Work in Progress, "Caught Red-Handed" Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDVPoNXyVI>4 EASY Chipping Tricks For Beginnershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku4comhKHJM>Decal Like a Prohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYKLiEW7p9c>How to Edge Highlighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoRbYuAfbEk>How to use contrast style paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhholrozptI>How to Paint with Tremorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqp76vAJu9g>Airbrush Priming and Thinninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkntrSBvXxEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGjBQzoukFghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00JVUxABe44https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEqT_R41JX8>Who's Johnny, she'd say, and smile in her special wayhttps://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/Johnny>Previous Threads:>>97502947>>97484689>>97467327
Oh hey, a new thread.Practiced mixing some skin tones.Meh result I think, should be a bit redder and probably highlight up 1 more tone.
Got a lot of ogryns to do for a crusade. About half done, hope they turn out well
>made it onto the OP image neati found a johnny for a reasonable price, he'll be my next project when i get back to painting
Alright made a base too and got him all primed up too. Time to go in and fix all the issues i missed and just couldnt see before.
Made a start on the Orcs and Goblins I got from my SS - aiming for a good tabletop standard. Turns out I received bang-on 500pts worth of models, so have signed up to an escalation league. Thanks again Floridanon!
>>97518952WH noob here, I really like that sculpt's style but have no idea whuch box it comes from - help a brother out, please?Also nice paintjob.
>>97519010Thanks!It's the current GW The Old World Goblin Shaman - it's on a plastic sprue
>>97519034Thanks! I checked him out - 20 bucks for a single mini. Guess I don't like him *that* much for now ;]
Woke up early accidentally so I knocked out the tokensOnly 12 more models left in the darkwater set
2nd time trying edge highlighting, I think I am starting to understand how it works, quite proud of the back more than the front.
>>97519579
tried a new method of doing blood drops before getting in to touch ups and details elsewhere. I added a gloss varnish on top but not sure if it's too much.
No-one really does as nice scale and mail armours as Victrix does. Very satisfying to paint.
>>97519585It's acceptable. Especially for chaff. However, you should shake your shades more. This nigga glossier than my penal gland
>>97519608It does look like glass ornament, but I'd say it fits the spot perfectly.
These duders came out better than the first 7Down to 4 more left to pauimt
>>97519649wich kit?
GOD I FUCKING HATE VALLEJO GLAZE MEDIUM SO MUCH
>>97520097What happened anon? I've been using that thing for a while and I actually quite like it
>>97520097>Blaming the tools
Dirty down is a godsend
>>97520194I think making the little faces on the sword look like fleshy tumor growths would be sick.
>>97520039Late Roman armoured infantry, hands and shield are from dacians.
>>97520125It's extremely retarded and takes a LONG time to dry. Shit, the glaze medium on my pallet still hasn't dried after 24 hours. Checked reviews online and apparently it's really slow, O wondered if mine was faulty. It behaves very different from the actual glazes I have that are smooth and dry fast. Going to get AP medium instead, heard good things about that.
>>97516014Bit late to the party but got these for chistmas last year and they're pretty decent. Not top tier quality, but usable for base coats and medium size surfaces
I can't figure out how to get a consistent paint flow with the airbrush. When pulling back slightly to moderately paint starts coming out but stops immediately, only when I pull the trigger further back it kinda gushes out and starts coming out again. I'm using roughly 60:40 airbrush thinner to paint and 3 or 4 drops of flow improver, at 25 psi. Do I need to thin the paint even further or change the psi?
Finishing a test model for my word bearers kill team and i’m liking how it’s going so far. Would Basilicanum grey work well as a wash for the metal parts? And would a red wash or nuln oil be best for the armor recesses?
>>97520194great job on that metal, anon. Care to share the recipe?
>>97520743White prime, Absolution green underpaint, magnesium drybrush, dirty down yellow rust, brown rust, and vertigris slopped on. Drybrush magnesium, dry brush white gold
>>97520651I dunno anything about most GW paints. They have the technical medium "Lehman something"(?) which I've used with random inks to good effect. Nuln oil would probably be fine but you really need to shake it to prevent the glossy finish. >>97520194Truly! <3 keep up the posting. >>97520021I think the other ones came out better. I liked the variety in the first batch. These ones feel too uniform to me? The variations in them are blending them all together instead of each being slightly different. >>97519713A very productive day! Neat to see you banging them out so fast. ... Have you thought about combining your styles at all?>>97519649fantastic work anon>>97519608What's the method? Very jewel-y!>>97518952Kino>>97518338Coomer-anon! She's lickable
oops, forgot the pic. didn't really do much this weekend. mostly just video game bedrot. fuck winter.did some resin since the last pics. liking the effect but need to go get more
>>97520651I would think a red-brown wash would be better, black washes always turn red armor splotchy rather than giving depth
>>97520021Gnarly
>>97520852>I think the other ones came out better. I liked the variety in the first batch. These ones feel too uniform to me? The variations in them are blending them all together instead of each being slightly different.Please disregard this. I thought those were beastmen
Done.
finally finished this 15mm sceneryI had more planned but this took so long I'm not eager to make more soon
>>97520975looks great and 15mm is based
>>97520852What do you mean by combining styles?I just like vibing and painting fast and loose(I think the wings on this guy turned out rly well)
>>97521240did you paint picrel?
Should I still highlight the central part of the (freakishly oversized) ursaraxii jump packs? I intended to have them in brass colour, but the drybrushing and wash layers mostly buried that.
Is it worth buying glazes or is it smarter just using a medium to make your own?
>>97521329Lawl yes thats me
>>97521527Medium. The smartest way, however, is to get an airbrush and oil paints and don't waste your time with glazing CBT.
How is this coming along so far for a ginger vampire? So far I did Skrag brown base, Jokaero Orange at least that's what it says on the pot, I've always thought it looked wildly different and less saturated than what it's supposed to be according to the website, then a wash of 1:1 mix of reikland and cassandora orange washes. This is my first time trying for a real orange color other than extreme highlights on red.
>>97522009I think this might work as a base but you'll need to highlight the volumes up a bit more in the orange direction. Right now it's mostly just reading as brown.As an aside, I really don't like that hair sculpt and think it is going to be unnecessarily difficult to make look good.
Done with the second Liche Priest
>>97521569I think they combining your blended speed paint technique with your thicker paint higher colour stuff could be cool. do the model base with your speed paint stuff then use the heavier high contrast look for the face / osl effect? dunno. random thought. doesn't work out when I do it but your lines seem cleaner than mine
>>97521527you don't always need medium anyways, can use water for glazing for most colors
Does anyone have any advice on edge highlighting? It seems like every time I do this, one of two things happens: 1.) The line is way too thick and unwieldy or 2.) it barely shows up at all and then my paint instantly dries on my brush in a waxy consistency.It's like I can't seem to find the right consistency whatsoever. I eventually get it done by just doing line by line and cleaning my brush and tidying up, but I can tell I am not doing it correctly.
>>975224601) Get a good brush, ideally a natural one. Series 33 from Rosemary & Co and similar. Or, failing that, some top tier natural-like synthetics. Red Dot from Rosemary also is quite nice. Size around 0 to 1. 2) Get a good wet palette. You can either make your own or buy something like AK wet palette. Stay away from AP. 3) Mix the paint with tiny touch of water or medium until it's beads, but not too much. It's difficult to describe, it comes down to you experimenting with what is right. You'll get hang of it fast. 4) Remove excess water/medium by gently dipping it into a tissue or something. Just gently. 5) Try the paint on something that's not the mini first. If you are using latex/nitrile/etc. gloves, these are good, but any non-porous material will do. Repeat 3 to 5 as needed. Otherwise it's all just about practice and using the angles of the models.
>>97522069Does the current paint on it need work or would I be fine layering on with brighter oranges like Fire Dragon and Troll Slayer?
picked up a brush again after about 20 years awaywent for something big to avoid small details on the first projectenjoyed it and I've continued painting most days
One uv our ladz asked for this. Thought I'd share it here, too.
>>97522858then was my first 40k stuff since 3rd edthe kits have really come a long way
>>97522880and I'm pretty much done with the command squad now tooI felt there was an improvement since doing the regular troopsthough I'm not happy with the bannerand faces are really hit or miss. I just paint every head included in the kits and then pick the most acceptable ones to stick on near the end
Is there a tool or decent way to determine what colors I used on an old paintjob?I can't find it in my saved schemes folder...
>>97522923My only guess would be take a picture in the most neutral light possible and use a color picker tool to get the hex code and try to work towards your paints that way.
>>97522009Does this help?
>>97520936that's a nice color scheme
>>97523126I don't think this is a natural red head
>>97523262I think it's a natural who added dyes, the skin tone and eye color suggest natural is very possible, if not likely, but the range of color from light to dark and the presence of some scarlet in the dark end suggest bottle.But at least it isn't 100% scarlet like 99.999% of bottle "redheads" his one is at least aware that Orange is the correct hue, which to me implies personal familiarity on her part with natural gingerness.
>>97519057If you can't afford 20 bucks I dont think this hobby is for you
>>97523369NTA but "Can't afford" is not the same thing as "Won't overspend" GW charges $20 or more for singleton minis? well I get a kilogram of resin for $40-$50, which prints 50+ singleton minis, so anyone asking for half the fucking price of a bottle of raw material that goes that far is highway robbery.
I'm trying to replicate the brown decking I did 13 years ago that I really like (left) without knowing how I did it. New one is fine but I like it less
>>97523384GW take care of the machinery and software setup, toxic fumes, chemical handling and cleanup when you buy a model off the shelf, something you've gotta do yourself when printing. I'm not defending GW's prices but comparing a finished GW sprue to a bottle of resin is disingenuous
>>97521589Thanks.>>97522298Using water tends to give me a distinct edge. Might be that I'm using too much water.
>>97523509>old decking look older>new decking looks newerI like how it tells a story of the fleet.
Noob question. Is blue one of the easier color to paint? In terms of forgiving/needing lower effort to cover and layer and stuffs. Heard the yellow and white are nightmare, and red and black are quite hard to paint good as well. How about green?
>>97523784Brown, blue and black are the easiest colours to paint and have the best coverage. Black is a little tricky because you rarely ever use pure black paint and instead use very dark greys, and highlight it with lighter greys and blues.The hardest are white, yellow, and orange due to the pigments being semi-opaque. There are a lot of tricks to painting these colours but I wouldn't recommend using them as a scheme for a new painter.Generally speaking the darker the colour the easier to work with it is. Green and red are in the middle. Red can be annoying coming from a lighter base colour as it can come out pinky without a lot of coats.
>>97523126Is that Tessa Violet?
One goober down. Sorry for Image quality
>>97522858looks great man
>>97523516nta, many companies do what gw does and sell their models at a fraction of the price too, and if you wan't to actually compare resin printed models, those also sell for a quarter of gw pricesthere's is no defense for gw, its a luxury product with luxury prices based on brand only, they will keep rising as long as they keep selling
>>97523812Guess there's a reason why the Ultramarines are the poster boys
>>97523812how come people say not to paint white as a beginner but most gundams including the ones people recommend for beginners are 50% white?
>>97523784>>97523812adding to this, I've read white pigments are physically large compared to pigments of a lot of other colors, and that's why a lot of white paints end up really chalky.>>97524121a lot of gundam modellers don't fully paint their kits and use the plastic itself as the base color, or else they paint in mediums other than acrylics.
>>97524121>implying snapshitters paint
>>97524121a) ppl paint gundam with airbrushb) most people who paint gundam use lacquersneither of those has any problems with whites like brushed-on acrylics do
Been working on a scimitar squadron recently.Switched from using a contrast paint over silver to Tamiya's X-13. I like the color a lot. also a lot easier to touch up on the mistakes I did along the way.
>>97524172why don't people here just use an airbrush and lacquers then?
>>97524121Gundams are in 90% cases very color accurate from the start, especially newer models. Most people leave them as they are or apply panel lining.
>>97524269Lacquers produce harmful fumes and are generally not something you can casually use at your desk. Airbrush have their uses but with small elements or miniatures you either use very intensive masking or very precise movements/small needles/etc or pick a brush and do the same stuff far easier and safer. Some people, especially mentioned gunpla modellers, also advocate lacquers as more mechanically resistant which makes sense given than their models are fully articulated.That being said, I painted my own gunpla with brush and water ased acrylics so it's mostly about preferences.
>>97524269Imprecise and annoying to work with because you need chemicals instead of water.
>>97524271plenty of people paint them though>>97524283>>97524291how come gunpla people can figure it out but you can't?
>>97524294>how come gunpla people can figure it out but you can't?Oh, it's you again. Gunpla big, miniatures small, like your brain.
>>97524294>how come gunpla people can figure it out but you can't?Different techniques for different goals and scales. Even among those that paint, a lot of them will just lay down a flat basecoat on disassembled pieces and call it a day, and it's not as if people here are at all averse to airbrushing basecoats either.
>>97524269setting up an airbrush takes time, and small things are hard to paint with it, yo it's not always an option, your are not going to wip it out just to paint a black templar shoulderpadacrylics are easier to work with too and won't give you a headache if you paint 3h in a closed room
Really not sure what I should do about the gems on the axe handle, but this is starting to get to a place I am happy with.
>>97524373>setting up an airbrush takes timeHeavily dependent on your airbrush and your setup. I can just:>connect the hose>switch it on>click the airbrush inLess than 20 seconds all in all. >your are not going to wip it out just to paint a black templar I mean, why not? But yeah, once you have like ten BT shoulderpads, you can just mix your colors and highlight colors and batch paint it all VERY fucking fast, with smooth blends, too.
Has anybody tried the new p3 boiler black metallic paint?Is it a good metallic paint? I want it for very dark metal treads.I’d appreciate pics of it when dried after painted on a model? The most I found was a photo of the bottle showing the dropper bottle.If 2025 p3’s boiler black is bad then I’m open to alternative acrylic metallic paint suggestions.
>>97524401>if i can and want everbody else does toothat's just childish logic>Heavily dependent on your airbrush and your setupno shit, not everyone has a permanent painting space, or can use a noisy compressor at any time, or wants to bother just to paint one color of a model that's otherwise only brush paintedinb4 just buy a silent compressor
>>97524450Nah, I'm not a clever person, so yes, if I can, then everyone (with a dedicated hobby space) can, as well. You only need an airbrush, compressor, and a quick disconnect which is usually very cheap. This is not something unique, all people with airbrush I know (mostly scale modellers) have better setups. And yeah, if noise is the issue, then just buy a silent compressor. Besides, most mid to high range compressors are fairly silent from the get go.
>>97524477>with a dedicated hobby spaceYou just answered your own question. I have my desk in my room but that's all, everything else have to be stored around the room, in drawers/boxes/etc when not in use. Making water palette with baking paper is simply much faster in such case. That being said, I'm not the only one to pre-apply base coat, preshade or simply prime large batch of miniatures or parts with airbrush, especially when I need to apply white or similar but since setting up and cleaning workspace takes up majority of time, it's simply not convenient in most cases. I used to get back from work at 7pm for last few years so you can imagine how adverse I am to wasting time. Also, like mentioned before, when dealing with miniatures, lacquers simply fails to provide real advantage over acrylics while bringing another set of disadvantages to the table. Mistakes, corrections, details, etc can be easily done by brush when required with acrylics (lacquers are very problematic to work with brush) and when spraying them you don't need more than open window/door and/or anti-dust mask instead of whole active ventilation setup to avoid poisoning. Plus, most "acrylics bad, lacquers gods" talk I saw on 4chan comes from people, who simply want to emulate "muh Japanese Twitter masters" without real understanding of what they are doing and why (seriously, complaining about being unable to import specific brand lacquers straight from Japan because anything else "won't look the same" sounds just silly at best).Not that anon you conversed with before, btw.
Last thread inspired me to get back into painting and gonna do a tree fella. Couple questions to jog my memory and shake off the rust.Don’t know what I was thinking years ago but this basecoat is way too grey for my taste now. Should I just do a full reappear with a warmer brown? Or should I just spray it with an ink? A thinned down warm brown paint to just kinda tint/glaze it? Also I can’t remember how “panel liner” technique works. If I want to run the classic sylveneth glowing blue into the engraved symbols do I need to do gloss varnish first? Sounds like a pain in the ass to repaint over the gloss but maybe I’m being lazy.
>>97524204I'm not too sure why they changed the squad/bike name but Scimitar sounds cooler than Sky-Hunter anyway.Is the Tamiya paint you're using the acrylic version? I was stuck deciding between that, TTC, or holding out whenever the fuck I can get Vallejo's true metallic stuff.
>>97524641Maybe it was confusing.>Is the Tamiya paint you're using the acrylic version?Yes, alcohol based acryllic paint. I used AK's High Compatibility Thinner for application, but I think it might not be the right kind, as the paint kinda separated on me in the cup. I'll try pure IPA next time.
>>97524730Would be good to hear results. In any event, looking forward to see your dudes come along.Personally, I do actually have two bottles of these but I'm not sure if it would be enough for ~100 models even after thinning, since my first army coasts off a pretty big bottle of metallic paint.
>>97524762IMO this TTC blue is way too light for Alpha Legion. You could probably used them for highlighting though, if that's your cup of tea.
>>97523755alright, you convinced me
>>97523656>Using water tends to give me a distinct edge.I use Vallejo paints and I almost exclusively glaze with medium nowadays, I think their paints come already very thin so any extra water just breaks them down>>97520260Now I'm tempted to add it to my mixes whenever I'm wet blending, thanks for the tipI've admittedly never used any other brand so I assumed that waiting around for 15 minutes between each layer was a normal thing, but then I'd watch a Vince video and he just keeps slapping paint around for 20 minutes straight on the same spot without trouble
https://www.gov.uk/product-safety-alerts-reports-recalls/product-recall-colour-forge-basing-sand-2-colours-moss-green-and-atlantiko-blue-2602-0038
>>97525834how do you get asbestos in your sand, who the fuck provides the sand for all those different brandsalso what is a 'small quantity'>country of origin: unknownchecks out
>>97525874It's a naturally occurring mineral, so I guess there may simply have been some in the sand. Or perhaps they found some asbestos cable insulation in some old piece of machinery that was used to make/transport/package the sand and so now they're writing off everythign made in that machine as potentially contaminated.
>>97525874More importantly... who doesn't just buy a small bag of kiln-dried builders sand (and get enough sand to out-last them for the same price as a small pot of basing sand)?
>>97525942Sand is too big for mini bases anyway.>baking soda+PVA or texture paste foundation>a couple of individual grains of sand as small rocks>a single piece of gravel if you want a boulderYou will literally never run out of a scoop of sand from your local park that you bake in an oven if you're only sprinkling a tiny bit over each base.
I'm in a slump. Picked up an AoS model recently that's been gathering dust and it's a nice model, the fusilmajor. An ogre with a guy in a crow's nest on top. But when I started blocking out the colors there just were so many details. And they are really shallow. I didn't have a problem with that before but after moving to old/retro sculpts GW or otherwise, ToW, HH, I find it hard to enjoy the modern 40k, AoS.Honestly I'd rather paint 10 identical HH marines or empire state troops.Thank you for reading my blogpost.Have you experienced something like that?
>>97525942They were coloured ones, so I assume people that want a specific colour every time.Idk, I don't use sand for anything.
>>97526187That's stupid. Everything gets painted over anyway.
>>97526195Well, I don't paint over most pasted, at least not in "prime + paint" way (which makes little sense to me anyway) but with drybrushing and washing.>builder sandIsn't decorative sand from shops enough? I got few kg for cheap.
>>97526274There's no such thing as enough here. You may have bought a lifetime's supply for a pittance (as opposed to the marketed-for-gaming version which'll only last a decade o two and cost all of as much as half of a pretty cheap mini), but spending five times as much to get ten times that amount is mathematically* he better deal, so that's what you must go with for the internet clout. Even better, if you rent a bucket loader you can grab a few metrics tons for free from the nearest bit of ground!* *Yeah, there might have been a few factors not accounted for here.
>>97526382>there is no such thing as sand herelollmao even. Anon lives on the 900'th floor of the burj khalifa and has never been within 100 feet of dirt.
I hate sand.
>>97526406Anon are you dyslexic?
>>97526467no I have lysdexia
>>97526459It's course and rough, and it has asbestos in it.
i borrow basing sand from my aquarium
>>97526649I use litter from my cats box.
>>97526274does tedi still carry those pots? last time i checked they didn't have them
>>97526734No idea, got it like year ago or something. Sorry. But decorative sand should be available in most "everything" stores.
>>97518952I know I sent the same goblin to my SS but I think you might be someone else.
>>97527203It could be you!It could be me!It could even ...
>>97524312>Gunpla big, miniatures smallaren't sd gunpla roughly the same size as a tau robot?>>97524373why only paint the shoulderpad? you can use it for the black and the metal parts too.>>97524534can't you just put the compressor in the closet and have an air line running to your desk along the floor? the airbrush itself isn't very big so you can just stuff it in a drawer of the desk or mount a holder to the side of the desk where it's out of the way. this sounds like the excuses people who shit up online games make about wifi. >noooo a 40' cable is cheap but I can't run it from the router to my xbox because... I just can't ok.>Mistakes, corrections, details, etc can be easily done by brush when required with acrylicsisn't it even easier to deal with mistakes when you are using the typical gunpla workflow with enamels over lacquer since you can literally just wipe the paint off? you can paint enamel with a brush or even a toothpick.
>>97527563>aren't sd gunpla roughly the same size as a tau robot?IE: not small?
My schizo theory is that miniature painters have been psyoped by GW to hate everything that's not brush painting with acrylics. Which curiously happens to be what they produce and recommend for their products
>>97527661>tau robot>robotIIRC tau drones are quite small, their battlesuits are the big guys.
>>97527720What would people like in your opinion if not for the psyop?I haven't been following whatever this gunpla conversation is, if that is relevant.
>>97527720That's because you're dumb. Contest painters use any trick available to win and they largely choose brush on acrylics to achieve the best results.
>>97527720what techniques are as easy to use as painting with a brush?
>>97527720Well, that's a retarded theory given how popular airbrushing and oil paints are. Mini painters just use predominantly brush painting because it's better suited to smaller models with more fine detail, and use (aqueous) acrylics because they're the most user-friendly for brush painting. Other tools/materials are then typically just used in conjunction with brush-painted acrylics, so most people will default to using the same acrylics for everything anyway (even if they don't take to airbrushing as nicely), rather than buying different types of paint+thinners for the same project
>>97525874Something similar happened in my country recently with playground sand. Entire parks had to be decontaminatedThey might've gotten their sand from the same source
>>97527720oil washes have been super trendy as of late so I am not sure about your schizo theory. The popularity of acrylics I believe comes down to their relatively low toxicity, fast drying times, and availability. I have to go to specialty stores to get enamels and I've never seen lacquers for modeling/hobby for sale in physical retail ever, but every art, hobby, and gaming store has a paint rack or two of acrylics for sale.
>>97527563>can't you just...No. Holy shit, why every single time I list viable lists of what prevents me from doing this or that SOMEBODY online absolutely must insist that Im wrong? No, I don't have space left anywhere else than box next to my bed, coincidentally very same box compressor came in. Drawers, space under desk, next to it and so on are all used up for paints, tools and whatever else. You really think I would keep things in inconvenient places if I had other options?
Why are you all so mad?
I made a shield today for my scratchbuild mecha. I think it could be good moment to try scribing some panel lines on it or adding rivets. Problem is - I don't really know where exactly should they be placed. How to figure that out?
>>97528251maybe try drawing some lines with a pencil until something seems right?
>>97528251Copy other gunpla or art or other people.
>>97525834huh, i wonder if i can get a refund from my LGS or if its only Hobbycraft
>>97528226are you living in a college dorm or something? a small compressor is only like 1 cubic foot. if you don't have that much space in your closet you probably need to throw out some of your junk because you obviously have too much of it.>>97528166where do you live? they sell testors at hobby lobby.
>>97528439>the lobby nearby does carry a few token modeling and hobby supplies, mostly home goods and seasonal decor>their largest competitor restocks maybe once a year and keeps everything in locked cages for loss prevention, proudly displaying decade old testors paints and shitty revell kits from last centurydecades ago there used to be a large independent hobby store in my area, but after multiple robberies they couldn't afford to stay open. shit sucks
>>97528233>Why are you all so mad?We're all MAD here.
>>97518323Finished my two elites for a 7th edition 40k project, think this is the 5th time I’ve painted these sternguardNot perfect but good enough for the table top
>>97528407send them the link, they may not be aware yet, that page says other distributors will be added later, so they should eventually issue a recall too
>>97528407Please look into it, at the very least do not use it any more.
>>97525834Oft.
>>97528407The asbestos was found because some independent group did testing on things sold at hobbycraft. I think colourforge have been notified and hopefully are telling all sellers to pull it
Any advice before I paint the whole army? The red is already applied to them but erything else could change
>>97528720Hail Hydra?
>>97528720why does the red look so bumpy? also you have some wash pooling or something inside the trim in some areas that doesn't look so good.
>>97528720clean the base rim bruh
Resprayed the basecoat from whatever the hell I was trying to do years ago. Now I’m slopping in the deeper “fresh” wood. Should be easier to fix the mess with a more consistent base now too.Hands are shakey as fuck and lost a lot of brush control, maybe this was a rough choice to be my first project after not touching a brush for 2 years but I’m having fun, can’t wait to do something besides brown soon.
>>97528720The red needs highlights. It also looks like your primer is fucked up since it's so bumpy.The bone on the chest looks bad. It's mostly just grey/white with a red/brown wash. It needs some deeper color, depending on what kind of bone you exactly want. I usually go for a tan base with something like Zandri Dust, but there's lots of ways to make good looking bone.The weapons are boring. I struggle with TMM, so I understand, but the steels needs some contrast to show shadows.
>>97528805>>97528931I used turbodork redrum over bold pyrrole red over white primer all airbrushed, the bumps are super fine sparkles, and notes taken thanks!>>97528813Never >:)
>>97528913Cool model.Looks like a nightmare to paint though.
>>97528639Nice Mantis Warriors, anon. Beakies look really neat with that scheme.
>>97529013I only recently saw Turbodork in the store and I'm glad I didn't pick it up. I've never seen a metallic paint with texture like that. Must be really shitty metallic medium.This moonlight rat looks pretty good though. paint could be smoother than transitions are too hard for the light, but I like the color scheme.
>>97529050nta but I like turbodork
>>97529050Yeah no listen to this anon:>>97529112Its fun and good
>>97529018NTA, but Sylvaneth models are actually trivial to paint, they take washes, contrasts, oils, and dry brushing extremely well.
>>97529277Yeah but I said 'paint' not 'ruin'.
Calling it a night, good to be back, hands definitely got steadier in the last hour when I started to clean up the mess of tan with the darker brown. Gonna finish the clean up tomorrow then throw some wash’s around.
Letting the wash fully dry before going back in to do highlights
>>97529112nudeposting faggot GTFO
Just getting back into painting since 2024 (I wasn’t any good to begin with) so pls go easy on me
>>97530020Don't be so hard on yourself. The grimdark painting style is popular now, yellow is a difficult color to paint but you're making it work, and the dice gods will bless you for playing such a based chapter.
>>97530020Those are some clean hazard lines fren
Hey anons, looking for feedback on this guy before I continue painting the squad. I’m pretty pleased with how the scheme turned out.
painted up a sculpt a friend didtried at NMM for the first time with him too
>>97524813From some test easy-builds I had months ago, Omega Blue is definitely a bit pale even with a poorly-done black wash (maybe it was the brush or something) that is somehow less potent than the blue and purple ones I tried in the back. I'd say it's usable and good, but you're probably right in that I could do better.Vallejo's gunmetal blue on the right is what I'd probably use for Seekers or Effrits. Tried a phlato blue ink over silver as well to sort of try and get that old palette AL used to have on the left, but the coat felt shitty and so I'd probably try mixing the two together next time than just doing it straight on.
The hard parts are over, but painting these buttons is taking long. I still have to highlight the dark brown on these Yaegirs.The cloak on the sniper looks like it has something off to me but I can't put my finger on what. I'm thinking it's too much white and that I should break up the cloak with some grey stripes/camo. Does that sound right?How's this looking so far?
Still need to do highlights but the Khazad Dum dwarves are mostly done. It's has been very interesting working with models that are this tiny, but very fun as well. Easily the smallest models I have worked with.
>>97530353Posted beside a Plague Marine just to give a sense of how tiny these dudes really are.
>>97530353>>97530357gonna throw another tantrum in /aosg/ tonight? Or are you going for /40kg/ this time?
retrofitting an old boat to now be a modern platform carrier
I like how the bone part of the armor is shaping up. Apart from forgetting the recess shading before the main layer on her left shoulder and bracer. But generally the tone is what I wanted on those bits.Idk though if the bones on the ground should match since they're also bone, or if they should just be neutral and not blend in with her. Leaning towards the latter.
>>97530451I had to look at the picture a second time to notice there was indeed some armor on her.
>>97530501I also looked at it a second time.
>>97530512...To check out the armor?Right?
>>97530524No, it was to check out how messy some of those blends are.
>>97530201Yeesh
>>97530201Looks good anon, I like it a lot
>>97530201>tried at NMM for the first time with him tooAnd how do you think that went?
>>97530253what's the deal with these paint companies naming their colors shit that's just plain wrong? gunmetal is always the biggest offender, but I've seen "brass" that's clearly copper and "crimson" that's just orange.
>>97530595You don't have to mock his inability
Is storing brushes with the tip facing upwards being bad for them an old wives tale? Or should I actually get a holder to hold my sable brushes upside down?I was storing them sideways with the brush protectors that came with them on, but heard that was a bad practice.
>>97530600Orange-brown metallics are especially all over the place, it's a conspiracy by Big Paint to make you doubt what brass typically looks like.
>>97530600"Actual gunmetal" was a term for brass only back in the day. You don't have guns made out of brass anymore, duh.
>>97530573Yeah>>97530591Thanks anon, decently happy with the result>>97530595Alright, definitely not good at blending blacks and greys so the steps in brightness are pretty stark in some spots but I think it works out okay
Quick WIP pic on this Ophidian Destroyer I started tonight. Been trying out using make-up sponges for the first time and I can definitely see the results. These feel like a fucking cheat code for getting smooth transitions on a surface.
>>97530631tie a loop to the end so you can hang them brush down
>>97530632>rusty brassthis has to be trolling>>97530635guns are made out of 7075, 4140, or 17-4 now but those don't really look like anything called "gunmetal" either.
Work continues, got to aibrush a bit today, fuck doing those strips by hand.
>>97531027Anon, calm your autism. "Gunmetal" is not a real color. It's something people associate with dark grey metals.>this has to be trollingRusty as in brownish-red, not actually rusted brass, autismo.
>>97531037but brass doesn't rust so why would you make a color called rusty brass? this is the same kind of retardation as "tarnished gold."
>>97531053Are you daft? I just Explained to you that it's not actual rust.
>>97531057but why would you call it rusty when it's not something that would rust? it wouldn't make sense to call something "rusty wood" or "rusty ice" would it?
>>97531064Words can have multiple meanings, you know.
>>97531027>this has to be trollingNope, it's a real paint sold by that name.
>>97531029Just using a shitload of masking tape?
>>97531324Yes
Sad to see what this place has become
>>97531434wrong thread buddy, you wanted to post this in /40kg/
>>97531434What exactly do you mean?
>>97529443what type of troops are these?
>>97530082>True grit bolterNeato
>>97526274This is what I use. Go to a woman store, buy sand for arrangements.
>>97531651>woman store
>>97531674A brothel, anon. Not sure why would they sell sand there, though.
>>97531674You would be surprised how many stuff from such places can be adapted for hobby use. Makeup brushes are excellent for drybrushing, makeup sponges are very good for highlighting, nails sanding sponges give very good finish, electric tools for nails double as inexpensive drilling or engraving tools and so on. I often pay a visit to such stores and pickup various things, sometimes asking staff pretending to be inexperienced and confused guy if I don't know "proper" names, to eternal amusement of girls working here. They probably thinks I buy stuff for my girlfriend - but I deceived them, for I never had any! ;_;
>go to sand store>leave with a girlfriendgoddammit
>>97531789>They probably thinks I buy stuff for my girlfriendNo, they're pretty convinced you like to dress up as one.
Coming back into the hobby after a long hiatus.Some of my metallic paints have separated badly. How do I know it a paint is separated beyond saving?>>97526187I have beach sand mixed with some builders sand (I think) as the beach sand grains were too tiny and I needed variety.How do I check if my basing sand is compromised?>>97526274>decorative sandI remember seeing that stuff at Michael’s art store in Canada. I can’t really figure out why I passed up on getting those instead.Maybe I thought the “grain size descriptions” meant the grains would be too uniform.I have bad autism and ocd about basing my miniatures.I still experiment with different shades of brown paint and what lighter brown to dry brush it with.Sometimes it looks too much like chocolate to me.
>>97531789I mean I use makeup brushes and sponges as well. for painting minis of course I just wasn't aware of some dedicated shops that sell this stuff, I was sure women just buy this shit in drugstores or something. Yes I'm a bit of a recluse in case you couldn't tell>>97531723Oh
What’s a good dark metal acrylic paint that will achieve a similar look to the metallic treads of the imperial fist Horus heresy proteus tank scheme on the warhammer website?>>97524366Some anon said black with silver drybrush but I’m unsure if that will work as it seems to be a guess.I’m also fine with “near-black tier grey” metallic acrylic paint recommendations.At the moment I want my guard tanks to have a neutral grey kind of color and so the treads should be dark to stand out from the neutral gray paint job.
i know im not welcome here but im painting noise marinesfinally after 20+ something years i got to paint a squad of these loud boys
>>97531984>i know im not welcome hereWym, I thought everyone that actually paints is welcome here? Sure marines make up a lot of the posts but 40k is the most popular game so it can't be helped really
>>97531620Thanks! I want all my plague marines to have unique poses.
>>97532076He’s a threadshitter from /40kg/, just ignore him.
Do some of you anons look at your paint collection and wonder if you’ve fallen into the trap of brand loyalty?I feel that way with Ak paints being the dominant number of paints in my collection.I have pro acryl metallics and armypainter washes but even then I sometimes wonder if I have fallen into the “consoomer” meme for Ak paints as they’re the largest in my collection.I do feel that sticking with historical colors are the best choice as they get easily replaced when a company goes under.And I also think Vallejo, Ak, ammo and tamiya are all more or less mimicking each other’s paints color tone wise so their paints are a safe choice.I’m looking at some of ammo by mig paints and curious about the acrylic metal paint options.
>>97532151I buy citadel paints because they’re the most accessible to me. I have a couple fluor paints from pro acryl and vallejo for effects, but my collection is 99% citadel.
>>97532076here are some terrain i painted too, i sometimes try to minimize my partaking so anons dont get fed up with me so easily>>97532103>He’s a threadshitter from /40kg/, just ignore him.hardly ive posted there only few times this year
>>97532151Anon, why do you insist on manufacturing problems where there are none? Are you bored? If AK works for you (and it does, most of their range is great and simply werks), then I can't see a reason why having mostly AK would be somehow bad.
>>97532221>accessibleI understand completely. Especially when the paints are from a good lgs or hobby store.>>97532245You’re right. I got the thought about this when I was looking for acrylic paints from the Ammo by Mig line. It just made me stop and think and I got curious and wanted to mention it.I’m looking at their acrylic paints and some of their paints for what seems to be for model car kits.Does anybody have experience with ammo by mig’s acrylic paints? Especially their cobra motor, ionic and atom paints?>most of Al’s range just werksWhat are the acrylic stinkers of Ak’s acrylics so I can avoid them and look elsewhere?
>>97532305I'm not a fan of AK metallics, but by all means, they are okay and top tier scale modellers use them all the time. It's just that Vallejo makes much better ones, in my opinion.
>>97532305I use a lot of the Atom paints since they've got very good local availability. They're perfectly good in the same way that most contemporary acrylics are, not massively better or worse than AK, PA, Vallejo and so on, vaguely fit the same palette of historical-ish colours you mentioned in your previous post and they airbrush like a charm.
>>97532318>I'm not a fan of AK metallicsThat’s fine. I’ve been out of the hobby for a while so mine might not be able to salvaged with intense shaking and an agitator included.>Vallejo metallicsYou just reminded me of the bubble problems constantly talked about here and then the realization and acceptance that it is real.I know it has been years but I need to know if that problem had been quietly fixed as those Vallejo true metallic paints look gorgeous.
>>97532334Thanks anon!I’m alright with more info on ammo’s acrylic stuff. I right now need to sleep I’ll check back later.
>>97532305>Does anybody have experience with ammo by mig’s acrylic paints?I like them, their gunmetal is fucking nice. I bought a couple shades of pink from them that were weirdly thick compared to their other paints I've tried. Just needed a bit more water than usual and it was fine.
just finished my next batch of mounted knights. though I still might add a layer of wash to lessen the shine of the finish and cover up the paint bleed in recesses. Not sure.
Almost done my large lad. Just gotta finish highlighting, touch up a bit, and do the base. I think I’ll start on my crabnaught after.
>>97532943Christmas was 2 months ago anon
>>97532952It’s everyday if you keep the joy in your heart.
>>97532968Cool it with the antisemitism.
I sure hope this covers 40 bases
>>97518338I think this looks pretty good but definitely on the cold side of the color palette
>>97532991I don't think it will, maybe it will if you're doing 25mmsI would recommend getting some super sculpey if you want to do texture roller bases, it'll be much cheaper in the long run
>>97532991I agree with anon that it probably won't cover 40 completely, but if you did some blending with partial parts, maybe put some texture paste on top of it or grass/dirt on the ones where you didn't get total coverage you could probably stretch it to 40.(and I would argue you should probably do that anyway)
>>97530201I'd practice NMM on more simple shapes. It's far harder to sell the illusion on crazy shit like his kneepads and shoes. Just setting yourself up for failure as a first attempt
>>97532968fair enough lol
>>97532952
>>97533164>the image is 32 kbcome the fuck on anon
>>9753316630kb of visual data, 2kb of Christmas joy.
Kid started an Ork army last year, thought they were cool so I asked for some Kill Teams for Christmas. Thought they'd be good to learn on.So far almost done (enough for me) Space marines, Plague marines, Necrons, Deathwatch; and now onto the T'au, Sisters, and Raptors from the recent kill team pre-orders.Once done those should be competent enough to make the almost 2k Iron Warrior (minus Defiler and Warsmith coming later hopefully) army I just ordered.Think I'm addicted :/
>>97533018>>97533049It's going to get broken into pieces. glued onto 32mm bases and then the gaps filled in with texture paste.It should work hopefully stretch to them all.Hopefully
>>97532943I mean yeah the palette feels christmas-y but the freehands are charming, I think he looks good!>>97532904Good call I feel, the horseys legs are kinda glossy.>>97532240This terrain is really cool and I like the pink you're using for your marines.>>97531029That blue metal looks fantastic!>>97530201That's a pretty neat sculpt, honestly. I like how you did the skin, too.>>97530082Definitely works for DG!>>97530020I think these are good, those bleak colors sell the more realistic feel nicely.
>>97532991Looks to me like you didnt roll it out thin enough.
>>97533065Oh I don't really intend to get into NMM really I enjoy TMM way too much, it was more just an exercise since I wanted to put more effort into a special sculptI've got an old metal sanguinor that I might try in NMM down the line and he's much simpler than the armor bits on that ogre, aside from the mask lel
>>97531723>>97531674African brothels sell sand, they use sand for dry sex which causes friction and open wounds during sex and this is why African has such a high aids rate.
>>97533470I did not need to know that
>>97533470I've been to African brothels and this is not true.
>>97521497I think these are now ready for priming.I watched a video where a guy recommended using IPA alcohol for deeper brush cleaning. Has anyone here tried it and if so, how did it work? I clean my brushes with cold water and brush soap after each session, but I'd like to extend their lifespans further.
>>97533614I've done it. It works. I've heard it can be bad for natural hair brushes and you shouldn't do it often. But Idk how true that is or if it's something that brush conditioner/soap can't mitigate.
working on some chosen
Hi anons, I'm juste here to share my very late secret Santa ! Thanks to irish Anon who was very generous with a lot of goods (and awesome cheddar and relish chips !) I'll slowly post the pics here. Thirst, the packaging, not too much damages !
>>97533664all the goods ! a lots of bitz (jus like on my list thanks a lot) some figz, army books for lore, a lot of basing stuff...
>>97533686didn't know these mdf terrains, with the acrylic panel they'll be very nice for my killteam table / rogue trader rpg !
>>97533702some of the bitz and basing rolls, sadly the skelleton warrior is a bit broken but nothing some superglue and milliput can't fix ! Does anyone know where it comes from ?
>>97533710A very nice card, more bitz and basing stuff, and cool dice I didn't had, as a little dice collector, thank you very much for those !
>>97533724bitz of chaos cultist and thonsand sons (maybe I'll convert some of them for trying trench crusade...).
>>97533731And last but not least, nice goods ! Only tested the chips for now, very nice and crunchy, for once the bag filled with 60% air protected them ! So it was really worth the wait, you crossed all the things on my list and gone even beyond.I hope you had a merry Christmas, and a happy new year, it was very nice of you and I wish you the best !May the Emperor / the Chaos gods / the god of dice be with you ^^Frog Anon.
>>97534004neat
>>97533664Jesus, its been so long i had forgot exactly what i sent you!>>97533710Sorry to see the skelly broke, but you can fix that. he was just some random etsy model i bought back in 2019 and never painted upHave a great day anon and i hope you enjoy all the bits.
>>97534004Love the style, great color scheme too
working on another wizard
>>97534184delicious chocolate
>>97534184Now I'm hungry
>>97534236>>97534238everything is edible at least once
>>97534184Chocolate is not a real primer
>>97534311works great tho
>>97533639I like the contrast of the blue highlights.
>>97534311Chocolate probably works better or at least as well as regular acrylic primers.
>>97534009>>97534118Thx!I rly enjoy choosing colors
>>97529443anon... the moldlines
>>97532991It seems like it was enough, thankfully some didnt need to be 32mm >>97533266Yeah some bits were quite thick and some were quite thin, I was having a lot of trouble with the GS/milliput mix sticking to the rolling pin even with vaseline. Weirdly only the smooth one, it didn't stick at all to the textured rolling pin at all.>>97533639Noice
Good enough to game with
>>97532318what was wrong with ak metals again? I haven't used them but I was thinking about looking for them since their shill videos made them look pretty good.
>>97534751Nothing wrong, I just think Vallejo Model Color metals are better.
>>97534751I got the dark bronze as part of one of the creator kits recently and it's really good.
>>97534636Damn, that's inspiring
Wrapped these fellas up yesterday. I haven't painted anything in a while so I'm working back in with simple things.
>>97522923I'm backI got as close as I could using some hexcodes for Army Painter I found but maybe someone can help me get closerConfident with the horn color
I'm painting these lads currently. But when I tried to mount one the legs just chipped away the paint. Can I get away with varnishing the bikes first? I'll use superglue as the connection points are already covered in primer/paint so it'll melt and make a mess.
>>97518323I hate painting yellow but I convinced myself to do it
>>97535172Holy shit what did the AI do to this picture? The phone AIs are actively getting worse I stg
>>97535446How do you take a raw photo with an iphone without paying for some stupid app?
>>97535532You don't buy into a walled garden like apple.
>>97535532you click the camera button?
>>97533664>very late secret SantaEmperor's Teeth, anon! It's February already! No problem. I have our imgur gallery open in another tab.>>97533724>A very nice cardGood boy, Fergus!
I'm happy with these guys now. If you're wondering about the T'au symbol it's because my army is themed around the Demiurg. I had some fun with freehanding in general with the little plasma knife sparks and the camo cloak of the sniper.
>>97533524You should follow the local customs you bigot.
>>97534184Reminds me of japanese game show
>>97535532project indigo is free
Are there any guides for making my own spraybooth? I've been using the chink one with the small fan since I started but I want to move on to lacquors and enamels and I feel like the current one just barely works for acrylics
>>97536987you probably won't be able to make one that's better than what you have, I'd say either shell out for a nice one, or stick to your chinkbooth and wear a respirator. Plus iirc lacquer fumes are easier to suck out than acrylic particles due to being less heavy. So you really shouldn't have many problems to begin with. Give it a try and report back.
>>97536987Imo, when it comes to lacquers (and airbrushing in general), spraybooths are kinda meme. Get a good filters for organic vapors and open the window, that's it.
>>97537091>Just open the window at -15C bro
Fuck subassembliesThis guy is cool
>>97536987assuming you already have the structure i guess you can just change the fan for a good one of those that go inline with the ductcheck out how much cfm a good booth advertises and get a similar one
>>97537528I agree, but do wipe that dust off him.
Late to the game, but getting started on my Ultratits.
>>97537491Tell me you're not a leaf, pussy.I wear shorts, t-shirt and long socks at -15C.
Basing scheme for my Bretonnians.
>>97538051Nicely painted anon.
>>97538040No, Im a pole and have atopic dermatitis so skin on my hands break and bleed on low temperature.
>>97538051I like how “full” the bases look of grass and flowers. Very nice
>>97538255Did you try Dexeryl (olejek do mycia)? Works for me to keep the condition in check through the winter. Costs five times what a bottle of normal liquid soap would, but not having to worry about looking like a leper and randomly damaging my things by bleeding on them is worth it.
>>97538363Alright, thanks. Surprising advice in such place.
>>97538413NTA but there are also Cetaphil products, they're really good for atopic skin. Oh and Mediderm, there's cream, shampoo and a shower gel. Give some of these a try.
>>97536987My brother made his own custom airbrush booth. This is his latests design (yes its not the first one) where he re-engineered it specifically to be easy to make. It's a work of art. It's got magnetically detachable side panels to open up the work space when not needed as a spray booth, and an integrated lighting. I think he is working on an instructions guide.
>>97538548oh man I want one
Hmm.. Maybe if i douse this in agrax earthshade it won't look like complete shit...
>>97538255Into the oven with you then.
>>97538594sideways
I think I properly thin my paint and don't see brush marks, but I do sometimes get little specks on my models, which I think are mostly from small dried bits of paint (I sometimes see them on my palette, though of course in that case I avoid them or remove them). I'd really rather not have any. How do I avoid them entirely?
>>97538683What paint are you using?
>>97538717Citadel paints. The frequency varies with color, metallics are probably worse in general, as well as lighter colors.
How do you guys clean your brushes after using them? Water and gentle abrasion?
>>97538923
>>97538554I asked him and he says the most important part is just getting a motor that doesnt suck ass. He ranted about how they are all either way to wimpy or a thousand decibels. He says get this motor: AC infinity cloudline pro s6. And having used his setup I believe him, you can barely hear the thing.
>>97538923Soap, normal soap (not liquid one). From time to time I use shampoo instead and apply little conditioner to keep hair in good shape. So far, it worked quite nice.
>>97538923The most important step is to suck the moisture out of the ferrule to get out as much paint particulates as you can. Dont at me.
>>97538806Yeah, Citadel kinda sucks. Twice the price, yet they come in pots that always have dried bits on the edge because they don't close properly. The dropper bottles used by virtually all other brands don't have this issue.
First attempt at making panel lines didn't go very well. Not exactly looking straight, despite using tape for guidance (the "sturdy" one). I guess I should fill them with some sort of putty, sand and leave it?
>>97539410Your not!gundam is now a Tau battlesuit
>>97538051Beautiful>>97538548Sick af my airbrush station is jank af
>>97539151So do you think it's just little flecks of the dried paint around the edges getting onto my palette that I miss? That would make sense, I guess.Unfortunately I have a lot of Citadel paints and I'm reluctant to switch paints for anything I've already painted, for consistency, but maybe I'll get something else and try them out and see how it goes (and/or for colors I haven't painted yet on current models).
>>97538548I feel like the top part of this would be in the way of my head? It's very nice though.
I hate building necrons. Why did I just order hundreds of them.
>>97539642That's my theory, yeah. I guess you could go through the annoying process of transferring the paint to bottles. The flecks that are already in wouldn't be removed, but it might stop new ones from forming. Otherwise all you can do is pray close attention and fish them out before applying.
>>97539549Well, it's just a shield but it also have mount for (plasma) rifle on handle, right arm will carry a sword and he have huge jumpjets on his back...Now I have to paint him red, have I?
>>97539646I think its just the photo being taken from almost inside it; he was showing off to me all the little attachments and magnet paint handle mounds, but it was the only photo I had. The booth was actually way larger than I thought at first, I think it's like 18" tall and maybe over 2' wide. I sent him a link to this thread so maybe later he can post some more pictures. He caddied the whole thing up in solidworks or something with the intent that anyone with a chopsaw and a hand drill could make it.
>>97539676My paint collection is a mix of Vallejo and Citadel. I have moved a lot to dropper bottles, especially if it's for ones I need to mix and want easy consistency.Having come back to the hobby recently and contrast paints not being a thing from before, I've been impressed with Citadel's range of those, regardless of price, and those are fine in the flip top pots (though ones I mix are still transferred). I have not tried other brands' version of these though.If I need a paint right now, Citadel's the only option I can go and buy physically and not wait for delivery.Citadel base paints are the worst offenders in the pots though. The paint is so thick and every time you open it, so much ends up dripping around the hinge and squelching out when you close the lid.The only specks/graininess I get is from pure white if I don't water down way more than any other paint. That's Vallejo Dead White. If there's a version that I don't need 5 coats of even over a light base for decent and smooth coverage, I'd gladly replace.Citadel brushes are about the worst I've tried, even more so when the price factors in, but I've had almost immediate issues with them fraying and not keeping points. >>97539072yeah this is the stuff
>>97539059>AC infinity cloudline pro s6>134€i mean, for that price i would expect it to suck your dick
>>97539946>>97539946>>97539946
>>97539921Its 99usd over here but yeh you get what you pay for. If you want it to sound like a wind turbine get a shit one.
>>97539840>The only specks/graininess I get is from pure white if I don't water down way more than any other paint.That's the general chalkiness of titanium based white paint, that's not the specks we're talking about right?
>>97524312Gunpla can be mini too
>>97542528Oh look, brushed on details.
>>97538594btw don't photograph minis with flash on
