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>2025
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Stinkers are ready, now on to the herdstone.

>>96732175
>whole woman crucified upside-down as war-banner
Based and redpilled
>Most people only fly the skin.

>>96732175
>proper dirty and violent goatdudes
nice

>>96732103
Thanks for reposting!
So far, we have 40 participants. i guess 90% are veterans of previous years.

Do we have so little influx in this thread, or does almost nobody else dare to sign up?

>>96732175
I hope so much for a good deal on some old world beastmen during black friday.
These old beastmen models are criminally underrated gems in GWs model range, and i've yet to see some printed beastmen that match them. They either fuck up the faces, or poses, or they are overdetailed as fuck, like so many digital sculpts

It really is a shame they are not more popular.

>>96732103
How do I sign up? I did it last year

>>96732216
It's only been 10 days for the signups, I figure we'll get more till the end of the month

>>96732216
Are you sending out confirmation emails? I signed up but didn't get one.

Reposting the question - what did you use to edit your spinny videos, anons? Even at lowest quality I could get on my phone it was still 12 mb which is way over 4chans 4mb limit. https://files.catbox.moe/wemb1i.mp4

>>96732103
Brotha I literally have no clue how to access this link.

>>96732216
I'm still not sure since I AM a bit scared - including bit giving good enough gift to make other person happy.

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>>96732216
>meanwhile /40kg/ SS is at 3 signups after almost 2 months

>>96732375
>brings up 40kg
>is a nigger or identifies as a nigger
Unsurprising

>>96732262
Same as last year. Decode the link from the post above and answer the google sheet.

>>96732291
No i do not send anything. You could have ticked a box in the sheet i think. Send me an email and i'll tell you if you are in or not.

>>96732450
Last year I remember there being a link where you submitted your info, I don't remember having to decode anything. I thought the link was just posted. Can you at least give me a hint how I'm supposed to decode it, I literally have no idea.

>>96732476
NTA but look up that santa image in the archive, he explained how to do it the first time he posted it

>>96732375
seems they're more wise to scams than people here

>>96732490
go back

>>96732487
I know I sound suspicious, but idk how to access the archive either, and I've been posting here since like 2014, I'm a very casual

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Reply with the best numbers and worst numbers if you want to help with science.

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>>96732723

>>96732723
They're all the same you turbo-autist.

>>96732729
Fuck dude, I have a cat and my minis don't get that hairy.

>>96732723
>>96732729
They all suck dick because they're acrylic "primers". Get lacquer primer if you want it to be good, otherwise might as well stick to chaos black spray

>>96732723
What is this, black primer? A good black primer needs to:
1: Read as black
2: Apply thin enough to avoid clogging details
3: Bind to the surface more securely than plain paint

A photo of primers painted on spoons is only useful for #1, and... yep, they're all black. The exact tint or finish is pretty irrelevant for a layer that's going to be 99% covered with other paint, so there's really nothing to rate.

>>96732926
4. not be grainy

>>96732968
Are there even any grainy black primers? That's usually a white problem.

>>96732926
The goal isn't to check for any of those things.
I'm just looking at surface texture to minimize grain and figure out what causes it specifically in unthinned primers. Anybody can apply paint thinned and get a smooth finish but that supposedly ruins the primer qualities you actually want from a primer so why bother at that point.
This is a really matte primer so I expect some level of texture when really zoomed in, but the goal is to minimize it so that it's not apparent at a macro level at all. The above are just different airbrush settings and application styles.
Just as an example that seems pretty unbiased, in the last row 423 is notably worse than the others, and then a little more subjectively 421 or 424 are probably tied for best. At least in that row.

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5 immortals down, 15 to go.

>>96733023
>that supposedly ruins the primer qualities you actually want from a primer
where did you hear that? I challenge you to get unthinned mr surfacer to even go through an airbrush. the only thing you need to worry about for your airbrish is that you aren't getting orange peel or dry spray .

>>96733101
We both know that you know that comment doesn't apply to lacquer primers.

>>96732521
>>96732216
I don't know how to get on either, to be honest. That's why I haven't signed up this year

>>96733121
what's the difference between what chemical gunk it's made of?

>>96732753
NTA but what lacquer primer would you recommend?

>>96733400
NTA
Any hobby brand lacquer primer is immeasurably better than any acrylic product for priming.
The trade-offs that make lacquer not appealing to use aren't in the result you get, it is fundamentally a strict upgrade in all categories over an acrylic primer. There are trade-offs, but it's in requiring use of harsher chemicals and safety.
While qualities of an acrylic primer matters because they're middling and range from good to bad, every lacquer primer is solidly in the good or higher tier, as they should be given the added difficulty in applying it. Difficulty in the setup and equipment sense, not skill, it's also easier to apply a good lacquer coat.

>>96732146
That's some nice work.
>>96733046
Lookin' good.

How difficult is it supposed to be to cut through polystyrene/plasticard? I have 1.5 mm thickness and I can't get through it except with actual heavy equipment, like scissors meant for cutting through metal. Isn't this shit meant to be cut with a hobby knife?

>>96733884
>Isn't this shit meant to be cut with a hobby knife?
Yes. Take a ruler (metal is the best) and then make like five shallow cuts along the same line and then just break it off.

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MYEH

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First time doing flames. How'd I do?

>>96734134
I think they look great, anon.

>>96734134
Are you colourblind? They're green

>>96734134
I'd up the contrast a bit in both directions, make the root of the flames a bit brighter and go all the way to near black at the very tips.

>>96734261
so the pig has copper blood.

>>96734077
I AM NOT NICE

>>96734077
I feel like you could've went for a brighter bone color so it contrasts more with the gold

>>96734077
Lovely skeletor.

>>96734134
Not bad at all for your first try. The weapon flames look fine. Something looks off to me about the flames on the back, though I can't quite point out why. Something about the lighting is definitely off though.
You can definitely follow anon's advice and up the contrast in both directions though. A small amount of white or near-white at the hottest core of the flame and a black-green at the highest point.

>>96732327
Find yourself a based decoder wink

>>96732262
>>96732327
decode using the based 64 method

>>96732327
>brotha
I'm an only child, nigger.

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Some patterns exist here.
For reference the numbers are a code for that they are,
First digit: airbrush PSI [15/20/25/30] (1-4)
Second digit: distance [8-12cm/15-20cm] (1-2) (131-134 was originally at 25-30cm, which was just silly far and nobody would ever paint like that, so I cut it out for subsequent runs)
third digit: coating strategy:
>1 - one thick coat (not enough to pool or drip ofc)
>2 - two normal coats
>3 - 4 thin coats
>4 - 1 thin coat, then 1 thick coat

This is with monument's black airbrush primer, unthinned, shaken a lot before use and immediately before each airbrush refill (2 to 3 times per PSI change), and the airbrush thoroughly cleaned with lacquer thinner between each PSI change as well so it's as clean as it gets.

I sorted them all and then scored them based on their position from 1-5
(top 10% - 5, 70-90% - 4, 30-70% - 3, 10-30% - 2, 0-10% - 1)
obviously a little subjective, but I'm hoping the broad categories smooth that out a bit.

>Spray distance
had virtually no impact (far scored 1 point higher, not even close to statistically significant in this data). It did have a notably worse score on the 4-thin-coats than the close distance, so I would probably recommend spraying closer anyway for higher chance at consistently better coats, but overall not significant, especially given the results of the 4-thin-coats option which we'll get to.

>PSI
15 < 20 < 25 == 30. That was the highest I tested, but probably starts to hit diminishing returns and worse results soon after 30.

>coating strategy
This is the interesting one with by far the biggest difference across all other factors. 4 thin coats is by far the worst option. 2 medium coats is next with a about a 30% improvement, then 1 thin+1 thick coat sees a big improvement, and 1 thick coat is the winner. Both nearly double the score of 4 thin coats.

What's a good material for chunky bricks like in the terrain for picrel?

>>96734813
My theory for the takeaway on the coating strategy is that while with spraypants and lacquers with stronger solvents as long as the paint isn't drying in the air it reactivates the previous layer a little and they bond and self-level just a little bit, and this isn't happening with acrylic because the solvent is too weak. So the best strategy is to just flood the surface with the fewest number of layers you can get away with without pooling in recesses, which is less of a concern unthinned I would imagine because it's not going to run into cracks the way a heavily thinned paint would.
Even though 1 thick coat technically scored a little higher because the error margins are so high 1 thin coat and then 1 coat for coverage is probably the best overall option, because the thin coat providing some tooth should help minimize the chances of the thicker coat running or pooling in cracks, and it's texture will get evened out by the next coat. basically you'd want the coat to look wet on your final coat.

For best results, 25-30psi, anywhere from 8-15 cm is fine, and as few coats as possible with the last coat appearing wet without enough to cause dripping or pooling.

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>>96734836
Forgot pic

>>96734813
if your spray distance is too far you risk dry spray. if your air pressure is too low you risk orange peel. all of this depends on your particular spray gun design, needle size, and what you're actually spraying. usually application pattern is to do multiple passes until you get the "wet look." if you're having trouble with multiple passes you should try adding a few drops of retarder.

I'm pretty satisfied with my current painting skill and progress, but my basing ability is shit. How can I git gud? I have a good supply of basing materials, but my biggest problem might just be creative decision making. I can't settle on a theme and so far I've mostly just defaulted to shitty dirt wasteland.

>>96732476
>>96732521
NTA. I mean, you could look up "4chan archivers" that have /tg/. look up 4plebs. It's a minor annoyance but we have to encrypt our links because some botting faggot gets his jollies shitting links up.