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Painted my first miniature: a Leonidas smartgunner from SYNDICAT, along with a C4T multipurpose robot.  I went to Adepticon with the guy who sculpted/printed the mini and he talked me through the basics of priming, paint thinning, etc.  He printed a hundred of them and handed them all out in these little gachapon balls, which were an instant hit and doubled as a storage container to stop them getting damaged if you stuck them in a pocket.
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Cease to Hope posted:I love them  You can already get files for some of the older minis, one from each faction. I'm painting the Haomao next, I just have to get my setup figured out at home. 
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Mar 25, 2024 05:14
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great big cardboard tube posted:Super long and not informative post, tl;dr is if you want to help me out look at my list and tell me if I'm stupid or could make better choices. My friend got me the Citadel one at Adepticon, it has a little spring loaded clamp that works fine. I have also seen brands with an adjustable vise on the end. I'm sure people here with more experience could tell you which is best for various use cases.
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Apr 4, 2024 17:23
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Some more miniatures. Leonidas Smartgunner and Haomao Assault Trooper from SYNDICAT, rollerwomen from Slow Death painted in Infinity Franchise colors, and some Weird Vietnam War guys by Crucible Crush that I got as a freebie back at Gencon 2019.     Painting faces is the hardest part. The basic principles (wash to fill in the nooks and crannies, paint to highlight the important parts) are simple but getting the tiny details right is easier said than done. Placing a pupil in a single eyeball takes me multiple tries and it's going to take a lot more before I can do it consistently.
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Apr 6, 2024 07:47
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That's cool, he looks like the Space Jockey.
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Apr 12, 2024 06:27
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Most stores here just carry the usual spread of Warhammer/Star Wars/Marvel/5E, but sometimes they have a few Reaper minis tucked away in the corner.  I think this "Space Henchman" is supposed to be wearing an armor vest, but I like him better in a wifebeater that's barely held together at the stomach. Wangsucker 69 posted:There are some true badasses in here, super inspiring! I'm a newbie with no artistic skill but here is something I dont hate that I was painting this week What's the model?
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Apr 16, 2024 00:38
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What's a good source for present day freaks and weirdos? The kind you'd see at a Health show or a barfight. Not necessarily just "gangsters" although those might fit. I got a couple sculpts from Slow Death Games and they were cool. Wondering what else is out there.
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Apr 16, 2024 23:05
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Woah, cool patina.
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Apr 18, 2024 23:48
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My Spirit Otter posted:by loud i meant shiny/reflective. im going to be using brass for parts of the air pump or whatever it is, but the rest of it is where i have no clue. i feel like even a dark metallic would be too much
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Apr 19, 2024 21:16
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That rules. What kind of creature is the purple guy?
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Apr 23, 2024 20:19
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Working my way through the Reaper Henchman and Hirelings box. I'm already in love with this set, the poses are great and the level of detail is just right. These are supposed to be hired goons but I'd use them for player characters any day of the week.           I'm going to pick up my first metallics this weekend since the rest of the set has a lot of exposed armor and weapons. Also a thin file for removing the plastic seams (I thought I could get away with just using a nail file but it's way too big). Would have been good to do that before I painted these, but if I made any more excuses I never would have gotten started. Kylaer posted:I grind onward.
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Apr 26, 2024 00:48
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I like the blue energy coming out of the dead guy.
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Apr 29, 2024 03:25
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it's a little on the nose but I dig the cannon completely covering Jesus' face
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I finished the Reaper Henchmen and Hirelings box, just in time for today's DCC game to be cancelled and the group effectively disbanded. But I bought this set primarily because I thought it would be fun to paint, and I was right. Thank you to everyone who offered advice on my earlier work. The Muscle   Ranged Combat   Lighting   Baggage Handlers   I used the Scale75 starter paint set augmented with some Proacryls. Some of the Scale paints have bad coverage and they basically don't blend at all once you apply them to a mini. I don't know if that's inherent to the paint or if they started to separate/degrade at some point between Adepticon and now. I assumed it was user error on my part until I picked up the Proacryl Yellow Ochre on the recommendation of a friend, because everyone said the Scalecolor yellow sucked even when we were painting at the con. The Proacryl paints (I also got their silver and bronze) behave like the ones you see in painting tutorials, rather than immediately separating when you add the tiniest drop of water. I don't mind the starter paints being a little scabby in some applications, it gives the cloth an interesting texture. But for hard surfaces that are supposed to be uniform it's a drag. I love this set. It has the perfect blend of realism, fantasy, comedy and seriousness. The characters are doing things that reflect the typical RPG play experience. Arguing over the map, carefully searching for traps and overloading themselves with loot while the fighters stand at attention, waiting for these nerds to fix their poo poo so they can find something to kill. Next I think I'll order the rest of the Reaper henchmen who didn't make it into the box. There's a halfling and a goblin and some other chumps overloaded with items. Might get some Reaper paints too just to bump the order over the free shipping threshold.
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May 4, 2024 18:35
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That's cool. Are the horns coming out of the eye sockets?
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Frog Act posted:Thanks! Any suggestions for how to best do that? mellonbread fucked around with this message at 17:30 on May 13, 2024 |
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