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>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebin:
https://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD

>WIP Tutorial Images Mega
https://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 paints
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s

>Paint thinning 102
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDVPoNXyVI

>4 EASY Chipping Tricks For Beginners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku4comhKHJM

>Decal Like a Pro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKLiEW7p9c

>How to Edge Highlight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoRbYuAfbEk

>How to use contrast style paints
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhholrozptI

>How to Paint with Tremors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqp76vAJu9g

>Airbrush Priming and Thinning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkntrSBvXxE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGjBQzoukFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00JVUxABe44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEqT_R41JX8

>Who's Johnny, she'd say, and smile in her special way
https://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/Johnny

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WIP Secret Santa archives

>2024
https://imgur.com/a/g7MfJE5
>2023
https://imgur.com/a/e9QOmJJ
>2022
https://imgur.com/a/2OWxHpg
>2021
https://imgur.com/a/TKfeLxU
>2020
https://imgur.com/a/TeduVrJ
>2019
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>2018
https://imgur.com/a/UWRYKEq
>2017
https://imgur.com/a/qS7PH
>2016
https://imgur.com/a/1fxhq
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I tried to sculpt some bloody tears with greenstuff on my BA successor Tartaros termie shoulders. I don't like 30K sculpts much, but at least they'll be good bodies for my 40K army.
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>>94418886
I like em, painted nicely too. Those edge highlights would benefit from being a bit neater though
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>>94415853
Not reading that spoiler, I open on XMas day so you're going to have to wait a while
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DM of rincon your parcel is on it's way
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>>94418912
Yeah, I've been having a lot of trouble with these edge highlights. Probably need to go back to basics and relearn those, they've always been my weakest spot.
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Getting ready for my first match of kill team this weekend, grabbed the starterbox so I could play marines
Any critique/tips? I just started out after getting addicted to Space Marine 2
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>>94419045
What paints do you have available to you? Also does the starter set come with decals?
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>>94419088
I got the AoS starter paint kit because I intially wanted to play warcry a couple of months ago, and a can of macragge blue primer
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>>94419045
>Any critique/tips?
Looks like you need a lot of practice. Just starting out, sounds like that's the road ahead of you.

1). The Macragge Blue spray is gonna be a nice head-start on anything that is gonna be blue (like Ultramarine armour) or dark (like guns), but it could make painting other pieces tough. A can of good light grey, white, or off-white primer for doing other parts or sub-assemblies might help you out.

2). Thin your paints with water. Get a non-permeable surface - a paper palette, piece of tile, or even a cheap-o kid's plastic paint palette - so you can mix the paint with the water to the right ratio before applying it to the model.

3). Get some more and better brushes. If all you have is one Citadel Starter Brush (they *suck*), there's no way you're going to be able to get a fine enough tip to paint the details you want. You don't have to splurge for anything extravagant - just some Artist's Loft Vienna, Princeton, or Winsor & Newton Cotman synthetic brushes for a few bucks each at Michaels will make a measurable improvement.

4). Agrax Earthshade is a great wash. You're probably going to want to invest in some Nuln Oil, too. It will look better over the silver/gunmetal parts you're painting with Leadbelcher.
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>>94419179
>A can of good light grey, white, or off-white primer
I was pleasantly surprised at how well this stuff works. It's not as good as Citadel's Wraithbone spray, but it's 1/4 the price.
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>>94419045
Okay here's what you're gonna do.
>Water down that abbadon black a lot, so that it barely has any coverage. slap that all over the blue parts (or just in the lines if you wanna be annoyed).
>mix a *tiny* bit of the white into that kantor blue because it's too dark, just make it a little tiny bit lighter, drybrush all the blue with it using a shitty brush
>paint the face with bugman's glow mixed with a little white just to cover those eyes up and start flat again, then if possible clean up the inside of the hood a bit so that it's black again, this might not be doable though with your brush
>Once face is dry, dab on a bit of agrax earthshade, dry your brush and quickly wick away any that is pooling in weird areas. You want it around the sides, and in the eye sockets, then do a tiny dab on the nose, and maybe cheeks of the original color to highlight. Don't worry about the eyes, just make them darker with another dab of agrax if you want to, but not black.
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>>94418947
My bad! Tell us when you get it at least, yea?
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>>94419103
trash that brush and get some cheap synthethics like windsor and newton or some actual brand (not gw, not bottom barrel chinesium), get a n1 and n2 or 3, use the 3 for basecoats and large surfaces, use the 2 or the 1 for everything else, I wouldn't even try to paint eyes until you get some brush practice

care for your brushes, dont let paint get to the metal of your brush, rinse them often while painting and clean with hand soap at the end of the day

learn how to properly thin paint, in the op there should be resources for that

some colors cover more, some cover less, you won't always get an even color on the first layer, it may be steaky but as long as there are no brush marks (because you thinned your paint) you are good, apply one, let dry, apply another, dont try to circurvent that by applying thick paint, it won't look good and will eat detail
white is known for covering like shit, get used to it, avoid using it over too dark colors

TAKE YOUR TIME, don't try to rush, you are not on a clock even if you want to play right away, you can't rush painting, even less with no experience
be mindful in what you are doing and do it carefully

deliberate practice, paint a guy, see what's wrong and try to improve taht on the next one, rinse and repeat

learn about shades, what are they, how and why to apply them, probably get nuln oil/black wash, you will use it a lot

you can strip plastic models with isopropil alcohol, paint 5 guys, strip them and paint them again

for things like the symbol on the shoulderpard there are decals, freehanding is hard
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>>94419179
>Get some more and better brushes.
Re: my comment on the Citadel Starter Brush... look at the difference in the tips of the brushes here. That is important.

You can buy packs of serviceable brushes for cheap on Amazon. I prefer to buy mine in person at Michaels, partly because I can use their coupons to keep the price down, but more importantly, I can then personally inspect the bristles so I know I'm not getting a bum steer.

You're not gonna get any award-winning brushes from the store at Michaels. That's not the point. You'll have a handful of useful brushes that are all about the size you need for painting 28mm scale miniatures, and they won't break the bank.

Having more than one brush on hand means you can paint different colours in a single session without cross-contamination or having to get up and wash your brushes every time you change. Also, once the bristles start to deteriorate, you can re-assign that brush to chores like dry-brushing or basing and pick a fresh brush for the detail you were planning to do next.
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>>94419031
When I was having trouble with edge highlights the biggest issues turned out to be either not thinning the paint enough or overloading the brush. You could check if that's not the case for you. Of course you need a brush with a sharp tip but that goes without saying obviously
>>94419179
Nice setup anon, very cozy
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>>94418346
>>94418357
That's great, thanks. It is a bit uneven when looking from the below because I had trouble getting a file between the bow and arrow. Not that big of a deal though
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>>94419334
>Of course you need a brush with a sharp tip but that goes without saying obviously
For edge highlights? Use the side of the tip instead of the point itself, makes the condition of the tip a lot less critical and ensures that you can't miss the edge so easily and slobber paint somewhere else.
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>>94419045
Practice makes perfect.
Thin your paints and do multiple coats.
Youtube is your best friend but, don't overload yourself with techniques, for now just learn base coating, washing, highlighting, and dry brushing. Some might argue with me but I think those are the easiest to learn that will give you results that will make you excited.
Don't be scared to fuck up. It's just paint, you can always strip it and start over.
Just remember to have fun. If you get frustrated or feel burned out, take a break. Painting can be incredibly relaxing.

This thread is surprisingly supportive and full of all kinds of tips and tricks.
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>>94419380
Oh yes of course. I was talking about parts that I assume anon couldn't get with the side of his brush since those are the ones that are a bit messy. That's why I mentioned the tip.
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>>94419388
>This thread is surprisingly supportive
I've always wondered why this thread is so much more civil than other generals
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>>94419423
Because we actually all work on and participate in the hobby struggle. Most other places are just people bullshitting and yelling about random stuff they don't even care about. I've had good experiences with general threads where people are actually working towards stuff and not just bantering endlessly.
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>>94419423
Gatekeeping. Anons itt are generally nice, but cancerous shit will get bullied.
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>>94419423
You probably don't come here if you're chasing some "big thing" to get your next shitpost hit from, from what I've seen threads from anywhere can suffer from having a topic attached to them
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>>94419423
People just don't troll much here and, in fact, actively go after people who are being obnoxious assholes.
Maybe it's because we all know that we started in the exact same place.
Maybe it's because we all want validation from our peers from our hard work.
Maybe because we all know that, regardless of how something looks, whoever painted it did the absolute best they could with there knowledge and skills.
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Any tips on thinning paints after they’ve been applied?
I’m on my second coat on my guys and I caked it on thick the first coat.
I wanted to use just water and how it rehydrates the paint to help thin it.
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>>94419423
When you even notice /WIP/ it usually means you are not a nogame, nopaint, no-whatever which are demonstrably the plague of every single hobby online space.
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>>94419423
because there isnt a thread brand to trash or shill about here so people is less emotional or polarised about the main topic
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>>94419531
acrylic paints stop being 'paint' when they dry, you can't really reactivate them, you can strip the model and start over
use a palette to thin the paint before applying
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>>94419531
Acrylics don't work that way, you're just fucked.
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>>94419531
No, you can't rehydrate acrylics (with water, at least) once they've dried.
I might be off on some of this chemistry, but hobby acrylics are pigment suspended in a binder suspended in water. In the presence of the water the binder doesn't create the long polymer chains so it stays activated/hydrated while wet, but once it dries the polymer begins to form those chains, and reintroducing water can't break them once they're starting to form. This continues on for a while and constitutes curing, but the bar to cross to get past the point where reintroducing water won't reactivate it is pretty quick.
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>>94419531
With acrylic paints... you don't. Strip and redo (if it's just part of the model you might be able to strip just that bit with some paper/q-tip or such damp with isopropanol or similar). Being able to re-activate mostly dry paints only really happens over on the oil side.
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Damn, I suspected as much.
Well a wash should help.
I started painting again and realized the importance of dilution.
How bad is it?
Left is after rediscovering what thinning paints means. Right was me trying to coat it all in one go.
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>>94419600
Pretty fucking bad, at least in a few places. Those knees look awful, and unfortunately the pose on the left one puts that front and center.
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>>94419600
You could probably clean up right with a few washes and highlights but it will never look great. I think you should finish it as best you can and keep it around to look at as you grow in your skill.
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>>94419609
Part of that is the actual sculpt I think.
I also have shit lighting so it looks like a fat gob instead of a patella.
Unless you’re seeing something I’m not and hopelessly coping.
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>>94419600
this honestly just seems like the models aren't all that great to start with.
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This was going to stand as a testament of my progression.
The first being my first painted kasrkins.
Second was my first attempt at scions. The last was going to be my newest attempt.
However I wanted to work on some simpler models first.
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Any suggestions on a decent lamp? Should I get a ring light with a magnifying lens or just a regular ol desk lamp with a white bulb?
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>>94419622
Yeah.
I’m starting again after a long hiatus and thought female guardsmen would be a decent start to pad out my old guard.
Pic related are the best I’ve ever done.
I just want to be able to do it again before I won’t be able to anymore.
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>>94419637
I use a headlamp. And good reading glasses.
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>>94419637
regular desk lamp
get a LED bulb that has Daylight White at least 6500K
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>>94419600
I try to look, but the ungodly processing done to the background keeps distracting me. Slaanesh alone knows what the software engineer who programmed that "we've got bokeh at home" affair was smoking.

>>94419629
Don't expect to see much improvement model to model. A few dozen is probably a better baseline to get anywhere.
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>>94419659
That’s some buildings I printed. It’s on my coffee table.
I work on my hobbies here
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>>94419659
Oh, I just looked up bokeh. I understand what you mean now.
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>>94419600
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>>94419750
I'm noticing something like this on my iphone too but I may just be paranoid
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>>94419750
>using and android phone?
>and
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>>94419802
nta but didn't even notice it, sasuga anon
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>>94419771
apple might very well do the same, maybe not to the same extent, but i don't really know
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newfag to minis and painting here
I have bought a bunch of stuff that are plastic and painting them seems simple enough, but found a couple of awesome looking little forest animal warrior minis made of metal
is there any difference between painting plastic and metal? is it harder or is there something to look out for?
postan wip
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>>94419802
took me a while, here fixed
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>>94419833
paint sticks worse to metal and tends to chip at the egdes if you are not careful
wash the metal with soap and water and rinse properly before priming, and use a varnish when you are done

also for multipart metal minis pinning is very recomendable, more so if the parts are big
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>>94419843
I see. Maybe I should skip for now, bit tight on money anway.
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>>94419629
>>94419642
>>94419674
All of these were on my iPhone.
>>94419750
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>>94419637
I have a xiaomi smart desklamp. The ability to dim it and change the light colour via app is amazing. Its quite sturdy, and a lot cheaper than similar lamps by LG or other brands.
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>>94419238
ofc
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>>94419637

cheap route, get two ikea tertials and some high CRI, 5500k-6000k bulbs (<40€)

expensive route, get pic related its 6000k (or 6500k) and plenty bright, it's chinesium tho, search for '117 led lamp' its sold unbranded and under several different brands (<100€)

if you don't care about throwing money around get the redgrass one (~280€)
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Is anyone using targor rageshade? If yes, what for? The new shades look nice in a vacuum but I have trouble thinking about concrete uses for them. Only ones I see being useful are mortarion grime and soulblight grey (for washing whites and very light greys that nuln oil would stain too much).
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>>94419932
I actually splurged and just ordered one of these redgrass r9 lamps. It was expensive ($260 usd, don't judge) but is as good as a lamp can possibly be. Perfectly accurate color, easily adjustable, 2 lamps for 0 shadows.

I figured, I'm not going to buy another lamp any time soon so I might as well get the best one I can afford.
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>>94419088
the base is such a mess I'm considering actually basing for once just to cover it up, but otherwise I'm done with this guy
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>>94420042
Mind sharing some thoughts here once you get it? I've been looking to replace my shitty chink cosmetic lamp and if this shit is really good I have enough spare money to get it guilt free
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>>94420047
didn't mean to reply.
Though I did recently find out a hobby shop nearby has an entire selection of Citadel paints. Washes, layers, the whole deal, but limited primer options.

Got some wraithbone primer, some auric gold layer, nuln oil and blood for the blood god.
Great selection, I'll have to go back and get more. I want a nice incubus green
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>>94420066
Definitely. It should be here by Saturday.
I may or may not be the best judge because I have been painting with just my overhead kitchen lights and occasionally a headlamp so literally anything will seem like night and day to me.
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>>94420117
Nice, I'd really appreciate that. Just basic stuff like quality of the build, if the light spreads evenly etc
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>>94420042
I have no doubt that this is a good lamp. Not cheap of course, but as you said, you probably wont buy another lamp anytime soon. I was looking at expensive ones myself after i saw some youtuber praising his LG desk lamp. I settled with the "smart" one because for one, i dont paint that much, or that well, to justify a lamp just for painting. with the one i have i can use it to read and do other things on the desk too with its warmer light setting. Its very nice to be able to switch between light colours.
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What's a good tool to spread terrain textures? I picked up some mud texture paint but realize I don't really know how to place it
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>>94418736
What’s with colour forge paints? They’re making a big deal that they are available in the states now. Are they good?
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>>94420227
Is this for a board or for a model?
If a board, and it’s flat, a spackle knife is best.
If a base for a miniature, an old brush works.
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>>94420227
Old brush, coffee stirer, little latex/silicone sculpting tools..
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>>94420117
get something very red, and look at it under the lamp and under the sun, with this lamp >>94420018 I can actually see a difference in vibrancy
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>>94420227
coffee stirrers, you can steal them or buy a thousand for a few bucks, wood or plastic doesnt matter
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>>94420227
The Citadel® Texture Spreader™ of course!
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>>94419423
I believe it's because the general is too general and too "hidden". Much harder to shit up a place in which you can't target a single clear totem everyone is gathered around. Sure 40k is popular here, but there are enough scalies, AoS napoleonics, WW2, Vietnams and others that come here, many paint for tabletop others without caring about tabletopping etc.. What exactly would you "target" to piss the thread of as a collective? Also, you won't stumble into this thread unless you are (getting) into the hobby.
Gues it helps that the thread moves slowish and a lot of us are older (I know I am not the only 30yo around here)
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>>94420042
whats the budget amazon version of this
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>>94420277
I got that thing for "free" from the imperial subscription and it actually works quite well.
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>got new can of primer (vallejo)
>they come with 2 nozzles, one for broad coverage and one for tight detail
>read over can to see if anything changed since I got the last one
>realize I've been using the wrong nozzle on the entire lifetime of the previous can
>I've been struggling to get good results with this fucking primer and couldn't for the life of me understand why
mfw
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>>94420351
>detail priming
Explain
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>>94420351
so wich one is the one
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Any good recasters for old models? My usual two have nothing.

I wanna start a carnival of chaos warband for my local Mordheim campaign, but I've found no good proxies or models to base it on

Any good conversions?
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>>94420375
More specifically, one cap is "low flow" which is recommended for covering smaller details, and the other is "medium flow" and recommended to cover large surfaces.
>>94420377
I've been using the medium flow nozzle, which per the instructions on the can is incorrect. a few dudes at the lgs use this primer and have no issue, so we'd figured I just had a bad can of it

idk man I gotta wait a couple more hours for the humidity to come down before I can actually try this shit and I'm excited
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Have 1 (one) desk. Need it most of the time for work. Need to clear all work related stuff to paint and vice versa. Worse still if I want to airbrush. All my paint sessions are pre- and succeded by 20-30 minutes of logistics...

Fans, I need some help finding a cheap hoppy table/desk that is semi permanent. I want to have my paint stuff out and ready to go *most* of the time, but still have the freedom to pack it all away if need be (We occasionally host/receive guests and having my hobby table and stuff out would be a pain.

Separate question, anyone have experience with picrel? If yes, what are your thoughts?
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This was messy. Should I take it apart and reglue the area? What should I do.
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tried painting a squad of these guys in a day and I think they turned out alright
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>>94420412
I assume that you would then flood your minis, or have to spray from such a large distance that you are dusting it, rather than giving it a proper coverage?
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>>94420434
You could start by scraping the mould lines and sprue points.
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>>94420232
Non primer in rattlecans for hobby work puzzles me.
Non white/gray/black primer puzzles me even more.
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>>94420434
thats gross

first, remove moldlines and gate remains
second, fill the gap with putty or sprue goo
third, sand it smooth
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>>94420434
fourth; give him thicc cheeks
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>>94420474
Give him butte
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Anyone ever paint something like this? Was thinking about getting the Chel one to try contrast paints
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>>94420602
Has anyone ever paint a pinup? Yes, plenty have. There are a good handful of them here even
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>>94420602
Pinup minis tend to have lots of smooth skin so in all honesty I don't see contrasts working very well on those. Also that bitch is pretty hot, damn
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First time really trying to use milliput to fill in some gaps. Any tips? Issues I'm running into are it can get grainy - tried using water and isopropyl alcohol to spread it, water seems to be better. I think the alcohol dissolves it too much. I want to spread it smoothly but it can just dissolve/separate and leave areas uncovered.
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>>94420433
>Have 1 (one) desk. Need it most of the time for work. Need to clear all work related stuff to paint and vice versa.
Depends on what kinda work you do but if you only need a m&kb, one of these music studio desks might be what you want. I keep my m&kb on the sliding keyboard shelf and use the main part of the desk as my workstation.
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>>94420646
You usually have to sand it when it's dry/cured if you want it really smooth. It looks like you did an all right job so far but yeah, you need to sand it later. You can buy sheets of sandpaper for peanuts in most hardware stores, just get a couple with different grits and you're set
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>>94418755

W.C From Hesperia - I got last part I wanted for your gift, this means I will try to pack it to send it out either this week or the next, I found that there are empty spots in a box left after packing, and I am all out packing peanuts, so I will try to shove more stuff into it.
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>>94420602
>pin up
>comically thick
What happened to just regular pin up? When did the clown proportions seep in?
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>>94420646
Looks like you're doing pretty fine honestly. Slap on a little more in that one area it's missing some, smoothen it out as best as you can and then sand it down when it's cured. However you should try using sprue goo for filling thin gaps like these in the future, it's way easier to work with in my experience.

Picrel, used sprue goo recently to fill some pretty nasty gaps around the shoulders on these boyz.
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>>94420691
>>94420670
nta, but about what grits are appropriate for this?
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>>94420648
Ah, I wasn't quite clear. My current desk is what I want to keep for work (lots paperwork, which is why the clearing and putting it back again takes so long and why I want to have a new method). I want a second desk just to hobby on, this is the one that I want to be semipermanent to hobby on. Does your picrel come without the keyboard draw?
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>>94420696
I only use two, 500 for the first pass and 800 to really smooth it out, don't think you need anything else honestly
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>>94420701
Ahh I see.
>Does your picrel come without the keyboard draw?
No it comes with, costs around 200 USD on gear4music. Dunno if they sell a version without the keyboard shelf or not but they might
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>>94420400
There's recaster lists in the archives, if you look up the ones you know you'll probably find the rest
I have recasts coming this weekend so I'll be able to say if it's a place worth looking at then
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>>94420691
>>94420670
Thanks for the advice. Will fill in that gap and looking at it again I need to fill in the gap from the tail too. I already have sandpaper so will get to that soon.
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>>94420646
first off for warhammer models cut the push fit pins in half, they will leave less gaps
put it on thick, then get a brush with water or ipa and smooth it in place, or wait for it to cure and sand it
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>>94420690
This makes me wonder. Are there regular pin up models, e.g. your picrel as miniature models? I'd pay some hefty money for a pinup model I can fix on my F4U corsair.
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>>94420716
Thanks, gonna give it a try, the current situation is eroding my joy of the hobby.
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>>94420768
Slap [scale] pinup model into your search engine of choice and find out.
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>>94420400
Not a recaster, but oldschoolminiatures has some wasteland circus themed mutants that might work for you
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I finally finished up the mooonkeys! The leaves look nice, but they're a pain to glue, assuming I'm not retarded
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Working on some satanic germans for trench crusade. Gonna make the ground really wet and nasty looking.
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Also some dwarves to slowly work on the army, and a stirge familiar
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>>94420267
>look at it under the lamp and under the sun
Ok, i will let you know in June. I live in the pnw and we just started rainy season.
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>>94420463
colourforge are primers, coloured primers are extremely useful for quick shading and a zenithal that isnt just black-white
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And last but not least, a plant monster and redoing some giant leeches I had. I'm liking the spotting with these ones a hot more.
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>>94420797
I just did and holy shit it has that exact model, in 1:35. Sadly my corsair is a larger scale, BUT I ordered the 1:35 corsair with it. I am a tad worried about it being chingchong shit though (pangcheng). That alongside all the pictures being digitally coloured CADs doesn't really boost my confidence in this (picrel). Also, if it is resined onto that panel I am going to have to remove it, and I have no idea how well that is going to work with resin.
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>>94420768
The closest I know if is Andrea's line of 80mm pin-ups
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>>94420852
his little hammer is so cute
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>>94420863
These nightmarish creatures can be felled! They can be beaten!
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>>94420854
what models are these
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I'm going for this sucessor chapter for my blood angels. Should I paint the accessories like blood drops in saphire? I feel like with turqoise, gold and black I already have a color triangle. On the other hand they won't look like blood angels at all without at least some red
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>>94420863
>>94420854
>>94420852
>>94420846
these are all great, always nice to see non gw stuff
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>>94420433
I got the Victrix soviets in 12mm and they are fantastic for Battlegroup or FoW bases, they are virtually perfect for making all your units in a standard game.
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>>94420768
Corvus Belli used to do some Infinity ones but they've stepped back from sex appeal recently, you probably would have to pay hefty money for their old ones.
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I hate when it's too late and I need to stop work. Only Orc on left is finished (I think), rest will sadly have to wait for tomorrow. And I have to repeat to myself again that no matter how they turn out it's okay since inner, harsh, critical voices are at work again.
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>>94420640
What would you recommend?
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How is the Orc himself anyway? On OpenCamera and up close his highlights somehow refuse to show.

Also, I have serious problem with desk light - I placed two lamps since with one I had to place model nearly at the lightbulb but each time I try to paint layers, I mostly see light reflecting from surface, especially when I applied wash beforehand. Sadly, strongest lightbulb I could get at shop are messy 800 lumen ones and still hard to get since it's apparently "ecological" to have abyssal low light output. Any suggestions how to deal with that?
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>>94420984
Layering or airbrush, I guess. As much as I hate recommending sloptubers this video helped me a lot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCr5CuuFUK4
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>>94420997
He's nice and so are the other guys. I particularly like the black/grey parts and the blue is so vibrant. Sure, you could blend your highlights better but it's not even that visible until I zoom in. I think you could put a bit more work into the hair though, I feel like they need some shading. Keep at it anon, just take it one mini at a time and you'll improve naturally
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Love this pinkish red, goes so well with the green
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big stompy robot
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Bashing this guy up for my chaos army. First model I've worked on since 7th edition. Need a good demonic/mutated right arm to finish him off. Details on the warband are still murky but I'm thinking of an emphasis on genetic tampering and martial prowess. The idea is mutant melee dudes with their honor somewhat intact, like they've lost everything that made them mortal/human by being corrupted except for their ideals and respect for combat. Just some ideas.
>>94420863
Where'd you get these? I like the plant a lot
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>>94420982
is this an iphone photo too?
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>>94419045
Please be a troll, if not how did you ever think that possibly looked acceptable? There is no way a grown adult produced that and thought 'yeah this is good'. There are so many resources available to you to learn how to get started and you just said 'nah'
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>>94421142
No, android's "OpenCamera".
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>>94421149
wich phone tho the lighning is great
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Okay the whole squads done, pretty happy with them desu
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>>94421165
Motorola G60 but to be honest, I consider it's camera to be actually bad. Can't compare at all to real digital camera (phone itself is fine but I was using only one smartphone before and it was Windows one so I have little experience).
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>>94421174
What are they called? I also want some.
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>>94421181
Kurnoth Hunters from AoS, you can build them with bows, swords or scythes. Really cool kit
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>>94420474
>>94420434
Thigh to shoulders buttcrack, make it so
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>>94420907
Kek, you really made my day, french. I've never had my minis photoshopped before lol
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>>94420915
The dwarves are oldschoolminiatures, the beer stirge is from crooked dice (comes with a frog with a pipe)
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>>94421174
Well done, good elfin blue
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>>94421105
The leech was originally from otherworld minis, but serendipitously, it looks like he sold the sculpts to the guy that also has the plant monster: Diehard miniatures
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>>94421000
checked and thanks for the help
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>>94421142
if you get those "oily" or muddy pictures on iPhone try disabling under Settings -> Camera Lens Correction (that shit uses AI), Macro Control and ,if you have one of the new iPhones, select Photo Mode and switch to 24MP under Format
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>>94421326
can you post a comparison? ill add it this to the infographic
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>>94420979
Nta, but
>corsair
>infinity pin up
Das not gonna look right
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>>94421456
True, but you could maybe sit one on like a Gradius ship or something
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>>94418736
Just got the banner to do and he's done

Also just got to get snacks and my SS is ready to ship. Productive Week so far
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>>94421174
Why can't GW do bow strings? Like sure they'd be unrealistically thick but come on it can add some motion, some action to bow poses.
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>>94421487
That's a cool helm, big dog
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Someone circle the differences....
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>>94421519
...cause I aint seeing em
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>>94421519
>>94421542
why that food moldy
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>>94421490
I just use fishing line, you can get it in black, white or opaque, so no need to paint
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>>94421562
It's """pesto""" on a frozen pizza. Most of it already has been removed and replaced with my own stuff, but I ain't making pizza dough at 1am.
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>>94421519
>>94421542
not every phone has absurdly shitty postprocessing, or not in every photo mode or scene

this one is very mild, you can see it a bit in the blur on the background, but I could live with that
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>>94421578
>>94421542
>>94421519
can you place a model on top of the frozen pizza and take another pic, I think it would be really funny
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>>94420951
I think the scheme looks really nice as-is. You could do the eyes and guns in red maybe? Or like a kneepad?
>>94421082
That's rad
>>94420997
Looks clean. The highlight on the head is especially nice. I might do a few more colours on the gun, but that's nitpicky.
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>>94421490
I think those could get a pass because they're ethereal or something. Are there any minis that actually come with a bowstring though? Don't think I've ever seen one
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>>94421583
Hh, now you have pointed it out I can't under it. Thanks.

>>94421595
Th- hmm that uuuhh... would make a mess. Maybe if/when I have izza tomorrow (I might even get a C2 model first)
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>>94421578
why the fuck are you eating pizza at 1 am bro, you're gonna be fat
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Final boss of Dark Tower, almost finished.
I need to do some scale pattern to the tail.
Any advices ?
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>>94421635
Calories in calories out, I haven't eaten a thing and been running on tea.
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>>94420042
>>94420223


I have a filmmaking LED mat as my main lamp, it was cheaper than any of the hobby lights and the CRI is equivalent if not better, it is made for cinema and photography after all. I am cinematographer and camera assistant so made most sense to me just go with the filmmaking route.
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>>94421642
if it had titties you could call it womanhat
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>>94421648
Link product
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I thought my KDM figures for SS would actually start making some progress on the shipping after getting picked up by the carrier but apparently I was wrong!
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vibrating with anticipation for when I can get my /ss/ stuff sent out, its a totally selfish form of giving because of how fun it is to see people's shocked reactions when they aren't expecting much then turns out woopsie 3d printed you a ton of shit have fun
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>>94421643
The urge to copy and paste the Ketoposter shitposts from /fit/ is tempting, but I will abstain.
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>>94421635
>watch colleague at work devour two McDonalds orders
I didn't mean to stare, but he was like Bruce from Matilda if Bruce actually enjoyed eating all the cake.
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>>94421733
>he was like Bruce from Matilda if Bruce actually enjoyed eating all the cake.
I don't know if that would make it better or worse.
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>>94421621
The Kangaroo-Elf archers do. Naturally, they look more like resistance bands than actual bowstrings
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>>94421733
>HER SWEAT AND BLOOD WENT INTO THIS MCGANGBANG
>AND YOU ARE NOT LEAVING HERE UNTIL YOU HAVE EATEN THE ENTIRE CONFECTION

Commissar Trunchbull would be amazing
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I shaved the eyes off because they look more demonic. What do ya tink
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>>94421490
For the same reason scales don't come with antennae for the vehicles, too fragile and also very easy to mcguyver at home.
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>>94421796
Worked for Guillermo
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>>94421668

Pretty much every lighting manufacturer makes some sort of a flexible LED fixture now. You most likely want to avoid the high end cinema brands for miniature lighting, it's too pricey and you won't use those features anyways. So skip Arri, Litemat, KinoFlo, Aputure, Astera, Creamsource etc.

Go for Godox, Nanlite or maybe Neweer. I say maybe Neweer because it is kind of on the edge of being so cheap that there are quality issues because the Chinese have pushed the margins so down.

I have a Swit S-2610 which I got for much cheaper than it usually goes for. Even that might be too much for miniature context.

as much as this guy made me cringe, I was inspired by this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teCsIAbdj7I
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>>94421642
A light drybrushing would help a lot, and if you want to go the extra mile segment with some mixes of the green with varying shades of brown similar to crocodiles
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>>94421796
yknow... thats an interesting premise. Like the demon is so foreign to our world it doesnt even perceive/interact with reality the same way. Kind of a cool idea, idk how you could take that further but im interested in thinking about it now. Part of me has always wanted to do a tzeentch army, that would be a cool idea, to just come up with the weirdest looking stuff you could think of, might be a little annoying to play against if you switch the models up too much, but i would think similar shapes would be good enough
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>>94422193
>Like the demon is so foreign to our world it doesnt even perceive/interact with reality the same way.
But actually he's just blind and highly ineffective in battle.
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>>94422201

Where we're fighting you won't need eyes to see..
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>>94421174
You know I honestly hate these models because of how nobody seems to be able to make them look convincingly like wood, but that moss/fluff/whatever really does the trick and makes my brain say that the brown is actually bark
Sweet little guys though, I love the smug faces
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>>94422193
To be honest I'm actually working up to making them look like mass produced EVA from Evangelion. I'm going to paint them all white and remove their upper head. I would try to carve a smile in their mouth but I already know it won't come out right.
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Working on a stompy boi here.

It's been interesting getting back into building/painting and trying colours I didn't use before. I need to work on the blue, I'm pretty happy with the gold on the cowling (the trims are only stage 1 right now)
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Been a minute since I've been on /WIP/, here's everything I finished over the weekend.
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>>94422418
cool idea man. I think the lack of eyes defintely contributes to the creepiness, that uncanny valley of something that looks like a human face but isnt right.
>printing
have you considered printing to assist your idea? i think its prob cooler to have something kitbashed or custom made instead of just printing it... but i was thinking more in terms of getting good bits to add. Ive been getting wings for my BA from a printing site and have been really happy with the quality
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>>94422452
And the Krox I'm working on now. Trying to decide what the next set should be now that I've done Tigrex, Rathalos, and Rathian (and Galvenus on the Carnosaur). If I do Warspawned Krox next I'll probably do Barioth and Zinogre.... maybe Espinas for a third? Could even do the red and white version if I wanted them to look more similar.
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>>94422457
Yeah I definitely thought about it. But these are literally my first models, I figured I should start with a box. I want to at some point. I have a lot of ideas that a kitbash just won't accomodate. I wanted to make a chaos space marine chapter based on chaos dwarfs so they'd have big beards and horns and tusks.
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>>94422452
i love that turquoise stone on those models, and you did a good job getting the look right. Not doing lizards but i want to add crumbled ruins to the basing for the army im doing now, i just need to find a faded/muted version of that color scheme
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>>94422477
Thanks, it's Pro Acryl Dark Emerald 50:50 with black, heavily dry brushed with Pro Acryl Jade, then lighter with Bright Jade, then very lightly with Bright Jade mixed with Bright Pale Yellow.
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>>94422418
I want Genestealers that looks like Mass Production Evas now, damnit.
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>>94420025
I don't use GW paints generally but I actually really like Targor Rageshade. I use it on the metals of my SoB which have a lot of purple tones. It hits a really nice spot for me in its kind of red-purple-brownness where it gives a warmer finish than a pure black or purple wash, but doesn't have the "dirty" look of a pure brown wash.
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Does this reasonably read as a glossy black bodysuit?
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>>94422495
nice, i put that in my reference folder. Idk how i could come up with a "ruins" version, ive done a few tests with the paint i have but no success yet. If i get anything thats not complete shit ill post it for feedback, might have to splurge for some of that pro-acryl paint to see if that helps
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>>94420768
almost certainly. You can get them for 1:25 car models at the very least and a lot in 1:35 as well. All the way from tasteful to lot lizard. With 3d printers these days you should have no problem with that at all.
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>>94419179
Why do you need toothbrush for?
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How can I add more vibrancy to my acrylics? The colors look so much better while they're still wet and I don't know any way to keep them that bright
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>>94420025
id imagine its because painting "the GW way" is base, wash,highlight. So they feel obligated to have a shade in each main color. Thats my guess anyway, i got a few shades awhile ago to do burnt barrel effects on flamers, thinking i would hardly use them again, but theyve been handy in a few random circumstances
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>>94422693
>Why do you need toothbrush for?
For scrubbing paint off old models after a soak in acetone. Keeping extras in my hobby area ensures they don't get snagged and repurposed for something else before I can utilise them.
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>>94422602
really hard to tell, it def did in the thumbnail, but when i open the pic and zoom in most of the effect is lost. It looks like a pretty small model, hard to tell for sure but youre prob good
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>>94422761
Why not put it in bathroom? It's dirty and smelly and reek of IPA or some god know all purpose cleaner, why do you put it on your table?
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>>94422759
Anything you add to paint other than more pigment is going to either dilute it or desaturate it, and I doubt you have the knowledge or access to acquire the exact pigments in your paints. To get vibrant colors you need to use high-pigment-density paint and preferably lay it over a light color (or layer it thick enough to be opaque). You can also put contrasting colors near each other to make them appear even more vibrant if you want to stick with the paint you have.
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>>94422873
I saw some recipes for making your own washes with inks and mediums, can acrylics do that and still be vibrant or is it only an ink thing?
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>>94422917
Inks are generally highly pigmented and washes generally aren't so diluting ink with medium to make a wash makes sense. Diluting normal acrylics with medium will give you a glaze - that is, acrylic paint so thin you need many layers to get the same color a single layer would get you undiluted.
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The boyz are slowly coming together. After getting the first three test cases done, I have the overall color palette established (including 2-3 options for pants, belts, boots, etc.) and it’s simply a matter of focusing on one color throughout all at a time.

Beast Snagga hides are fun, however, as you’re incentivized to have really unique alien animal colors.
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kind of unrelated, but i figured some painter here would know. Im trying to make something like pic related for my mom for christmas, a colonial era tavern sign. What paint would i need for this? just an acrylic craft paint? Then varnish? Would oil paint work better? Would one hold up outside but the other wouldnt?
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>>94422983
i'm no expert but i would think milk paint with a boiled linseed oil or varnish on top would get you the period look.
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Time to practice painting a Tau head before I go to sleep. I don't expect this will be as good as the space marine one from yesterday.
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>>94422602
Almost, it needs bounce lights.
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>>94418736
Kolinsky brush is only use for small detail, right? Is there any benefit of using kolinsky instead of synthetic brush for basecoating?
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>>94422452
>>94422467
Those look ace, rath one is my fav. I´m voting for tigrex subspecies though.
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>>94423636
Sometimes I'll do the outlines of a base coat with a nice brushso that I don't have to waste time fixing it later, but yeah, base coats are just easier when you can just jam your brush around the model.
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>>94422759
Glossy paint, which is what wet paint is, is more vibrant than matte. That's just how it is.
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>>94423540
This is a prime example of digital zoom on phone cameras producing some weird results but I'm too lazy to take another picture right now. You get the idea.
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What are good alternatives to baking paper as material for wet palette? I checked various shops and various brands and every single baking paper I found was either openly stated to be covered in both sides with silicone or missing this info on box (but turning out to be still covered). Color of paper itself doesn't seem to matter. Dedicated paper for wet palette is way too expensive.
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>>94423709
Parchment paper
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>>94423713
I only saw parchment paper at art store and it was even more expensive. I hate when various stuff is "optimized" for their primary function while eliminating any possible alternative use. Baking paper without cover or covered one side would work just nice but nooo, they had to cover double side every single one and store staff giving me weird look when I ask about one side covered because "why would you need that, it's better for baking that way".

Only positive thing I had with this whole problem is how I could explain idea of wet palette to girl working at art store and had pleasant chat as a result (I rarely have opportunity to talk to people irl anyway).
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>>94420441
Anon that's more than alright! Damn, i wish i could do this in a day
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>>94422467
I love that tigrex kroxigor
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>>94419637
late to it but interested in the lamp conversation, always used one of these old heavy bastards and it seems to do quite nicely. could probably use some brighter bulbs in mine, not sure if any modern chinesium offerings have any nice features worth looking into by comparison.
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>>94422329
Thanks anon. I just realised I forgot to do that moss on the last guy though, oh well
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>>94422452
>people really paint 3 whole squads and 3 characters in the time I do 1 miniature
these look really nice btw
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>>94422467
What's the red you've used on the Rathalos one? Looks really close to the actual monster
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>>94421861
>Swit S-2610
>350 eurobucks
J-JUST, bros I thought LED was the cheap alternative of the future
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>>94422452
>from box to finished
>33 models
>box coverart quality or better
How even? Would take me a long weekend to get everything assembled and remove mouldlines etc.
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>>94423779
I like mine with clamp/lamp separation point so I can just get rid of the lamp quickly if I need to. Other than that it has 5 dim settings I never use. Honestly, if I were to spend more it would be on a lamp that has a bigger depth (I.e. a square of LEDs, not a strip) so there are close to 0 shadows in the workfield.
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>>94423709
You need the silicone cover though
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>>94423709
I been using silicone baking paper for years and it work fine?
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>>94423822
I'm confused now. Every single guide I saw on the internet says to use baking paper "and make sure it's not covered in silicone or at least it's one sided - double sided won't work".

I admit that when I tried using paper "for sandwiches", it was dissolving instead.
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>>94422329
In mini modelling wood is usually treated with the kindergarten mentality "sun yellow, water blue, grass green, wood brown", the scale modellers do it better as a rule (like anon with those archer models, they realise it isn't just a case if slapping various browns on)
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>>94423823
I'm asking since I use these double sided silicone papers so far but paint itself dry on them anyway - not as fast as on dry palette but still, when I try to thin to glaze consistency, after few minutes it begins to dry up.
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>>94423833
What? My paint is still wet on silicone baking paper for weeks
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>>94423822
>>94423823
Wrong, that it works anyway is DESPITE the silicone, not because of.
>>94423825
Sillicone makes it less permeable, you want the water to pass through but not flood through. Sometimes the sillicobe (or other layer like wax) is thin enough that it still let's enough moisture through for it to work. You need to experiment to see what works for you. I usually just run mine under a tap of hot water and scrub the paper with a stiff bristled brush (without tearing it obviously), then I let it dry and cut into desired size. For me the waxy covering wasn't stopping the moisture enough to he a problem, but it WAS causing excessive beading of the paints I'd put on it, especially when watered down, it would run all over the place unless the palette was perfectly unachuevably level.
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>>94423836
Then I don't have any idea what the fuck is wrong with mine. I make sure that sponge is full of water and not dried up, place paper directly on sponge, what else I'm missing here?
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>>94423859
Did you wet both sides of the paper?
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>>94423859
Try the following:

Get two of your sheets, give one a treatment like >>94423855 suggests. Now get two lengths of string/lace. Now tie each sheet together so you can fill it with water (so all the edges are scruched at the top) fill both with an equal amount of water, tie the top of TIGHT and hang/suspend it somewhere ( I did it on my shower curtain rail). Now wait and see how much water comes through each. My local brand of waxpaper was bone dry on the outside after 24 hours, whereas first scrubbing it allowed the outside to be wet and drops of water to drip through over the same 24 hour period.
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>>94423862
I submerge it in warm water first, keeping it under for around minute. When I place it on sponge then, it instantly adhere without air between.
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>>94423876
>miniature painters doing methodical evidence based research on baking paper
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A more important question, what are you guys using as diy sponge? The kitchen sheet method gets kinda messy after a while and if I leave it unused for a week so it is unusuable (I'm also not convinced the chemicals for the paper treatment aren't seeping into my paint)
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>>94423886
Incontinence blankets for puppies. It's basically a diaper, but flat. Holds plenty of moisture, low cost.
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>>94423886
This?
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>>94423095
>milk paint
i thought you were trolling me till i googled to see what the joke was lol. ty ill check it out, seems like they sell alot of this stuff as pigments, idk what thats all about
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>>94424035
you can still get raw shellac in the flakes that you need to dissolve, too.
wouldn't recommend it for your sign though, they have a tint to them.
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>do the classic ironcrust base with ryza rust and eldar flesh drybrush
>tfw looks a bit flat

What wash would look OK with a base like that? Feel like it's lacking definition
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>>94424055
Reikland or something similar. It's also a good idea to break it up a bit with some rocks and/or sand
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>>94424070
I usually make gaps in between the crust and put ironearth there, I'll give that wash a try
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>>94424075
Yeah that's a good idea too. In case you're curious here's how mine turn out. I use tuskgor fur and karak stone for drybrushes though
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>>94424090
Ah right you're the admech poster from 40kg, that's the type of bases I'm after desu, yours look great. Do you just use small stones from outside for your bases?
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Can this color be substitute for Rekland flesh shade?
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>>94424096
Yeah I drop by 40kg sometimes, it's usually just people arguing though so it's not that often. I use cork pieces that most hobby companies sell but I'm fairly sure you could just use regular rocks as long as you pick ones with more texture, I think smooth ones may look a bit off. Oh and btw those are pretty much based on Duncans video on mars bases, you could check that out too if you want
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>>94424104
Mr weathering color is enamel
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>>94424161
I mean the color, is it the same as Reikland fleshshade? And Mr weathering color is pretty much oil wash anyway
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>>94424183
I'm no expert but it looks way too brown to me, reikland and other flesh washes have a lot more red I feel
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>>94424187
So Reikland fleshshade is browish red?
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>>94424193
it's usually called a chestnut color but yeah I think that's pretty much it
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>>94420267
>>94420855
Doesn't even need to be very red. The difference should be obvious just by looking how much livelier your skin looks under good lighting.
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>>94424201
What about rust red?
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>>94423798
It's AP Slaughter Red over a standard black+white zenithal, then dry brushed with Pro Acryl Pyrrole Red. The darker bits are dry brushed with the same red mixed with black, then straight black.

>>94423809
I'm addicted to dry brushing, also I'd assembled and primed everything the week before so it wasn't quite box to finished.
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>>94424263
Do you have a particular technique for drybrushing? I've always used a paper towel but apparently that's not the way
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Trying to get dreadfleet painted by thanksgiving break to play over that weekend
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>>94424311
Nta but check out the artis opus channel. Guy running that thing gets some really decent results with almost exclusively drybrushing
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>>94420047
>>94420072
These are some cool looking minis, where are they from?
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>>94424349
I think those are kingdom death
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>>94424349
Kingdom death, even if they may have been converted a bit, don't remember the flower knight head being like that.
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>>94424350
>>94424353
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>>94424311
I use a texture palette to get the consistency right. Some people swear by very VERY lightly moistening the brush and I get the theory but I found that step more fiddly than it's worth compared to the ease and massive quality boost of using a texture palette.
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>>94424224
More orange. Skin tones vary though, so it's fine if your people are slightly more orange than red.
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Can I post my ww2 "minis" here? /smg/ is a graveyard...
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>>94420869
Master Box has lots of pinup models like this
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I made a grim realization that my pile of shame might be even larger than my actual painted miniatures. What's the best method to reduce your pile of shame ? Assemble a lot of minis at first then work through the backlog ? Or assemble + paint one box at a time as if the others didn't exist ?
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>>94424507
Don't buy anything new until you've painted at least twice the amount of minis.
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>>94424507
Don't buy more than you can realistically assemble and paint, it's really that easy. If you have too much just put a leash on your spending. I haven't bought a single kit in like 6 months after I've realised I have like 10 boxes of backlog
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>>94424507
Only sheer force of will and refusing to check stores online for set duration. Sorry but that's the only way. I caught myself for checking certain stores each time I turn on PC and it's scary habit.
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>>94424507
Be very honest with yourself about what you will honestly get around to doing, and what you're better off selling on
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>>94424518
Come on, anon, realistic answers only-

>>94424548
>>94424532
>>94424538
... It really is the only way, huh ?
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>>94424460
>Master Box
Problem with theirs is that, for pinup models, most are 1:24. 1:24 is fuck huge for planes. The corsair would have a wingspan of half a meter at that scale
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>>94422467
Azure and Pink
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>>94424507
I assemble and prime everything I buy as soon as I get home from the LGS. It doesn't directly reduce my pile of shame but it does eliminate a big roadblock to putting color to plastic.

>>94424593
Pinkian and Azure are likely candidates for the next trio of regular Krox, I'm leaning towards doing Warspawned or Lagiacrus Skink Oracle on Trogolodon next.
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>>94424552
STOP BUYING SHIT ANON LIKE FUCK
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>>94424727
Everybody wanna fork
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>people buy without a project in mind
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>>94424747
Ya, this is what gets me. Who is buying stuff aimlessly? When I buy something it's because I have something in mind that I want to paint, not "just because", and it isn't like the backlogs people talk about are filled with once in a lifetime limited editions, a lot of it is run of the mill chaff units.
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>>94424507
You send it to me. I paint it, then send it back. You reduce your pile of shame, I get to practice my technique. Win win.
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>>94424747
the project in question:
>damn, this looks cool, I want to paint it
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>>94424769
But it isn't being painted, so that can't have been the original plan. He may have thought that that was the plan, but it clearly never was. Anon is fooling himself.
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>>94424747
I do buy with things in mind but I get ridiculously bored painting more than 1 of something so I have tons of units I've painted one guy from. Or if I paint a full unit, the idea of having to paint another 60 of them to fill the army makes me want to kill myself.

>>94424758
I have tons of OOP stuff I panic bought because they were on my list of stuff I wanted to paint one day and wouldn't have another chance. Also a lot of my plamo stuff isn't "once in a lifetime limited edition" exactly but it is "might not ever get a second print run or if it does, it might be years from now, or it might be never you can't be sure".
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>>94424766
Sorry anon, despite being a filthy consoomer and plastic hoarder, my honour as a figurine painter forbids me to accept that someone else deals with my shame

>>94424747
>>94424777
Half of these are presents by people who meant well ("Here, have this huge mini for your army" when I didn't have time to paint anymore), the others are from projects that have not yet come to fruition (painting saxons and knights for my Pendragon game)
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>>94424440
>An armoured vehicle replica that is smaller than the real thing
>Techniques we all have in common
>Chill attitude toward getting work done.
I think you'll find this is one of 4chan's comfier threads, anon.
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>>94424440
I don't think anyone mnds but I'm not sure if there are many scalebros here so we might not be able to help much with more specific stuff
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>>94424353
Are you having a stroke or am I?

https://kdm-collector.com/models/flower-knight
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>>94424849
How is not remembering equal to having a stroke?
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>SS package has made its way to the correct country but is moving in the opposite direction of my recipient.
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>>94424861
customs offices can sometimes have really illogical placements, I wouldn't worry about it
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>>94424834
>this is one of 4chan's comfier threads
very true
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>>94424870
>package goes in the wrong direction
>it keeps going in the wrong direction
>says package was delivered, but the address is wrong
>shipping updates start to come in the form of some other guy painting and playing with the models and occasionally pointing at the camera and laughing at you
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How does KDM have so many miniatures? isn't it like one dude? I guess the 800 dollar box sets let him commission lots of shit or something like that?
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>>94424890
This is a really high level of neurotic catastrophizing, Anon. You know there are pills for this shit, right?
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>>94424902
Poots is one guy but he hasn't been working alone for ages, dude has a whole (poorly run due to art-'tism) company.
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>>94420042

I aslo own this lamp and it’s absolutely worth the price. Simple to use, extremely sturdy, incredibly bright light that helps ensure realistic color tones and, what is best, is that it is super maneuverable in changing positioning.

I used my light to get this shot here >>94422973 if you want an idea how the white balance comes across. Definitely worth the premium price.
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>>94424906
Don't the heavy metals I get from licking my brushes give me a sort of lithium-like effect?
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>>94424916
ok fuck it you sold me on it, I'll treat myself
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>>94424739
You no understand, I wanna the fork on the table!
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>>94424916

I'd argue there are still options in the cinematography/photography space that can do the same thing, even for cheaper, but I am sure it is a really good light and the setup is easier.
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>>94424979
Kek, I didn't think anyone would actually get.
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>>94420869
>Sadly my corsair is a larger scale
Meh, she'll still fit 1/32 decently. 5'3" instead of 5'8", or some such. Or you meant a smaller scale...
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>>94424739
>>94424979
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>>94424994
You better not fork on the table, you son of a bitch.
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>i'm buying more paint than actual models to paint
How can i stop buying more paints?
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>>94425042
learn to mix your own
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>>94420042
So where is the Aliexpress chinesium equivalent of this lamp?
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>>94425048
Well yeah, but the result is sometimes not accurate, and i often forgot my mixing recipe
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>>94425042

Just buy the Kimera pure pigments set or heavy body paints from Scale 75 and start mixing everything
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>>94425104
>>94425048
Sound like a pain in the ass
>Uhm i need some basic skintone what is the recipe for skintone again oh shit my internet got hacked, google is bankrupt, windows update again
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>>94425117

Print that shit our or just use pen and paper zoomie
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>>94424981
There is no doubt that you could get an equivalent light out the photograph world for cheaper but they are not designed to be used specifically at a desk. You have to mount them and adjust them perfectly, which can pose a real challenge in a lot of spaces. You are not exactly going to be hanging an overhead light over your desk in a small apartment.
But, if you are setting up a permanent workspace, and have the room for it, there are lots of options in photography lighting.
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>>94425121
I'm 35
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>>94425104
>how do i stop buying paint?
>buy more paint
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>>94425122

>You are not exactly going to be hanging an overhead light over your desk in a small apartment.

I am doing exactly that but I also make my living as a cinematographer, so I understand it isn't very convenient for majority of people.
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>make Etsy order for /ss/
>due 16th Dec
oh boy
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>>94425131

You sell the other paints, do you need 10 slightly different premixed shades of blue or not etc.
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Which is better, the "round" lamp or the vertical lamp?
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>>94425141
genuine question but do you follow your own advice? I can't imagine anyone who does army painting with just kimera in their collection. at least not at any reasonable speed.
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>>94422973
What paints did you use for these snaggas? They look fuckin great anon. Don't think I've seen ork skin airbrushed on before
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>>94425165
Or reasonable consistency.
The fact is army painting is easier and better with lots of individual paints. Mixing is only really a good idea on one off characters or figures. Obviously tiny mixes here and there don't matter but for the bulk of the color.
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>>94425150
I like vertical, because I can have my head above it, looking directly on the model, without it blaring into my eyes.
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>>94425054
As usual, your choices are to do more or care less. Record your recipes for anything more complex than a 50:50 mix or stop giving a shit about minor color variance between batches of models.
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almost done with this guy, really really really hate the forced base
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>>94425054
>i often forgot my mixing recipe
There is this cool invention, maybe a bit out of fashion these days, but it's called "pen and paper". You can write stuff down on it and keep it in a physical location, say a painting desk for example. Really useful for this sort of thing.
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>>94425240
Very, very cool anon. I especially like the gems and and glow around them
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>>94425240
Beautiful-magnificent!
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>>94425150
I find vertical provides more even lighting
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>>94425054
deal with it
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>>94424916
Oh and btw, do you know if redgrass do some black friday deals or something? It's pretty close to that so I might as well try to save a bit of money
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>>94425240
I remove all the tactical rocks from my mini's, it's a bit of work, but it's worth it.

>>94425268
Uhm, ackualy.. that's fantasy uranium, not gems.
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>>94425173

Thank you very much! I've spent a good deal of time finding a solid way to consistently do vibrant, semi-natural skin without spending too many hours doing so.

My current approach is:

1. Airbrush Waaagh Flesh upwards on the skin and then airbrush Orruk Flesh downwards. This way you get a slight zenithal highlighting effect to get started with.

2. Apply super thinned down Coelia Greenshade as a wash (3 drops Lahmian Medium for every 1 drop wash). Corelia Greenshade is great because of how much dark blue is in the mix. I brush the wash over the entire skin but ensure it pools most around natural crevices/wrinkles. Once dried feel free to do this 1-2 more times in the darkest spots (especially in the arm pits or underneath armor). This way you can get more of a natural shading gradient without doing too much effort.

3. After letting everything dry proper, I go straight to the Orruk Flesh and, using extremely thinned down glazing, I focus on the highest tops of muscles and build outwards from there. I've experimented with using a very loose drybrushing of the muscles with Orruk Flesh afterwards to softly blend colors but I'm not sure if I like it fully or not.

4. Once the Orruk Flesh is back on proper, I will do a super light drybrush on the very tops of the muscles with Vallejo's Game Color Camouflage Green. Every example of this paint makes it look super dark when in reality there is a ton of yellow in the paint. This adds a lot of warmth to the top-most sections.

5. Finally I finish up with applications of an Ogryn Camo glaze on any portions with sharper edges/peaks (collar bones, raised piercings, etc.).
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I was thinking I'd do this all black and white, it being the meme-man himself, but I'm starting to think I might need a bit of color.
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>>94425306
>fantasy uranium
right
my bad
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>>94425268
>>94425282
far too kind really, ty
>>94425306
maybe i could have, but i would probably ruin the hands of the big rat.

here's another angle cause even if shouldn't say it myself but i think i've done a really good work on the cloak and the thig it has over is back
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KDM finish shipping my SS stuff for god's sake!
You're ruining Christmas!
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>>94425150
for the left one you can get better/different bulbs than whatever the right one comes with, right might even flicker if you are sentitive to that

in cany case get two and put one on each side for painting
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>>94425407
>in cany case get two and put one on each side for painting
What?
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>>94425434
Two lamps, probably.
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>>94425447
Combat Tinky Winky
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>>94425434
>>94425447
>in any* case

yeah get two lamps
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>>94425532
>>94425407
But why? Why do you even need two lamps?
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>>94424992
Ya, I meant smaller, the number is larger so my brain short circuited (1:42). The model would look comically large on that.
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>>94425563
To eliminate the shadow cast by a single light source, particularly useful for photography but also nice for painting sometimes.
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>>94424426
What do you use? An actual one or one you made?
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>>94425613
the redgrass one supposedely does that on its own
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>>94425615
I'm not familiar with any commercial texture palettes, I just glued some bits to a $1 meal prep container. No need to use fancy GW plastic though, resin misprints, rocks, sea shells, or really anything hard and textured works fine.
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>>94425642
I think I saw people using lego bricks too
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>>94425642
Having just started I don't really have bits to go around, but a fast food box I found laying around had some ribbing texture on the bottom so I hope that works if I just prime it
>>94425652
This also sounds like a decent option
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Finished these guys from yesterday. I don't think I can improve them reasonably, like hair of thee two in middle or their coats (at least without making light lines on coat vanish).

Given that this concluded thematical set, I guess now it's time for bases and maybe some break. Overall did total 15 minis within 2 weeks. Thank you guys for standing my self-pity in meantime.
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Also two closeups because I can't focus on whole group with phone camera.
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By the way, for blonde hair I simply painted beige colour, washed with agrax and painted beige over again but clearly it's not most optimal way to paint blonde hair. Any suggestions for future ones?
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>>94425728
>>94425747
>>94425755
these all look nice anon, good job
>Thank you guys for standing my self-pity in meantime
as long as it's not blatant attentionwhoring I think most people here can stomach a bit of that
>>94425755
Go watch Vinces tutorial on hair, he explains it really well. Basically hair is satin so you can at least paint a halo to where the light reflects and add some fine lines to imitate individual strands of hair. I also think people usually go for a more cream color but this beige looks nice too
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>>94425319
Thanks for writing all of this up anon, I'll have to give it a try when I finally get around to buying an airbrush. I plan on using different greens and painting techniques on all of my orks so they look different (nobz much darker to boyz, etc), so your scheme would look great. Pretty sure I have all of those paints too (although not sure about waagh flesh, I might have the ttc equivalent)
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>>94425642
>>94425652
Is this harsh on your drybrush? The follicles of my one fall out all the time without using a textured surface on it. Also what drybrush are you using? I've seen a few people use make up brushes but haven't tried one yet
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>>94425563
this >>94425613
if you get one of those very wide lamps if less of an issue, but those posted here >>94425150 aren't wide, and the right one, while it is somewhat bigger, it's weak so you have too keep it close therefore it will still cast shadows
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>>94425832
The drybrush you're supposed to be using for this technique should have really soft bristles so it's not that big of a deal. Sure, if you went back and forth on such a rough surface with garbage like a citadel drybrush it would probably damage it.
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>>94425832
I haven't had any issues with damaging the brush, here's the exact set of makeup brushes I buy.
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>>94422761
What do you clean your stripping toothbrushes with, water? Trying IPA to strip, working well but it's disposal I'm curious about as the container is so discolored I'm certain I can't filter it well enough to turn the IPA colorless again.
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>>94425901
see I need to grab some makeup brushes, this shape is perfect.
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I'm starting to forget why I added this owl.
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>>94425240
I kinda want to kitbash that into a sorta rat-centaur abomination, does the lord's waist measure to about the same width as the mount's neck area (before the collar)?
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>>94425901
I might have ones like that, I bought a cheap box of 6 make up brushes a while ago and unfortunately it didn't contain the one I wanted (small concealer brush) but it definitely had those two in the box
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any recommendations for the mandibles and claws? not happy with how they look right now
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>>94425728
I have been following your pics for the last few weeks and every one you posted was an improvement from the last.
Good job anon.
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>planned on priming a bunch of minis tomorrow while I work from home
>turns out it's going to rain all day tomorrow
>I live in an apartment so I prime but leaning out the window with model in one hand and spray can in the other
This is a travesty! I'll have to do everything today after work in the half hour before the sun goes down. I should stop being so cheap and get one of those spray booths.
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>>94426087
Jeez anon it might be time for an airbrush
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>>94426087
Remember when people were allowed to have their own space to do things?
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Why is coming up with, and committing to color schemes impossible? I have a character who's jacket I haven't painted for over a month because I don't want to ruin it.
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>>94426114
Nobody ever had that.
We've always lived in 2x3m cubes stacked on top of each other with no need for bourgeois luxuries.
Quit rewriting history.
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>americans won’t be able to buy kolisnky fur anymore because of ww3 tensions
Hahaha
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>>94426050
I think they look ok, maybe highlight the edges a bit more to make them look sharper?
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Is this a good starting set to paint minis?
And buying the Kolinsky Red Sable Hair Brush Set Fine Thin Size 2/0, 0, 1
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>>94426217
Jokes on you. I maintain a large stockpile of rat fur.
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>>94426050
What's wrong with them? The color is nice and it goes very well with your green
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>>94426217
Most of the world is still buying Russian gas and Russians are happy to sell it to them, including to the countries from their "enemy" memelist. Ukraine is still allowing Russian gas to go through their territory/pipes to Europe. Most of the western companies just did the laziest rebrand imaginable and continue doing business in Russia, and, again, Russians are more than happy to have them. I think our brushes are safe. Welcome to the realpolitik, anon.

>>94426271
Model Colors are fine. That said, it is usually better to buy individual colors for your specific needs.
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>>94426271
4 2 0 is better for brushes imo. Although 00 (which is what 2/0 is) will also see some use. Anything smaller than that is unworkable. What matters is mostly the tip, not the overall size of the bristles. Although there are cases where the 4 is too big and would hit other stuff by mistake I guess.
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>>94426278
>>94426230
I thought they were too white but now that i put some AP Onyx skin on them i have to admit that they were better before… guess i’ll repaint them tomorrow
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>>94426271
It's fine, I bought one of those but ended up buying a bunch of individual bottles as well
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Elf dude I had to redo, think I'm done but C&C always welcome
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>>94426271
I'd note that vallejo model color metallics aren't that good (especially gold) compared to their model air metallics or metal color metallics
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>>94424933
Alas, lithium is one of the lightest metals. Those heavy ones are probably just bringing you down.
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>>94426217
>2024
>doesn't own a homemade pube brush
ngmi
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>>94426370
>>94426377
Beautiful
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>>94426087
Brush-on-primer exists anon. Why do you bother with spraycans if you dont go down the yard and dont have a balcony either?
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>>94426525
Are those any good? I don't usually hear good things about them
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What do you guys think would be a good color for the carnosaur that would work with the other guys? I want to leave oldblood turquoise so he fits with other saurus. I really like the box art red/white but I feel like doing something different. Maybe orange/cream? Yellow also goes well with turquoise but there's too much gold details for it to work I feel
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>>94426575
They work.
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>>94426583
Which ones are good? Is vallejo still bad for brush primer?
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>>94426576
Yeah, I probably wouldn't do yellow unless it was just the belly. Can I offer you a pickle in these trying times?
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>>94426271
Ah, that is the old vallejo paints. They are a bit outdated but they are okay. The colors themselves might even be a bit more livid than the new line. Do note that those paints were manufactured in january 2022 at the latest, so they're already almost 3 years old. Paint usually lasts well over a decade but it's something to take note for.
As for kits vs individual bottles, I think kits are a great deal for beginners. You are going to need all of those colors, maybe except one of the greens and reds. Either for painting or mixing.
>>94426575
Not as good as spray cans but they definitely work. Ideally I recommend using those two in combination. Do light sprays of the can and cleanup with the brush.
>>94426595
You can even use gesso if you like. Vallejo is fine as well. Their role is to create a surface for the paint to stick to. Just don't expect them to cover well or to be resistent to abrasion.
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IJ USPS notified me the package was delivered; open the box quickly. I don't know how shelf stable the fruit inside is. The other presents are wrapped (but you should open them anyway.
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>>94426628
To be honest I like vibrant colors more, deviljho green feels a bit too drab. You gave me the idea to look through MH monsters though so thanks for that. Mizutsune is my absolute favorite one but I'm not sure if its colors would work for a carno
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>>94426662
>sending fruit
Jeeze, that's ballsy.
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>>94426662
Some fruits can last for weeks. Depends on what it is. If I were participating on this SS I would try to procure some slice of durian to send to some unfortunate anon.
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>>94426646
>Do note that those paints were manufactured in january 2022 at the latest, so they're already almost 3 years old. Paint usually lasts well over a decade but it's something to take note for.
I have unopened Citadel paints that were manufactured in 2011. These were both just a few weeks ago. Acrylics are near immortal, anon.
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>>94426686
>These were bought just a few weeks ago*
fixed.
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>>94426668
they're semi-dehydrated
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>>94426667
Yeah that's why I didn't go with it as well, not that there's anything saying you can't use more saturated colors. Fulgur Anjanath might work as long as you differentiate the blue from Saurus turquoise sufficiently and you'd get to paint some fun stripes as a bonus.
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>>94426686
They probably last for some 20 years. But if you plan to keep them for the long run you might eventually reach the point where they go bad. And that kit might be from, like, 2017 or even earlier, who knows.
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>>94426709
Absolutely, but I think you are underestimate how long acrylics in general last. If you store them properly, they will outlast you. I remember a dude who cracked open and painted with the original GW paints from the 90s and they were just fine. Naturally, this is an outlier, but anything that is not multiple decades old will be good to go in most cases.
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>>94426758
Yeah. And, realistically, paint technology will probably evolve in the next few years to the point that you would want to bin them either way.
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>>94426576
My first color schemes weren't to far from yours, so i went with a red/orange Carno.
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>>94426694
relatable.
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>>94426377
>>94426370
Looks great, how did you do the back of the shield? Just freehand?
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I just varnished my metallic basecoats because they were constantly reactivating when applying further detail layers and washes. Hiwblong do I need to let this cure? (Liquitex satin varnish airbrushed on in a 1:1 varnish:water mix).
When I applied it it (low psi) it looked wet for a few dozen seconds before looking dry. So I am very tempted to just give it 30 minutes and crack on, but a little voice in my head is going "nooo, you once read something about 24-36 hour cure times!", so here I am.
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>>94426939
Why not varnish some spare sprue and see for yourself
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>>94426271
Workhorse brush is nearly always a round 2 for anyone doing anything from minis to scales. Anything larger is just for convenience's sake when painting larger surfaces, anything smaller and you are doing detailing you honestly shouldn't be focussing on as a beginner anyway.
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>>94426955
Because I'd have to prime it, then airbrush paint it with metallics and then varnish it to give it the same conditions. I'd rather not do any of those things at this time at night, I'd rather just paint or if that is not an option head to bed and paint tomorrow night.
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>>94426875
This does look nice, has a coral reef feel to it. Goes really well with the tropical bases you got going on. I think if I went with a bit less saturated orange and a "bloodier" red it would work for mine
>>94426696
That is also a good call, I'd have to make the colors a bit warmer though to fit with the jungle theme I feel. Oh well I'll sleep on it and hopefully decide tomorrow
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>>94426926
Thanks! Yeah it's freehand, I think the line between slats might be a shade thick. Easiest way of doing it is to just paint the line, then touch it up by going over it with the plank color
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>>94427057
Cool I have a bunch of wood to paint for a civil war mini for a Christmas present, good tip.
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>>94426196
Slight changes in a color scheme is normal anon. Specially if it’s shit like guard. As long as they follow the same general tones it’s okay. In Classical Rome, for example, only brand new recruits had the deep red uniform (in the legions where red was the norm. Some were white, blue and other colors) while the more experienced soldiers had more washed out uniforms to show their age as the sun progressively bleaches the red. The veterans who stayed all the way back all wore pink garments, even if they weren’t the very same clothes they had 20 years prior.
Then there’s the picture some anon posted last thread about how much the russian and german military uniforms changed in color through WW2.
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Some pregress on my ultramarine, including a rework on the infamous highlights that sparked a war the other day.
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>>94427377
It was just some painting secondary trying to stir shit up, don't worry about it. It's looking pretty good anon, the lit exhausts are a nice touch and since you toned down the highlights on his legs it feels more real
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>>94425327
Where'd ya get that model anon? Pretty nifty. Digging the coloring so far. I've always wanted to do black and white style but any time I ever tried it seems real meh.
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Quite happy with how this one turned out, i might highlight some of the other models with moot green i think, just to get some variation
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>>94427418
>that mouldline on his gun
come on anon
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>KDM ships with a private shipping company APC Postal Logistics from the US
>Ships to canada
>APC chooses to ship through the crown corp. Canada Post which is currently on strike
>They choose to do this AFTER the strike started
What in the fuck is going on with your brains you retards?
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>>94427426
man I wish you got the package already so you could stop posting about this shit every thread
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>>94427377
Looks good, anon. Like the purple reflective lights.
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>>94427422
i know, i must've missed that during assembly.
I'll try to fix it up once i get to painting the other guns
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Yooooo… my ss package came today, are we waiting till Christmas or opening as they come? I don’t know if I have the willpower, it looks big
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>>94427438
Leave him alone it’s fun to be excited.
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>>94426662
>>94427473
rip it all open and post results
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>>94427473
Maybe post a pic of the package with your details blacked out and ask your SS? I doubt they'll care, worst case you can post the pic that you received the package and take pics of the contents to post closer to the day.
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>>94427473
Do whichever you're comfortable with, I know I won't be able to restrain myself if I get my package early
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>>94427473
You aren't under any obligation
I open mine on XMas first thing and share
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Where can I find cheaper inks if liquitex doesn't go on sale later?
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>>94427473
I'll wait till christmas and join the fun of posting on that day
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>>94427473
if this came from Arizona you may regret waiting to open it, to the tune of a lot of fruit flies or worse. This is AZ anon, open it.
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>>94427767
I interpreted that as there's only so much air in the box and you sent him flies at first
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>>94427872
that'd be a pretty creative way to be an asshole not gonna lie
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>>94427767
Lmao, ok S Carolinaman will open it when I get back from gym
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>>94427096
Protip: you also want to paint a shade lighter than you normally wood, as a sepia wash is what really sells/blends it at the end
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I'm diving into some wild shit.
Wish me luck, gentleman.
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>>94427977
Good luck. Watch out for silverfish.
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>>94427977
Is that some reaper paint? How do you like it?
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>>94427377
Are you painting that level of quality for ALL of youre marines???? Or do you just have some that are hugh quality and some you play with?
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>>94428172
It's total trash but it has it's place. It came from the reaper beginners kit. The kit was nice because it came with a few minies and instructions on how to paint.
It's very thin and you basically don't have to thin it.
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>>94428195
Nah this is the first marine I paint. I only have 7 necrons and 5 or 6 marines that I got from that imperium thing that came out. Painted 4 necrons and this guy thus far. I paint them to see how I do and to keep improving. No intention of building an army yet.
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>>94428296
Kek yep that’s where I got my reaper paints from as well. I do like the idea of a kit coming with instructions and everything you need but it took me like 10 coats of brown for some leather and the black is basically a wash. I did learn a lot though. Good for beginners.
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>>94428309
I should try something like that just have a couple models l take my time on
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>>94428345
It was a great place to start, and definitely set me up to win. I would recommend it to anyone who wants an all in one step by step kit as an absolute beginner.
But the paint sucks and that's why I still have it, lol.
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>>94419020
Where is it shipping from?!
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Unreal gift man, everything here is pretty much perfect, I’m slightly worried you guys can read my thoughts or something. Thank you and merry christmas
So I’ll admit I opened the main box as soon as I got it, went for the card first and read some of it, but stopped when I noticed “package spoilers” and decided to see if everyone was waiting till Christmas. Since you said to go ahead I figured I’d check out the rest.
>gift includes
>BA combat patrol
I’ve wanted one of these since they were announced, my army is woefully low on SG and AI, and I already have the 3rd party wings to add to these bad boys.
>pro acryl paints
I swear I have 2 of these colors in my Amazon cart right now, wild accuracy
>local candies, dates
Couldn’t get the dates in the pic since I opened them and had a few and the dogs keep trying to lick them. Fortunately no flies
>paint rack
This is will go to good use
>really well painted mephiston
Above and beyond. He will lead my chapter in battle for eons to come. Only downside is that now the best painted guy in my army was a gift lol, guess I’ll have to keep practicing
Thanks again man, and merry Christmas, I love everything
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>>94421487
And transfers are on with first bit of microset. Once transfers and Varnish are finished this dude is done
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>>94428580
>Not showing mephiston
>Opening SS in november

Nicr gift but poor form anon
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>>94428580
Those paints are great, trick with them is to add a little less water than you think to thin them. They'll look a little too thick but will paint on smooth. Especially when airbrushing, you want to add as little thinner as you need to to get it to spray.
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>>94428580
And here’s the mephiston. My shit photography probably doesn’t do it justice, but the paint job is great, the cape esp is impressive
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>>94428631
That’s fair, I’ve been trying to get a good pic and then posted upside down, omw to an hero
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>>94428631
I'm Santa and I told him he could
>>94428638
oh no he came in Australian!
honestly the hardest part was not being able to share my WIP with the board
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>>94428617
I like that horn style
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>>94428684
>honestly the hardest part was not being able to share my WIP with the board
IKTF, I'm sitting here staring at the gift minis I finished painting today, can't really share pics or I'll ruin the surprise, can't pack them up yet since I'm still waiting for a couple more items to show up.
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>>94428580
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>>94426217
We haven't been for years, its a CITES issue:

http://www.comic-tools.com/2014/07/fact-checking-kolinsky-sable-brush-ban.html
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>>94428861
I hate the world, seriously.
>No, you can't paint miniatures well in these cities
Some regulations make sense, but ffs.
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>>94428861
>>94428865

Not to go full on Murrica but I find it hilarious you can buy gun with minimal effort but nope kolinsky brushes or Kinder eggs are too dangerous
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>>94425728
They're very nice. I'm a big fan of blue and it's a lovely shade you've achieved.
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>>94428865
>abject lack of contextual awareness
>sows hate and malcontent
begone, GPTposter
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>>94428913
No we have kinder eggs now.
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>>94428913
I'd rather have a deadly weapon than childrens candy.
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>>94420855
Hope things are treating you well fellow pnw anon



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