Miniatures Painting and Michael Lonsdale Appreciation Thread

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Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

I do not own brush soap and never have. But on the other hand, most of my brushes are hosed.

EDIT: I also disagree with the photography advice in the OP, dark or black backgrounds are much better to photograph against.

Anyway, here's the extremely tiny men and tanks that I've been working on this year.

Leggy-o Audax

Gravitas Shortfall fucked around with this message at 10:43 on Feb 29, 2024

# ¿ Feb 29, 2024 10:31

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 13:36

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

the_seventh_cohort posted:

I'm really happy with how this guy turned out

owns, love the red and fleshy pinks against the green.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2024 08:07

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

Takuan posted:

The new thread's making me feel like participating. I need to work on my photography setup to make the lighting less harsh.

A Blooper

SCP-999

SCP-001

these are great, did you sculpt them?

# ¿ Mar 6, 2024 08:54

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

Guildencrantz posted:

Does anyone have a good method for doing rusted/weathered painted metal? I'm getting the appropriate look on the bare metal parts of my Necromunda terrain with a mix of the typhus/ryza method and pigment powders, but once in-universe paint is involved I'm pretty lost. I'd rather not gently caress around with chipping medium unless there's really no other way.

I undercoat a rust brown, then a coat of whatever colour you want the paint to be. If I'm feeling fancy, I then apply patches of off-white to edges and any surfaces that would show wear, usually with a sponge or brush. This represents an in-universe primer or undercoat showing through. You can skip this step tbh, but it does add a bit of depth, and you could get an interesting effect with multiple different colours, implying that it has been painted and repainted over the centuries.

I then hit the center of those patches with the rust brown (or apply new ones if I skipped that step), trying to keep a little around the edges but not worrying too much if I go over onto the original colour. This is where the metal has been exposed long enough to rust. You can also apply some orange or typhus or whatever technique you want at this point to make it look rusty.

Then in the center of the larger patches/scratches, I stipple/brush on some metallic - this is where the rust has flaked away to show metal that hasn't had time to corrode yet. Sometimes I also add metallic scratches over the base colour to represent new damage that hasn't rusted at all. I don't have any pigments or whatever, so I then use watered down rust-brown and/or typhus corrosion to add streaks from the weathering to represent where water has carried flakes of rust down over the paint, and generally grubby it up a bit.

Ends up looking like this (I didn't do the under-paint stage on these)

I did these years ago now, if I had to do them again I'd dial back the metallic on the scratches a bit to make them look less fresh.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2024 13:46

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

Kylaer posted:

It is not well painted, but it is fully painted. I need to look at some paint schemes instead of just grabbing random colors. That also isn't its actual base, I've got some fancy ones printing and I'll see which one looks best for it.

Red over a white undercoat is hard - I'd suggest starting with a brown, then applying two thin coats over the top. Or, if that's a contrast paint, try to work on your brushstrokes to keep the surface smooth, and avoid pooling on flat surfaces. In either case, another thin coat might help to smooth out the red finish you have now.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2024 09:13

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

Yeah, I used a Black Templar contrast layer as a base coat for my warhound titan, with the plan to stipple red over the top. Black Templar has extremely good coverage for a contrast paint, but even then I noticed it was patchy in places (which was fine for my use but not great if I just wanted it to be black)

# ¿ Mar 24, 2024 12:46

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

I've never used their paints, but Army Painter tones are quite good.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2024 09:32

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

Nancy posted:

Out of what I've tried I've only ever been happy with GW metallics, but I hate their pots.

It's almost annoying how good GW metallics are.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2024 18:57

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

Vulpes Vulpes posted:

Alpha Legion Master of Executions-

"The sword is a distraction, he kills with the knife."

owns owns owns

# ¿ Apr 6, 2024 22:59

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

Muir posted:

this is great

# ¿ Apr 12, 2024 21:54

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

Geisladisk posted:

Old world xpost

Exactly one month ago today a friend asked me if I wanted to play some Old World, it seemed neat and he had found his old minis deep in his basement. I replied that sadly I did not have a Old World army.

Since then I have painted many dwarves.

purple is an unusual colour for dwarfs but this absolutely slaps

# ¿ Apr 15, 2024 10:21

Gravitas Shortfall: Jul 17, 2007; Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.

I think the hardest "you just need to paint" skill to learn is paint thickness. It's easy to say "thin your paints" but it's hard to get a feel for how much, and when, and the difference between brands, and the effects multiple layers will have.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2024 11:48