get the cheapest (like dollar store) contour make-up brushes you can find, they're PERFECT for drybrushing and far cheaper than any dedicated one.
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SkyeAuroline posted:Good to know. Any recommendation for one? I imagine it'd be useful for normal mixing alongside this rescue effort. I have and love this one https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...-0afc299035c7-1 (I didn't buy it from Aliexpress though, as I already live in China) I can't imagine how people managed to have the top of the citadel paint pots pop off while using it.
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BULBASAUR posted:Man, I need to update those ancient tutorials Can you link/repost the oil wash one?
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BULBASAUR posted:They're in the OP if you search for 'oil' Thanks!
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First ever attempt at OSL. It's not perfect but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. 
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GreenBuckanneer posted:I like it! Thank you! It's nice to get validation haha Vulpes Vulpes posted:Xposting from specgames: The tattoos came out great! The rusty blade also looks really good. I've been thinking of getting this warbands. Warbands are usually a lot of fun to paint a7m2 fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Apr 3, 2022 |
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Ghislaine of YOSPOS posted:
Skeleton Horde contrast paint would be the quickest. Maybe slightly thin it
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ijyt posted:If anyone ITT is anything like me and tends to leave half-built models out to gather dust, I just got this tool and despite my reservations about how effective it is, it's now a must-have IMO. Cleans dust like a champ and the anti-static helps prevent it settling back on the model, I watched a plume of dust come off my warhound and then neatly avoid settling back on the model! THANK YOU I have been looking for something like this
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:I really don't get why so many people act like airbrush maintenance is this huge pain in the rear end lol, it's really not that bad. The first time was really scary but yeah it's easy
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