Work in Progress, "Pile of Shame" Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>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>Darren Latham's 20 top tips for miniature painting successhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERXNObqeNb8>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>Who's Johnny, she'd say, and smile in her special wayhttps://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/Johnny>Previous threads:>>92597304>>92580727>>92569094>>92546960
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>>92612320For what reason
Is this color look alright for flesh wash?
>>92612388Can I have a sippy
>>92612388whats cooking and do slather it on something for a better look
>>92612108>Also they are lighter than the original torsos.yeah, that makes sense, from my experience sprue goo structures tend to end up pretty porous inside
>>92612468>>92612428Kind of red brown
>>92612388Not sure but it looks like if you washed that over really pale skin, the skin would end up looking rather tanned if that makes sense
>>92612388Depends what are you painting, it's fine for regiment of gurkhas.
>>92612502>>92612494Yeah i think i need to add a bit of ice yellow.
Ass painter copes by doing 3mmGot some MiGs painted last night for FFT3, fairly happy with how they turned out. Should probably hit them with a matte spray to get rid of the shine but last time I used one it ended up making the model look frosted, not sure if it was an issue with the product (Army Painter) or usage
>>92612388add purple. thank me later.
>>92612557What happened when you mix it with purple? Some kind of brownish pink?
>>92611956I paint with glossy paint and varnish whenever it gets too glossy.
Missed that a new thread had been made. WIP Goatman. Working on my layering. Pretty happy with this even if the lighting doesn't really make sense in places
>>92612388Only way to know for sure is to try it out on a test model or a small section out of the way.
An absolute Monster to assemble. Legs didn't fit and broke off several times. Was nearly ready to quit.Now on how to approach to paint it.
>>92612937looks like half metal half resin i think i have never seen that beforeyou are painting the frog separate right
>>92613001Yes, some parts I've kept detachable.
A while back, my m8 gave me a bag of 3d printed canoptek scarabs. Tonight, he's turning his left over resin to another batch of scarabs before he does a full printer clean.I don't play necrons, originally I just wanted a few to stick on bases and hidden away in nooks on tanks, etc.Anybody got any ideas for what I could do with a few dozen scarabs (besides start a very silly little necron army)?I do like to make dumb one-off miniatures and vignettes that may or may not have a clear place or rules in a game, beyond being placeholders or homebrew characters/monsters, I'm just lacking good ideas at the moment.If there's some fluff passage somewhere of scarabs doing something cool, that could be a great basis to work from. I haven't ready many necron-centric BL stories though.
>>92612208The lads are almost done, can't wait to go back painting full black armour>>92612832I think sometimes it's okay to sacrifice some lighting realism to highlight parts you want to be seenalso, it looks nice>>92612550Frosting happens when there's too much buildup of the matte varnish agent or isn't diluted well enoughyou might have sprayed too much on, or didn't shake the thing enough. I never used that product so I wouldn't know how good it is
Building a 5-man Intercessor squad (Iron Hands).1) Does it matter if the Sergeant is the guy without the grenade launcher?2) How critical are knives & grenades on the other guys?
>>92613458something like pic related maybe?
>>92614023if you have to ask it doesnt matter
>>92614071Some kind of moving shape was what I've been thinking of, but not as furniture or as a "walking road". That's pretty neat. I do need to think up a few characters for an ordo xenos inquisitorial entourage, so something like a magos wearing cron tech riding a wave of scarabs (like when Cawl commands a swarm of them in The Great Work) might be a cool idea, whether or not I ever play it. Thanks anon.
>>92614071Like in the third matrix movie when the squid robots all come together as a wriggling mass and act as one.
>>92612937Woah what is this?
>>92614023>Building a 5-man Intercessor squad (Iron Hands).>1) Does it matter if the Sergeant is the guy without the grenade launcher?No, but both roolz and aesthetics can play into your decision.Because the sergeant is a "member of the squad", he may be the guy who gets the grenade launcher added to his bolt rifle. This would allow you to make him the most valuable member of the squad by giving him both the grenade launcher *and* a special close combat weapon, and just use the squadboyz as meatshields to keep him alive.However, the sergeant may exchange his bolt rifle for another weapon. While this deprives him of the chance to use a grenade launcher (it can only be issued to a model with a bolt rifle), doing this allows you to include two shooty weapons - say a plasma pistol (on the sergeant) and a grenade launcher (on one of da squadboyz) - in your squad.The choice is up to you.>2) How critical are knives & grenades on the other guys?Not critical at all. They're purely an aesthetic choice, although I find attaching little things like that gives each model that much more "personality".
>>92612550Looks gud>>92612937A frog for pol
Just finished this lad for a model-painting exchange with some frens, pretty pleased with it so kinda sorry to be giving it back ngl lol>>92612550>FFT3Is it fun? I only ever used my microarmour to play Team Yankee lol>(Army PainteIve generally found army painter varnish to be pretty decent and have gone through several cans in my time, not the matt-est varnish ever but generally solid, might just have been the humidity where you sprayed it or a dodgy can
I was asking about my grief with the gold trim previously, mixing with a drop of flow improver made such a huge difference, I think I might be able to finish this army after all
>>92613473I'll have to give it another shot, probably with some minis I don't mind fucking up. I know in the past I used to be very liberal with any sort of rattlecan, so it's entirely likely I over applied.
spray can primer coming out spotty, sputters, and runny from the nozzleadvise, pleasenever had liquid like that come out the nozzle before
>>92614603clean the nozzle
>>92614572>probably with some minis I don't mind fucking upGood idea, remember to shake it well beforehand, go light with the spraying and let the minis dry in a warm, dry room>>92614603From now on turn the can upside down and spray until nothing comes out after every time you use it, keeps the nozzle clean
>>92614572>I know in the past I used to be very liberal with any sort of rattlecan, so it's entirely likely I over applied.Spending $30 on a chinesium airbrush kit will vastly improve both your priming coats and finishing coats.>>92614603You didn't clean the nozzle the last time you used it. Clean the dried stuff out of the nozzle with a small needle or pin, spray the can normally until it's working as it should and then flip it upside down and spray it until no paint is coming out.
Just finished kitbashing a water caste "advance operative" type of guy, loosely based off the old 54mm Inquisitor water caster model
>>92614603Get an airbrush instead.
>>92614966He looks pretty shifty, I don't trust him.
>>92615061Nor should you. Abhor the alien
>>92615158>Abhor the alienEven sexy space elf witches?
>>92614966makes me want to go replay Oddworld
>>92615203Specially sexy space elf witches
Haven't been able to paint for a year between my soul-destroying day job and my wife turning out to be literally insane to the point where it eats 100% of my downtime. Just landed a job doing night security where I'm spending hours on stand-down in the office. Could genuinely shed a tear I'm so grateful. Gonna bring some dudes in, trawl through all my favourite albums and paint my nights away.
>>92614966>the banking clan will sign your treaty
>>92615641>my soul-destroying day job and my wife turning out to be literally insaneI shouldn't encourage vaguebooking but I still want to say it's story time.
>>92615641Not the same but my mother literally lost her mind when she retired, I know how hard it is to see a loved one change like that. Hope you find some solace in little plastic dudes and that brighter days are ahead.
>>92615707Nice
>>92615740I shouldn't indulge so I'll keep it short: inner-city retail security and untreated BPD. So basically>wake up getting punched, kicked, spat and screamed at>go to work and get the same but from heroin addicts and fat retarded Karens>come home for round two with occasional side order of police being called/spending a night in the cells because I snapped and shouted back so then I'm 'abusive'>no sleep, ever>no time to chill, ever>repeat until barely staving off the urge to slam car into a bridge supportI just wanted to paint toy soldiers and play happy families mang
Tenno Heika Banzai!The leader for my Tosa Jinshotai Detachment for FFoL Horse and Musket.
>>92615985JFC. BPD is the actual worst. My condolences anon.
>>92615641That sounds so comfy, and IF is a based choice>>92615985well fuck, glad you managed to cut some time for yourself at least
Dark, I know, I know. How's it look?
>>92616080The skin looks good. The gun could use some more gubbins, there are parts on the model that imply they're separate pieces but they're painted similar (although the brass accents are a good step in that direction).I like the yellow armor with the chipping, the model will really pick up if/when you add more of that.
>>92616080The parts I can see are really nice
>>92614349Thanks, in the end I stuck a holstered pistol onto the sergeant
>>92616024Based and Shagpilled
>>92616036It's pretty grim alright. I hold on cause she is aware of it when she's 'herself' and wants to get treatment, otherwise I'd an hero or move to Siberia or something.>>92616080Looking very nice anon. I personally would push the skin highlights even further to bring his torso up to how much his face pops. But that's nitpicking, he already looks great so far.
> look up to see if I could buy a Tamiya black spray primer> no such product exists> mfw
>>92614603How old? Eventually the propellent in the cans becomes shit so they have a shelf life. Also the seal can rupture and propellant gets out over time.
>>92616208Not the other guy but did she show symptoms before you married or was something that just happened one day?I like your imperial fist my dude.
>>92607859>Hey thanks for asking!>>92607866>And the backThanks for the reply, things look to be coming together nicely and your painted model looks very nice too. I'll check back in a few weeks.>>92608467
Rhino with a fleshmower, just for fun.
>>92616450I knew she could be super crazy but the really miserable stuff and always aiming it right at me came later. We're both walking piles of red flags tbdesu but holy shit I was not ready for how it turned out. And thanks, my painting is a lot cleaner now but I like how that yellow came out on my impfists
copbot ive been working on, tried some freehanding out on the legs but i feel like theres something missing, like it needs another color, yellow?
excuse me could i get everyanons attention pleasei would like you to know that today i will paint something for real i will no more excuses
>>92616867>i feel like theres something missingGold chains?
>>92616889it was a coinflip between ganger captured bot and normal police bot and police bot won out in the end
>>92616875Paint for me bro, it's been a rough few days.
>>92616867Either white or orange already have a foot in the door as an accent color, orange is the color theory choice.It will probably pick up a bit when you shade it though, basecoats always look a little bland.
>>92616867A yellow stripe right down his centre from head to crotch and a yellow number on the backs of his hands. It would make him look extra 'cop' and break up all that blue. Cool robot m80
>building a model for a competition piece>everything is going nice>filling gaps, smoothing edges, sub assemblies so I don’t miss parts>drop the model on my carpet>looks fine>hours later look at it again and see one of the feet broke off>well it’s gone forever>kitbash new foot from an unused piece>next day step on the broken off footNot a good start
>>92616194I redid the front of his coat.
>>92617134The trials and turbulations will only make finishing the piece sweeter.
Practicing painting green skin. Turned out a little brighter than I thought but I'm really digging the radiation green vibes. Makes me want to paint some super mutants.
second mini i’m ever painting. first one was pretty embarrassing, but i’m getting the hang of working with the acrylics a little. trying to work on brush control, i’m hoping by the time im through this combat patrol I’ll have it down a bit more.
How's this base color looking for Krieg vehicles? I went with Army Painter Wolf Grey for the basecoat primer since people said it was close to The Fang but this shit feels too light in comparison. Probably gonna give it a blue wash to mute the color some before going into weathering.
>>92617134The important thing is that it hasn't slowed you down at all.
>>92618289It will probably get toned down somewhat once any washes/filters are applied, as will general weathering also help as once the highlight has something near it to contrast against the mid tone will look darker in comparison. In general you start to see more tonal shift the more contrasting detail goes onto a model which is why things more or less always tend to look odd at the start as they lack framing and context. Controlling the manner in which the eye reads colour and tones and then combines them into an overall picture is basically what painting at this scale is attempting to achieve.
>>92614966Very pretty
>>92616523Good stuff >>92618114Yeah he's nuclear >>92618200Not bad at all Good colors >>92618289I like it
>>92615985Why stay with her?
>>92614966Imagine what kind of (NON sexual) adventures these guys would get up to
>>92612208I understand a pile of shame made up of unpainted minis... I have one after all. What I don't understand is a pile of shame made up of sprues. Putting them together takes no time at all, about a 10th of the time it takes to paint.
>>92618951If you don't clean them up then sure.
Is flesh wash/shade like Reikland flesh, Sepia whatever necessary for female mini?
>>92619025No, you can just glaze to smooth the transitions between layers.
>>92619043I-I don't know how to glaze female skin
>>92614307It's from Zealot Miniatures. Bought it a while ago on a trip in Japan.Lilipad Kai 7 is the Modell name I think.
How is this for paint rack?
Small update on ye olde lodgings. Added shingles individually and finished up the wood details.In other news, the skin is peeling of my hand from using shitty scissors for hours.
>>92619060As long as the dimensions for the holding area is right for your chosen paint lines it should be fine. Though if the lip isn't high enough and you bump the table/shelf it is on they could all tumble out.
>>92619052Just be yourself. And use water.
I'm working on Deathwing Librarian and I'm thinking the green recess is way too bright and isn't visible on bone armour. The camera lies making colours deeper than it actually is in the real life. Cloud you give me some ideas how to make the color more vibrant to not blend with the bone?
>>92619080Dark Blue would have been a better contrast for the recessed glyph detail, with the glow being a mid-tone Blue. Red would have been another possible option but you already have that accenting other parts of the model so that would get visually confusing.
>>92619097Thank you. I have actually rejected blue as I just wanted to use green. It seems it was a mistake.
>>92619127Yes unfortunately you are going to be somewhat limited due to the fact you need to contrast against a bright tone. You could try just putting darker green ink in just the glyph recesses though. Basically the issue is that the recesses don't show up at all because the tone is light like the bone. But if you do that that the glyphs show up, and you can keep the light green glow outside the recesses as it doesn't hurt anything. If that ends up too solid then touch up a few spots in the recess with a bright white and maybe glaze a little green over. Then it would look like areas along the glyph are glowing and moving around.
Slapchop was a disaster for this hobby.Are you seriously telling me this is better than just a white basecoat for contrast paint?
>>92619186People have been drybrushing/value sketching/using zenithal for decades before your precious youtubers memed a stupid "technique" name as a marketing ploy into existence.
>>92618890Nice mini's man. Your Guevesa actually inspired me to kitbash my own mixed firewarrior and breacher squads. The only pain is getting the Van Saar's to stand in static poses with both hands on their guns.
>>92619186>shitpost>file.pnggo back to shitting up 40kg
>>92619168Nice idea, I'll try it during the weekend. Thank you.
>>92619064glue the shingles with the printed part of the carboard down, the gloss in the printed side gives paint less coverage, unless your are going to prime it with a rattlecan, then nevermind
>>92619186It works alright for textured surfaces. So on treebeard here I used it for his bark but not on the hobbits because they're way less textured.For a quick and marine army it's honestly not bad, could be a hell of a lot worse.
Scouts!Generally don't get to do many faces and hairstyles being a marine player so this has been fun so far. Mixed in a regular marine head for the sergeant as I can't think of any other way to differentiate him.Still magnetizing the bodies, GW don't make it easy...
>>92619252Huh, good call. My thought process was that the glue would adhere worse to the glossy side, but the same is true for paint I suppose.
>>92619060I bought a fancy paint rack and quickly realised that I only used it to store paints I basically never use and they might as well have been in a box in storage somewhere. You might not be like me, but just something to keep in mind.
>>92619389yeah it's a trade off, but in my experience the glue still grips pretty good to the printed side, and once you throw paint and primer over it it'll stay put. Another thing is that the bare cardboard side has a more realistic looking texture when drybrushed or painted. The printed side ends up a bit more smooth.
>>92619389>the glue would adhere worse to the glossy sideyes, but asuming you are using pva glue (well any other glue really), it will stick more than enough I have done some shit houses way back and they don't come off even with a harsh drybrush
>>92619464I see your point. Thanks for the tip, I'll be flipping the shingles on future houses.>>92619473Noice! Makes we want to try my hand on some balconies.
>>92616080I love the skin, what's your recipe please
>>92612550>t. fellow FFTchad
>>92619064How'd you do the wood detail? Dedication with a knife?
Let's say I'm a newb following recipes of people using mostly citadel paints. Can I get the cheaper closest Vallejo equivalent for most paints or will that fuck up the composition?
>>92619920wire brush is pretty common way to do itt. eri
Been out of painting for a while but came back for a kill team. Got one of my two team leaders done in almost a single sitting. Greenstuff on this one was not the best but it's at least not noticeable at table distance.>>92619934It'll still work for the most part, but the cheapest equivalent is not always the same (this is especially the case with red, where Citadel is just better than Vallejo at bright, saturated shades).
>>92619920This anon is correct, pretty heavy duty one too>>92619950
trying to buy paints on WH site is fucking unreal, its like a labyrinth to get on the correct page. how do you manage to fumble so badly at basic web design
>>92620148Why the fuck would you buy anything direct from GW
>>92619964thin your paintsremove your moldlinescontour your eyes?
>>92620148Yes, it's some shitty mobile friendly thing I bet.Either way, other anon is right, buying their stuff from a secondary source = 20% discount. Also, don't buy their paint unless they're the only one carrying a specific color/effect. They're double the price for the same thing as other brands.
>>92619950>>92620119About how heavy duty? Got an example online? I've been alternating between a knife and a screw for my scoring, I think it works but I'd like to see how a real wire brush does the trick as I thought I had one myself but it must be old because it didn't really make any noticeable marks except for dirty smudges.
>>92619057Awesome thanks. Now to hopelessly wait for a reprint of it
>>92620285This is the one. I thought it might be too big for miniature use, but it turned out to be perfect. You even had to brush with some force over the balsa.I used to score wood with a pair of scissors before, but I won't go back after this. It's a world of difference, and my fingers will thank me.
>>92620375I've seen this in a hardware store before, guess I'm going back. Thanks anon.
>>92619543Green
>>92619060I have this exact one and I really like it, it fits all brands and bottle sizes, even the Vallejo metal color bottles.
>see some annoying mistake>fuck it IPA>see some not straight line>fuck it IPA>fucking shit i put to much dot on the eyes>IPAMy nose and lips are dried the fuck up because of all the IPA. How can i stop this paint stripping addiction?
>>92618951>What I don't understand is a pile of shame made up of sprues.The picture's not high enough resolution, but in that pile are:Two half-sprues from an Intercessor squad that only have the arms and weapon options I didn't use.Several partial sprues from Deathwatch Kill Teams that only have enough to make a five-man squad ... if you combine all of them together.A couple of League of Votann freebies I got from GW that I was planning to turn into Servitors like the old Bob Olley model (pic related).A box of partial and NIB Blood Angels upgrade sprues - both Firstborn and Primaris; I get into it when I need the odd pauldron or relic.Misc. Age of Sigmar stuff I bought off a friend. I don't play Stormcast Eternals.
>>92621159drink the leftover ipa after stripping, I doubt you strip anything after the first time
Is there a name for that style of painting where most of the miniature is very dark except for specific details and/or OSL? I remember seeing around miniatures painted like thatIt intrigues me as an idea for a Dark Eldar project, but I can’t find those pics and without a name to define it I can’t even look on google for other examples
Anyone have shop names or site recommendations for ordering a 3D mini print from an stl?
Ready to be painted. Never used an airbrush before. I used the Vallejo grey air primer inbetween Army Painter black & white. Wish I simply bought Vallejo black and white to begin with but nevermind.
>>92621351A bit speckly, probably needs a bit more pressure? I'm no expert either.
>>92621351This is gonna be interesting. If I were painting models in black armour, I would have primed them black, but I know there are some clever tricks using other techniques that I wouldn't have considered.Are you planning to drill ya barrels, though?
>>92621479>A bit speckly, probably needs a bit more pressure? I'm no expert either.Yeh maybe, this was at 20 PSI. I'll try 30 next time.>>92621512>Are you planning to drill ya barrels, though?I have the Army Painter hand drill but I assumed people only drill dreadnoughts and vehicles. Now you mentioned it, I'll have to drill them.
>>92621351Best advice for an airbrush is to have a test mini on hand. Can dial in your pressure and paint before you put it on the models you actually care about.
Coming back to painting after a break, decided to pick up the world eaters combat patrol and an MOE. The base is my first time using anything other than mud paste
>>92621351I would highly highly recommend using lacquers paints for your primer and base coats. Its much stronger than acrylics and it airbrushes much much better.
>>92621555>Now you mentioned it, I'll have to drill them.For starters, take the tip of hobby knife (make sure it's fresh and sharp!), and dig a divot in the end of the barrel. You can use the divot as a pilot hole to keep your pin vise from slipping as you drill the barrel.
Should I go with this filter detail for a more Mars Pattern look or just go with the plain grill look?
>>92621336Find some local nerd with 3D print in your area. Then suck his dick for free 3D minis
>>92621351Test it on a plastic spoon or paper first
>>92621939I think that filter looks pretty good to me.
Working on a bloodthirster, this guy is gonna be cool as fuck
>>92621512nta but I paint black armour but I never prime black, I like to use contrast and shades to get different tones of black
>>92619060I have this and like it a lot. Probably going to get another one before the chink store disappears forever like they always do.
>>92612388flesh wash is basically sepia ( 50%), red ( 25%), and brown ( 25%).yours might be too red.
repainting ig few models at a time
>>92622033Those wings done with an airbrush? They look nice
So... I want to add a lance to this little fella, how I do that?I think plastic cement is way too weak... do I need to drill? but maybe it is too small idk I dont have a drill
>>92622518get a drill
What's the best *brush-on* matte varnish? I used Liquitex on past models without issue, since it was fine if they were still a bit shiny, but even the matte is way too shiny for exposed skin/hair/etc. Is Vallejo's matte varnish less glossy? Any other brands worth looking at? Specifically looking for brush-on to handle small parts of models that should otherwise be satin or gloss.
>>92621159Fuck Riddhe for killing her, and the fucker even got a promotion and became a politician after all that friendly fire he did, fuck him
Anyone managed to get a pot of the reformulated VMC flat red?The old one has to be one of the worst paints I've ever used in my whole life, and I wonder if they fixed it.
>>92616080pretty good job, very clean
Dags
>>92614071Put each scarab on top of another mini's head, boom, You have a homebrew Trazyn's army of specimens he collected and is controlling via mindshackle scarabs.
>>92623623"Dags"? What're "dags"?Oh... "dogs". Yeah, I like dags.
>>92615272Glad to know I am not the only one who instantly thought the mini looks like a Glukkon.
>sign up for a painting competition>hey people are posting their WIPs in the hashtag>now I dont feel like touching my mini because why botherI fucking hate social media brain rot and how deeply and irredeemably has fucked me up.
>>92623623And you call them dags despite the fact that one is obviously a cat?
>>92623718Ignore other participants, you aren't gonna win anyway. You signed up, so now's the time to put all you've learned into your mini and you are gonna paint the best mini you have ever painted.Do it for yourself, anon.
>>92623750Thats the thing, Im so deeply demoralized that I have lost all will to paint.Why do I bother signing up for competitions when Im nowhere near close up to the task.I guess I'll make as if I never intended to participate and leave it at that.
>>926237353 of them are cats, but the dogs are what matters
>>92623764>Why do I bother signing up for competitions when Im nowhere near close up to the task.To get feedback and see the other entries in person
>>92623774>only noticed one cat in that imageI think I might be retarded
>>92623718Just block twitter, facebook, reddit and Instagram at a router level so that you have to jump through hoops to go on them and then you won't even care to go on them. They do nothing good for you at all. Even this site is cancerous as fuck and I exclusively browse like 3 threads now and don't bother with 99% of the site now.
>>92623764>Why do I bother signing up for competitions when Im nowhere near close up to the task.Because if you only do what you can you'll never be more than you are.
what's the best way to remove flash and shit from 1/72s?
>>92619186As someone with shit eyesight, even with correction, it really does make it easier to see details. Don't have to wiggle my mini around to watch how the light catches it to pick out what's. The "lighting" is baked into the model.
>>92623764You lost motivation, that's where discipline needs to kick in. Grit your teeth and do it anyway. Felling demoralised is just a sensation, it has no bearing whatsoever on what you're doing.
Which size of airbrush needle do i need?
>>92624533Bigger needle sprays more paint and makes painting large things quicker. Smaller needles are better for detail because they give you more control when spraying small amounts of paint.
>>92624533You're likely gonna get a .3mm with your airbrush and never change it. You could get a .15 and/or .5 if you plan to airbrush fine details or a fucking Warlord Titan but that's not terribly likely.
>>926245330.35mm is good. Get a dual action airbrush though. You'll hate your life if you get a shitty single action one.
Calling it done for the most part. Need to do some touchups on the base and a few of the extra weapons but I don't want to make it look "too" dirty
>>92615985>>92618804My first gf was bipolar and would threaten suicide whenever I tried leaving. >OTAnyone have a good technique for cheap custom transfer sheets?
do you guys think any particular set of marines would wear little cravats on their armor
>>92624533Smaller ones clog easier.>>92624913Threatening suicide is a common bipolar trick, just don't listen to it.Technique to apply them or to make them?
>>92624953You mean like.. scarfs? Over their armor?
>>92623718>>92623764Competition is usually more about doing your best than being the best. You can finish a race in last place and still set a new personal best. Usain Bolt isn't a source of demoralization for every other runner on the planet. Instead he's a source of inspiration. If you're looking at other people and feeling demoralized instead of inspired, you need a change in perspective. Try thinking of it more like a combination marathon + lottery, where everyone's there to give it their best shot to get their entry past the finish line, and if you're lucky, your entry is the one that wins. Going into every race expecting to set a track record every time is setting yourself up for failure. In my experience, you set track records when you're in your own zone trying to run your best lap, instead of putting all of your focus towards running a better lap than the people around you.tl;dr ganbare anon
>>92624976like one of the ones that sits outside at the collarmaybe with some scripture written on it or something
>>92624913You can always print your own decals. It's pretty economical, you can obviously fit a fuckhueg number of wargaming-sized emblems onto an A4 sheet, and the pricing is most always <£1 per A4 sheet. The downsides of course being>quality limited by how good your printer is>home printers invariably use translucent ink, so your decals will be too (can get around this by underpainting the area first though)>home printers invariably do not use white ink, so can't print anything white (again, can get around this by underpainting the area with white paint first)>the whole surface of the sheet is a big decal, rather than the way professional transfers are printed so they can slide off the backing individually, so you end up having to work with a large area of excess film around your design
>>92624913That guy again, got some hobby stuff at work. Going out on patrols every hour then sitting down to build dudes and listen to music while my workmate snoozes on the other side of the office. Haven't felt so at peace in a long time, this shit is pure luxuryOh yeah and regarding the suicide thing; initially I tried to just be be calm and not take it seriously without making her feel foolish, but then I caught her full-on trying to rope herself a couple of times. She ain't joking
>>92624985I guess insulation is insulation.. maybe from an ice planet?
>>92623735It's an Albany expression.
>>92625056Dream job..She's doing it to control you, move on. Let her rope herself if she doesn't want to live, don't ruin the one life you have over a nutter. Either that or force her to take her damn meds.
>>92625005>quality limited by how good your printer isAre there printers out there that can't do 300 dpi minimum these days? I think the bigger problem would be the image you're using. Vector graphics would be best. Also heard that those pages can vary in thickness depending which literal who china brand you buy it from.
>>92619060I don't like it. Very ineffecient use of space. All the area underneath is deadspace. Ye, you could store stuff under it, but repeatedly moving a paintrack is asking for trouble.
>>92625102just extra spiritual protection you know
>>92619060It's alright, cheap and functional but everything under the steps is wasted space.
>>92625131Nah I've thrown my lot in with her for better or worse, I married her and I meant it. If it never changes it might get to the point where I literally can't take any more but she is trying, I can see she doesn't want things to stay this way.
>>92625191So is she willing to take her meds then?
behold, 2 paint flesh that I dont hate.just got magenta tone in the mail yesterday, and finally i have something that works as a good wash/glaze for skin straight out of the bottle.
>>92625331>european skin on a model that isn't sickly piss yellow or the colour of milky tea this I like
>>92625198She does, but right now she's on the generic antidepressants everyone gets as a hail Mary. We're saving and looking for therapists so she can get some intensive DBT therapy along with specific meds, it's just taking time cause our lives are such a messy depressed clown parade of shit.
>gluing a finished shield onto a figure.>holding it firmly with thumb.>glue somehow got on thumb.>pull thumb off and peel a bunch of paint off.REEEEEEEEEEE.
>>92625505>pull thumb off geckos pls go
>>92625454Ah, American..
>>92624238This, I only browse this thread, /smg/ over on toy and some other select threads on some of the niche boards.
>tfw I just got asked if I do comissionsI work full time so I can't really do that but boy it somehow feels really good
>>92625331where'd you use the magenta tone?
>>92623718>buy an army >really motivated>sit down to paint>barely get anywhere in 2 hours>expectations shattered because I watch 15 minute videos where people show them painting an army in the weekBack before I used to paint for the thrill of posting to my painting log on warseer. Now limited free time and social media has rotted my brain thinking that unless I get a figure or more done per session it's a waste.
>>92625571Bong, but try getting any kind of psychiatric help on the NHS without waiting about 15 years...
>>92625601Entire face. Process was just base coat with warm flesh, all over wash with magenta tone, then layer with warm flesh
>>92623718>>92625603Have you guys tried not being faggots?
>>92625603retard?
>>92625331looking sick, that base is awesome. is your whole army based like that?
>>92625771That's the plan, but only a couple are fully done. Just a few details left in some of my dudes and then I'll do the bases for then all at the same time; it's a pretty quick recipe.
Round logs or planks for a wood wall?
>>92623010Issue with brushing on matte varnish is that it is far more likely to show brush strokes. You can mix a tiny amount of satin varnish and putt your coats on with perpendicular coats to blend it in a bit. Try on a test mini first to see if it is too noticeable for you.
>>92625908depends what kind building the wall is a part of.I don't see round logs often outside of log old log cabins
>hobbying for ~25 years>gone from a Predator painted inch thick with un-thinned bright blue craft paint to high-tabletop/low-display level minis >every single bolter still has a fucked up messy patch on the heel of the handgrip where I've fucked up cleaning the sprue burr offone day, lads
>>92619934Try not to get hung up on specific colour matching. The sooner you become more flexible about that the better. At most if there is a specific scheme you are attempting to replicate only worry about matching the main base colours, as everything else you can mix up for layering and highlighting with whatever you have on hand and the result shouldn't be too far off. Try to think more in generalised colours and tones than specific paint names.
>>92626160but....do you drill your barrels?
>>92626160I can't drill barrels to save my life, they always end up off centre, even with pilot holes. I'll just paint a black circle there now
>>92626200Wowstick cheat mode 4lyfe
>>92626160>back of the elbow
>>92621643Welcome brother !
>>92626251Drill before you scrape the mold line off, they are usually right down the middle so you can use that as a guide to help get the venter. I like to lightly press my knife perpindicular to the mold line to make a cross hair then take a very sharp new exacto and gently poke and spin to make the pilot hole.
Tonight I did a base on the varghulf
>>92626778Looking great, I really want to paint one of these. Killer modelGonna challenge myself to go for a really nice 'eavy metal ish clean white armour on this chap.
>>92626846Fucksakeman
>>92623010i use AK Interactive Ultra Matte, its sweet>>92625998I brush it on, ive never noticed brush strikes with it before?
>>92623764>Why do I bother signing up for competitions when Im nowhere near close up to the task.To challenge yourself, anon.
Pewter haul. The guy on the right is plastic but he was so damn cool that I had to get him. A few of these are from '79, which is pretty neat.
Wasn't intentional, but this one has lots of booba. I wanted to get better at painting flesh so these were a great find.
And saving the best for last - Johnny MOTHERFUCKING Alpha from 1985. I damn near fell out of my chair when I saw him.Anyone have suggestions for interesting things to do with any of these? I like soliciting opinions.
>>92623071This. Marida deserved better. All the Plu's did.
>>92627069>is named Johnny>is holding up his gun>is looking at it as if it spoke to him
>>92625610its fucked up, but get her held for "suicide threats". it'll fasttrack the NHS big time.>t. schizo
>>92627299There are times when she genuinely could do with going on a section yeah, but it won't help with getting long-term specialized therapy. The kind of DBT and schema-based stuff that's been proven to work is so new and niche-y it'll be another ten years before the services even have it on their radar. I think it's going to be worth the money and effort though, her mum did a year of it and literally stopped meeting the diagnostic criteria for bpd afterwards. It genuinely just disappeared and now she's like a different person.
>>92626921Isn't it a spray can?
>>92627399https://ak-interactive.com/product/ultra-matt-varnish-100ml/no
>>92627058Ray Gun on the right side is great.
yellow line was the way to go. i kept beating myself up over getting it clean then went "retard, you're gonna weather it anyways it doesnt matter"
>>92624874Dem sexy legs
I got a promo pot of fanatic army painter stuff, I can't find anything on the bottle saying it but do they still have that retarded slug of medium in the nozzle you have to remove?
Attempting chaos Godzilla. Considering it's my first try, I think the prototype bloodletter is going pretty well. Nuln oil + Celestra Grey gave it a nice rocky effect, but I think it's a little too bright now. Any suggestions? I was thinking a thin coat of Eshin Grey
>>92627844Yeah, I'm looking forward to that one. I thought I'd identified him as a Barghest handler from Grenadier's Shadowrun range (picrel from the Lost Minis Wiki) but the pose and some other details are wrong. The Boushh figurine was a nice find because I always thought that it was a cool outfit and I actually played a Ubese in a fondly remembered Star Wars game years ago. I also have no idea what the black figure with a cloak started his life as but he's going to be a Sov-Block judge from now on. There's some really arcane stuff in here; the centaur archer in the first pic and twins in the bottom are actually from Eisenwerk as part of their Zodiac Adventures series.
>>92628901did you remember to use pva glue for easy water stripping in case some years after you might decide to clean them
>>92625771>grimgor>such pale skin tonetheyre black orcs ffs>>92625577Commission painting is the fucking worst, I tell you>dont feel like painting? too bad!>dont like the minis? too bad!>the colour scheme sounds like a crime against humanity and art itself? too bad!>btw it must be done for the next week
Finally got out of my long funk and started painting again. Bought this Praetor a year ago, pre-assembled it, failed brushing a base coat of yellow in the summer, got a compact compressor airbrush for christmas '23 and tested by base coating Vallejo Sun Yellow on Vallejo Black Primer, left it sit for five months and today decided I was going to do something with my pile. All I've done is a base airbrush coat of red and brush base coats of Ivory, Gray, and Black-Gray. Then I hit it with a coating of Nuln Oil and Agrax depending on the color. I'd never used an airbrush before basecoating the yellow.and had hella overspray on the cape but I ended up with an interesting gradient, I guess? What do y'all think? I'm not touching it for a day, when I'm less tired.
>>92629347My advice to you (and to every noob to airbrushing)After you apply your basecoat with the airbrush (with, lets say, Mephiston Red), go again WITH A BRUSH and the same colour and paint the volumetrySounds dumb, right? Using the same paint but with different applications? Well, you try and tell me.(airbrushed paint tends to desaturate a wee bit and you can solve it with the subsequent brush application)Another advice I can give you guys is to completely refrain from applying airbrush glazes with bright colours, always use dark ones for the same reason, glazing with bright colours create an unsightly dusty effect.
>>92629373What do if I'm dilluting stardard Vallejo paints with water? Im a poor trogladite. I think my biggest issue is having too big a spray area and not enough experience. I cranked my airbrush down but was just hella watery with any sort of opacity. Should I just plan on like a dozen soft coats? I was worried about paint drying in my airbrush and not being able to get the same ratio. (TbF Im poor and dont have the funds to buy every paint bottle known to man, as much as I'd like to.)
>>92628901>frosted demonsMom, where's the milk?
>>92629427>What do if I'm dilluting stardard Vallejo paints with water?Buy acrylic airbrush medium and some retarder and mix your paints until they function as intended. With very few exceptions hobby acrylics are water-based so any brand of airbrush medium will work. >I was worried about paint drying in my airbrushProtip: lacquer thinner will absolutely annihilate anything that could possibly gum up your airbrush and a quart of it (enough for you to clean your brush daily for decades) is like $8.>and not being able to get the same ratio.Keep notes. Doesn't have to be fancy, just measure your materials consistently and remember what ratio of paint to medium works best and if you added anything else or not.
>>92629561Do you have a dropper reccomendation? I used the dropper that the airbrush came with and it took forever to clean that shit. Shpuld I buy disposable droppers and record my ratios or something more high tech? I hope to work with bigger models and use advanced airbrush techniques but for now, I am relagated to base coating. How useful is airbrushing on simgle unit models?
>>92629579>Do you have a dropper reccomendation?Disposable pipettes and have a little jar of solvent to clean it when you're done using it. For water-based acrylic, water will work fine. Assuming that you have adequate ventilation and/or PPE I also would recommend having a small amount of lacquer thinner on hand for clean-up after you're finished painting because it will annihilate any dried paint from both the airbrush and pipettes without apparent effort.>Shpuld I buy disposable droppers and record my ratios or something more high tech?Mate, when you're airbrushing an individual mini you are literally measuring your paint in drops. Experiment to find out what ratio works best for you and then just note it down and if you need to really fill up the cup then use a $2 oral syringe to mix up a bigger batch with the same ratio of the same ingredients. You're over-thinking this.>I hope to work with bigger models and use advanced airbrush techniques but for now, I am relagated to base coating.You should start practicing then. Get a pack of the cheapest plastic spoons you can find to practice your technique and find the right mix. Way cheaper and easier than fucking up minis.>How useful is airbrushing on simgle unit models?I'm not really sure exactly what you mean by "single unit models" but if you're referring to things like vehicles then for some painting steps (like putting on a base coat or panel lining or applying camo) even a mediocre airbrushing job will probably look better and be way faster than doing the same thing with a brush. If you're referring to something more like a stand-alone infantry unit, the results vary a lot based on the shape of the unit, what you're trying to do and your level of skill. Airbrushing isn't some mystical thing, it's just another painting skill.
>>92629289Well if I ever did commissions I'd have to warn the guy upfront I'm a super slow painter and I'll only do it if I can go at my own pace. I doubt commission painting would earn me more than my job so I'd only consider doing it as a side gig. I spend most of my free time painting anyway, so I might as well earn a couple bucks now that I think of it.
A friend lent me his airbrush which he hasn't used in a while, should I give it a clean before using it? It was stored in its box and he cleaned it the last time but can't hurt right? Or not needed?
>>92630007Just run some water through it. That should clean out any particulate build up that might have gotten in there somehow. And if you notice any issues with that give it a proper clean and check.
>>92628901Wtf is this
>>92630072Gotcha, I feel like I'm ready to start airbrushing at last. I watched this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEIJs1c4bsQAnd for swapping paint he says that water with a tiny bit of soap or glass cleaner is good enough to rinse it, am planning on doing that since I wanna spray 2 or 3 colours today. Just checking that I'm not doing anything crazy.
>>92630138You don't need anything except water to rinse it between paints. Dump the pot, squirt in water, swish with brush, and dump again. Then a little in the pot again and spray it out. That should be enough to empty it of the last colour. You only need to run cleaner through at the end of the session or if there is some fuck up that needs you to flush it with something that will break up the paint. If you are only shifting up or down tones of the same colour you don't even need that second part of the flush. Just dump the pot, and add the new paint in. Having a little of the last paint in there will help it blend with that last tone.
>>92630413>rattlecan acrylic>primer
>>92629866Unless you're painting for at least minimum wage + the cost of all used materials it is absolutely not worth your time. You could get a job doing security or something else where you are literally sitting there and just occupying space for more than minimum wage, so there's no reason to devalue the effort your putting in
>>92630416>anon admitting he's of the 34%Pottery
>>92630453I've been in this hobby for a while, friend. If you unironically think a rattlecan undercoat is better than a dedicated primer that adheres better and leaves an incomparably smoother surface to work with you're literally braindead
>>92630471>pretends to have knowledge about this 'superior primer'>refuses to provide detail'what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence'
>>92630413Sergio Calvo agreed
>>92630479I literally pointed what's better about primers, are you fucking retarded or something? Even a shitty acrylic primer like Vallejo will give you a better starting point than a GW rattlecan. I understand you're probably too poor to afford an airbrush and never actually primed a mini but don't try to act like you're the smartest guy on the block lmao
>>92630413>Chaos BlackMechanicus Standard Grey keeps your blacks black and your whites white the way God intended. Getting white on your black is a pain in the ass and you don't want black on your white. Pic unrel.
What is it about primer specifically that brings out the lads who just cannot fucking let it go? I've seen so many of these threads turn into bitter wars over the stuff.
>>92630497I own both rattlecans and airbrush, cope>>92630500>nooo i cant get a heckin pure white easilyYou shouldnt be using pure white for painting white to begin with
>>92630502It is our skub
>>92630502Because it provides a better surface to work from than a rattlecan undercoat. But there's a surprising number of retards that just have to pretend otherwise. I'm not saying it's necessary or anything because you can obviously make do without primers but saying a chaos black undercoat is better is just flat out stupid
>>92630497>vallejo surface primer better than anythingBro priming with water would be better than VSP. You definitely don't paint models
>>92630413>GW primer
>>92630532NTA, but what's wrong with VSP? I've been using their black one for a while and it's definetely better than chaos black since that's what I've been using before
Why is this even a discussion? Rattlecans are for the poorest of the poor or somebody doing their first couple minis that have never done it before. If you have any inkling of care for painting minis, or especially painting larger scale models, you'd have an airbrush for applying primers, basecoats, and clear coats at the very least. If you also valued your time and finish you would also be using a lacquer primer (ex. Mr surfacer 1000-1500 or gaiantoes surfacers) along with a lacquer paint for your basecoats and that alone will give you an amazing start as not only will it be smooth as fucking butter it'll also be super durable. Then from there you can paint whatever you want with a brush. Let it cure for a week and then coat it with again a lacquer clear coat and it'll be beautiful and extremely durable. Plus there's tons of stuff you can do with an airbrush that you can't do with rattlecans or paint brushes. Its another tool in your arsenal it shouldn't be looked at as something elitist or useless.
>>92630553>>92630532>>92630518if you're just painting it literally does not matte as long as its thin and makes paint adhere, if you want to argue about durability for gaming the varnish has more impact than the primer.
>>92630502i buy the cheapest stuff from hardware store and never found anything to complain about and if im missing something by doing this i havent noticed it3 for the price of one LGS brand name primer
>be me>buy rattlecan primers>decant them>apply with airbrushbest of both worlds, neither rattlecanlets nor airbrushlets come close to this level of IQ
>>92630563It does matter. A good primer directly correlates to how well it handles knicking and scratching and rubbing because it forms a stronger bond with the surface material. You can literally rub off some acrylic primers with your fingers. Lacquer primers you have to actually be trying to take it off nails and the like won't even scratch it. Granted this isn't as important for tiny minis because there's just so little surface area. But for bigger models this does matter.
>>92630563Rattlecan undercoats, at least the GW ones I've used, go off really easily. So you have to be careful when handling a mini which in itself is an argument to use primers instead
>>92630614I play with metal miniatures primed with stynelrez and vallejo surface primer under 2 coats of gloss and a coat of matte. It's very hard to remove the primer without digging my nail in. I use lacquer on plastic and resin in the form of mr surfacer 1500, yes it is a harder and better finish; it also doesn't adhere well at all and has given me worse exprience. I've used cans, airbrush primers of all kinds and this shit genuinely does not matter unless you are retarded, acrylic primers get significantly stronger after sitting for a day and are fine enough for miniatures, especially plastic.
>>92630628Adhere well at all to metal*
will never stop being funny that actually skilled painters are like "yeah just use whichever it doesn't matter much" but consoomerbrain retards on wip that cannot stop buying every single product that comes out need to pretend you need an extremely specific primer or your miniature will look awful and be ruined forever
>>92630661>>92630496literally what I said
>>92630496And Roman Lapatt
>>92630661Some competition painters don't prime at all and just start painting directly onto the model. A lot don't varnish at all because the varnish affects the colours/finish. That doesn't make it a good idea for your average person to do those things. Paying $30 for a GW spray can over $5 for a hardware store spray can is absolutely full retard.
Hardware stores in my vicinity no longer sells cork and biggest "bottle stopper" out of rubber I could find is 32mm in diameter. Any suggestions on what could I use to pin metal models designed for 55mm bases instead?
>>92630439I wouldn't even know what to charge the guy. He asked me if I'd do 2 moderately sized minis. With my speed it would take me around 3 weeks with 2-5 hours of work every day. I'd be painting for myself in that time anyway so I'd be making extra money for something I'd be doing with or without the commission. Not that bad of a deal but I doubt anyone would pay me an hourly rate of $15+. I'd probably have to charge like $100 for each model which is obviously not much for ~30 hours of work
>>92630785its weird to see how much money people are willing to pay for honestly pretty bad comission jobs, its like the ebay pro painted meme but its actually true for some reason
>>92630829Yeah I've seen the ebay listings for some atrociously painted minis at like $300 or somethingWhat would be a fair rate for pic related? Let's assume I'd agree to a fixed price, not an hourly pay. It's one of the minis he asked me to either paint or sell this exact one. How would that compare to actual commission services? I think it qualifies as high tabletop/low display standard or am I overplaying it?
>>92630829>ebay pro painted memeI'm new to painting and I was looking for minis to practice with on ebay and encountered "pro painted" stuff. On inspection it was no better than what I am currently able to do and they were trying to sell them for like 7-9$ a figure.
>>92630829Even a poor paint job takes time and resources. No one's gonna paint minis as a job for below burger flipping wages.
>>92630785I know a guy who does commissions and he's incredibly good at getting the most out of his time. Lots of airbrushing to establish volumes quickly and focusing the highlights only on the important parts of the model. He's not gonna be winning any serious painting competitions with those but his models blow the average hobbyist's out of the water. If you wanna do commissions the most important thing is aiming for a reasonable standard and develop your methods so you can get to that 80% quality with only 20% effort.
>>92615641record your wife secretly when she's insane and send the footage to her friends and mother. If you ever want to really destroy a woman, shame her to her mother. I've seen mothers beat the shit out of their adult daughters for lying or cheating. Worst case scenario, you'll have plenty of evidence of her insanity when you guys split up next year. You could even try and provoke her slightly while she is being secretly filmed just to have a big pile of videos for the courtroom.
I just did an "oil" wash with slow-drying acrylics. Will need some flow improver and to tinker with it a bit more but it worked really well, maybe a good alternative for people who don't wanna do oils. I'll keep y'all in touch specifically when I use it on my own minis.
Making some terrain, trying to achive a scorched look to this wreckage
>>92615985I have BPD and do none of this. But this story is obviously fake & gay.
>>92619064Love it. I did a similar project but made the shingles using thin balsa. Looks great but took a long time for each row to dry as I used PVA
>>92630991Convincing enough to trick my brain into thinking they're cigarette burns
>>92630998You're somehow more cringe than that guy.
>>92619964Looking good anon. I would just say, go a tad bit thinner with the paint. People who say not to thin down metallic paints as much are full of shit. Along the same lines, for volumetric highlights with blends, they basically have to be colored water and dozens of thin layers, otherwise some brush marks will end up visible. You paint better than 99% of people; the last 1% is the hardest though.
>>92631036Straight men really would rather go full fascist than just realise they're not compatible with someone and move on with their lives. Instead they cry about it on some plastic painting forum. It's sad.
>>92631051yes mgtow was a thing 15 years ago everyone remembers it shitting up every single corner of the internet so lets talk about /wip/ related stuff instead
>>92630869You should never agree to a fixed price unless you've painted the model before and can make an exact estimate of how long it would take you. Value your time, it doesn't matter that you like painting, you aren't painting for yourself so you get no payoff once finishing besides the cash handed to you. The standard isn't as relevant as the amount of time and effort you need to spend to hit that standard. If you can paint this well easily and fast then it should be a cheaper commision, if you're going to be sweating to hit this standard over a long period of time over this then that's something he needs to pay for.
how does one go about painting a transparent miniature like pic related, with inks/contrast paints? i've read that you can mix inks with gloss/matte varnish and paint it that way, is there any truth to that?
>>92630502it's the furthest they ever got into minipainting
never really bothered to learn how to paint cloth properly so i drybrush it
I'm following a Duncan Rhodes videoIf I understand, he is suggesting 3 or even 4 base coats? Space Wolves intercessor video.He did 2 base coats, then the shoulders, then the leather items, then the golden chestplate, then a wash over the gold & leather detailsThen a recess shade.Then he talks quickly and says "we're going to do another 2 base boats followed by another wash"
For me, it's Hycote
Fucking hell, this look so fucking dumb, I HATE EYES
>>92631698I summon thee, o collage!
vallejo surface primer, trough a airbrush
>>92631698Ahhh, a fine addition. The collage was getting hungry, tonight we feast!>>92631707midwit take
>>92631698Don't player characters in KDM have ink covering their eyes? Just darken the eye sockets and call it a day
>>92631505>Then he talks quickly and says "we're going to do another 2 base boats followed by another wash"And what does the result look like? If I had to guess the second basecoat(s) fix the gold/brown/random smudge of wash on the gorget and the 2nd wash is on the leather/gold/shoulderpad
>>92631698Well I can tell you your first mistake is going straight for white circles.
First mini, please critique.
Second group of leeches, thanks to the anons for the cobblestone suggestions and leaving em as multicolored as they are, I'm pretty happy with them
>>92632063Washes on metal surfaces are really easy to apply and really compliment it, and it offers a jumping off point to other techniques like blending multiple metals / colors before applying the wash
>>92630744Anyone?
>>92631698Your paint looks a bit thick to fix it, but when I do eyes I paint the eyes without worrying about the lids, and just ease up the flesh to the eye as a finish. Makes it a lot easier to push a paint edge forward a little bit than trying to keep within a small space
>>92632120So I should do some wash on the sword?
>>92632143Dense isolation foam or foamboard should work fine for your purpose
>>92630502Paid (and even unpaid, lmao) GW shills post here and have done for years. They've been caught red handed spreading disinfo about 3D printer resin in the past, this is their latest attempt at keeping their shitheap brand popular with e-grogs who want convenience in their old age.It's funny how they try to meme this magical, mystical adhesion chemical that only lives inside rattlecan "primers" (please show us all where exactly on the can does abaddon black say it's a primer though), but they can't tell you what it is, so you might buy some and put it in your airbrush to make those supposedly awful purpose-made primers work better. That's because it doesn't exist.
>>92632302It's fucking acetone. You know, the same shit that's in plastic glue.
>>92630971Still won't have the capillary effect nor removable capabilities of oil washes
>>92632352Putting acetone through you airbrush will create nerve gas, so you can't do it at home.t. James
>>92632302Prime one metal mini with polyurethane 'primer', Vallejo for example. Use brush or airbrush, up to you.Then prime other metal mini with a rattlecan.Let me know which one is more resistant.
>/wip/tards: 'NOOO YOU MUST USE HOBBY SPECIFIC STATE OF THE ART SUPPLIES OTHERWISE YOUR PAINTJOBS WILL LOOK LIKE SHIT!!!'>Meanwhile actual professional painters like Danilo Cartacci: 'idk I use a plastic plate'
>>92632371Try mixing acetone with acrylic paint and see what happens. The solvent needs to be appropriate for the binder.
>>92632160NTA, but yes. A black wash of some kind would help the metal.
>>92632392You shouldn't use either polyurethane or Shitadel cans for metal minis. You need a dedicated metal etching primer.>Let me know which one is more resistant.Resisant to what, exactly? Sitting on the shelf? Normal people don't sit scratching at their miniatures or taking for a scrub in the bath, as you might.
>>92632450>Normal people don't sit scratching at their miniatures or taking for a scrub in the bath, as you might.in defence of said anon scratching minis used to be pretty common thing when most of them were pewterunless you had the patience of handling them like delicate flowers whitch nobody obviously did they all were scratched and chipped to hell and backsure few coats of varnish helped but this aint about no varnish
>>92624959Making them>>92625005I have a pretty good laser ink copying machine at the office. Could I still get good quality copying a page rather than using an image file? Perhaps if I copied an A3 page onto an A4 transfer sheet?
am i the only person who doesnt like varnishing through an airbrush, maybe i dont think it enough or something but it always clogs it up
Anon from last thread with the toxic sludge snow. Figured out the problem. The basing material is Vallejo Russian Mud, which includes plant matter as part of its texturing. I noticed that the fibers were staining my paper towel the same shade as well. So looks like it was an issue of not sealing the texture paste after all. Worked up a new batch of bases, sealing them once they cure and trying the snow again. Fingers crossed.
Working on some of my knights now. I would say that I am about 90% done with these guys.I have been putting off finishing them for way too long
>>92623073Someone?
>>92632592can you thin varnishes?
>>92632702You should always thin varnishes
>>92632687Charming and soulful anon, though the black and silver models lack something compared to the others imo
>>92631084That's a tough one because so far I've always painted to a standard that was satisfactory to me without really minding the time. I think I would need to adjust my thinking if I wanted to paint something to a lower standard>>92630869More input anyone? I'm starting to consider actually taking the offer but I don't know what rate/price I should agree on based on the standard of that Starseer
>>92632756what can thin a varnish?
>>92632849I've been thinning them with a regular airbrush thinner/flow improver and had no issues when applying thin layers
>>92632787Most people can't paint for shit, and a luxury hobby will always attract people with more money than sense. My advice would be to look at the work of existing commission painters and try to reverse-engineer their methods. A lot of it is very simple when you break it down. You want maximum results in the quickest time, so becoming proficient with an airbrush is mandatory. I've sold stuff on eBay that I've painted but never directly for a client. Maybe paint some stuff for an eBay auction to see if people go for it, but stick to popular stuff like Primaris to help keep interest high. An Instagram account with good photos of your work won't hurt either.
>>92632063Not too bad, ideally you'd want to pick up your basecoat paint again and clean up a bit the areas where the wash doesn't really fit and highlight some edgesalso as other anon said, a wash on the metal details would definitely help. Again, after the wash you could go back for some highlights
>>92632400Danoli Canoli's never painted something so small that he had to be concerned about how saturated his paint is with pigment.
How do you guys get the mix right for non dropper paints with the airbrush? Use brushfuls? Do you premix it then dump it into the cup or mix it into the cup directly?
>>92632592>>92632702Man no wonder it clogs it up.Put 2 or 3 drops of thinner before putting the varnish in, then varnish. If you just toss the varnish in directly it will always clog it up.As the other anon says, just do a few layers and it'll be fine and your airbrush won't suffer at all.
>>92632787Very few people in this thread can paint to a standard that would actually attract someone looking to comission. I also doubt anyone here has much experience with them. You're probably better off asking somewhere else to be perfectly honest.
>>92632771I see what you mean. I have three squads.>Red squad>Gold squad>The other guysAny suggestions for fun additions this late in the process?
>>92633027im autistic so when the label on the airbrush thinner says "add 1 drop per 3 drops of paint" i dont know what to do, but i'd assume overthinning would be preferable to underthinning and clogging up the model and airbrush
>>92633043There's plenty good painters here anon, they're just not posting their WIPs because they don't need advice.
>>92633070>I'm a better painter than everyone else you'll just have to trust me broIf you don't post minis what the fuck are you even doing here. /wip/ secondaries smfh
>>92633043i dont have bad painting skills i have bad camera skills
>>92633088Give advise and talk about related subjects. You ever notice the number of posts compared to images in these threads?
>>92633043>a standard that would actually attract someone looking to comissionYou'd be surprised. People commission paint jobs for their minis not because they want the most amazing looking little army man, but because they can't be bothered to put the time in required to paint their own dudes to a satisfactory standard. So it's easier to just pay money and have someone from your LGS do it for you. All you need to be a successful "commissioned artist" in this hobby is the ability to paint to a satisfactory standard, and the free time to get the job done in a reasonable timeframe.
>>92633112Yeah and most minis never get any advice so idk what you're on about. Not everyone posts here for advice and not posting here doesn't make you a better painter you humongous autist.
>>92633070You can easily gauge someone's skill based on wip pictures. From what I've seen a lot of people post their finished minis/wips without actually looking for advice. >There's plenty good painters here anonDebatable. I consider myself a slightly above average painter and there are only like 1 or 2 pictures per thread that make me go "damn, this is nice". Absolutely nothing wrong with that but saying this thread has "plenty" good painters is a bit of a stretch.
>>92633134Post that ask for advice get it, unless no one knows the answers to their questions. No on claimed not posting makes you a better painter, twat.
>>92633070>>92633161everyone has models they are really proud of and poured their skill and time into but this is /wip/ not a painting showcase competition
>>92633161I'm saying they're here, not that they're all sharing their work.
>>92631424> i've read that you can mix inks with gloss/matte varnish and paint it that way, is there any truth to that?For sure, but it depends on the ink. The great thing about art supplies like ink is their labels are actually there to inform you about the paint. Look for the little white square that tells you the ink is transparent.>gloss/matte varnishIf the goal is for it to be crystal clear, use gloss varnish. Matte and satin varnishes will make it look frosty. Only the final layer matters, though. You could use matte for the paint job if you apply gloss varnish over it in the end.
Airbrushing is fun as hell I regret not getting one earlier. Varnishing 4 vehicles in like 5 minutes is a dream.
>>92632997he painted space marines as well, I'd trust his methods over some absolute anonymous retard with no minis to show and whose only argument is misnaming the guy
>>92632687very cool beans bro
>>92632787>More input anyone?Freelance work is hell. I personally wouldn't do commission work unless it was doing something I genuinely enjoy for someone I have a personal connection to. At 3.5 hours a day for 1.5 weeks, you could charge $250 per mini and still be below minimum wage. That $300 pro painted ebay listing doesn't sound so crazy now, does it?
>>92633402I'm so conflicted about getting one. On one hand I'd help me a lot when painting vehicles- the dreadnought I painted ended up looking good enough, but with brushes (and contrast paint) only it was a bit time consuming.On the other I don't plan on painting a lot of vehicles, and with my black armours I don't really need the easy shading and blending it provides. Honestly, I'm tempted to get it exclusively to paint white pauldrons and helmets without all that effort and coats needed when using a brush.
>>92632787if theres anything i've learned from painting a massive soviet ww2 army for a friend, its not even worth it for free. by the time you're done you'll be exhausted and will no doubt also hate the army/model you're painting, add on the stress of having an arbitrary time limit and actually getting paid and its just not worth it. sure there are straight up companies that paint armies for cash, but those are companies with multiple people and proper resources, you arent going to get far painting a huge ass army out of your painting room for a month on end
>>92632400There a big undercurrent in 4chan as a whole that consists in never actually showing anything but pretending and talking in the most elitist way possible. I've seen it here, in /ic/, in videogame boards. I think it comes from this notion that putting effort into something unless you're world class is "cringe".Ironically enough this has the absolute opposite effect and just stifles growth.
>>92633780a lot of people have a fear of being criticised desu, i'l happily post a model ive finished that i know is shit even if to just get feedback on what i did right or wrong
>>92633070I've post minis in-progress before to ask for advice, but sometimes I just post a miniature I've painted on here because I'm proud of how it came out and just want to share it.
>>92621924I've drilled all the ends a decent amount, but I don't think I'll drill the sides. My drill bit isn't quite fine enough (it's the Army Painter drill) for me to feel comfortable doing it and not fuck up. I can always do it later if I change my mind.
>>92633271nice, thx for the info m8
>>92633831I get that, but if you're probably better off posting it to social media in that case.
>>92633053just get some colour on them anon, they look unfinished compared to the others, and finished bases will help too
>>92634035right. Thanks mate.
how long should I soak a plastic model in simple green to strip it
What varnish do I use to not fuck up the parts painted with metallic paints too much? Satin? Mix of satin and matt?
>>92634144In my experience with vallejo surface primer and model color, it was 3 days or so. Expect a week. If paint's left after that, try something else like IPA, superclean or totally awesome
>>92634008....this IS social media.
>>92634410He probably meant something like redditreddit is good if you want pats on the back, I posted a couple projects there and got decent reception. Although it's kinda random, it really depends on who's reading your post at the time and how much traction it gains. Some low effort shit is gonna get a bazillion upvotes because ti was posted at the right time, while some really nice stuff remains in the shadows.
>>92634523Reddit is a fucking awful, far left infested shithole. Nobody will say anything even remotely offensive or criticize anything you post in fear of losing karma. Even utterly garbage paintjobs get praised, they might get less upvotes but still. Almost every single fucking thread there turns into a hugbox circlejerk. The only thing that place is good for is farming dopamine from upvotes if that's your thing>>92634410The whole point of anonymity on imageboards is cutting off the social drama(at least in theory), are you stupid Anon?
>>92634601What happens when you lose "karma"?
>>92634601>>92634601you'll get better criticism if you point out the specific things you want to changeif you just blanket ask 'hows this' youll get blanket responses of 'looks good'
>>92634601As I said, it's good for a few pats on the back, which let's be honest, are always pleasant to get.I steer away from anything political and the only categories I read now and then are exclusively about hobby painting/40k and yeah, you'll never find anything offensive, and some posters will ask "how did you get that smooth white" to a guy posting his first mini whose white looks painted on 80 grit sandpaper. You'll still get criticism if you ask for it though, so it's not entirely useless. Also, several actually good works to take inspiration from.
>>92634183If you're spraying varnish try white tac over metallic parts. Alternatively paint your metallics last, and after varnishing. Matted metallics can look pretty grimdark, but that's not everyone's vibe.
>>92634623this happens to you
I've never had my models look frosted with AK Ultra Matte?
>>92634779happened to me with that exact product when I wasn't careful enough with its applicationit mostly works fine though
>>92634777that fucking scene gave me nightmares when I was a kid, fuck>>92634653Anything that involves some kind of skill should be criticized when someone notices a shortcoming/mistake. This shithole has its problems but at least nobody is going to sugarcoat it if you post a garbage miniature>>92634669It's kinda hard for me to feel pleased about the backpats if I can't be sure whether they're sincere or somebody only does them so they can earn/not lose internet good boy points
>>92634807whatd you do wrong?
>>92634826>I can't be sure whether they're sincere or somebody only does them so they can earn/not lose internet good boy pointsyou misunderstand, if they actually take the time to write a comment complimenting something, they most likely mean it. what they won't do is say something is utter shit even if that's what they think, unless specifically asked, and even then they'll say so in the least offensive way possible.
>>92634868either left a buildup on some areas, or didn't dilute it enough
>>92634826I find /r/minipainting will give you actual advice if you ask for itare you just looking at /r/warhammer 40k?
>>92635000weird, ill brush on ak ultra matte and even leave big globs of it on and it turns out ok
Doing a bit of an alternate take for the Lion's Guard / Bladeguard veterans having them more match the Primarch. .
>>92634777Source?
>>92634879>>92634669>people unironically liking plebbitwhat the fuck happened to this place, why don't you fuck off back there>>92635075Animatrix
>>92634008Why? I like /wip/. I don't want to show what I painted to other places, I want to do it here.>>92634523Reddit's just a hugbox, even if I don't agree with someone's critique of a finished miniature that I've done I'd genuinely rather that be the only response I get than to post it in a circlejerk where pretty much every response is going to be the same thing and it feels like defeating the point. And if I do happen to agree with the critique I get from someone, well then I can just apply it to the miniature and now I'll think it's even better.Also I like the anonymity which is a core part of this site in the first place.
Built another batch for the synthwave crew. Wondering if the redemptionist kit works just as well for GSC.
>>92635073Any advice for painting Dark Angels? I want to paint up my old school marine figures in their colors (preferably retro if I can achieve that) but I've not painted a space marine in years and I'm not very sure of how to do the subtle gradient on their armor to make it look like that proper DA color.
>>92635073Cool looking kitbashes.>>92635137Again, if you ask for C&C, you will get critiques. I also like the anonymity which is why I don't really post there, but there's a lot of good info if you stumble upon it.
>>92633816To be fair 4ch culture and the whole tough love bullshit probably doesn't help.
Are Artis Opus brushes a meme or is there something genuinely better about them compared to other "premium" brushes?
>>92634410>>92634523I actually meant instagram. Seems like the obvious place for posting pictures of miniatures. Reddit might be nice for the occasional pat on the back, but it's all performative. The only thing that place it's good for is finding human responses to questions, where search engines will just give you shitty bot written articles.>>92635079>what the fuck happened to this place, why don't you fuck off back there|We grew up; your turn.>>92635137Fine, I just meant getting praise/responses is easier elsewhere. This is indeed the only place to get real criticism at this point.
is gloss varnish being strong than matt varnish just a fucking meme? How much more protection can it actually be providing
>>92635253Varnish is a meme. It's just an extra paint layer.Either way, gloss varnish is supposedly harder than matte. People just repeat this knowledge though, I've never seen anyone test it.
>>92635246They're literally just overpriced rosemary brushes. They're good but there's nothing special about them.
>>92635246Meme. See below>>92635293Regular Rosemary brushes are actually better than AO. They have longer bristles which means more held paint and better reach. So you're paying twice the price for an inferior product.
>>92635253Yes, total meme.
>>92635151Dark Angels like the Pre-heresy Black and red, Dark Angels like the modern green (and the ravenwing and deathwing), or just advice on the green tinted black armour I have pictured there?There aren't too many tricks about it. Space marines usually look close to their best with standard base coats, pin washes, layered edge highlights (or that "grimdark" heavily weathered style if you know what you're doing). I did do a bit of a "trick" here with the Vets. I essentially painted them black with a "normal" recipe (black "speed" paint highlighted up with Thunderhawk blue and a light blue-grey like Fenrisian grey) then I tinted them with a 1:4 mix of Dark Angels contrast paint and that resulted in that rich greenish gradient near the highlights. >>92635246Just steal your cousin/sister/friend's makeup brushes and you'll have much the same effect. There are also other "premium" dry brushes for almost half the price. Rosemary & co got wise to Artis Opus and rose their own prices to nearly match.
>>92635268Goobertown hobbies tested it out with monopoly boards and funyans. There is little marked difference between the two.
>>92635253The only reason I could imagine for gloss being """stronger""" is that a completely smooth surface, like what you have to get the gloss effect, provides less friction when grabbed compared to a rough surface like a matte one. It's just my broscience though.
Why is it so fun painting skeletons?
>>92635598Brush go brrrrt, skellytons done.It's low effort for nice results
>>92635377Modern Green if you'd be willing to, thanksAppreciate the contrast trick as well, I'll keep it in mind
>>92635598I'm convinced you can't screw up skeletons.
>>92634183You can spray matte and then brush on a satin or gloss over the metallic parts
>>92636086>zandri dust turning to literal dust on your models isnt a meme
>>92635387That same video would make the retards arguing about primer in this thread be disproven
Only been painting for 6 months and I'm testing out a color scheme for my Predator Tank. I think it's too dark or needs something more but I'm not sure what. It seems too uniform at the moment.Maybe swap the copper for gold? A lighter green? Dark wash around the rivets? Edge highlight the copper with silver? Harsher edge highlights to help differentiate panels? Paint the handles and spikes copper?Or is it just a shit paint scheme?
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>>92637049>I think it's too darkIt's not a Base paint, but rather a Layer - that being said, I prefer to *start* with Evil Sunz Scarlet over white to get that bright Second Edition Blood Angels Red I prefer.For Chaos Marines, though, I thought a darker red was more appropriate. Is this a Predator of Khorne, then? If you think it's dark, my suggestion is that your highlights may be too close to the base colour. You could mix that Evil Sunz Scarlet with something like Trollslayer Orange (or, if you're daring, whatever yellow you have on hand) for some extreme edge highlights.[to be clear, those highlights should be orange at most, not actually yellow]
>>92635974I don't have much to say in terms of tips besides "An airbrush helps." Especially if you're concerned about a subtle gradient. And you can find some portable airbrush+compressor kits for like sixty dollars. You could also instead try painting through stippling.There are many ways to skin the cat when it comes to painting green, bone, or black.
>>92635149I like them.However, you should consider your skull placement on the bases. Maybe angle some of them, or cut off a slice from some, so they aren't all sitting upright and looking to the front. It kinda looks odd and artificial, seeing them on a combined pic like that
