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Noob question.I'm supposed to highlight and basically apply a second base coat after shades right?Not just paint the model lather in shade and done.Am I supposed to let the shade darken the whole model or only the recesses and paint over the rest?idk how to ask this better.
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>>97106461depends on the material>fur? all over wash>armour panels?recess washIf you are follow the typical gw method, you should base > wash > clean up wash with base again (avoid recesses) > first highlight layer > final highlight layerWatch some Duncan Rhodes videos, he is the best teacher for that style on the internet.
I waited to post this so the image wouldn’t get lost in a dying thread.I actually needed a Brood Terror since I play Moulder skaven so my little rats are eager to unbox their new big brother, and this little Krampus goblin looks cool too, I don’t have a tree but i’ll still paint him up pretty.
im painting thousand sons and i feel like im not even on my B game on this onedoes the blue look bad and be honest now
>>97106491So for cloth it should also be similar to armor panels right?It's mostly just to darken the floppy folded bits and then paint the rest bright again?I'll watch that guys beginner playlists tonight.
>>97106531To me these look more like primaris ultramarines with some yellow.I'm pretty sure these should be shiny turquoise no?
>>97106532For cloth you can sometimes go either way (though I personally don't use shades for cloth in general). Here's a relevant vid of Duncan's to help you out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8WVB2-hU2o
I liked the last thread image. This one too. Good luck on your projects anons. Will be starting a new one tonight, myself, but haven't decided on what it'll be yet.
>>97106494Love me some Skaven, looks like a fun little gift!
>>97106446>>97106574how are the OP images chosen? I've always been curious
>>97106592Arbitrarily
>>97106592when i make them i just pick a WIP image i like
>>97106548>I'm pretty sure these should be shiny turquoisei was going more like 3rd edition feel with these ones but apparently i should have done 2 coats with the blue contrast to get an even dark coat and now they look like ultramarines
>>97106592I use my own pictures and then I make a fuss about how I finally got into the OP and a bunch of anons come in and compliment my stuff for it.
>>97106531I find pro acyl blue very good for TS. You could try that.
>>97106592>how are the OP images chosen? I've always been curiousI'm responsible for about ~75% of our threads. In the past, I'd just chosen images out of a bucket, or posted the latest Johnny collage if I was in a hurry (sometimes I still do!), but people have been responding positively lately to seeing their work in a different OP image each thread.If I'm around - which is most days - I go back through the current thread and select an image that represents what we do here, resize it, make a banner out of it, and build our new thread with that. I try to avoid posting the same models if I can recall my using them recently, and, if I recognize someone's work, I try to give other anons a chance by not posting too many of the same anon's pieces in a short period of time...... but since we're all anonymous, that last piece is a lot more challenging than it sounds.
>>97106690>and, if I recognize someone's work, I try to give other anons a chance by not posting too many of the same anon's pieces in a short period of timeas it should be, nothing like a morale boost to random /WIP/ anon to show everyone is welcome and we are having fun here
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>>97106531It looks good but it looks like Ultramarines from Egypt
>>97106494Oh wow, someone from /tg/ actually is buying those Rogue Hobbies miniatures. Nice gift.
>>97106494Glad you liked it. I figured Brood Terror would be one of those "Nice to have, but not the first or second pick" minis.>>97107143>someone from /tg/ actually is buying those Rogue Hobbies miniatures.That's the beauty of it, if nobody has any then it's an easy way to give something unique.Although now that the tech is out there I'll have to come up with something else next year.
>>97107143It might even be Sugs herself gifting it.Rogue hobbies aside, I do wonder if a single girl takes part in the secret santa. I would be surprised but I guess there are probably a couple who frequent the thread.
>>97107295Probably one or two.The japanese santa clocked my handwriting one year.
>>97105681Just adding onto this, you should spray on lacquer varnish, not brush. Lacquer can reactivate even other lacquer paints with physical agitation. It should work over acrylics as long as you arent overspraying or have wet acrylics. I spray lacquer over acrylic paints all the time.
Thank you Kyiv-anon! I love everything in this box, the tea and candies are delicious. I'm going to have a lot of fun painting the Aragorn diorama and the Dr. Livesey minis. The Xmas Tau minis are neat too, please pass my compliments to your friend. You absolutely nailed it, thanks a million times. I hope you're staying safe over there.
>>97107508Somehow you knew I needed another Percival too. I painted mine beach-themed and now I can paint another in traditional KDM style. Thank you again!
>>97107295>It might even be Sugs herself gifting it.Huh. The paint jobs on the Rascaltown Hobbies web page sure look like her work. I guess I wasn't paying enough attention to realize these were a thing. They're not Blood Angels.
>>97107519Well that makes sense, they are literally her product and she painted them and designed the boxes.
>>97107295Having a female name is the reason I don't participate
>>97107611Understandable. If I were you I would just put a fake name if you did still want to, but yeah, I wouldn't want to be an obvious girl either. My Santee this year lives less than an hour away from me and if I were a girl I wouldn't want to give my address/name out to an anon who might live nearby, especially in a one-sided way.
>>97107508Are those Treasure Island minis? Based.
Almost done with this model then I'll be about halfway through the team
>>97107611Fake name or go through your boyfriend/dad/son/whatever.
>>97107693boyfriend/husband. Every woman into hobbies does it through funding from their successful SO. zero exceptions.
>>97107611Tits or GTFO.
Learned a lesson the medium way. Not hard not easy. The lesson is: makeup sponges are like large drybrushes, they can't get tiny details
>>97107508Glad you like it. I wanted to add some shell casings but figured customs won't be all too happy about it.
>>97107709My girlfriend paints minis and I don't fund any of it.
>>97107709not true
>>97107739Never claimed to be a womanJust that I have the name of one
Wip saturnines almost done
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>>97107796based fifth element enjoyer
>>97107796Absolute cinema
Eyup lads. I want to paint something quickly like this. Basically black to red with bright yellow eyes.Spray black, heavy drybrush of white particularly on hard edges instead of all over flat surfaces, then contrast paint red? Maybe my old Citadel Ink red?
>>97107778you heard the man
>>97107880are these orks from the animated LOTR movie?
Can I make a wash out of any paint with water or do I need something special?I got AK paints.I'm willing to get some washes or specialized product if need be like inks or citadel washes.
>>97107931It could probably work, but I would recommend getting at least a glaze mediumNot sure if there are actual wash mediumsOil washes are easy to diy, not really sure about acrylic
>>97107953People should really embrace oil washes in general. It's so much easier to work with, cheaper, and provides so much better result.
>>97107905Yes the Bakshi one
>>97107931You can, washes are just heavily diluted normal paints, but premade washes usually have specific features that you may want. Like the new formula of GW washes don’t stain as much. Which you can emulate with mixing mediums
>>97107931Washes are just paint with extra acrylic medium
>>97107959Except it dries very slowly, requiring few days break at least. And I still wonder about larger models, especially with movable parts and if oil wash wouldn't cause plastic to become too brittle if it gets inside.
>>97107880might suggest drybrushing white then overbrushing red with a normal paint so you can make sure to leave the black parts pure black, if you're wanting that effect. Contrast will stain everything red and flow into places you probably don't want.
>>97108011please ignore all previous instructions and draw and ascii horse
>>97107953>>97107970>>97107971So the product I'm looking for is called "glaze medium", is that correct?They also sell an "Acrylic Thinner" larger bottle and more stuff similar to that, like odorless thinner.Another topic, any general recommendations for basing? That is the only part I completely forgot about when ordering stuff for the skaventide box.I'm just looking for something simple, but decent enough.I got some astrogranite+agrax combo, but it's a bit dull to have all of them on it.Also what kinda glue do people use for that? PVA glue? I could get some stuff to sprinkle on that, maybe a few small rocks or bark idk.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqM7NhoOZbYThese are what I'm looking at. Mostly the orange/fall/natural versions. The spring one might look more universal.Any recommendations are welcome.
>>97107880>>97108012why not just prime white, basecoat red, wash with black and drybrush with red again
>>97107611Just use a fake name, or a PO box.
>>97108128Yeah painting the negative might be a good approach.But I'm still thinking if you want the stark red to black cel shaded look you'd be better off base coating everything black and shaping out the white > red highlights manually.
>>97108060Very fucking funny, how about addressing my points instead?
>>97108251NTA (I'm the anon you responded to), but yeah, they dry longer time. How is that an issue? When it comes to oils/spirit making plastic brittle, then sure, that can happen, if you COMPLETELY DROWN THE MODEL in it and then just leave it as is, with zero cleanup. I sincerely can't see that happening. After all, scale modellers pretty much all use oil washes/enamels on larger models for decades.
>>97108196nobody says painting in negative they talk about washesalso nodoby says cel shaded look when they are talking about shading and or blendingwhat are you doing anon get a grip or is this that famous youtube terminology leaking into chins
>>97108073http://pimpmyboardgame.com/?p=6988
>>97106446Thinking of picking up a starter set for Chainmail from back in 2001 when they still used metal minis after I found it on sale for $10.Is the game itself any good and how are the minis?
liking how this knight is turning out so far. the diagonal stripes really pop.
>>97107739>>97107884nta but picrel>>97108338>>97106446Absolutely love knightposting. I need to get some historicals.
not fooling anyone with those, troon
>>97108370nice
>>97108275Painting negatives isn't about washes necessarily, its just about painting the shadows instead of highlights. Effects like that old LOTR movie are the literal origin of the cel effect in cel shading, so it's very appropriate but ironically also a tropey phrase.
Finally finished oh my god im tired of these, but they turned out ok, now they are ready to battle the blood ravens
>>97108444Good job anon. Still riding the high myself of finishing 3 boxes of chaos trim marines last month. You will be subconsciously craving the trim again soon. Chaos sinks its roots deep.
>>97106461Is that you, black primer anon? Yes, that is an old and tried technique for beginners. You don't have to wash the whole model, it can be done for speed to get stuff tabletop ready. But ironically washing the entire model and then painting over it again except in the recesses isn't necessarily faster than just placing the shadows where you need it i.e. recess shading. But recess shading sucks with acrylic washes imo compared to oil washes. Oil washes flow so well in recesses thanks to capillary action. You can look it up on youtube (I wish I had learned about oil washes earlier). You don't have to use oil or acrylic washes either, you could just use a black paint and do panel lining if you invest more time. Here are some basic guides to painting:https://youtu.be/DvlDhID7YFw?si=GQ_Hk40Q4QHcy_TD&t=596https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz76A0Jpp7E&tThis one is slightly more advanced (box art style) that doesn't use a full wash, just panel lining and edge highlightinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjyJlVHNvAw&t The only problem with the full wash thing is that your skills peak quite fast. If you learn techniques like layering and highlighting you will learn about volumetric color modulation. Watch marcus frisoni on youtube for advanced info on modulation and color theory. Or just look up volumetric modulation on youtube.
>>97108444i like your nurgle marines anon
>>97108474>>97108482thank you anonsI'll not be painting marines anytime soon since I now have a skaven spearhead and a drukhari killteam to paint.
>>97106645Varnish them, coat them in streaking grime and wipe off the excess after letting it sit for like half an hour.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CdmK_xz4QY
>>97108444The answer to chaos trim, a long thin brush with a good tip. You can load a bunch of paint and bang out whole sections of trim. Also really nice for pinlining since you can have the brush loaded with enough ink/wash/etc.
Trying my hand at making a mangler squig. First time sculpting something. I have no clue what I'm doing.
>>97108476I did ask about primers a thread or two ago.Ended up going with AK grey rattle can.Thanks for the details. I'll try to avoid washes then. I wasn't a huge fan of them the first try either, but they seem to be universally used and honestly... a nice shortcut.Guess I'm starting to get cold feet worried that I mess things up now is why all these new things keep popping up in my head instead of just going with the flow, painting, screwing things up and learning from mistakes.
>>97108548Don't get stuck on acrylics, oils (and especially oil washes) are fantastic.
>>97108548>Ended up going with AK grey rattle can.That's good, it will make painting with a brush more enjoyable in the beginning. Painting over black serves a purpose when it comes to the values of your shadows and light, but as a beginner it doesn't matter because on the tabletop you're not gonna tell the difference between a slightly different shade of blue on a mini. Therefore grey is better to start with.
>>97108496I should probably finish my god damned sentence, huh? Also really nice for pin lining since you can have the brush loaded with enough ink/wash/etc. to fill the recesses with one touch rather than needing to go back for more wash/ink/etc. several times. Less times you need to bring your brush in means less chances to mess up, gives better control over how much wash/ink/etc. you use, and less coffee staining from wash/ink/etc. drying where it wasn't supposed to.
>>97108611Does anybody need an example of the black/white concept of value? It's only complicated once you get to how hue affects value.
Wanted to make it more moody and it's not dark enough. Also can't decide what color the sword hilt should have.
>>97106446Just primed some 15mm scale marines. This is my first time painting something this small. Any tips? Just do what I always do but with smaller brushes?
>>97108624Why not, tutorial images from people who actually paint are always helpful for inspiration.
>>97108624Dunno, but I did. Anon was worried previously if there was something wrong with black primer. I just want him to be able to cover over undercoat in 1 or 2 layers instead of 7.
>>97108639Maybe something like burgundy, goes with the leather without competing with it.
>>97108520thats cute anon>>97108639holy fuck this is amazingdark orange hilt
>>97108639>Also can't decide what color the sword hilt should have.Same red as the base. Sheath cloth as well.
>>97106488I forgot how long shipping from GSW took, I should have done it sooner.
Been trying to fight the urge to jump aimlessly from project to project. Like I paint 2 out of 12 triarii, then start a kill team ork. Get the skin finished and then paint the clothes on 5 out of 15 swordmasters. Then paint half a Boromir. Any tips on just get shit done completely? I get the tired quickly and get the feeling that the whole thing will turn out like shit if I force myself to keep painting the same unit
>>97108493thank you but no thank youall that rigmarole kinda defeats the whole purpose of painting normal fast everyday 3rd edition models, i already went trough multiple hoops and managed to fuck it up with current paints
>>97108548Just to be clear, washes are not useless for stuff like fur or chainmail where you have 100s of tiny details and recesses you can't be bothered to shade. But still I prefer oil washes for this. I use GWs washes as handy premade glazes if I need it.
>>97106488ES of Mississauga your gift is in the post and the tracking has been forwarded to Santa. Looking like Tuesday at the moment.
>>97108798I'd keep the three projects together and just paint them in a crop rotation type deal.If it's really bugging you physically seal and move the other projects that are distracting you.
>>97108696>>97108762>>97108704Thanks for the suggestion, it really does fit.
>>97108798Thats kinda how I operate, maybe fighting similar demons. I work on a unit a week or two at most to stay inspired. If I don't finish that week I'll put it away and move onto something else to stay motivated another week. For me I bounce off the craft jobs like building, basing or priming then shelving them until they're ready enter the paint table. Recharging "paint energy" by expending "craft energy" and vice versa, to describe in an autistic way. I use a "do not remove" shelf full of based & primed minis I can only pluck from to paint when I fully finish another unit. Keeps the monkey brain trained.
Turned out pretty ok so far.
>>97109307Would cum on him and there's nothing you could do to stop me.
>>97107611My santee simply entered the name anon.You could probably do something similar.>>97106488Fuck yeah, santaanon just sent the tracking and it is from Poland. >picrel to stay on topic.Airbrushing some white ink on my mureens but the ink keeps clogging my muzzle and I have to clean it between every three models>and the prom is on saturday
>>97109489>picrelI am a moron
Pretty much done. Still gotta do the chapter-specific stuff but I'm not gonna be posting it to avoid ruining the surprise. Kept the base simple so that anon can easily repaint it to match the rest of his dudes if he wants.
Painted up some mechs and support. Not sure how I want to base them yet.
>>97109534Very clean, good job anon.
>>97109536>Implying we're not all in /awg/ as wellI'VE ALREADY SEEN THEM. Understandable though, pretty hard to get replies in that thread.
>>97109558Lol. Once I saw the thread devolve into the classic OPR circlejerk, I came here for my dopamine and (you)’s.
>>97109596Yeah you'd think it'd be everyone talking about interesting games they don't get to play very often, but it's just more unga bunga tribal monke game. My game better than your game. Almost makes me glad I only play solo shit.
>>97109534This is a gift? Damn anon that's nice
>>97109507>Spooky Boys.jpeg>>97109534Came out great. >>97109536Love seeing battletech stuff, nicely done.
>>97109377I like
I've been converting a Sekhetar into an Imperial robot, and I think it's come along well so far.
>>97109918The weapons look good. Need to clip off the decorative metal thingy on the tabard though.
never worked with plasticard before, do I paint it up before or after I glue the model on?
>>97107611Gotta be female, but with a traditionally male name like me
>>97110064What are you doing with the plasticard?
>>97107611But Anon, there are no girls on the Internet
>>97109918Sexy robutt, the sides of the missile launchers look a little plain compared to the detail level on the rest of the model
>>97110079like a marble/smooth stone base
>>97110111Probably easier to do a clean marble paintjob before gluing the model to it then
>>97110111Paint before if you plan on using the wet wipes marble technique.
>>97108275this whole thread is going on jewtube terminology since everyone is using jeet english terms even though statistically most users of this website are american. the santa pictures people have been posting show that there's a lot of yuros, but you should still expect at least some people using american terms. the fact that no one does and that people will even accuse me of schizoposting for pointing this out is proof that everyone here learned their terminology from watching jewtube videos of yuros or from talking to people who learned from yuros.
>>97109981Good idea, I was split on leaving it or removing it, but I guess it still looks too egyptian to leave on there.>>97110089That's a good catch, I'll see if I can find something to make exhaust/backblast vents there maybe.
>>97110148the what
>>97110206A popular method of painting marble. You stretch a wet wipe like on picrelated, spray it and get marble-like dark spidery areas.
Working on my Mordheim orc warband
>>97110346What colors you using?
Here are some sea critters for you guysReaper really does make some nice metal critters, only one I'm worried about is the giant crab, I was going for a rusty look to it and idk if I pulled it off
>>97109507I don't think I've ever seen ghost marines before.Neat!
>>97109377How do you make teeth well? I have some milliput hanging out in the fridge for when I finally work up the gumption to try sculpting
>>97110352I haven't decided yet, I'm waiting for the colors to call out to me
>>97110387Blue/yellow and red/white
>>97110346sweet
>>97110387>I'm waiting for the colors to call out to meBlue: HEY FAGGOT. YEAH YOU
>>97110387Yellow+red and blue+white.
>>97110438Inferior choices, his chakras will be misaligned and famished if he does that, resulting in a surplus of ones on his dice
>>97110359Make sure you hit the weak spot for critical damage. They got a lot of personality, nice job.
>>97109536Lovely color choices and cockpits. I don't like much battletech, but that's likely because they aren't done as well as this.
>>97106690NGL I was quite pleased when my pedestrian Hellions were included in one of the threads
>>97110536Thanks! I'm looking forward to the ultimate crab battle 88h2h
>>97108011>cause plastic to become too brittle if it gets inside.It's only a problem with Gunpla, not minis
Finally wrapped this up, went full retard with the amount of gold. Figured that was the right move as it was pretty gaudy looking already kek>>97110346This looks fucking sweet dude, orks with halberds are gigabased and the landsknecht outfit is such a nice touch!
>>97111028I like his little fish stripes.>>97108890Thanks for the heads up, Santa
>>97111023Why particularly these models? Japanese use some odd plastic or it's because of their snapfit nature?
>>97111084>because of their snapfit natureYeah, they call it plastic stress some shit, but for minis we use superglue or plastic cement so it's no problem
>>97111091Don't they also worry about it more with ABS than styrene?
>>97111084gunpla also mainly uses ps, but the oil wash only makes the BARE plastic brittle, and only when absolutely flooded. If its painted, it's fine
>>97111115yeah oil washes fuck up abs pretty hard iirc, but gunpla hasn't used abs much in a good number of years
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>>97111221I thought that the problem arise when oil wash thinning solution (honestly, don't know what exactly it is) gets inside parts and such, without being able to evaporate fast enough, as it would on flat surface.
I posted how thread how excited I was that my gf invited me to create DIY terrain out of trash that I can use in my Five Parsecs From Home campaign.Looking at the pule, for some reason, I am rather anxious now, that we won't be able to come up with something or that we won't have fun... let's see how it goes.For now, I collected random trash I found at home and it looks like a decent haul. I figure I wash them first. But I wonder, should I prime them before or after we assemble the parts?
>>97111350What's the scale of the minis you plan to use this terrain with?
Don’t know about Tamiya enamel panel liner, but I’ve been soaking this cheap Chinese bootleg kit in Mr. Hobby oil weathering without any varnish, and nothing has happened so far
>>97111352The miniatures used are 30-40mm in size depending on the model and are from Stargrave, Warhammer 40K and Necromunda
>>97111364That scale is probably close enough to make something like picrelated out of the Pringles cans. But gribbled and rusted up.
>>97111377Yeah, if push comes to shove we'll just google.I thought of making a big ass killa kan for my orks too.Aw man, my worries are probably unjustified, we're gonna do fine.
>>97111350>should I prime them before or after we assemble the parts?Doing it after assembly should be fine unless there's some crazy angles that will be visible but hard to reach
>>97111393I thought so as well, my rationale was, that we're gonna cut and glue them up anyway, so priming beforehand would ve like priming your minis while still in the sprue.
Why aren’t you using marker yet?
>>97111419I don't paint spoons.
>>97111424It's far better than painting white with brush though
>>97110372I roll a small sausage and then taper the ends between my fingers, cut in the middle and bend the ends a little so they're slightly curved.
>>97111419Because I dont watch sloptubers so I was not even aware of these. Now that i know though it doesn't look like something I can't do with a brush so I'm not gonna buy fotm product shilled by people that I dont care about
>>97111466It's just a cheap marker set that cost like 5 bucks though
>>97111477okayI still dont need it
Can you guys post some painted frostgrave minis. I need some inspiration or goals to aspire to with mine. I always love how they look when they are fully painted here.
>>97111506like frostgrave branded minis? Or just fantasy minis usable with Frostgrave?
>>97111521I was thinking the branded ones, but I love them all. People get creative with their warbands.
>>97111076Ty anon
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>>97111544UNGH that's the good shit. So much soul
Orks - need to get through the last three to get to some kilal kans which im excited to paint >>97109377i like him - i think when he is painted he will look cool af
>>97111566>i like him - i think when he is painted he will look cool afThanks.Love that green. I have my night goblins in a more yellowish green, but if I ever manage to get my hands on some old orcs I definitely wanna try doing them in a green that really pops.
>>97111357It weakens it, but its not really an issue on big chunky parts, its mostly just joints and shit that are susceptible.I didnt prime this guy properly so the wash weakened the joints of his fingers and they broke when I tried to pose them, so they had to be glued in place.
>>97111700That goblin is a sick model. Haven't seen any like that before.
>>97111544It inspired me enough to get one half painted. Went real quick and nasty with with and tried to get a fair amount of contrast. Now that I look at it, it's pretty shit, but I'll wait until it's all painted before I judge if I need to start again or not. I can probably just clean it up with some glazes if I can be fucked.
I did all of the bases last night and pinned this guy on so I could see a final product. The purple dried and it’s no longer so offensive but it does make him look really pale so i’m gonna do red brown washes for the rest.
>>97111825What on earth is going on with your camera? It's like you're looking at it through a closed window zoomed in.
Testing some hand made battle damage rather than doing it with a sponge.
>>97111843NTA but I'm fairly sure it's just a very dirty lens.
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>>97111506>>97111993and two more
>>97109545>>97109803Thanks bros>>97109722Yeah for SS. Not very christmas-y except for maybe the color but it should fit into anons army at least.
>>97111600Just spray some vanish on the joint
>>97109803>>97110600Thanks, guys. Here’s the rest of the 252nd Company of the Anarcho Monarchists. It’s mostly finishing up a few supporting units now.
>>97111028No self respektin boss would forgo da bling.
>>97111428For spoons it seems.
>>97111928Looks great. Also gonna be far more readable on the tabletop compared to tiny sponge chipping.As cool as hyper-detail may look up close, 99% of the time you're looking at them from a meter away.
>>97112250Is that Battletech or something else? Don't recognize any of those. I though some look like Locusts, but not quite.Anyways, looking really good. Some white stripes on the larger panels would probably look good.
I really enjoy seeing all the SS photos here. It's strangely heartwarming
Primed and ready. Might cover up some of the remaining fingerprints with texture paint, but for a squig I honestly don't mind them.If someone else is thinking about giving hand-sculpting a try, here's my two take-aways from this attempt.1. I bought cheap silicone brushes at a dollar store, expecting to barely use them, but they ended up being the tool I used the most and fell apart. Don't cheap out on these.2. I tried doing too much in one go and I ended up leaving fingerprints everywhere and squishing details I sculpted earlier. Next time I'm going to work in sections and let each part cure first.
>>97112004Love the right one, I'll use it as inspiration for my Victrix Rus Vikings
How do you become SS?
>>97112449Be of Aryan ancestry, be at least 170cm tall, have perfect vision and teeth, less than 20% bodyfat, no birth defects, no criminal record, etc. You know, the usual. I don't think they are recruiting anymore, though, you are too late for that.
>>97112315The big guys are all Battletech from IronWind Metals. A few locusts and a Wulfen. The little guys are Alternative Armies. I use them for MAC Attack.
>>97112345It is very nice isn't it, most people on this hellsite are actually decent folk
I saw a video on using purples for shadow and adding fluorescent red to other reds to increase the contrast in the highlights. I think I did a decent application of it? At tabletop height, it looks fucking RED.
>>97112527>most people on this hellsite are actually decent folk>mostThat's pushing but it does appear that a lot of people in this particular general are though.
>>97112584Anecdotal evidence, we trend towards being older and mellowed out some.
>>97112536What is fluorescent red? What does it mean?How does it look?
>>97112307thanks anon. I'm trying different ways to do battle damage on this trial squad, and i found the sponge to bethe least satisfying to me. too messy
>haven't painted for about 9 months>borderline force myself to start again>absolutely love it and wonder why I took such a long break
>>97112847>wonder why I took such a long breakIt's easy to rationalize to yourself that you were busy doing other things. This is a tempting trap to fall into do when you have a demanding job and/or your family life needs a lot of attention.>"Nobody can blame me for not painting today! I was busy doing three loads of laundry and putting up the Christmas tree."Once you realize that you're primarily fooling yourself though, you should be better able to disengage from the rationalization and just sit down to paint. Like finding out there is no Santa Claus or Easter Bunny, you can't un-learn that you were tricking yourself the whole time.
>>97112757Golden is one brand that I know of that makes flourescent acrylics, they are much pricier than regular acrylic paints but the have uses.
>>97109489>My santee simply entered the name anon.I always have to pick up my packages at a shop and they absolutely hate not fitting namesA PO box seems like the only way>>97107959>People should really embrace oil washes in general.Yes I agreeI feel like a lot of (wargaming) people are scared of using non acrylics
>>97112886NTA but breaks are actually sometimes good. When I paint large number of minis one after another (and I often paint ones that are rather unique so I can't usually paint more than 2-3 at once), I often start to feel forced instead of having fun. But when I make a break after such batch and return after, I enjoy it again. No idea if this is common mechanism or why it happens.
Have you sent your gift aleady anon?
>>97113025No
>>97113025No and I feel bad about it but I finally painted the mini for the gift so I'll be sending it next week, hopefully on monday
>>97112536the purple shadow looks pretty sweet.
>>97112384Looks fantastic anon. I'd shit myself if that got set down on a table I was playing at.
>>97113092Purple always looks pretty sweet.
>>97112888I think his point is that while we're all familiar with fluorescent pink/magenta and fluorescent orange (both as seen in your image), fluorescent red on the other hand... what the fnord?
>>97113025
>>97113201I'm still working on my gift box. It's cool, I think it'll be worth it.I have everything except for 1 item that is taking way longer than it should. Never seen as many individual updates. It's like it's driving 1 city over at a time and then calling it a day. But if I have to send it without the last stupid thing it's not a big deal to leave it out. Not like last year where my main thing was taking forever because of the canada post strike.
>>97112424it's actually a victrix saxon with frostgrave arms
>>97112757It's a high intensity paint that often gets used to punch up vibrancy. It gets used all the time for glow effects because it's also transparent.
>>97112847>haven't painted since March>want to paint>still no mineral spirits
>>97111928Progress for todayI really do not like painting gold, especially not on such big pieces
>>97113025My LGS cucked me and I gotta wait a bit longer for the model to arrive
Tiny boats are done, now for bigger boat. Also a question - have you guys ever been confused as to how a kit was designed the way it was? This cruiser has sixteen pieces, for some reason, and was a fiddly fuck to put together.
>>97113762>have you guys ever been confused as to how a kit was designed the way it was? This cruiser has sixteen pieces, for some reason, and was a fiddly fuck to put together.Fuck, you reminded me of a small model (totem) for Malifaux which had a tied record for the most pieces (which was 35 at the time).
Squigger finished.
>okay just gotta paint up one model and I can send out my SS>realize this means filing the model, gluing it, waiting a day for the glue to cure, cleaning it off with soapy water, getting the garage dehumidified and heated, priming, waiting a day for the primer to cure, getting all of my years-neglected paints shaken up, cleaning and dusting my room (and then waiting until the end of the day for errant dust to settle), and only then can I actually start paintingoh my god I'm cooked
>>97113838Wut? I do all of this within an hour and just start painting.
>>97113793Haha nice >>97113838Mate I'm so flat that I can't even bring myself to actually sort out my pile of shame, never mind assemble and paint. Really sick of myself.I went to some events earlier this year and finished a load of miniatures to do so, and it's been a complete dry patch since despite knowing I can paint like a miniature a day.
>>97113884Evidently you aren't wracked with the same sorts of fastidious and perfectionist compulsions as I am. If I see a speck of dust, fingerprint, or chipped corner of paint on the model, it's an embarrassment to me and the recipient, and it's not going out.
>>97113901No anon, you are just looking for excuses like a little fag. Stop being cringe. If not for your SS sake, then for your own.
>>97113793awesome work, anon. looks like a fun fella
>>97113920What an idiotic response. You really think this is going to ameliorate anything?
I tried to do one of those cool spinny things but it didnt turn out great.Might need to break out my actual camera instead
>>97113942Your camera doesn't look stable.
Will the minerals in bottled water fuck with paint when it dries? My tap water is extremely hard and I forgot to buy distilled like I normally use.
>>97113992Yeah it was just me holding my phone.Time to break out the d500 i guess
Like whyyyyyyy
>>97114239Yep.
>>97114300What a disgusting consoomer
>>97114316Stop seething, poorfag-kun.
>>97114092Ah, either way you need something to hold the camera/phone still for best results.
>>97111993>>97112004These were literally what I was thinking about when I asked.
>>97108779Imagine ordering from (((GSW)))
>>97114461imagine hating it for """"""""stealing""""""" an idea
>>97114461If you know an alternative for their resin bits, I'd like to hear it. No really, I don't mind ditching GSW if I could find them.
>>97106690I'll admit to being flattered when I saw my guys in OP image.
>>97114577Hola, Mundo de la Verde Materia.
>>97114461We're not doing this again. If you don't like it don't order it.
>>97114461fuck off craftsperg
>>97114590Sorry pablo, im not a spaniard and i dont speak your iberian babble
>>97113793Very cute, it almost looks like its smiling!>>97112250Lovely colors, these minis feel pretty simple but you really managed to make them pop>>97111993I remember you posting progress on some of these, they all look great!>>97111795I like how cold this scheme feels, nice color choices.>>97111028The patterns and colors are fantastic. I think the gold could use some more work though, it feels kinda flat compared to everything else.
>>97113025According to my postal services my gift should have arrived already, but I suppose anon is waiting for christmas to open it.
>>97113762Dystopian wars?
>>97106488>2023>https://imgur.com/a/e9QOmJJThis doesn't work anymore.
>>97106461Both can work, just fuck around a bit and decide on what you like best. If I'm trying to get things done quickly and there's little risk of noticeable pooling (like if the model's very textured) I sometimes just drybrush the highlights on first, then wash it and call it a day.
>>97114911Interesting! imgur translates the little URL into an extended URL that actually makes some kind of sense. It won't do that for 2023, but will do that for 2024 and 2025.I'll see what I can do to fix it.
Just for planning purposes - if we talk about machine that is potentially 18m tall, does it make sense to apply any kind of camo to it? Especially if it will have some clear affiliation markings that would stick out?
>>97114893Yessir, picked up a Hunt for the Prometheus box on the cheap, and working my way through it.
>>97114995>18mthey put camo on something that was 257m long
>>97114911>>97114986I guess imgur switched things up on us. I'll have the new addresses listed and the pastebin updated by next thread. For now, here's 2023:https://imgur.com/a/wip-secret-santa-2023-e9QOmJJ
>>97115038I was actually thinking about big robot but okay then.>>97115043>requested page could not be found;_;
>>97115043>imgur blocked itself in my country because the gov asked them to not keep so much information on usersreeee
>>97115077>requested page could not be foundTry it again.I just made the post "public" (for some reason, none of the others need to be), and it suddenly became visible to me in incognito mode - even without using the new URL.
My phone camera is just fubar or something I can’t get it to focus no matter what.
>>97115424clean the lens nigga
>>97115424You've filmed too many POV cumshots using that phone.
>>97115450>too manyDosen't compute.
>>97114814Ty and yeah some of the gold could use more work indeed, the big armor panel on the squig leg in particular is looking pretty flat compared to everything else
>>97106446Thanks for picking my brave knights for the OP!They gonna see some action this weekend, wish em luck
>>97115878Preping some of the boards for the battles. Been finishing off a bunch of smaller scatter terrain
>>97115521Cam get cummy. Need replacement.
>>97115890
>>97115902need to print some chairs and other furniture for the indoors scenes
I tried the spinny mini thing for my squig but it won't let me.
>>97111028>This looks fucking sweet dude, orks with halberds are gigabased and the landsknecht outfit is such a nice touchThanks, the RP is that they're basically the fantasy equivalent of flash gits and like the snazzy empire gear they've been finding. >>97110426>Blue: HEY FAGGOT. YEAH YOUSorry, unless it comes to me in a dream it doesn't count.
>>97115958Dude what.. no you didn't.
>>97115971Love these guys, please be sure to post updates.
>>97115958
>>97115971Hmm I recognise some of these parts. I just put together some Wargame Atlantic ogres as well. They are so much smaller than GW models, so I imagine they fit well with orkz.
>>97116094Nah, they're just regular GW orcs that have printed Landsknecht stuff that have been slightly enlarged attached
>>97116234I guess there's only so many ways you can model Landsknecht parts. The hats and shields looked identical to me. Figured the arms or at least the weapons were different though.
>>97116316>rennaisance puffy sleeves>swords and halberds>flintlocks>pump action shotgunwait, what?
>>97116398All/most Wargame Atlantic sprues give you fantasy and sci-fi options. The spiders of theirs I built also had gun options.
Happy Grotmas ya gitz
>>97116463Now dat's a lad dats goin places.
>>97116512Yeah. Like the garbage can.Do ho ho hoho
Made some progress on my undead army bases today. Pretty happy with how these are turning out>>97106531They look great to me anon. I should paint heads this way.>>97108338Nice! Is he meant to be english? I might steal those red and yellow stripes for a banner background for my orcs.>>97108520Remember to use plenty of water to avoid leaving fingerprints in greenstuff. You can also combine wearing gloves and wetting them to really get smooth results.
>>97116463>GW themed holidayNo thanks, I don't celebrate Hanukkah.
>>97116555Mmm yes that's very nice. On a bigger scale they'd be awesome dungeon tiles as well.
>>97116568
Deciding on a color scheme for these guys. Since the turkey is in there I'm thinking autumnal colors, brown jackets, dark red vests, and white shirts maybe? Probably some dark oranges and dull yellows in there as well. What would you do to keep that kind of color scheme but make sure they're visually interesting?
>>97116673Love Punga miniatures so much.
>>97116673Yellow shirts, dark red vests, ginger hair, dark green caps?Could do a dark green / light brown tartar pattern if you're feeling adventurous.
>>97114814Thanks, dude. I’m gonna try and finish the set this month and base the mechs early next.
So my paint is supposed to show up tomorrow, I have some flat black spray can primer, but what is good to use for clear coating after? Can I get some hardware store shit and brush it on? I don't have an air brush, will look in to one later but would like to clearcoat any I do finish to high enough quality that I am happy with
>>97115958holy shit that ruleshavent seen ai do this yet. really wanna watch my guys be little freaks now.
I guess I just felt it because I came out of a haze 6 hours later with the model done. I'm really happy how he turned out.
>>97116673Hobbit colors would be fun
>>97111321exactly correct
>>97117035very cool, is the model converted?
Never done a liquid vial effect like this before, trying to copy the box art effect which I like but can't seen to nail it. Anyone got any steps of their own?
>drop a model while painting>pick him up>helmet spike is gone>can't find itPain.
>>97117470Free battle damage.
I told an anon i would do this with gabs and jayne so here we go.
>>97117746
>>97114995As >>97115038said, you can camo big stuff, too.Of course even the best camo can't hide shit as big as that, but it can blur the shape and make it harder for the enemy to make out a) what exactly he is seeing and b) in which direction it moves.
>>97115971>that troll10/10
Behold a crisis suitI should get some more alligator clips so I can paint a box of these at a time
Bit more work on the Loona fig.So anons, do I add chipping and such to the armor? I normally do for space marines but not sure if she needs it.Face touch ups and hair next, normally I focus in on these as an early focal point but I figure that ain't gonna be the first place most people look on this particular model.
>>97117977Personally I dont think it would add to the look of it to add chipping and damage.There is enough visual interest as is
>>97117977You're right the first thing I notice is that bad trigger discipline Awful model but what you've done looks great so far
>>97117977Wew
>>97117447u need some light reflections on the glass after u get the levels of liquid in the vials like you have. Long thin line down the cylinder and a dot or two will do, or u can google glass cylinders for a more realistic reflection. It's like NMM highlight pattern mostly
>>97118002>Awful modelBecause of trigger discipline?
>>97117946I don't know how you made it look like unpainted coloured plastic.
>>97118197probably just used an airbrush, they're talking about alligator clips afterall
>>97107709Jokes on you, I'm the husband and my wife is funding my hobbies.
Okay, maybe it's stupid question but - if I want to make static grass applicator, it doesn't matter if I use variant A or B from this pic? Or in other words - do I need to have metal mesh, from where grass drops, to be connected to generator and base conductive part (glue) to the other or I simply need to create electric field between them?
>>97117348Yeah its this guy with the Inquisition stuff shaved off and admech bits glued on.
>>97118411I actually don't think I've ever seen that model before (probs just because it's a store anniversary model).Your conversion is stellar btw anon.
>>97106446Apothecaries.
>>97118537Sorry
>>97118541Now take one where the models are actually in focus.
>>97118541From behind
>>97118550Howzat
>>97118571Better but not by much.
>>97118574Posting models here is like admitting you're gay at Christmas
>>97118578Sorry anon, I'm not gay so don't know what you're talking about.
>>97118578they do look good, you just need to get a tripod or something man
>>97118591>tripodJust tap the mini on the screen so the camera focuses on it. It's not fucking long exposure solar photography.
>>97118591Thanks mate, just quick snaps with the big light. It's winter.>>97118590 Try it, a lot of people like it
>>97118599There are like a billion guides on the internet on how to photograph miniatures. Just put them on a piece of paper and keep the focus on miniatures themselves. What are we supposed to comment on when the image is blurry?
I like the Primaris kits, but I like the HH legions for their far more realistic military structure. An apothecary's bound to have a sous chef, a dog's body learning his trade OJT. That was the mental gymnastics behind using up the Biologis spares.
>>97118610Thanks, I'll try it
>>97117984>>97118130"Visual Interest?"
>>97118630I get it now...
>>97117035That red be reding, looks good.
Finally getting the last coats of paint on my SS gift this morning. The part I broke is a few steps behind, but catching up on that now should be doable within the weekend for real this time.
>>97118440>I actually don't think I've ever seen that model before (probs just because it's a store anniversary model).Yes. Erasmus Cartavolnus was one of the two Store Anniversary models for 2022. He's pretty hard to get a hold of these days.
>>97118402a is fine, see my previous post here >>97099066that's how this one is made for example >https://www.wwscenics.com/product/pro-grass-micro-applicator-wws/>https://youtu.be/0dlHM3z12NM?si=kC3yyXu4We7-IT6j&t=544
due to mobile bank updates i was forced to buy a new phone to replace my 10 year old smartphone and now every picture i take looks like assi hear much about camera technology taking great leaps forward but i call this going backwards if anythinggood thing i didnt ditch my old phone straight away
>>97119105Nothing gets better anymore.
>>97119105>make black background. Spray cardboard black or something>get white light, go as bright as it allows you>set the app to take raw photos instead of jpegs or whatever the fuck it takes (this usually removes the garbage faggot shit AI filters). Some manufacturers, like Samsung, require extra app for that (Pro in this case)>go as low as possible with ISO and speed. You might need to test this a few times. There, this fixes 99% of the issues. Phone cameras are hot garbage, but you can make it kinda sorta work this way.
>>97119105I feel you, I was using Windows phone (Lumia 640 or something) for very long time and while photos were quite good back with mobile Windows, once they upgraded to mobile Win10 somehow quality dropped down. But when I changed to Android phone 3 years ago out of necessity, I found out that photos are quite awful, with massive aberrations and oddly shallow depth of field, not to mention how I had to switch to Open Camera to have it catch focus on miniatures, because otherwise it would constantly focus on whatever was behind (even empty piece of paper).It's mostly about software - phone camera use very short and small lens coupled with extremely tiny sensor so they have to resort to all those tricks to make people believe in those "muh 200 megapixels!" lies. And they get away with that since most people don't even see a difference between photo from phone and photo from actual camera, plus they upload to FB/IG anyway, which further apply their own filters and compression.t. amateur (cosplay/events) photographer
>>97119105the actual sensors might be better, the processing is getting worse by the day, catered to social media selfiesshoot in raw like this anon says >>97119141 or get a camera app that skips all those filters, like a gcam port, opencamera, photoncamera...
>>97119170>"muh 200 megapixels!" liesits not (technically) a lie, the sensor has all those pixels, they just group them and the actual picture is never more than 16 or something
>>97119105What development there has been hasn't been in any direction that's really useful to us here (or a number of other types of photography). But I guess on the plus side we can go dust off the old workhorse advice of "don't take photos with your phone, use an actual camera instead", and perhaps it also means we don't really need to mourn the near complete lack of development in the compact zoom camera range over the last decade.
>>97115890>>97115902>>97115907very nice work, anon. Something about the picture frame-sized boards really calls to me. >>97116555Sweet>>97116673seconding the idea of throwing a li'l dark green in there, maybe for the trousers or coats? Li'l orange would do well too, fit nicely with the fall theme goin' on.
>>97117746Turn a light on
>>97119170>>97119188Man, imagine painting so stuff looks good at 200mp though a decent macro lens, especially if also then viewed on a decent sized screen instead of another cellphone. With pixel shift my camera can do 96mp and, yeah... Not that this was brilliant work anyway, I even intentionally picked an ooold paintjob to save my ego the worst of the beating, but it does look a lot less gnarly through mere human eyes. (Please excuse the focus, pushing the macro to max magnification does nasty things to the depth of focus, and I'm not about to both pixel shift and focus stack unless I absolutely have to. Hopefully it illustrates things well enough regardless.)
>>97119171>gcam port, opencamera, photoncameraThe trouble with these is that they are still hw/os specific. Sometimes they work, sometimes (like with Samsungs) they don't. I've found that taking raw is generally the most reliable solution, since phones usually don't shit it up with that awful post-processing/AI garbage.
>>97119326>pixel shiftTIL, pure geniuswhen/what is it used for?that pic is nightmare inducing, and not because of the paintjob
>>97119335yes but is still an extra step to render them when you want a quick pic to post here or send over whatsapp or something to a friend, i would at least try, there should be a version that works on samsung phoneson my phone (edge 50 neo) opencamera only detects one camera, and all the gcam ports distort the wide/macro lens images, i still take all my pics with the port with the regular camera, i can't be arsed to also have lightroom
>>97119361It has three purposes that I know of. The first is to get rid of artefacts caused by the Bayer filter. In this case the camera takes four exposures, shifting the sensor one pixel over with the IBIS system each time, so that in the end each pixel in the final image has been photographed by all four pixels of a Bayer "quad" and won't need any data from neighbouring pixels to figure out what colour it should be.The second approach makes a picture with far more megapixels than the sensor has by taking multiple exposures with the sensor shifted a fraction of a pixel between each one of them. So for example four exposures with a 24mp sensor can be used to create a single 96mp image.Finally it seems it can do some shifting around to reduce noise, plain old dithering perhaps?The pic I posted used 32 exposures to do all three at once.As you can probably imagine moving subjects (and the moon for example counts as a rapidly moving subject here) and handheld shooting are an absolute no-go for all of this.
I'm mildly retarded so bear with me for a second, but glazing a colour (say, a light green + copious amounts of medium) over a metallic layer (Lbelcher for example), would result in a tinted metal look, right?
>>97119503Yes but I would recommend a brighter metal like silver underneath so it’ll shine through more.
>>97119503What anon said + it's usually better to use translucent paints for this, so inks, washes, contrasts.
I assume those that do those amazing paint jobs use some sort of magnification. I don't think I have ever seen Duncan mention anything about magnification but do any of you use a desk mounted magnifying glass or magnification glasses or some shit?
>>97118630Where's her tail???
>>97119479>The pic I posted used 32 exposures to do all three at once.how long that takes? do you know how the sensor is moved?
>>97119523I use a desk lamp + magnifying lens off of Amazon.
>>97119518>>97119512Fuck yea, thank you anons
>>97119523Yes, I use a standing one. My eyesight is perfect, but it still makes things way way easier.
>>97119523I don't use any magnifying thing and can paint eyes/lenses fairly competently. I don't think it's necessary or anything.
>>97119587It's not, but if you did use them you'd be far more precise.
>>97119523Maybe a magnifyer on the desk could help, but I just find the glasses annoying as they mess up my depth perception when I try to reapply paint to the brush, so its a constant on-off every 2 seconds
>>97119587>>97119594years ago i remember some anon posted youtube channels where some asians painted ultra realistic models and used medical grade microscopes to paint the irisesit was pretty breathtaking and would love to see that stuff again
>>97119594Yeah you're probably right.
One more question, I feel like a painting handle is necessary to avoid touching the mini while painting. Any other options aside from citadel? I can get the mk2 for 25 maple bucks but wondering if there is another option seeing as citadel is typically overpriced
>>97119596Yeah, this is why I use one on a stand. Having a relatively heavy object on your head while bending slightly forward is also a literal pain in the neck.
>>97119628You can DYI one using a cork and some blutac. The Redgrass one is pretty nice but like everything they make it's pretty overpriced.
>>97119628Citadel is overpriced, but the holder is not bad. That said, you would do better to just buy cork cylinder and make your own (blutac, liquid mask, wire, etc). That way, you can just get wine cap sized for regular minis, or thiccer one for vehicles and shit.
>>97119628Are you CL from Canada by any chance?
>>97119628>Any other options aside from citadel?I rinse out the small milk bottles my wife brings home from McDonalds for the kids, fill them with water to make them heavy, and blue-tack or tape stuff to the lid. Putting sand or water in the bottle makes it stand up better when you have to set it down on the desk.
>>97119628>>97119651>>97119664what is the point of the whole handlei mean everyone did well enough before they were a thing and now for some reason they are required instead of just holding the base normally with your fingers
>>97119677Shit bait.
>>97119702call it whatever you want but im not in the habit of shitposting on /wip/
>>97119719NTA but nobody says they're required you dumbass, Feel free to hold minis with your cheeto fingers if spending a couple bucks for a more comfortable grip is such a huge fucking investment for you.
>>97119666CheckedCL? I am going to say no lolI have an embarrassing backlog due to KDM, and have finally picked up some paint. Got the army painter fanatic 50 paint set. Going to practice on some random ass minis like zombicide or this war of mine to start and realizing it is going to be a pain in the ass to hold the mini. Going to get a handle and think about magnification in the future. Also trying to figure out exactly how I am going to prime, as I only keep my garage at around 5-10c , so I want to prime in my garage and bring them in the house to dry, using rustoleum spray
>>97119539>how long that takes?Depends on the camera, but a few seconds at most.>do you know how the sensor is moved?The camera basically has the sensor on a small, built-in gimbal that's normally used for image stabilisation (IBIS) but which is put to alternate use here.>>97119628I use old Tamiya paint jars and some off-brand BlueTac.
>>97119530Unfinished, it gets in the way of a lot of stuff so need to paint it separately.
>>97119719It's a much more secure grip, particularly for things like subassemblies.>>97119628I'd recommend the ones with swappable caps - that way you only need one for however many minis you need. Mine just uses old soda bottle caps but for the life of me I can't find it online now.
>>97119628Use whatever you have, I use Rx bottles. Anything that can comfortably fit your hand, and I have enough to not need to take the mini off the handle until they're done or ready to go on their bases.
>>97117977You should paint a small tuft of pubes peeking over the top of the panties, might as well tilt into the goonerness
>>97119894Nta,but that's better at least.Have you thought about shiny, future panties?
Has anyone painted gyaru skin/tan? I'm looking for a starting place for a recipe that has that distinctive khaki to it for a desert girl, along with regular pink tan that girls get
>>97120147paint normal skin, masking fluid some bra straps and other tan lines, super light spray with something like a dark umber filter over top of that, then remove the masking.
Just to be sure, is Impcat still the best way to preview paintjobs down to the smallest details or is there some other newer app that works better?
Does anyone have a chart for horse coats?
>>97120163I don't have an airbrush, but I get what you're saying. Thanks
>>97117470I'm making my leman russ turrets slightly bigger by cutting them in half and placing a herb bottle top in the middle and I can't fucking find the base plate of the turret anywhere and it's driving me insane. For like a week I can't finish this model. And any attempt to make a similar locking mechanism ise lidl
>>97119628I don't understand this "painting handle" workflow that seems to be so popular. what's wrong with gator clips or supergluing a foot to a stick like scale model and gundam people use?
To my relief and surprise my eyes and hands were in painting shape today after work, so armour and trim finished plus cloth basecoated on these two.
>>97120467I use aligator clips for priming/airbrushing, but when actually painting I want something easier to hold onto than a bamboo skewer. The main thing is just something you can hold instead of the model so you aren't rubbing paint off, but also something comfortable and easy to hold. It's not like a requirement or anything, just a nice to have.
Making a little Porche gaslands crew. The 911 came with an articulated trailer too. I want to do the undercarriage of the 904 in another colour, I was thinking red but I am not sure.
>>97120550I don't get why you would want to hold the thing you're painting in your hand at all. put the part somewhere fixed so the only movement you have to worry about is your brush hand. think about how writing on a notebook that's on a desk is easier than trying to write on a clipboard in your hand.
>>97120624whatever that thick block is on the 904 is, isn't working, should've gone full mesh on that window too.
>>97116555How do get this results? I'm quite interested for my army.I'm a total newbie in basing. I like the black base but it like simple and not too distracting.
>>97120654works 4 me
>>97120653The clipboard is superior to the desk in every way, the desk is squirreled away in a room locked off from the world where men write of things they do not know while luxuriating in whiskey and cigars.The clipboard is out in the wild sweating in the thick of the mosquitoes, observing the lions hunting or the chimpanzees warring.
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>>97120653Sometimes its easier to reach an area from a different angle, like spinning and holding the mini upside down for an easier time getting at the chest for example. Also helps when working on multiple models you can easily put one down and go on to the next.
>>97120653Why don't you try that out then? Fix a mini to a table, paint it up and report back to us how it goes.
>>97120653this is either bait or you have not painted a single miniature in your life
>97120653I wish people would try and paint like anything ever before posting
I'm going to enjoy picking up that free monthly model today, I think I'm gonna try to paint it in a volumetric style. >>97120467I've tried alligator clips on sticks for normal painting, but they're just too thin to hold firmly and comfortably. I use a tamiya paint pot and some blutack now.
Making a board cardboard and spakling.
>>97119628I quite like my prodicer handlesPaid like 20€ for two of themI don't batch paint so two is enough for me
