Work in Progress, "Happy Monday is an Oxymoron" Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDVPoNXyVI>4 EASY Chipping Tricks For Beginnershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku4comhKHJM>Decal Like a Prohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKLiEW7p9c>How to Edge Highlighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoRbYuAfbEk>How to use contrast style paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhholrozptI>How to Paint with Tremorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqp76vAJu9g>Airbrush Priming and Thinninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkntrSBvXxEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGjBQzoukFghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00JVUxABe44https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEqT_R41JX8>I hear someone's comin' this way>This must be it, yes it must be the mailhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqj-Rm7fyZ8>Who's Johnny, she'd say, and smile in her special wayhttps://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/JohnnyPrevious threads:>>98836253>>98820836>>98806125
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Reposting my nearly finished Dreadnought
>>98854232Arms and sarcophagus are swapable
Holy shit, I didn't expect my hands to hurt so much after painting with airbrush, I had to stop simply because I couldn't control trigger anymore. Plus having to keep it high all the time to keep space between desk and air cable. I still wonder why airbrushes have trigger at the upper side instead of, by default, on the lower, like one would expect from "spray gun".
>>98854419You can usually set the trigger pressure needed with most better airbrushes.
Some more progress on this Land Speeder
>>98854439There was a meme image (>>98827874) made from thisa few threads ago, but the position of his fingers reminds me of Jim Holloway's illustrations for the Vrusk ("Bugs") in Star Frontiers. Vrusk have five fingers situated radially around a central palm.
>>98854419there are pistol grip airbrushesthere are also handles for the usual top trigger ones
Okay, maybe I'm blind or something but to me, she looks exactly as if I would simply spray dark red over black primer, instead of spraying white over black primer in this whole "zenithal highlighting" style and then same red shade.
i ordered my first pigment powders and im looking for any tips how to use them do i just paint the dust on and leave some on there and spray varnish over itor do i need to use some adhesive, in looking to make slightly dusty tanks with somewhat rusty tracks
>>98854755Yeah, the differences are minor. Don't bother with the zenithal meme unless you're using contrasts or similar transparent paints. What you can do, is basecoat in red (for example) and zenithal with a lighter red or orange to easily establish some basic shading on your main color.
>>98854770Pigments can be used in LOT of ways. Dusting it straight from the bottle is fine, but you need to fix it, if you plan on touching the model. There are dedicated mediums for that, you can also mist it with white spirit, too. Though expect the fixed thing to look different than unfixed one, that's the nature of the beast. Enamel washes are imo better for rust. There are even dedicated washes for tracks.
>>98854775Yeah, I simply saw most of "big guys" on YT frequently doing this kind of zenithal with white first, even H&S shows this on their videos. I wanted to test myself if this really makes a difference and turns out it's not. Like you said, spraying one, darker shade first and then much lighter in thin, controlled manner, does much more.
>>98854814I think they just do it because it looks nice on video.
>>98854770if you spray varnish you will blow some away but any method you use to fix them will somewhat dim the effectand contrary to popular belief ipa doesn't fix them, neither does thinner, the best way is to get actual pigment fixeralso, if you are only looking for rust check out dirty down rust, it's great, however it reactivates with water so you need to seal it too
>>98854834DD Rust is great for completely rusted out shit, not for tank tracks.
>>98854755zenithal has two purposes, one is allowing you to see detail better and plan your painting and light positioning and two, if you use transparent or diluted paints you can get a quick gradient on you basecoat, if you are going to apply a full opque coat anyways that second point is mootthat said that model looks like it has a subtle differences in some places due to it, red is usually fairly transparent
>>98854854>if you are going to apply a full opque coat anyways that second point is mootSo is the first point, 'cause you're just painting over it. The planning phase can just as easily be done before you prime.
>>98854791>>98854834>>98854840so basically if i dont need that actual grainy dust effect i might as well water down some acrylic earth tones and be done with it or just dust around and leave them like thatbut thank you this has been most helpful
Reposting my finished diorama, this time from the back.
>>98854881>The planning phase can just as easily be done before you prime.not quite, the extra contrast of a zenithal let's you see detail a lot better than a bare surface or a full black prime, it's hard to see detail in some materials, like metal models or some resins
>>98855014i still like the wool sock but those fuel drums and canisters pop little too much and honestly look pretty bad compared to everything else
>>98854962>might as well water down some acrylic earth tonesI would advise against that. You can mix pigments with water, but it's pretty tricky to make it look good. And it will still need fixing afterward. Though you can airbrush very thinned regular acrylics as a base for further dusting/mud/etc. effects. This is in fact a common way of doing it > airbrush a highly thinned down tan earth or something to emulate dust/dried mud, and then start applying darker (enamel) tones in smaller amounts for fresher stuff. If you want as simple as possible earth effects, I would again shill enamels. AK make great ones. Anyway, Nightshift is excellent at this: https://youtu.be/IwI80Bv9BGk?si=oFS32NPm8roNMUwg&t=1232Time mark included, it's a very simple technique that you can do yourself. And it looks great.
But overall did it wrong - left oat guy was supposed to be dark blue but applied too much of light blue over "dark Prussian" while guys on the right were supposed to be more like "steel blue" shade. In factz sprayed TTC "Cold Corpse Blue" and "Wolf Grey". Ended up, well, just grey.
>>98855040Shine a lamp from above, same effect. The actual shadows will show you the shapes.
>>98854197sup wip Finally managed to paint this simple kitbash I put together a couple months ago. Not painting/browsing a lot this period sadly, but I do plan to eventually build an assault terminator squad next
>>98855135>Sergeant, see this heretic?>I don't want to.
>>98853438>Thinning paint much more than what video tutorials often recommendI've been telling you to that that from the start. forget about what jewtubers tell you just thin it until it sprays right and then write down the ratio in a notebook so you can reference it when you use that color the next time.
>>98854755how many coats of red did you spray? you can clearly see the tactical box thing is darker than the hair but you can still see white on it so it looks like your coverage was uneven.
>>98855200One coat, also "white" on box is just visible non-primed surface since mini is made out of metal (I don't pay attention here since it's covered with metallic paint anyway later). So it's darker probably because it barely received any paint.
I'm gonna have to do much shading in-between all those god tiny metal pieces and crevices. God damn it.
>>98855135Awesome job as always, BT anon! Looking forward to termites.
>>98854232Nice
>>98854500How does he use his chainsword from that cockpit?
>>98854834DD rust and patina, Vallejo air metal paints are the best mini products created
>>98854200Need a little help Santa. I submitted the form but got no confirmation, and would like to know if it went through or not. Might be a similar issue as last thread.AC Oklahoma City
>>98855014I think you left your lens cap on.
>>98854824That's my thought too. It can be hard for viewers to read a solid black or gray or whatever color model. But a quick zenithal makes all the little details pop and look really nice on camera.
>>98855574With black primer i always liked a zenithal even to see it in the hand a bit better and understand the shapes easier. I mostly prime with grey now since i paint opaquely these days though
I didn’t post any pics of the Ork himself due to technical difficulties but now everything is at least glued together so I can get down to finer details.
>>98855172lmao. Here, have that sergeant's POV for you>>98855298Thanks man. Still debating whether getting normal assault terminators and customizing them with half tabards and chains, or just getting deathwing knights, sanding off all the DA regalia and have termies with a more elaborate, gothic armour. Still not sure if I prefer the aesthetics of the classic termie helmets or the knightly ones from DW.
I really like the green on this guy's sash and other decorations. I'm gonna try it on a Sister's robe and see how it looks but I'm not sure what paint would get me closest. Maybe PA or Vallejo jade tones?
>>98855751Don't get stuck on names. Just look for a mint green.
>>98855801Can't say I'm into furfaggotry but good job i guess.
>>98855801I'm into furfaggotry and I say great job. Can't wait to see it finished.
>>98855225>So it's darker probably because it barely received any paint.so your one coat obviously wasn't even then since you can see the gun is noticeably darker too.
>>98855801fuck that tummy, hot
5 morespecial weapon conversions
>>98856014Very vibrant green, I like it.
>>98854197Repostan my LoTD dread.
>>98855468did you check your spam folder?
>>98856079thanks
>>98856116Absolutely. That was the first thing I did after the confirmation didn't show up within the first fifteen minutes.Checking it just now confirms there is no confirmation.
>>98856139should have started with not santa thats where mine ended up. hopefully yours comes through
>>98855801
>>98855468Good thing you brought it up. For whatever reason, I *don't* have your entry, AC. I'd suggest first trying the form again - perhaps after clearing your cache and/or using a different browser. If you get really desperate, drop me an E-mail.
Just bought the Army Painter Most Wanted brushes as my Golden Maple brushes just don't wanna work anymore:>Never has a sharp point>One of the hairs sticks out>Constantly having to load my brush back up after 10 swipes of the brush>Tip always bentWas reading more on brushes and found out different brands function differently, and what I've been using since February or March is a cheap Chinese brushThe only that that works most of the time is the wet palette from them.
>>98856480Don't tell me wet palettes all function differently too if they're from different brands
>>98854200I'm glad I made it in time before the sign up ended, this year has been going so fast I forgot it's almost Christmas time. Unfortunately I have no idea how to access this link due to being a total boomer when it comes to tech savviness. How is the turnout this year compared to previous ones? I feel like overall participation in this board/4chan in general have taken a nosedive since last Christmas
>>98856517>Unfortunately I have no idea how to access this link due to being a total boomer when it comes to tech savviness.That's why there is also a naked URL in red at the top of the meme image. Just write that down on a piece of paper and transcribe it into your browser's address bar.>>98856517>How is the turnout this year compared to previous ones?Honestly, I don't know. I seem to recall Santa saying we had more than 100 participants last year by the end of it, but I am struggling to find where he actually said that. It's like trying to remember tiny roolz changes for 11 editions of Warhammer 40,000 ... I don't know if I'm remembering last year, or the year before, or the year before that one...So far, this year, there are already 38 participants.> I feel like overall participation in this board/4chan in general have taken a nosedive since last ChristmasIt has, but even nobody else signed up for Secret Santa this year, I feel like it already would be well worth organizing and running it.
>>98856603what happens if you get matched with someone from Israel or America? can you change?
>>98856630You get matched with people from your own continent if possible.
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>>98856654PS: If you just ask an AI to decode it for you, it'll figure it out.
>>98856660Don't feed our links to an AI, please.
>>98856630Can't you just specify that in the form?
>>98856662The upload sites don't have access to LLM data, don't be paranoid.
>>98856630>tfw I'm an actually Israeli that avoids the Secret Santa every year because I don't want an antisemite chud getting my address
Working on a deodorant speeder because I fucking hate the storm speeder and instead of buying that kit I would rather go through all of this to craft my spin on the Grav attack tank of old
>>98854652I've never used one with a gun-type trigger. Are you able to independently control the air and paint flow with those like a normal one?
>>98856647Are there many people entering from AUSNZ this year?
>>98856757Sorry, dunno. I'm not santa.
I didn't manage to finish the crew on time for season 2. but at least they're primed now.
